A Blog written about Fishing the Flats of Florida specifically from a Gheenoe, while providing high quality nature photography.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Welcome to my Blog, New Gheenoe 15'4" Highsider
This is my first post, I was an avid kayak angler and recently picked up a 1995 15'4" Gheenoe Highsider with a 4hp Suzuki DT4 2 stroke with internal tank and 44lb Minn Kota trolling motor. I have fished out of it once and it is defiantly a perfect flats fishing craft. I have quite of bit of work I want to do on this boat to get it in top running condition. The first project I started was I scrapped the old glue off the floor from when the previous owner put marine carpet on the floor. I removed most of it but there is still quite a bit of residue I am going to have to sand off.
The next thing I'm going to do is redo the transom and reglass the two benches. Then I will paint the boat a Seafoam Green or a Sky Blue, and the decks will be painted a white or light gray. I also would like to upgrade the motor to a 9.9hp engine.
Well here are the pictures of the boat the day I purchased it as well as a video of the boat running in a No Wake Zone. More to come!
Excellent blog. I'm in the process of restoring a 1978 15' 9" Gheenoe. I hope to finish restoring the interior this weekend. How did you make your bow mount for the trolling motor? Also, when you fish at Piney-z are pulling the engine off and taking the gas tank out of the boat or just leaving them and only using the trolling motor?
I made the bow mount using to pieces of aluminum angle angle iron and a 2X4 found at your local home depot, remember to use bolts as screws will pull out when attaching to the boats rails. I remove my tank and motor when going to piney-z as i have to carry the boat down to the water by hand. thanks for the interest. Let me know if you need any other info!!
Excellent blog. I'm in the process of restoring a 1978 15' 9" Gheenoe. I hope to finish restoring the interior this weekend. How did you make your bow mount for the trolling motor? Also, when you fish at Piney-z are pulling the engine off and taking the gas tank out of the boat or just leaving them and only using the trolling motor?
ReplyDeleteI made the bow mount using to pieces of aluminum angle angle iron and a 2X4 found at your local home depot, remember to use bolts as screws will pull out when attaching to the boats rails. I remove my tank and motor when going to piney-z as i have to carry the boat down to the water by hand. thanks for the interest. Let me know if you need any other info!!
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