Great post Robbie, It's funny when you read about graphite/epoxy and see stuff that goes like--it's sheet iron, tougher than steel, hard as diamonds--etc. etc.. You tend to think yeah whatever it must be pretty good. About 10 seconds after you hit the stuff with a sander your brain moves from the hypothetical to the practial and goes "holy crap".nc_robbie wrote:I have a small update, I sanded the graphite bottom and recoated it, used 22%graphite by volume. I knew that it would be hard but I did not think it would be as hard as it was holy cow. I started with 220 but was getting nowhere fast so I switched to 120…I think I had to use my ros for a decade just to scratch the surface with 120 but its done now. I will post some photos when it dries (hopefully bug free)…. If all goes well I plan to Flip Saturday…. Rob
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Weekend update, she is flipped……and my homemade boat is on my homemade trailer pics soon to follow…how sweet life is……………. And by the way only a few bugs in the graphite epoxy bottom so like its been said I will never be fishing alone….
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Hey you started your thread! I was just about to ask when you were starting it. I look forward to the pics. And thanks for sharing the info on the graphite.
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I snapped a few photos of the ph18, or as my 3year calls her jenny I wonder what he’s been watching, and my homemade trailer. Now that the flip is done and the inside in underway its time to start thinking about power options I have always been a fan of the merc but the etech looks good and the price in the Suzuki looks good too…so many choices
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Looking good! I'm powering mine with an eTec but I know their are several guys here that have had great success with Yammys and they really like em. So that may be one to add to the list of considerations as well.
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Your boat is looking great. I really like your homemade trailer. Looking forward to more pics. John
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From all I've heard the Tohatsu is a Merc at a much better price and folks here say there about bullet proof.
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That's true on the small 4 strokes under 40hp. On the larger sizes (40 and up) they are different engines
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Okay, I'm jealous! Looking good! Keep up the great work!
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