Front view of the tri-hull design. Don't know how it will ride, plane or handle chop but it should be a real stable fishing platform for such a little boat. I wonder if those grooves on each side of the hull will keep me dry? Probably wishful thinking.

Front view of interior. It looks better than it really is. The prior owner used epoxy and plywood to cover up rot and then coated it with gelcoat. The gelcoat is not sticking and is falling off. That's ok because it will all have to come out anyway.

Hole through plywood suport. Shows general condition of boat. Unfortunately the prior owner covered up the same sort of rot on the floors and elsewhere. Not only did that make the boat heavy and rotten, but it left what I am sure is soaked foam underneath as well.

Rear view showing shape of hull at transom. Not sure what that shape will do for me. But at least it is it is not totally flat like some skiffs. It may help cornering and handling in some light chop, but I suspect it will slap me silly over time!

More holes and interior. There is a lot to be repaired here and it is surely worse under the new plywood floor.

General condition of rear of boat. And I always thought that neatness counted!

This is what the hull looks like in its worst places. Notice that barnacles grew right on the blue stuff. That blue stuff is the old anti-fouling bottom paint. Could I get lucky and have the barnacle pads go away when I strip the bottom paint?

This is a 1978 2 cylinder 55 HP Evinrude. It is old, very old. It starts easily, powers the boat and idles badly. Haven't checked it out yet for compression, tune, etc. But it does have a nice shiny new stainless prop on it.

Here is the layout and top view. I had to get on the roof to take this pic. The light brown stuff you see is epoxy resin slop left by the prior owner.

Just for fun, here is a scan Bayliner sent me from the Bayliner Trophy history book (thanks Bayliner). This is what the boat looked like in 1991. The question now is whether it can be made to look and function as well of better as a Flats Boat than the original.

This is the dream target for the conversion. More can be found at this URL target=new>http://www.redfishboats.com/bullpic.html
. Visit Redfish Boats and see some really nice boats. While I will never do it exactly like them, it is nice to have a target to shoot for.