Reading through this thread I also went back to the original posting to reply with some common sense. Towing on a trailer along the eastern...
The poster mentioned sailing in rivers and there is river sailing all the time in the UK area. [img] Check this album out....
Actually Alan you have not been to the Norfolk Broads. [img] :P
Then just like the position that I took early on, go back to the designed shaft setup, an easy fix, and work that out, one step at a time. The...
Let me add one most post to this recent exchange. If you are taking the position that the engine is too far foward, then you need to know where to...
Lets look at the carb placement on his engine. Now we also know that we are also working with an overall length of around 107 " on another Rivera...
I understand that. But the contrasting gears on both engines cannot and are not according to the book 10" longer since you are using the carb...
The 84" is on the Monaco which is a shorter boat, 19' according to the site. We need to compare the same boat with the overall length of the...
Correct, I understand shaft angles. The problem in this particular build is that the stuffing box is also foward of the intended position and we...
I thought their boatyard burnt just this last month. Do you also have a link to their story?
The problem is that we do not yet know the angle of the shaft and the real numbers from the transom either in its present form. If its your...
Yea a lot of chatter,:D and a lot of chatter, and, and, and, accomplished nothing. At this point I doubt that we will actually know the answers...
I know that I change the running end of this with some minor details and a few hours of work without destroying the boat, maybe not perfect but...
There are only a few conclusions that fits this problem. We now know that the engine is within tolerances in regards to its location along the...
This is the plan's profile for the Rivera, Tunnels ,et. al.. [img] FWIW, another builder states his setup is From transom to front of...
LOL! A perfect boat? Oxymoron. Its over for me and I have never seen a boat that I could not fix either.:D [img]
Aussie, if you wish to have an attitude and be closed minded,, that is not my problem and few can help you. Its quite possible that with a lot of...
Several more photos, at the fourth frame from the stem, these shot is showing what appears to be about the same beam as the sixth station going...
I see that you may think that the motor is installed incorrectly. Why in the hell didn't you stop? Every single boat has a center of balance....
I have been looking at the painted waterline on your photo thats been posted. You state in the photo that you have additional balast aft in the...
