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    what gear to tow a boat

    i bought a 98 chevy silverado this week. and im wondering what gear to tow the boat with. a friend told me i shouldnt tow the boat in over drive. but that was a manual tranny. is it ok to tow it in over drive with an automatic. it is a 14 trihull fiberglass with a 40 horse. the gears i have to...
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    tachometer

    this boat is a 1975 trihull 14 footer so everything is getting old on this boat i was doing some work on my boat and i noticed when i was wiping everything down i ran my hand across the tach and the needle moved so i did it again to make sure i wasnt seeing things. and it pegged out at 5000 and...
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    40 horse johnson

    i have a 40 horse johnson and im looking at getting another prop for it the prop that is on it is chipped up. with 3guys in the boat i got the boat up to about 14mph (gps) speed at 5000 rpm. im looking for speed not power or a mixture of speed and some power to get it up on plane with 3 or more...
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    the drain hole for the boat

    i got the boat out today for another test run. to see how it handled after putting the bow seats in and noticed that the hole where you put the drain plug leaked. before we went out i adjusted the plug to fight tight in the hole then clamped it in. water wasnt coming in fast but i did come in...
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    hugh humidity

    will poly resin cure in high humidity. i still have more glassing to do. all weekend its supposed to be humid.
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    locking the o/b motor in the upright position

    i cant lock my motor up. i use a doubled up 2/4 with a bungy cord to hold it up for trailering. the problem is the splash well is in the way. the bolt that holds the sterring cable to the motor hits the splash well. is there i way i can fix it with out cutting a hole to compensate for the bolt...
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    humminbird fish finder

    i dont have a problem with the electrical aspect of putting it in but i took the boat out on the water today. and at about 3000 rpm the boat plains out and i get a rooster tail from the transducer. does this mean its not in the water far enough. or is it something else when the boat is just...
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    deck piant?

    i was at the big box store the other day and saw they heave a one part epoxy garage floor paint (cement paint). would that work in a boat
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    capping the stringer

    how many layers of 8 oz. cloth should i put on the stringer for the cap and cross members.
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    how many layers of glass

    howmany layers of glass should i put on the stringer of my 14 ft tri hull. i know that i should use 1708 but i didnt have that much money. i ended up buying 15sq yards of 8.2oz cloth and i have some about 9 sq yards of chopped strand i can get more of that it was cheap. the glass that was on the...
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    fiberglassing the stringer

    what is the general rule on fiberglassing the stinger in. how far should the glass go onto the hull. each layer farther than the last one
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    fiberglass repair kits from walmart

    how thick is the fiberglass cloth in the kit. i have a kit my dad gave me when he heard i was working on my boat. wondering if it is good for anything structual. thanks
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    poly resin and blue board foam

    i did a search on here and i read that poly resin will eat up the blueboard foam that you can get at home centers. but i think that was when they pured it on the board. will the poly eat up the board if it has cured. because im using poly to do all the fiber glassing. trying to do this as cheap...
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    fiberglass repair of a hole

    i did some grinding yesterday on the hull and found bondo used for a repair of a hole. it still leaked. i want to fix it with fiberglass. i got a repair kit from walmart. i was going to use the epoxy out of it to seal up the edges of the stringer and use the fiberglass for something else. will...
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    pics of my boat project

    well that didnt work
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    took the stringer out today

    i took the stringer out of my 1976 14ft tri hull. it was made out of a 2x8x12. that surprized me. i figured i was going to pull out mush being ply wood. there was only one stringer in the boat (down the center). now when i make a new one should i use the same thing 2x8x12 or use plywood doubled...
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    fiberglassing the boat deck?

    i have done alot of reading on this site and was wondering.... poeple on here said when putting a new deck on your boat you have to first fiber glass the edges. that part i understand now here is the question. they say next to put 2 thin layers on the deck to cover the wood. does it matter if...
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    stringer for a tri hull and cross members

    im putting in a new stringer and cross members in my boat. do i have to glue them in place before i glass them, and if i do what kind of glue should i use. thanks
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    replacing the floor on a tri hull

    i am replacing the floor on my boat mainly because the foam under it is water soaked. so im going to pull all of the foam out and fix the leak. my question is should i replace the foam or not. and if i should what sould i use. the foam that you get in a spray can or is there something else i...
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    primary pick up and follower

    i have a 1975 40hp johnson the follower touches the primary pickup at idle but at full throttle it doesnt touch it anymore is that right.
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