I have a 1989 Four Winns Freedom in which I am currently replacing all of the rotten wood. It has a 3.0L OMC Cobra. The engine and drive work fine and there is no reason to replace them other than they are OMC.
But as it turns out I can get a donor boat with a Mercruiser drive and straight...
I am in the middle of replacing my transom and am planning on drilling all of the holes in the transom oversized, filling with thickened epoxy and then drilling the final hole. I assume that for through-bolt holes it doesn?t matter what I thicken the epoxy with; wood flour, silica, milled...
I want to build a full-width swim platform for my boat, but I am having problems finding teak locally or for a reasonable price. Has anyone used other wood species with success. I was considering using Ipe.
Here I go, starting my first boat project.
Background: Last summer the wife and I decided to purchase a boat. It was my first boat so I was looking for something relatively cheap to learn on, so if I messed it up I did not have much invested in it to lose. But I didn?t want to get a full-on...
I have emptied and removed the fuel tank from my boat in order to replace some rotten wood, which looks like it will be a bigger project than I thought. I'll have to start a restoration thread. I know the tank is full of vapors and could be explosive. :eek: It is a 19 gallon aluminum tank...
