Re: Man vs. Boat (season 1).
string line the aft deck height.
then measure the distance from the hull to the string.
the deck is usually higher than the chine in the aft area.....so use the deck height as your measuring point.
normally you would measure inner chine to inner chine. and add or subtract for the deck.
there should still be some grinding indications of the old deck height.
if you have no indications left......use your past measurements as a starting point, and make a new deck height.
you will be close enough that it wont make a difference.
Thanks Oops... I still have the lip from the old deck, so I know I will have my deck height right... I just didn't want the stringers themselves to be kicked at an angle once the boat levels...
Might start by getting the boat level in the cradle, can't hurt. Might think about making the engine box a little bigger than it use to be, I/O's can use all the room they can get, especially when trying to get to the starter and things low in the bilge.
Agree with all the above.... the boat used to sit perfectly level in the cradles (until they fell apart and I had to rebuild them).... However, I think I can do some wiggling to level it back, which will help. If I can get the gunwales level, then I think I can do it bang on...
I was thinking what cc254 was thinking ^^^
This has me head scratchin a little here. I know your keyhole is perfectly centered. So, is your transom board off maybe? If that's the case, seems like no biggie.
And engine mounts? I didn't think ya had any of those in there yet?? WhatdI miss?
Help me out bro, say more words about this part
Sorry, misspoke there... No mounts yet, of course, those are just the engine mount stringers - the mounts will be built just to the inside of those stringers, which is why I jumbled my terminology... I think my transom board is a little a little off... I placed it in what I thought was the dead center, and even measured from the bow to each top corner as equi-distant... However, I think the key-hole is dead center, but the board is not (and I don't think it matters a ton, because I basically cut out the back of my boat and re-built it; further, if my transom board was a single piece like everyone else, this is not issue that would even be noticed... (again, someone catch me here if I am being too casual about this, before I put this baby back together and it wants to steer sideways...). I am starting to agree with EZ that i/o's are a huge pain in the ***...
Brutha!
Not sure you need to worry about the boat being perfectly level... As oops says run the string line and take all the measurements from that...
Heck ya could just seal up that keyhole, and mount those two Yamaha F350's off the back! Just sayin!
See above... thought has crossed my mind... If only I had more money, and I'm not a big fan of o/b brackets...(Just my opinion).
Level the top of gunwales port, starboard,bow and stern then use a straight pc, of pipe angle iron (whatever) across the top of gunwales and drop a plumbob or tape measure can't miss after that.
Perfect... that's what I am thinking... I think I have this figured out.... It just helps to talk out loud sometimes and think through it.
