14 hi-laker pilothouse

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  1. David Swingler
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    David Swingler Junior Member

    OK so I have been restoring a 14 foot hi laker speedboat. Just the other day I got a second 14 hi laker free... hence it's going to be a lot of work, but I have experience and know more or less what I'm getting into. Once it's done I am thinking about putting a small pilothouse on it like a 14 cdory. What do people think?
     
    David Swingler, Feb 27, 2025
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  2. David Swingler
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    Here's the boat:
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    David Swingler, Feb 27, 2025
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  3. kapnD
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    Be very careful when adding superstructure to any boat that small, it will be very sensitive to additional weight and windage.
     
    kapnD, Feb 27, 2025
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    Some of those tended to bow steer radically in some conditions, as in people being ejected from the boat, this would probably make that tendency worse.
     
    ondarvr, Mar 2, 2025
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  5. Will Gilmore
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    Will Gilmore Senior Member

    I saw a lot of these little fishing boats on the coast of Scotland. They seemed pretty seaworthy.
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    Coastliner 14 | Orkney Boats https://www.orkneyboats.com/our-range/coastliner-14
    They weren't all Orkney boats. Probably not most of them. A lot of them looked home built.
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    Maybe put a battery, or water tank or fuel tank in the bilge. You could consider a little weighted stub-keel.
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    Any way you decide to go about it, test her in safe waters.

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    Will Gilmore, Mar 2, 2025
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  7. David Swingler
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    David Swingler Junior Member

    Will do, thanks for the ideas!
     
    David Swingler, Mar 2, 2025
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