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I recently finished my boat restoration and took it out for the first time. I had some overheating issues which I corrected. Now I'm moving on to figuring out a power issue. Should my engine be giving me more than 3k RPM at full throttle? I'm only getting about 23mph on a 17ft aluminum blu fin...
Getting started on a Blue Fin 17' restoration that I just purchased Sunday. This will be my first boat resto so I'm hoping to get some "I wouldn't do that's" :)along the way. The boat isn't in too bad of shape. The hull is very good but the interior has suffered some years of uncovered...
I've been looking for an aluminum boat to restore. Had a nice 18 ft starcraft with no motor almost bought but paperwork complications made it fall through.
I just found this one. Anyone have some info on it? Says it's a 1966 starcraft 18ft. Is that outboard an add on? Could that cause any issues?
