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for oil, ultacopper is better than the ultrablack. for the water pump, the ultra grey is what to use.

600 grit, followed by 800 grit, followed by aquabuff 1000, followed by aquabuff 2000 followed by 3M finessit if you are still north of Bradenton, Fiberglass Coatings in St Pete has Aquabuff on the shelf.

welcome aboard boats rot from the drain-plug up. so by the time the floor is soft, the transom and the stringers are shot, the foam is water logged and the boat is no longer safe there is no shortcut. welcome to the restoration start by reading links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in their...

GM did that for VP and Merc. the 6.2 merc runs 1.6:1 rockers as well. which gets in to seal to keeper interference...... but hey, they warranty it.

99% of boat manufacturers are running 16 gauge to the nav lights on boats much bigger than yours.

put a halogen light under the boat and heat the hull from underneath as well. no need to heat the whole shop if you can warm the hull area

your boat is only 17 feet. no way your total length of wiring is 54 feet to a nav light. if your nav light is at the helm, and your circuit breaker and switch is at the helm, your looking at 20 foot max lenght my boat is 26 feet long, max length of run on any circuit in my boat is 22 feet...

welcome aboard what is the towing capacity of your car? what is the total actual weight of your boat/motor/trailer/fuel/gear/beer/ice/passengers in the car/etc? and then there is the brake thing that Roscoe mentions as most cars require brakes if the towed load is over either 1000# or 2000#

no, it would be cheaper and better to by a boat that is running with an outboard already. however its your time and money

then start at the batteries. you have a bad connection somewhere.

Consider the hull to be completely toast and needing a complete overhaul

Yes, a cradle is necessary

Ted, you could always run a 65# trolling motor and two batteries.

call your Hurricane dealer and ask

take a volt meter. start at the battery cable going to the key switch and check from there.

then we need a different energy storage scheme, as the carbon footprint for battery manufacture puts the EV's in a huge hole. take the battery packs for a Prius: ore mined in Canada, shipped to China for processing, shipped to Japan to be made into batteries, etc. is a bigger carbon foot print...

if you are adding bow weight, you may need to move the batteries aft. however you wont know until you are on the water.

and the price is only $80k since us tax payers have been paying the subsidies https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/tesla-subsidies-how-much/

pontoon trailers are different than v-hull trailers you need either a scissor or bunk trailer for the pontoon. and majority of the bunk trailers for pointoons have torsion axles. also, your 18' pontoon would not be rated for a 75hp motor

where ever they fit. dont add too much weight above the water line or the boat gets tippy. this includes the fishing deck you are planning.