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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Simple way to build a small boat |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: March 11th, 2024, 9:30 am
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| A few takeaways from the video. - I never thought of margarine as a release agent for fiberglass on wood. It seems to work very well. - It would be possible to make pattern pieces of transoms, transom knees, stringers, floor , dash, seat supports etc. out of thin plywood and make fiberglass copy or ... |
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Forum: PROJECT SECTION Topic: Simple way to build a small boat |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: March 10th, 2024, 8:03 pm
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| This gentleman has obviously built a few of these small boats in the past. He knows the process having done it before. The fact he uses the bottom portion of a larger boat for his hull reminds me of the early days of small V bottom boats where we did the same thing and put wood decks on the fibergla... |
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Forum: TECH TALK Topic: Merc 60 APX |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: March 8th, 2024, 11:37 am
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Replies: 9
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| [quote="mattmak"]85hp.. hm. that'd be alright - for a sporty, medium performance daily driver: https://www.lethalperformance.com/vr-tuned-ecu-tune-mercury-marine-outboard-60-efi-995cc-2000-vrt-boat-32.html although, 60hp + 15hp != 85hp...) Now this thread is getting interesting! I have a 6... |
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Forum: GENERAL FORUM Topic: 2024 Ridler Custom Car Show Winner ..53 Corvette |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: March 7th, 2024, 11:16 am
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Replies: 1
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| Boat guys usually have a passion for performance cars as well. Many of us older original owner muscle car guys loved the first generation corvettes. I have never seen a custom 53 corvette “Looking “ car this well designed and creative. Bet there are a few people thinking about copying a few of the i... |
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Forum: TECH TALK Topic: Merc 60 APX |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: March 5th, 2024, 11:45 am
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| Mercury is the only outboard manufacturer interested in boat racing. You only need to look at motorcycle racing to see that companies such as Suzuki and Yamaha can manufacture high performance racing 4 strokes. They know how to build those motors. There isn’t enough return on investment for them at ... |
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Forum: PERFORMANCE BOAT HISTORY Topic: Rusty Wyatt “WINS”.. |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: March 3rd, 2024, 6:40 am
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Forum: TECH TALK Topic: APBA Inspection of a Stock (Spec) Class Race Outboard |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: February 24th, 2024, 11:44 am
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| Many Stock & Mod Outboard Classes in CBF and APBA have similar motor specifications. This allows racers from CBF and APBA to compete in JOINT races. These can be club races or NATIONAL championships in the case of APBA. It provides racers with more races in the season and to race at the highest ... |
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Forum: TECH TALK Topic: APBA Inspection of a Stock (Spec) Class Race Outboard |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: February 23rd, 2024, 5:47 pm
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| Many people on this site refer to their outboard as being a stock motor. Example OMC Formula E , Yamaha 70CES , Yamato 80 etc. in a stock motor race class each motor has a Document with all of the spec measurements of that motor. To be a legal motor, motors must pass inspection. This is the inspecti... |
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Forum: TECH TALK Topic: Rigging a new boat and first test drive |
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Posted: February 19th, 2024, 10:01 pm
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Forum: TECH TALK Topic: What’s Happening With The 70CES Yamaha? |
| Hounddog |
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Posted: February 19th, 2024, 3:19 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 2795
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| There’s a few posts on the T850 Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/groups/367495516681441/ The green motor with the large skeg is an OMC 49 . The 1982 T race video is likely a T750 race with the 60D Yamahas and OMC twins. There’s a Suzuki in the race and maybe some other manufacturers. The Suzuk... |
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