[Spike-A-Pike]

Thanks Pete - I'm looking forward to seeing your progress. I spent a good part of last summer working on my 1985 Tracker Tournament V-17. It's a riveted Aluminum 17.5' x 72" beam that is comfortable for 2 and can handle 3 okay, but that's getting tight. I replaced the forward and mid decks - they were plywood and I replaced them with pressure treated 13/16" plywood. They feel good and stable now. I replaced the center console with a current Tracker model and it looks good there. The wiring was a previous owner's spaghetti factory and you never knew if the switch you had just "activated" or "deactivated" was going to do something for you or to you. Normally, nothing happened. I put in all new wire circuits and switches; the component lights and pumps all worked. My son keeps telling me I over did it by adding more trim switches in addition to the one on the throttle... But it's handy to get the motor up when your at the other end of the boat and it makes putting the transom saver in a piece of cake. All the seats got replaced and up graded for my bad back - I may have to investigate adding a gas shock... but hey, there's always tomorrow and I wouldn't want to rush my "planning" and screw it up. Good luck Pete and I'm looking forward to the updates.