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I have a 1989 montauk 17 with a sit down all wood console and bench seat. It is rather unqiue, at least i have never seen one with this style of console in 17ft model. I love to fish alot and the way the boat is currently setup it is hard to fish well. So i have coontemplated for a few years to convert it to a center console. Well it is in my Garage completly and dissassemled for the change. I will be buying the center console for along with everything else to completely change it.
I would appreciate any suggestions about how the most affordable way to do it but keep it in the whaler class of boats. I am searching for a center console and i am having a hard time locating the manufactures, i understand that boston builds them, but they are very expensive, is there something out there of the same quality and but more affordaable?
The next thing i thought today that i could offset some of my cost by restoring and finishing the present console to sell it, I am sure there are people out there that have a center console and would like to make it a sit down style? Does anyone have an idea as to what it may be worth either finish or as is?
I sure would appreciate any sugestions about this current project i am undertaking, i would like to do it the right way since I have owned this boat since it was new, it has been a great boat.
thanks,
greg
Sounds like your boat is a 17' supersport not a Montauk. They are the same hulls though. I would keep an eye out on Ebay for a center console. They come up every 3-4 months and most of them are in Texas.
If you go to frmarine.com and look under fiberglass parts / consoles they have had a console that could be made to look like a late 70's console with ease. The images on there website do not always show thier entire stock.
As for you wood interior. I would sell it as is on ebay. The 17 supersports are rare but most people would rather have the Montauk interior for a boat of that size. So I am sure someone would want it however it might not bring top dollar.
Here is an Image from my 1984 catalog of the 17' supersport.
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Jeff,
thanks for the info on the sites that build these consoles. I will check em out. I had never seen a supersport for sale, have you? I wonder about there Values.
They come around every couple months on boattrader.com. They have been listed for a little less than what most Montauks are listed at that are in the same condition.
tood makes a good center console try looking under the boaters world or west marine website they are exspensive tho then pick urself up a swing back/ coller pilot seat . i have thinkin of doin exactly what u are doing to my 15 super sport and i sucessfully have . however i built my console out of wood the project came out beutiful i was able to put a shelf for my fishing gear and batter and below it mounted to the deck my gas tank hope this helps
