Another Potter 23 remodel

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Bought this 1978 Potter hull last June and after having it for a while decided that I was going to own it forever and might as well make it exactly what I wanted. It had a bracket and had been previously redone with a new tank and transom but they had left the splash well, making for alot of wasted space. The only live well was useless. My goal was to improve space utilization and make the boat more fishable, and along the way pretty it up.
This is what we started with.

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The demo started with cutting the splash well off the transom and deinstalling the motor and bracket. We pulled the fuel tank to inspect before we glassed it in and found that the foam surrounding it was we and the tank was severely pitted despite being only 3 to 4 years old. We ordered a new tank from Sunshine tanks and increased the size to 125 gallons. We moved it forward and bulheaded it fore and aft prior to foaming and glassing it in. We also decided to make a true anchor locker and cut in a hatch in the bow and put a bulkhead where the access previously was

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A new transom box is built and glassed in.

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The console and the T Top were derigged and removed. The console holes were re glassed and the forward seat box was glassed in and insulated to make a drink cooler. The T top had mounting plates welded on for spreader lights fore and aft.

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The anchor locker tray is glassed in place. The hatch for the bilge access is fabricated

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The new fuel tank arrives and is foamed into its new fiberglass cocoon. The transom box is molded using a piece of the prior splash well for its radius. The transom is ground down to good glass and then glassed to the new integrated fish box

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The tank is now completely sealed in fiberglass. The forward anchor locker hatch is molded and formed.

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Live well seat combo being fit to the console and cut to the proper height for comfort and scale

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Outer hull is patched and sanded then primed, then sprayed with black laquer and resanded to check for imperfections needing further attention

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Cut out in console front for tackle center, New scuppers cut and glassed in. PVC pipes run in floor for removable forward live well. Cut outs for transom rod holders and pop up cleats.