Out of the blue questions

ebaftj01

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Hello, my name is Ed and i am new to boating (23 yrs old just purchased my first one, 14ft skiboat) and if it's not too much trouble i'd like to ask two questions to begin with:<br />1. Where i can get some paint for the bottom and the inside? The hull is fiberglass, and i scraped the inside walls and floor, but the bottom looks good, i just want to change the color.<br />2. The boat has a 70 Hp Johnson outboard motor, how fast is that for this kind of boat? Faster than a sailboat, or a ferry? I was on a cruiseship last summer and the thing was doing 19 knots per hour, i thought that was fast.
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: Out of the blue questions

check out the iboats mega mall for paints. a 70 should push that boat very well, faster than the cruise ship. take a safe boating course, and get a manual for your engine, and read it. welcome to one of the most wonderful and frustrating worlds.. BOATING.
 

OBJ

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Re: Out of the blue questions

You can also post the paint question over in the Boat Restoration and Repair forum and get some good ideas there on the paint.<br /><br />And Welcome to iboats ebaft101!
 
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