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    Transom Wood Selection

    You could always do the exotic on the outside and use the marine plywood on the inside....just make sure you really soak that outside plywood with a good sealer (*thinned epoxy is an excellent choice ). You may end up having to do some maintenance on the coating every couple of years, but a...
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    Official Business of the 3V Club ( aka tri hull club )

    It's been a while for me. I've been shoved off to waterless lands ( well not really, just Nebraska ) I haven't touched my boat in 3 years, so when I get back to it, I'll have some maintenance to do. Gotta find a couple of lakes worth dragging the beast to since they are all small here and...
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    Force 125hp fouling rich?

    So, I'm reaching out again in search of clues/direction/answers. I've got a 1987 Force 125hp on my 17ft Glastron. The engine sat on my deck on a stand for 3 years before I was able to get it installed on the boat during reconstruction. I put the motor on the boat and it fired up and ran...
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    Force 125, thought I had a bad reed valve

    So, end of the season, brought the family on the boat, had a gunshot like backfire that destroyed the rubber exhaust boot. Couldn't get the engine to run without the hood off, and it didn't run that great. Used the trolling motor. Brought it back out and it ran, but a bit rough, I could hit...
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    Calling MN boat restorers out there...

    Sorry red. Can't do this, even though it is a kind gesture.
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    Installing a Force 125 onto a different boat

    So, I hung the motor on the back of the Glastron ( V178 ) and start to think to myself..self, you should have bought a Jack plate instead of using the mounting system they designed for the motor.....:grumpy: What is the deal with this motor mount? Holding 125 Forces in place with 2 bolts and 2...
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    Plasti dip your boat?

    So, in my never ending endeavor to find different painting solutions for my Glastron project, considering some of the paint schemes I've wanted will ultimately end up costing my hundreds in paint alone, I've kept my eyes out for other possible solutions. I ran across this tonight and have...
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    Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist.

    Re: Funny "TLC needed" boat ads on Craigslist. I love how it's a picture of a picture. For that kind of money, take a picture of the boat with the camera you took the picture with...we know it's possible!
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    Official Business of the 3V Club ( aka tri hull club )

    Okay guys and gals, now that we have our stickers and enough active members to get a thread moving along...here's our not-totally-official-until-stickied-club members thread. If you are not a member of the club but want to be, resurrect this thread here and get your induction into the club...
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    boat pulling to the left

    So, I'm out fishing with my 14 ft tinny with a 25hp motor a couple of summers ago-out on the lake with another friend in his own boat. We were working the shallows throwing plugs and bobbers out. Not much was happening, so I was moving around a lot, trying to find a decent piece of structure...
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    reasonable expectations

    I'm buying my neighbors 86'ish Force 125 for 500 bucks ( He upgraded boats and is parting his Bilgeliner bass boat out ) and I happened across old literature from Mercury. It showed my exact boat, with a 65, 85 and 115hp Merc ( tower of power ) with performance specs. Loaded with 4 people...
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    The Paint Thread

    I think it's high time that we compile our experiences with the different paints out there and discuss what we like and don't like about them. What I'd like to see is some specifics beyond " I just like it", if you know what I mean ;) For those that roll and tip, what size roller, what kind of...
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    below deck coatings

    Well, I'm getting to the point where the deck is going in my boat ( I finally got all the wood cut and am going to seal it on Monday! ) My dilemma is, what to do with all the glass work I did. I never used any wax in my laminating resin when it was all said and done, most of the glasswork is a...
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    lower unit draining oddity

    Well, I've got horrible pictures, so I won't post them until I get a chance to get a better set taken, but I'll try to describe to the best of my ability and see where we get with my question... My neighbor has a 125hp Force ( painted black,year unknown ). To drain the lower unit, he has to...
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    noticed something the other day..

    We've been having storms running through the area lately and when I was driving my truck home, I noticed that it accelerated much more strongly than it normally does. The humidity was up from the last time I drove it, but I called my friend who was driving the same way home at the same time and...
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