I'll add pine tar.
Barry, We have a 30' Willard Nomad w vertical front windows and have no instrument glare problems. Actually I do see slight ghost images out the...
I've always thought the fwd rake as a bit stupid. One needs to protect the wheelhouse glass pretty much at all costs. Aerodynamics, space for...
Troy, I'm not sure but it seems to me that the tread gets arched on radial tires .. as in concave to the road. So an overinflated tire would not...
Troy, I am now faced with a similar situation. A friend gave me a small utility trailer. Was going to haul kayaks and canoes on it but bought a...
Lengthening a hull is a good modification to usually come out smelling good. But the weight of a diesel IO is so great that with the tapered...
viking north wrote; "It would be interesting to see if the deeper immersed hard chine of the dory would be a plus or minus factor as far as...
I see the fins on the cavation plate. The 6 cyl engine is rather heavy and putting the 8cyl in may have been a mistake. I suspect these boats...
I've said "If a duck can swim all around the hulls it's a multihul."
Hi FF, You wrote; "A single blade prop is more efficient as it has less induced drag." Only in theory because a ballance weight will need to be...
Thanks all for the input. Ike how do you check reed valves? Seems to me you'd need to take them out. Re the noise of these old OMC's I've...
I have a 4hp Johnson "Light Twin" outboard. They started in the early fifties as a 3hp. Most were 3 1/2 hp from the 60's and I belive mine is one...
I built a plywood boat (28') an it performed well .. mostly because it was light. I didn't use fiberglass or multi part goo. I did use recorcinal...
The hull weight shouldn't be an issue unless there are fairly big waves at the anchorage. But 1/2" 3 strand nylon is very elastic and can handle...
