1972 19.6 aquasport

[murfman]

Anyone have any information on a 1972 19.5 Aquasport.

[steved]

In 1972, Aquasport produced - among other models - an open center console called the 19-6, meaning 19 feet six inches, which correspods to your definition.  The boat is a modified vee, outboard model designed by the original Aquasport designer Sargent (the Walters design of the 19-6 was introduced in 1975). The boat had a beam of 7 feet 8 inches.  Is that useful? What information are you looking for exactly?

[murfman]

Actually want to find out the size of the gas tank and looking for a cushion for the front of the boat.

[Tim/GA]

I have the same model.  Right now I have the floor and stringers out of her due to a butcher job done by a previous owner to install a fuel tank.  They cut open the floor and since the space was not wide enough they just cut out half of both center stringers to fit the tank in there!  This was just some tank they had I guess, I am not sure what size was stock.  I will be having  custom one made to fit when I get the stringers back in.  Sorry I could not help more.

[steved]

Hey murfman,

Found some info in an old ad from around the time your boat was built.  Apparently there were two models being built on the 19-6 hull, one with an 18 gallon tank and one with a 30 gallon tank.  However, at that point Aquasport was still very available in terms of customizing so even those two are not necessarily the only possibilities.   And later on, Aquasport offered a 19-6 with a 50 gallon tank.

[Jason Pepper]

8) The tank I now have sits under the console and holds 18 gallons. I don't know if that is an original size, but it matched the one I tossed out.
 I don't have a specs plate but I have a MERC 200 and cruise at 40.
I spent two mths re building and painting mine and currently looking for another.

Good luck, aquasport was my first and I don't see wasting money on anything else.

[skinnywater]

My 1978 19'6 open fisherman has a 50 gallon tank

[Big D]

How much does this boat weigh