Boat Builder Central

To my knowledge, there is nothing in gasoline that will hurt stainless steel. It would surely tear up engine parts as well if there was. The only problem I know of is with rubber fuel lines, etc. The hose manufacturers have pretty well come up with fuel resistant hoses though. We had a lot of proble...

Just like there are Fords & Chevys, I disagree. If I couldn't have stainless, I would want plastic. There are many Coast Guard approved plastic tanks on the market. If there was a problem with fuel leakage due to the fuel permeating the plastic, I doubt they would be approved. Also, I have a 6 g...

If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, forget it. Use what the designer recommends. These bars will cost you a small fortune and its not going to be as easy as you think. As for pot life, you can control that to a degree with a slower hardener and keeping the resin & hardener...

What a great looking boat. You have done a super outstanding job.

Wes, Why don't you emboss the HIN with one of those little tape machines, trace it with a pencil on a piece of paper and send it in. Then you can stick the tape someplace on the boat and the heck with Texas. :idea: By the way, I just finished re-doing an aluminum Flat boat I bought a year and a half...

The Wildlife & Fisheries Agent that inspected my boat applied a placard to the transom with the HIN on it. He also applied another one in a secret, almost inaccesible area so that if the boat is ever stolen and someone changes the HIN, it can still be identified. He said all of the factory boats...

I have to agree with Gary. I also moved my console forward on my OD16. My tank is under the front seat of the console. No problem getting on plane with a 60 h.p. 2 cylinder Evinrude.(not nearly as powerful as the 3 and 4 cylinder engines of approx. the same power rating). I am not comfotable running...

I also used cleats to assemble my console parts and did not tape the plywood corners. Seems to have worked O.K.

Great looking boat Cary. I'm impressed.

I used a paint called multi-spec made by MULTICOLOR SPECIALTIES, INC., Cicero, IL 60804-2209. I bought it at my Sherwin Williams store. It is advertised as interior, however, it holds up real well in a boat. Gasoline will affect it though. I used the arctic blue color in my OD16. They make several c...