Very nice! I've been trying to make my own tonneau cover, and may give that shop a call instead.
Weekend fun at Mosquito Creek Lake
The boat performed very good. There is a hesitation when you go to punch it, but it seems like a minor carb adjustment. I think this basically marks the completion of my repower project.
My daughter's first time riding on anything behind a boat.
I started with nylon replacements, but could only find 1" diameter which wasn't enough.
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These ties that I ordered are 14" ties, 120lb strength, UV protected, and the pack was like $15 plus shipping. 100 in a pack. I'm not sure what size hole the screw fits. I kind of like the disposable feature to them. I can cut them off, do what I need to do and then slap another one on. A pack of 100 ought to be enough. I was considering the cushioned stainless things, but I wasn't sure if I could find them big enough. In addition to my steering and throttle cables I've got battery cable running down the side of my boat.
Congratulations! The smiles say it all- the boat looks great. I’m assuming that 28mph was with the boat loaded? My ‘77 with the 120 and 19 pitch prop gets to 33 at that rpm, but that is with just me and a small amount of gear.
Mat
I took the boat to have it winterized yesterday. Overall I'm pretty happy with how it performed over the summer. The best I got out of it was 28mph at 4200 RPM. It does have a dead-zone right before you punch it, but that goes away after it's warmed up. We had a lot of fun fishing and swimming off it all summer. My next project is going to be the floor and the interior and I plan on starting that next fall, hopefully to finish before summer 2021. I only got to get out after the Steelhead in Fairport Harbor once. I got half my limit though (one) :joyous:. They said the season hadn't really started yet and my fish was about average size.
I would put the gauge with the cluster inside it closest to the helm as the small gauges are more difficult to see with the speedo furthest away as it's least important.