New member-building a plywood boat

[YotaTruck91]

Originally Posted by jimmythegreek

All u need is an inexpensive all welded large jon boat, the tracker grizzly and alumacraft roughnecks are on Clist all the time for 2-3k, just set it up for the style of fishing you do and put a strong bowmount and a 9.9 on it and your done, they take a real beating. Plywood isnt gonna be great for going in skinny waters

I've seen largish jons on Craigslist from time to time, but none big enough to take the whole family out on. Plus I can build the whole boat and put a used motor on it for less than $3K. The boat I'm looking at will draft 6" at 2000lbs total load (hull, motor, crew, gear, etc...). Given that, I should be drawing about 5". Plywood will take more of a beating than you think if it's built right. Good points on the dual 9.9s BTW, definitely some stuff to think about.