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Well, after many years of setbacks in paperwork, health and work, we finally happened to get our hands on a pretty nice, clean titled, 5.5 meter boat. Finished the paperwork today and we will pay for it and pick it up tomorrow.
Not sure yet how extensive the restoration will be, but as a...
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I've recently purchased a little Suzuki 9.9, which seems to run pretty well. It's my first Suzuki outboard. I've had to go at it a bit to get it running well, as it was in storage for quite some time and the tank wasn't drained properly when it went into storage. The engine itself had...
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I have recently acquired a Bombard Inflatable 4.3m boat with aluminum removable floor. The boat came with a small console and without an engine. I have a Suzuki 9.9 outboard with tiller steering.
The boat console already has a steering system in place (wheel, push-pull cable...
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Recently I acquired a 4m inflatable boat with removable wood rigid keel and floor. The boat is rated at up to 40HP as I understand from online resources.
During transport one of the air filler/deflation caps went missing. I've tried to source these online, but with little success...
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I found a 1990 Wellcraft Eclipse 18'6' Bowrider with low hours as it was only used for summer vacations then stored. It has more wear from the sun than anything else. Of course, the sun is pretty strong here in Greece. Anyway, I was looking for project boats and couldn't decide + was...
Re: how ambitious is this repair?
Ouch! That tree left on mark on the Bayliner, huh?!
I've had success on Corvettes using the Teflon backing plate with strings and weights to hold the Teflon in place while doing the build up of glass. You can easily manipulate the Teflon to follow...
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I am new to this forum and I have some questions regarding a full-out resto and mod of an old cast away I happened across.
First, the boat is completely stripped, so it is basically a hull. I see it as a clean slate to transform it into a great boat. I am located in...
