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good point! and the extra power wasnt to create fear inducing ride, but as you put it for the holeshot, the extra power will be for popping a skier, myself and my cousin both weigh arround 200 lbs and start on one ski. and having experienced being pulled by a 400 hp inboard ski nautique, im sure the...

wow, that method is almost intuitively obvious, as all good ideas are.. ill copy that one too :wink: with regards to the transom my plan is the stringers glass teh stringers prior to instalation and extend them upwars allong the transom like hockey sticks and close the resulting box, so there will b...

wow, that method is almost intuitively obvious, as all good ideas are.. ill copy that one too :wink: with regards to the transom my plan is the stringers glass teh stringers prior to instalation and extend them upwars allong the transom like hockey sticks and close the resulting box, so there will b...

that seals it, Slippas post tells me that the hulldesign can handle more power and speed. looking at the plans (which i have recieved :P ) it the hull is almost a monohedron shape the last 2.5 meters so it shouldnt chinewalk or do other funny tricks at speed a guy down the road has 90 ies merc 150 f...

I was alittle torn over weather to build a GF15 or PH16 and after posting that question i ended up buying a third set of plans for an OB17.. it will be used as as a ski, short trip and fish boat.. but mainly skiing.. so my question is, how much can i overpower it without sacrificing the handling and...

i have built the GF14 and im extremely sattisfied with the boat, its a great rowboat albeit not in a strong headwind, its planes easily with a 10 horse and with an 18 horse its solidly on a plane with 4 prople onboard... it holds as many people as you can fit in it, but 4 adults and 3 kits have no p...

Just orderet a set of plans for the ob17 to make an informed desicion

i did a garvey14 jon boat 2 years ago, and shes outside all summer... my advice os to cover every surface with a light woven cloth instead of lust saturating the wood with epoxy, sunlight and shifting temperatures will crack paint and un-reinforced epoxy.. but there is no need to use heavy biax, it ...

why not use one of the posted bulkhead fittings, and remove (cut) the barbed fitting on one end.. it should be a 10 min job, and fi you are super picky about the looks, do it in a lathe ?

the ob17 looks very very interesting also.... and a bit more safe with kids onboard compared to a gv15 with a 70 hp which should hit 45-50 miles with the right prop (and since its not a constant deadrise "monohydron" design it might get alittle scary at that speed)... And since im not tryi...