Recent content by Daniel

Unfortunately, it was not routed into the stern or anywhere else during the first rebuild. I went to my local park and had a ranger inspect it and issue a new hull number. It was really easy. Here's a few more pics.

Some pics of the steps.

Thanks, i don't forsee any problems with cavitation due to it being mounted too high, i think it is a couple inches too low actually. Hopefully i can search out a proper wheel in the next few days and give her a proper run. I hope for a 35kt top end and a 20 to 25 kt cruise at 2 to 2.2k rpm...

Here are some mostly finished pics, it still has a few bugs and needs tightened up here and there, but overall done. It was a fun project and not all that expensive. There are a few of these units new on ebay for like 6k if anyone is looking for an economical swap.

Here is the last set, i should have taken more pics. She is running now but i got the wrong wheel so it cavitates and i can't make over 15kts. It will be really nice to see her run properly when i finally get it propped rite.

A few more pics, new stringers are treated 2x8, deck is 5\8 treated, i coated the stringers and underside of the ply with thinned tar to aid in preservation. All deck seams are caulked and fiberglassed.

So i picked this old wellcraft at an auction that had been converted for shrimping. It had a soft floor and was at the end of its life for the floor and stringers. I kinda went back and forth on how to best power it , i even started an inboard 350 conversion. I ended up finding a 1.7 dti...