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As I mentioned in my Dillon Laker thread, I recently picked up a 1971 Pony 16' ski boat. It came just as pictured below with the trailer and without the motor and controls. The Laker project is getting mothballed for a while since I'll be using the '84 Mercury 115 on the Pony hull now instead...
Weight is a big issue with the Dillon Laker 14 tunnel hull boat I'm currently building. There's a link to the build thread in my sig line below for anyone wanting to take a look at it. I have an '84 Mercury 115 HP inline six "Tower Of Power" for the motor. This particular Tower is an ELPT (Elec...
I'm a relatively new guy here on the iBoats forum, so I figured I'd use this build thread as an excuse to introduce myself. I'm a retired Navy Machininst (MR1/20 yrs) with a lot of other gearhead type projects under my belt over the years (cars, bikes, trucks, etc). However, this is my first...