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by neophytom
Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: gf16 make it go
Replies: 2
Views: 279

gf16 make it go

i wanted a boat to carry gold sluice/panning tools upstream. As the North Saskatchewan (most rivers around here) can be shallow in places I chose the gf16. Then i worried about hurting the rocks - what about an outboard jet drive - most of the ones i have seen seem to hang below the keel. (my experi...
by neophytom
Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:20 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: gf16 foredeck
Replies: 6
Views: 511

Re: gf16 foredeck

thank you to everyone who offered advice and the links. especially the links they were helpful, no, inspirational. i thought perhaps i had put too much putty on the fore transom so i attacked it with a thin disk on an angle grinder. now it is all glued and i think looks acceptable. i shall still hav...
by neophytom
Mon Sep 13, 2021 11:08 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: gf16 foredeck
Replies: 6
Views: 511

gf16 foredeck

progress is slow but as i get into it confidence builds. i should be gluing the midframes tomorrow but i am concerned with front frame - it is as deep as the width of the side panels so the foredeck sitting on the frame will be higher than the gunwhales - is this correct?
Tom