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    Fiberglass Hull Repair on Strake

    Boat is a 17' Hourston Glasscraft. My roller trailer came apart on a rough road and one of the roller mounts ended up digging into a strake. By the time I was home and saw the issue it had worked it's way well into the hull. I've removed all the damaged material. The section measures about 4"...
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    Yamaha F100 Parasitic battery drain

    Hey all, I've got a 2001 Yamaha F100 that's killing my battery when it sits for a week or two. I've found the drain is about 0.0100A draw (not tons but enough to wreak your day). I've found the draw goes to zero when the 30A fuse is pulled but haven't been able to isolate it further. Can any...
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    Downrigger Mounting Advise

    Hey guys, Looking to mount my downriggers on our 17' hourston glasscraft. Thought I'd ask around for some advise before I start drilling. I have manuals at the moment but would like to easily switch to electrics in a few years (without drilling additional holes in my boat) I'm leaning...
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    Kicker Mounting Advise

    Hi there, We have a 17' hourston glasscraft and are looking to attach a 9.9hp kicker. I don't believe there is enough room to mount the 4-stroke merc kicker beside the main (mostly because of the steering linkage). I've got an adjustable bracket thats good for '20hp' but 110lbs seems like a...
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    25HP Johnson jumping out of gear

    This was originaly in someone elses thread, moved as I may have been hyjacking. Had a question and after searching the forums found this post was probably the most suitable place. I have a 91' Johnson 25 horse (J25RWLEIM) which is kicking out of gear. When I purchased it I ran it in a bucket...
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    77' 25HP Powerhead compataibilty

    I have a 77' 25hp johnson seahorse shortshaft. The powerhead is great on it but I needed a longshaft for my transom. Does anyone know off hand which years and size johnson would be compatable? (ie. 70-79' 20-35HP?) (I am looking at a similar year 20HP long shaft to steal the bottom drive...
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    Short to Long Conversion.

    Hey all, I have an older 14' Aluminum, transom measures 19.75" Did a bit of reasearch before purchasing a 25hp 77' Johnson sea-horse short shaft (model 25R77H). I got the impression that as long as the cavitation plate was within 2" (above or below) the bottom of the hull everything was fine...
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