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This 12 ft semi v hull boat used to have a 2.3hp Honda on it. Got this boat trailer and original motor for super cheap. Replaced it with a 8hp mercury. Used to only do 6mph now will do 20. Awesome. It has this transom board outside and an even worse shape plywood one inside. Both are barely bigger than the motor footprint itself. I’m going to replace them because they’re old and rotten. For an 8hp do I need to make a full width board for inside? Or will a small set of inner and outer boards like this suffice?

Just a reference for anyone that might be considering various options. I weigh 170 pounds, and with my four-year-old and seven-year-old and a cooler and gear we can get up on plane and hit 19 miles an hour with an 8hp mercury four stroke.

I got this old aluminum Sears Gamefisher along with the motor and trailer for nearly free. Been a lot of fun so far. However there is a very slow leak from what I believe is the back end (arrows). I have a Battery powered bilge pump and a bucket just in case… but even when running it for a few hours at most I get a little puddle sloshing around back. I’m wondering if I can just put a bead of JB marine weld along the inside of the back seam and maybe along the outside too?

Title says it all. Using the g5 barrel and g5 backplate but otherwise all Glock brand g4 parts in the g4 slide. Thoughts ?