Pic looks like marine grade which would be Douglas fir, AAX plywood basically. How thick is it? Looks like it’s varnished.
You could use exotic woods like Ockume or Meranti but you don’t need to and that is a stupid expense… simply ABX or better but you could even get away with CDX in a pinch
May 18th-19th is the day that hopefully I’m able to swap the drives and at least get the new engine in. I might actually send it down the road to a marine shop to get it serviced if it needs anything. There is actually a shop local that will do older stuff. Boating season is basically here so...
I was kind of thinking about keeping a spare hub. I just have to find the right hub now.. I’m hopeful that the ‘good’ side i didn’t touch will have legible numbers on the seal. It appears these bearings my trailer uses 2 of is commonly used on a stepped axle with 2 bearing sizes
There may be a way to do a court ordered title. But yes in NY boats were titled after 1986 so there’s no easy way. Unless it’s 14’ or smaller as those remain transferable registration
I bought every bearing kit that tractor supply had in stock. Brought them, a tube of marine grease and all the tools I should have needed. Pulled the hub off and the inside bearing came out in pieces. Once I got it off and cleaned it up i found out I had none of the right bearings. I had 1...
On a 14’ like that, I assume it’s a tiller. Dual battery would be overkill unless you have a trolling motor, and with a 9.9 that in itself would be overkill..
I have a 14’ runabout and a 25hp Suzuki that outputs 14a iirc. I use a 4 circuit blue sea systems fuse block and a battery switch. That...
That’s a complicated question and answer. Epoxy is superior BUT it is not the most cost effective or required and can actually complicate things… your boat is polyester resin so
MEKP is the hardener and it usually is included. It is required. Cure times vary depending on temp, humidity and how...
The OMC stringer transfers the load directly to the stringers. Mercruiser, Volvo and OMC cobra transfers to the transom. You may find you need to change the design structurally as well as close up the hole, but there’s also a good chance that your boat was available with a mercruiser so it may...
If you really want extra strength, the only way is to increase the amount of plies. You can do this by using more ‘sheets’ of thinner plywood. That will get you more plies for your target thickness. Going to 1/2” plywood would be as thin as you would want to go, and you would want to target 2”...
I'm probably going to be in the same boat so I looked it up. .437-20 is 7/16"-20 If your frugal enough, you could make them out of a bolt. Needs to be stainless is all
