Posted: April 03 2009 at 22:26 | IP Logged

nice job---have a worthy truck to pull it with yet?

Posted: April 04 2009 at 17:00 | IP Logged

gotcha--

that'd be a relitively easy boat to trailer.

Posted: April 04 2009 at 17:18 | IP Logged

sounds fun...

when this forum first opened up, it seemed to really draw attention---everyone checked in quite often....who knows, maybe all these guys sold their boats!  ???

i've had mine for about 6 years--and trying to find people or info about them was next to impossible. SO, this is really nice for me. just to meet ANYONE ELSE who has one or knows anything about them. need to turn it into a club of some sort,,,?

when you mention "Thompson"....people think of the trawler company usually.

nice boats but not Thompson Boat Company..

anyway-- when are you going to dunk it??

Posted: April 04 2009 at 17:39 | IP Logged

oh by the way--we trailer ours now. about 15,000 lbs all together. and an 11 foot beam.....piece of cake!

they rot to fast in the water. we decided it creates so much more maintanance and upkeep. and you gotta worry about it much more when you can't be there.

i'm usually gone 2-3, sometimes 4 weeks at a time. between storms, leaks, stray current, bottom growth etc..etc..etc...

we got rid of the slip and decided to do transient slips when and where we want.

i came home once to a pretty bad leak caused by stray current. it rotted a hole in one of the Y-pipes. luckily the batteries, pumps, etc all kept up and kept her ONTOP of the water.(that's actually how this entire project got started)

so i only keep her in the water when i can keep a closer eye out.

Posted: April 04 2009 at 21:00 | IP Logged

Hey Chuck do you have any updated photos of your boat?

nope.not with me---been dealing with a computer crash the last few days out here--sux! can't cunduct business without this sucker! had to go purchase another and deal with the problem child when i get home. IT has all my pics.

hey don, good to see ya poppin in !

Posted: April 10 2009 at 23:05 | IP Logged

same questions i'm struggling with right now-

i am experimenting with lexan right now---bends easy with heat gun--and when you paint the back side it really looks sharp. do some googling before you work with it though (proper heat..etc..) trying differant paints to get special effects.

been thinking about somehow painting "THOMPSON" from the back side. and then cuttin holes through it....

i too was going to try carbon fiber--but i decided to totally rebuild--went bigger-going with bigger gauges,,,and more of them. so the idea of trying to pretty-up the old panel was quickly tossed.

we are shopping for gauges as we speak. i like the big five inchers. almost had a nice set but "schnost"

hey joe.....ya can't put that thing together with the old gauges either!

at least i couldn't make myself do it...it was all old and crusty/green on the back side terminals and connections ....of course that led to rewiring the rats nest that thompson puts in there...

(now it starts.)  at least i'm not the only one with the diease!

Posted: April 11 2009 at 10:39 | IP Logged

let me shoot a pic of these 4 ways i just got. i dont think i'm going to use them

you can take a look see if you like/want them.-i'll sell them cheap. (brand new)

Posted: April 11 2009 at 12:55 | IP Logged

very nice!

wait till you see these 4ways i just laid eyes on---

same faria gauge in 4-ways. i took pics but again, puter crash problems---trying to get my DPP bacvk loaded---i'll get them as soon as i can

Posted: April 11 2009 at 16:15 | IP Logged

fiberglass and bondo magic.... 3 inches taller

Posted: April 11 2009 at 16:20 | IP Logged

another:

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