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Has anyone here ever built your own cedar strip canoe? Looking for good realiable plans to make the molds. Have been wanting to build one for quite some time. Thanks!
No...this isnt in the wrong section...lol. I am looking at repainting an old section of deck on my house (not on a boat ;) ) and we saw a product called "Deck Restore". Has anyone had any experiences with this? From what I gather its quite thick and has a sand like component to it to help...
I find myself in a good position with my boat. I have taken the first steps in a restoration of my 1966 Hydroswift. I plan on doing floor, seats AND the electrical. If you were redoing a fairly simple electrical installation what would you do if it was your boat? I have basic stuff right now...
I have started down the road of restoration of my 1966 16' Hydroswift. For those who aren't familiar with Hydroswift they are a very common boat in the western US. They are bult in Salt Lake City Utah and appear to be well built. This one is 43 years old so its bound to have issues. The last few...
I have started down the long road of restoration of my 66 16' Hydroswift. The last few nights I have been tearing out the interior of my old boat. The back end of the interior (just before the splashwell) used to have a jump seat. The previous owner ripped that out and replaced it with what...
I am curious if there is an aftermarket (or mercury) kit that can be added to a mid 60's 650 to give me a power tilt ability? Currently I have to tilt by hand which isnt a big deal for me but my wife isnt able to do that. I typically have her drive the boat back on the trailer while I do the...
No I'm not trying to move a post to the top of the list. :D Its the symptom of my first trip out with my boat this year. I have a 16' Hydroswift with a mid 60's 650 Mercury. After I had launched and started the engine (it starts with a single turn of the key) and engaged the lever to go...
I have seen several posts from folks concerning their Mercury's that say its a blue band or a red band motor (mine's red). What is the siginificance of the color band?
I am going to replace the lights and wiring on my trailer. Its a trailer from the mid 60's and the wiring appears to be original. I have done a fair amount of research and I belive that I am going with LED submersibles. Is there anything you would do different if you were going to rewire and...
I have an OLD mid 60's ish Mercury 650 motor. I know (and use) the proper oil to gas ratio. Is there an oil out there that folks would recommend for lower smoke/fumes? My wife likes to go fishing with me but really doesnt like being on the downwind leg of a troll. I have heard that some of...
I know ....another lower unit question. I have all the bolts out of my 66 650 merc lower unit, except for one. I am an aircraft mechanic by trade and as such it pains me to see such crappy manuals out there for folks to use. All I lack to drop my lower unit is the bolt at the rear of the unit...
Ok now that I probably failed to garner your attention.....:D Does anyone know when the use of flotation foam was made mandatory? I have a 1965 Hydroswift and I would really like to find out more about it, such as does it have flotation foam. I know what some of you are thinking.....google it...
I have done a quick search for the info I am looking for but am not finding much. Where in the hell is the tell tale for my motor? I have had the boat out several times this year and it runs fine so I am certain that the cooling is suficient and working properly but running on the muffs there...
When I bought my boat I discovered under one of the seats an old Lowrance 2260 flasher fish finder. Does any one still use this style of fish finder? After searching around the net I found a user manual that most definetly demystifyied the round flashing display. I think I will give it a whirl...
As a recent first time boat owner I have many questions. I have a speedometer on my dash (its the only gage there). I noticed on its maiden voyage on sunday that the gage didnt work. No big surprize its a 1965. I followed the black tubing all the way to the back of the boat and it ends in...
I have been wandering through the threads and keep hearing about folks running their engines with "the muffs". Being a noob to the outboard motor stuff what are they? Are they mufflers? Where do you get them? On a side note, what would I need to do to test run my 650 Mercury at home? I just...
I just took the big leap and bought my first boat tonight! Its a 1965 Hydroswift 16.5' long. It has a Mercury 650 engine that came with it. The owner said that the lower unit was drained the last time it was used (3 yrs ago). So how do I go about servicing it? What kind of oil? Anything I...
