Nice Rides! Lets see some photos!! Regarding the flatback, I would be curious if you have some moisture saturation of the foam in the stringers. I found that my 70' sat pretty good with the trough only holding water with a 455lb motor and 30-35 gallons of fuel in the original console. See my photos in my flatback thread. As it turned out, the foam was pretty dry from the stringers.

I am in the middle of the rebuild and will be raising the deck a few inches but most of the time, these older flatbacks are saturated with moisture and that alone is the problem. However, the motor bracket setup drives the deck height.

I think like Rickk said, a 90-140hp motor would suit you well. Its nice to have a 4stroke so if budget allows, a 115 or 140hp Suzuki would suit the hull well. A 90 2 stroke would work well as well. 

Well, I ended up finding my key in the garage and I'll either have to find a duplicate or get a copy made somehow.  I guess the worse is that I get a new switch and swap it out when I have time. I have to do some work on my trailer before I have to pull the boat in November.

Bob,
I have sample pieces of all the original teak on the boat and am going to reuse or re make every stock piece of trim and then some. I LOVE the teak on that boat. I will put it all back. Even the pilot house center console I am yet to make will have the original teak doors from my 200CCP. Yes, I have the pair of slats that go across those front compartments but I am going to make new ones as they are too weathered. I plan on storing life jackets in the forward in-floor hatch as I will have about 10 of them in all sizes to be compliant of anyone aboard. Also I plan on making a pocket on the front of the pilot house that will fit a throwable and double as a back rest for anyone sitting on the coffin box.  I wear a fanny pack inflatable that doubles as a fishing tool belt and the family will wear self inflatables.  Not sure what I will use those front compartments for but I will also trim the fiberglass edge in white clip on trim. The anchor locker door I have is from my 200CCP so it may be a little smaller than the 246 but I made up the difference when I built the frame. See page 20 from nov 2013 when I made the frame! Ugh I can’t believe how long ago that was. It’s out of mahogany but it came out beautiful. Wait until you see what teak I have in plan for the transom cap I am soon to re cast. It’s going to look like the 200CCP. Thank you for the kudos on the net holder. I can’t wait to get the rest of the trim installed on those inserts but it’s going to be a while because I have to pull wire and mount the handrails. Yes, the handrails were wood screwed in but I can get to the bottom of 5 of the 7 stanchions from underneath so I want to thru bolt them with washers and nylock nuts. I am also toying with going with marine bronze tubing for the handrail instead of stainless or aluminum for ascetics of a salty, patina look but I have to see what sourcing is going to cost me. I expect it to be about $150 each or so. I also want to research if that patina will run and make a mess of the gelcoat and what reaction stainless to bronze will have in the long run. It’s a gamble as I don’t want to veer too far from original but it might be really cool looking …. Or an eyesore.

Here is what mine originally looked like. I was advised to change it out.


After replacement and installing fresh and raw water pumps

No body guessed….. Net Holder.
Backstory…. One of my personal peeves is a net swaying in the wind in a rod holder or rocket launcher. It just doesn’t look right to me, in fact I hate how it looks. I doubt I will ever carry more than 12 rods (my existing capacity) plus whatever rocket launcher I mount to the pilot house roof. So I decided to make better use of a rod holder insert and convert it to a net holder. The small piece at the end locks the net in place and hopefully will keep it there as I bounce through the waves. Bad part is that it is specific to that particular nets dimension but I’ll worry about when I have to. Given it isn’t the prettiest thing I have ever made but it’s functional. It had to be horizontal slats so the net frame wouldn’t catch. The depth is juuust deep enough. I had to bend the net a touch to get it to fit right. This is the best I could come up with for now to serve the purpose. Keep in mind it gets more teak trim around the insert including that wide factory base trim that will cover the small piece.  Eh for looks but very happy with function.  Told you it would be something no one has ever seen…. At least I haven’t.