Cruise Craft 15 footer

[catshark]

that is a savage pacific, had the same hull in runabout called the escort and was a okay boat, needs min 90hp , seen a few of these turn into centre-consoles they look good

[gazza2006au]

Well I have done the rogue 14 rebuild many years ago.

Went from an original 55hp Johnson seahorse to a Yamaha 80hp 4stroke. 180kg transom weight.

Yes the bow was a fine entry and didn’t like 2 heavy lads sitting at the steering position. But the 80hp changed that. Balanced the boat nicely.

I bought the boat for 6 cartons of xxxx. And sold it for $8000.

A very quick 4 day rebuild in epoxy and polypropylene honeycomb was all it needed. Left the external original for the crabbing work.


I used it for 500hrs crabbing, wakeboarding and general family duties. Great boat. Only sold it for a house deposit.

It’s still local to me and is still solid as a rock.

Bottom line. A cheap boat purchase price well suited to your use is not a bad way to rebuild. Get some solid use and move it along.


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Thats a really nice boat Rip

[gazza2006au]

Could trim tabs possibly fixthe two fat blokes up front and the sharp nose digging in?

Theselittle 14-15 foot boats are a piece of piss to rebuild, from bad memory i watched a 15ft cruise craft rebuild on youtube 3 small stringers a tiny floor and a transom that sounds like a week or two job

It issurely nothing like my big boat which a14ft would fit inside my 18.7ft hull

I just want something different, the big boat is going to be a offshore centre console it will look a bit dicky taking such a boat to the river lol

This next boat will be mostly for my self or obe mate to take out stay out 12 hours come home park out on the main road have a scrub than go to bed

Where as the big boat will be packed away in the backyard, washed uppon getting home clean it all out for storage a big deal..

Half the time i get home i just drop everyobe off and i am rat shit buggered all i wannado isgo sit in the air condition im sure u guys can relate?

Like a day u head out fishing your out in 40c+ weather and on your way home u walk into a 7/11 and u dont wannaleave ghe shop your exhausted and the drive home tops ya off

Well with a little boat little worries of someone pinching from out ghe front of my place, my big boat is my prize winner

[shakey55]

I just want something different, the big boat is going to be a offshore centre console it will look a bit dicky taking such a boat to the river lol

Gazza, this is not a dig at you personally, just a comment. How big do you think your boat is. ‘Dicky taking such a big boat to the river’

Your boat is about 2’ 3” longer than my 5 metre seafarer and boats like mine are taken to rivers all day every day.

It may be bigger than mine but your having yourself on with a comment like that.

Hope the weather clears so you can get back into it.


Shakey - If only I lived near the coast

[gazza2006au]

Hey Shakey my old silverline 1600 15 foot boat could fit inside my caribbean hull the difference 3 foot makes isa enormous

Thats why i was looking at the F233

[stevej]

Hey Shakey my old silverline 1600 15 foot boat could fit inside my caribbean hull the difference 3 foot makes isa enormous

Thats why i was looking at the F233

im confused or been fed hallucinations
your big boat is too big for the river so now you want a 23 footer ?

Plenty of 15-17 footers get used upstream and on the various bays and harbours

a 3.8 or 4.2 tinny and what your building are a good allrounder pair for any type of fishing

[gazza2006au]

You guys will see yhe video when i launch it at the river its a tiny ramp rocks on both sides of the ramp, wharf is 20-30 meters away and the ramp is shollow i never see big boats there

[stevej]

One ramp out of how many ?
Go to a different ramp

doesn’t matter how big the boat is if your using a shit ramp

[gazza2006au]

Steve.. have u ever reversed atrailer off the end of the ramp onto sand/mud and had the tyres bog in? Well that is this particular ramp the other two ramps at the lake dont have wharfs

[gazza2006au]

I reckon im ganna grab a Cruise Craft, Nautiglass, in the 15 foot range

Hopefully smash it all out in 6 months floor, stringers, transom, pod, paint the hull in 2k paint, new windscreen or wave breaker, maybe a cheapie hydraulic steering second hand

I wont spend a fortune and try not to over capatalise i see these little boats going for $4500-$7000 on the used market

[shaungonemad]

I reckon im ganna grab a Cruise Craft, Nautiglass, in the 15 foot range

Hopefully smash it all out in 6 months floor, stringers, transom, pod, paint the hull in 2k paint, new windscreen or wave breaker, maybe a cheapie hydraulic steering second hand

I wont spend a fortune and try not to over capatalise i see these little boats going for $4500-$7000 on the used market

Knock up a cheap ally trailer to go with it and you will be laughing. If you grab something now you could have it on the water before winter ends, what do you catch that time of year?


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[Rip it up]

I reckon im ganna grab a Cruise Craft, Nautiglass, in the 15 foot range

Hopefully smash it all out in 6 months floor, stringers, transom, pod, paint the hull in 2k paint, new windscreen or wave breaker, maybe a cheapie hydraulic steering second hand

I wont spend a fortune and try not to over capatalise i see these little boats going for $4500-$7000 on the used market

What’s the benefit of a pod on a small hull. Why not get a larger hull to start with?


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[gazza2006au]

Knock up a cheap ally trailer to go with it and you will be laughing. If you grab something now you could have it on the water before winter ends, what do you catch that time of year?


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Big boat needs to come first im hopping that doesnt take too much longer

I love boat rebuilding in winter love the coldness out under the sun, what gets me with working in summer on the boat i get heat stroke really quickly 1 hours work than a break than 20mins and im cooked migrain, dripping in sweat, dizzy, thats when i go inside call it a day

[gazza2006au]

What’s the benefit of a pod on a small hull. Why not get a larger hull to start with?


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The pod + engine should lift the bow a little so the sharp bow doesnt dig in with two fat blokes up the front

[Rip it up]

The pod + engine should lift the bow a little so the sharp bow doesnt dig in with two fat blokes up the front

So the pod can not provide any buoyancy just move the centre of effort back?

I know that the rogue liked the changed from 120kg F60 up to 186kg F80. This was all it needed.

The calculations could be done with a bare hull weight and motor weights on a sliding scale backwards.

But a 16ft hull would behave much better. Our creek boat upgrade was an apollo spaniard 4.8m. Being pushed by a $500 70hp Yamaha 2 stroke. Literally a low budget rebuild. Much better boat. With little seats in the stern for the kids. Built the wave breaker. And installed second hand hydraulic steering.


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