Re: Alumacraft 14′

[fisherman6]

I took a closer look at the knee brace last night. Upon this closer inspection I can’t even make out the ‘2’ I thought sure was spotted earlier. I do not see any clear evidence of any stamping ever being there on this casting. The finish is consistent all the way from the splash well to near the bottom of the boat where there are some dents in it from something banging around back there. Possibly a fuel tank. The brace appears to be original to the boat but I suppose it could have been replaced long ago. There are no other numbers on this boat anywhere that I can find. The only numbers I have are my registration numbers on the bow. Oh well, I guess I’ll eventually figure out exactly what it is. Until then I’ll run it a little this year and start repairing the transom.

It kind of looks like the transom wood was replaced before. It looks like maybe the transom cap and corner castings were pulled last time but maybe not. I don’t think that is the right way to do it. It seems like the rivers will need to come out of the upper braces in the splash well to replace the inner board. If anyone has done this on one of these Aqueduct transoms, I’d like to know the correct way to do it. It has a bend in the Port gunwale that I am going to try to straighten as well. I think I have that planned out though.
-Ben

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