Surprisingly enough in Ontario where we can get a cold stretches into the -30C range most marina’s still use a -50F pink PG. Blows my mind. Any water left behind and you can be in trouble with the dilution. Not to mention freeze vs burst ratings.
My last boat had a volvo 5.0 which I drained...
After having a foam-soaked boat some years back I am paranoid now. Would it make sense to install access ports in a fibreglass bowrider with liner, to monitor the foam? I was thinking both port and starboard of the motor, up where you normally have storage areas. Good idea, or would this cause...
Just started looking at some older boats and was curious if there’s an advantage to a boat with full fibreglass liner vs one with a fibeglass deck and floor that are disconnected?
For instance Bayliner 195, Maxum 1800, Four Winns 190 LE in the 2007ish range all have interior glass that ends...
Thanks for the input. That carpet on the side actually feels like it’s glued to the inside of the hull there. The top deck fibreglass stops at that line entirely (just under the throttle). Hard to tell in the pic but that carpet on the side is recessed back about 5”. Which also means the...
Went to look at an 09 H190 today that was for sale by our cottage. I was slightly taken back by the construction of the deck/cockpit-interior. It looks like the deck only extends down a few inches on the inside and the rest is open to the exterior carpeted hull. It appears only the bow...
