casper5280
Crew Member
Well I thought that I might as well start a thread on my 23 Ft Hourston Reno Project. I’ve had this boat for a few years now and knew that at some point in time that it would need some major work done to it. The boat is a 1975 model with a 351w and Volvo Penta 280 leg. The boat was a 2 owner boat when I bought it. The first owner bought it right from Bill Hourston himself in 1975 and bought it to Namimo were it lived in a boat house. The boat was a sedan at that time. A few years later he sold it to his friend the 2nd owner because he moved up to a 26 Ft Hourston W/fly bridge. He then bugged the 2nd owner that he didn’t have a fly bridge on his boat so he sent the boat back to Hourston and had them install a fly bridge. This boat had lived it’s entire life, in a boat house in Namimo and had never been fished in and was only cruised around in the Namimo area until I bought it. The boat was in great condition as “far as the eye could see”. The interior was all original and in great shape and the motor and leg had all there service records to show work done. I bought the boat and began to turn it in to a fishing machine. All the while upgrading as I fished and cruised around. All new electronics( VHF, Chartplotter/Radar) new kicker, with remote steer, electric downriggers. Everything you could need. I also redid the electrical and upgraded the interior. Redid all the counter tops, table, icebox door, and the gunnels. Bought a new trailer.