I picked up a project in the form of a tiny boat. 4' wide, 8' long, tri-hull, glass. Bare hull weight is probably around 85 lbs, guessing from...
I have owned dozens of boats from 12' to 27', but never owned a jet. Until now. This Mokai has a Honda GX190, so I have a feeling with my...
I'm in the very beginning stages of building a boat. When I say beginning, I mean that I don't even live in a place with a big enough garage to...
I'm re-doing the floors AGAIN on my boat. I use this boat a lot year-round; fishing, rescue support, utility, watersports, etc. I'm tired of...
I've visited every possible prop calculator site I can find, I've even read a book about choosing props, and I still can't figure it out, so I'm...
I have an older Alpha sterndrive that uses the coupler that shares the flywheel mounting bolts. So why all the extra weight with the flywheel?...
A couple questions on a powerplant for my Baja 190 supersport. It currently has a wasted 305 so I'm replacing it with a 350. I know very little...
I know there are two main reasons for plenty of ventilation under the cowl; heat and fumes. If I were converting to EFI, wouldn't the fumes be...
I've been thinking about this for years; small, light, low profile, optional small turbo, and now I have the perfect boat for one. I searched...
Hello to all. I doubt anyone remembers my posting about a year ago about wanting a shallow vee thunderbolt to build. In case you do remember,...
I was on go-fast.com today looking at the different types of stern drive units offered by mercruiser. I've noticed before in both real boats and...
Ok, more research has been happening on the Thunderbolt project. I had recieved some mis-information that was cleared up recently. Its a bummer...
In preparing to build a Glen-L thunderbolt, I'm planning on using a couple hull upgrades. I absolutely love the deck and plan of the Thunderbolt,...
...a little background first... I'm planning on building a 17' shallow vee speed/pleasure boat. I'm pretty much settled on the Glen-L...
Hello to all. I'm a new guy. I'm an avid fisherman and have lots of boating experience (I'm surprised my parents didn't name me Evinrude), but...