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    New Project - Ski Brendella

    Re: New Project - Ski Brendella Long time between posts but haven't had much time to work on this project this winter. Attached are some photos of where I am at with it now. Found out the stringers are completely rotted out so they will have to be changed out.
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    New Project - Ski Brendella

    First time posting on this particular forum. I have been hanging out on the Cobra outdrive forum while I get our Four Winns boat sorted out, not quite completely done with it yet but at least it is usable. But I have new much more ambitious project. Bought this at an estate sale for $300 so here...
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    Info on Ski Brendellas

    Bought an 18 foot 10 inch Ford 302 powered 1989 Ski Brendella at an estate sale yesterday for $300 and am discovering that there is not much information out there about them. I will be studying the restoration forum to learn how to redo the interior floor and all that since it is rotted out...
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    New Ski Brendella Boat - Looking for info

    Just bought this from an estate sale yesterday and am looking for any info on it, primarily on the drive. There doesn't seem to be too much out on the internet about these. 1989 18 foot 10 inch Ski Brendella PCM Drive Model PCM-40A, serial number 040-4877, ratio 1.23-1 Engine Ford 302...
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    Gimbal Bearing and Outdrive question

    Talking about a 1990 Four Winns Freedom here. Had to change my bellows since the upper one had a tear in it. This is my first time working on a power boat so I guess it didn't go too bad overall (so far) but I have a couple of questions while I wait for my alignment tool to get here. 1. I...
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    Curious about longevity....

    I realize that doing proper maintenance and taking care of your boat has a lot to do with it but I was wondering if there is any such thing as a normal life expectancy for an outdrive and engine? I understand that people don't post on this forum just to say everything is hunky dory but it seems...
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    Couple of general questions

    I am going to be pulling my outdrive here in the next week or so to change the bellows and make sure that the maintenance has been done right on it since I just bought it. I find it strange that it was winterized last fall but now has a hole in the bellows, just makes me wonder if the shop that...
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    C-Lark centerboard question

    Someone decided that they needed the aluminum centerboard for my C-Lark sailboat more than I did and stole it. Has anyone had any luck making one of these or know of some place that I could buy one? Thanks! Matt
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    Water leak question

    I am new to the power boat world, I am more of a sail boat person but my wife loves power boats so we now own a 1990 Four Winns Freedom 170 with an OMC Cobra 3.0. The person that we bought it from last week was the first to admit that he knows nothing about mechanics, if he had any problems it...
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