Nice job with all the add ons. Your boat looks great! I also did some work on my 14 ft. aluminum Starcraft, 30 hp. electric start Johnson with hydrofoil fin, 3 padded swivel seats, marine radio, stereo radio/cd player with 4 speakers, bimini top, automatic bilge pump, flat, carpet covered floor, electric trolling motor, fish locator, depth finder, GPS, level floatation in seats, running lights, floor lights, spotlight, oars, just in case, rod holders, cup or bottle holders, top speed 30 miles per hour, (32 with tail wind) Had people remark that my boat is the best equipped 14 ft. on Lake Stclair. Trailer has side guides and non-skid walk out platform. No wet feet for me! LOL! I love this boat. I like your LED lights so I might replace mine with them. Thanks!
@SoleAdventuresNZ9 ай бұрын
Awesome, you should do a little video showing your boat? I got a 14-foot boat, too.
@robmclaughlin42010 ай бұрын
You came up in my feed today. Love the stuff you did to the boat. I will have to do some of them to my boat.
@SciStuff8 ай бұрын
Nice tips and tricks man. I think I prefer this over covering the entire floor, flat like in a bass boat. Thanks for the inspiration.
@rubbabubba64899 ай бұрын
Great job! Well thought out conversion
@stephboeker7835 Жыл бұрын
I love the simple mods and I'm looking to do something very similar w/ my 1st 14' alum boat myself. I actually am looking to move the back bench up a bit to get more of my weight to the center of the boat. Maybe 8 or 12". It's got solid rivets so I'll learn a bit about R&R'ing them. I'd like to add a couple seats like your front seat as well. Lights too. It's a used boat and I'm replacing the transom wood and fixing a crack in the lip of the transom w/Mat Gas & Alum. rods. Then I might put a floor in between the 3 benches. I was looking for Ideas and I really like what you did. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
@ziggyfry6257 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great ideas. Nice boat
@kylekayser229110 ай бұрын
Great upload i got the same boat basically its called a westcoaster looks identical cant wait to do some of these to mine. I would love to see how you did your floors looks really clean.
@TheArcheryAttic10 ай бұрын
I’ve watched your video about 8 times I really like your mods 🤙🏻
@jonphillips69312 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@julioalvarado2387 Жыл бұрын
Very nice and organized. How did you attach rod holders?
@knuckleheadgolf61554 ай бұрын
Ice setup 👍🏼
@Debidawg11 ай бұрын
Nice!! Love what you did! Do u have a fish finder?
@MikeP154110 ай бұрын
Awesome setup!!! Do you know by chance, how many inches there’re between each of those bench seats? Reason I’m asking, I’m thinking of getting a Klamath 14 just like this…and my bait tank for minnows and threadfin shad has a 23. 3/4 by 23 3/4 foot print…and was gonna put it between the bench seats. Thanks….
@Bj-vi3tq10 ай бұрын
Considering doing something like this. Great mods. How does that boat do in relatively shallow water (2+ ft)?
@fishingwithcamo-joe88 Жыл бұрын
NICE!
@gerry74574 ай бұрын
Great Video! How long is the shaft on the trolling motor? thanks
@georgewelsch6042 Жыл бұрын
Would a 5HP 4cycle Merc.O/B be sufficient to push the boat around the back bay?
@goblue3090 Жыл бұрын
Sweet build. Did you brace the flooring or did you just lay the plywood directly down? Thank you!
@jonphillips6931 Жыл бұрын
Reinforced with hardwood strips.
@zouruoyu4 ай бұрын
That's an awesome setup! Simple, elegant and efficient. Btw, how do you mount the front deck to the boat? Do you use some rivet to fasten the deck to the Gunwall ?
@jonphillips69312 ай бұрын
Klamaths have a triangle shaped aluminum support. I put a a larger triangle made of plywood on top and bolted through it and also the rails.
@jonphillips6931 Жыл бұрын
Simple enough, two sided tape. Used a hard plastic "plywood" backing so it would stick better. Got the plastic from home depot. Two sided tape was cheap from Aliexpress just took awhile to get here.
@onshorefisherman24029 ай бұрын
Ever thought of adding a bilge pump?
@justjosh29008 ай бұрын
The charlotte pipe is halarious 😂
@josephpersons5326 Жыл бұрын
Are you running 24v to that trolling motor? If so how you running everything off 2 batteries in series like that with no feed back issues? And if only using 12v does it still work good? I have a Minn kota maximum on a 14 and I’ve been debating on getting the terrova but I haven’t because I don’t have space for 2 batteries upfront yet
@jonphillips693111 ай бұрын
12v but my would recommend 24v for longer run time.
@jeremywagner195 Жыл бұрын
Do you get up on plane with the 15hp? And with more then just yourself? Do you happen to know top speed? I have a very similar boat and wondering if a 15hp is enough. Thx
@jonphillips69312 ай бұрын
I could get up to 22 mph by myself, 18 with a buddy
@robertlawson1184 Жыл бұрын
Well done. Maybe relocate the batteries away from the fuel tank? Or is it okay there?
@fishinNW Жыл бұрын
Let’s go fishing!
@robbiej28053 ай бұрын
Use a couple of plastic tubs for your ⚓️
@shadow-yz9fd11 ай бұрын
Where did you get the quick release for seats
@jonphillips693111 ай бұрын
Amazon, search attwood quick release seat mount.
@ronald8792 Жыл бұрын
Nice boat and well organized but I couldve done without the low/high voice narration.
@georgie2158 Жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahah so many people speak like that. When did it begin. Hahaha.
@permanentwave2 ай бұрын
Were led nights stick on ?
@jonphillips69312 ай бұрын
Yes, they came with a peel and stick adhesive on the back.
@gentrynewsom2080 Жыл бұрын
Dip it in the water..or Name it.. Chicken 🐔 of the Sea
@Threee_Eyez2 ай бұрын
Can't hear anything you are saying..
@cjsanders1115 ай бұрын
Hiw did you secure the 3 rod holders on the side of the boat? Id like to do that for the boat i just got.