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Thanks Mad Dog and TRC886 I had hoped that it would be ok. The move will allow me much more working time on the boat.

Asking for opinions... My boat project is stored at a friends house. It is covered up for the winter. I am having to move soon and it just so happens that where I am moving has a workshop that my boat would fit into. My new address would have me living about 50 minutes away from my project. I would ...

Bump for Shine

Thanks TRC, Shine, no its not too late. My space for the fuel tank looks just like this picture. http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/64097/chase_tubes_bf.jpg I actually have a piece of 1/2" ply already cut and coated, with 2 layers of 1708 cut and ready to epxoy in, for the space under t...

Happy New Year to all of you at Bateau... :D I came to a road block a couple of months ago and had to slow my build. Time and money being part of the road block but process being of main concern. As you can see in the picture I built a mini frame to go under my fuel tank. It is much more substaintia...

In times past the protocol for winter was to fill the fuel tanks up, and in more recent years also add fuel stablizers. This helped to reduce sweating within the tank(s). That was when gas was...well....GAS. My girlfriend has a Ski Nautique with a 5.0 ford engine that likes premium fuel at 93 octane...

What kind of tubes are they ? Plastic flexible electrical conduit ? Yes it is a flexible plastic conduit. I chose this because I was able to make longer more gentle turns. Or tight turns where needed. As an electrician, I found that "Carflex" pulled hard in one direction, and harder in th...

peter-curacao wrote:

chickenhawks wrote:

Not as tasty as spaghetti but the sauce might help.
That is some unruly plastic to fight

http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/64097/chase_tubes_fb.jpg Well the chase tubes are going in. I chose to run non-metalic Carflex tubing. I have 2-1/2 for the steering and engine electrical as well as the drain chase for the bait tank. 1-1/2 is used everywhere else. http://gallery.bateau2.c...