Rebuilding Skeeter Hustler

[Mike Sanzone]

Rebuilding a 13 foot Skeeter Hustler bass boat that I bought when I was 18.....so after almost 30 years of good hunting...Hurricane Sandy banged her up pretty bad while being stored in a local boat yard. .here are a few photos

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[Mike Sanzone]

This is the top half

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[Mike Sanzone]

Here is the bottom...that was a very thin lay up with a plywood core....

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[Mike Sanzone]

After putting her back in shape with straps and screws and furing strips...I reglassed the bottom with 3 layers of 1.5 oz mat

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[Mike Sanzone]

Here it is put back together

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[Mike Sanzone]

My two boys helping me out

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[Carl]

Neat project, I always liked those boats. Hunted out of one in 2001 or 2002 that former member RodJ had out in Houston, TX.
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[Mike Sanzone]

Thank you Carl

 

[Pat Richter]

Mike i got one but the dam thing is so heavy . Do you think a 16 hp mud motor would work . It has a nice flat bottom but the keels got me thinking no

 

[Ed L.]

A guy I'd met while living in Arkansas had one of these. I always thought it was a cool little boat. Hustler Model C-1350. There is a boat manufactuer in Louisiana that has reserected this boat or at least modeled their boat after it.

 

[Ed L.]

A guy I'd met while living in Arkansas had one of these. I always thought it was a cool little boat. Hustler Model C-1350. There is a boat manufactuer in Louisiana that has reserected this boat or at least modeled their boat after it.

I have it book marked somewhere. Here's some history.

http://www.dougvahrenberg.com/Skeeter.html

 

[Mike Sanzone]

Mike i got one but the dam thing is so heavy . Do you think a 16 hp mud motor would work . It has a nice flat bottom but the keels got me thinking no

If you say she is heavy I would think she has some water in the core....I had a 25 mariner on her and it was Fast! ...really good riding when it's flat...but any type of swell on her nose and you will bury the bow