A three and five year old have a short attention span and they need a lot of distraction. They also need to be able to move around freely. A boat is not where you can do that. The type of boat suggested here, has a lot more to do with what daddy wants to do than what the kids want.
Water can burst PVC foam. If there is a small crack in the foam water will penetrate and stay where it is. In winter, this water will freeze and expand, thereby making the cracks deeper. Every time this process repeats itself , the cracks will get bigger and more water will penetrate. This is...
I redid the flotation foam on 3 of my Islanders. The problem with poured expansion foam is that it sticks to the bottom and it does not allow water to drain.No matter how closed cell the material is, it will eventually start absorbing water because the water has nowhere else to go. I believe...
This may sound as if I'm from another planet, but these pieces are easily made on a 3d printer. If you know somebody who has one, just bring the parts of the broken one and glue them together. The printer will make you a new piece
I'm thinking that in this case the word "towing" is really used instead of "trailering".
Whether you are towing a boat in the water with or without a kicker has nothing to do with the Panther warning about towing. They want you to remove the kicker from their bracket when you trailer the boat on...
The trim motor does a hard job. that's why it's there to begin with.
The draw of 2 volts is not a thing to worry about as long as the engine alternator recharges the battery. Don't forget that the trim is only used for a few seconds at a time and not very often.
So no worries!
By looking at the thread types, it seems that only one is a trailer tire. The one in the foreground with the length wise thread. The other one looks like a mud and snow tire for a car, not a trailer tire at all
I did seriously consider a window above the windshield, but this is an aluminum boat and it is laying high in the water. My worry is that a soft top that is too high will turn it into a big sail that will push the boat around. So there is that to consider. For now the roof if almost 7 foot above...
So I took your advice and then some.
Its going to be stainless and I convinced the tubing bender and the canvas maker lady to come to my boat together. We will meet , I'll show them the picture of what I want and with the help of my RMD (required minimum distribution) my soft top will be very...
It is time to get a fresh look on the old rig and part of it is replacing the canvas and the aluminum tubing that looks like it has been through a couple of hurricanes. It is mostly bent by moving under bridges that were lower than the last time I went under through them.
The problem is that...
It sounds to me that you have to separate the middle section from the engine and give it a complete cleaning job. Soaking the engine bottom in kerosene will loosen up the gunk and when you have it cleaned up , a good amount of penetrating oil where the drive shaft goes into the block may help as...
Canvas needs to be done with a heavy duty sewing machine or by hand with a special tool that you can buy in west marine or a hobby shop for half the price of what west marine charges. There a lot of people who do canvas sewing repair for small repairs like this for a very reasonable price. The...
