I cut the top most section of GRP off both the stringers. The wood stringers were 70 per cent rotten but they came out sufficiently intact for a couple of templates to be made from the remnants. The yellow ratchet straps are to keep the hull in shape whilst all the floors and stringers are out. I al...

Here is my foam moment. At first I thought I had made a mistake as it was all good, dry and crispy, but the last bit came out wet and stinky. g41.jpg This is the Hidden Horn as promised in the U.S. brochure and it works. Made in France. g37.jpg Looking aft after the floors are all out. Pyro225 (Dan)...

Three weeks ago I started to take the floor out, it and the longitudinal stiffeners were crumbling; whilst lying on the floor of the boat I had opportunity to poke about to see how much of the plywood in the transom would need replacing; easy, all of it. the lower half was rotten as was a pyramid sh...

Progress I had already made while the boat was in a field; pretty field though. As the plywood floors needed to come out (the undersides needed painting) I had to take out the bunks in the cuddy. 1h.jpg Then I decided to take everything out. 1i.jpg All degreased and sanded. 1j.jpg Polyester topcoat ...

I have decided to take all the fittings off, the base for the light pole had to come off and it had no bedding sealant. I am looking for a light pole. g29.jpg I will have to take out the front half height bulkhead to make floor replacement easier and that will enable me to get to the bow light and '...

Thanks everyone for the useful info. It is obvious that testing will be necessary to get the set up right for me. This boat has been bought particularly to provide a boat which will tow easily to all the CMBA rallies whether bay,lake or loch! A tachometer seems vital too. The speedo is an Airguide- ...

The seller gave me the broken prop. On it is M and H13x19P moulded into the aluminium so that's the same, On the prop boss is - 826074 8 22; but another question posed by a neighbour was 'can your engine gearbox take a stainless steel prop?' which the replacement is, I was not aware some engines cou...

This is the prop I brought hurriedly on E-bay for the Mercury 900 (1978) after the seller broke the original on 'one last trip' before I bought it. The deal being he would reduce the price by what a new prop cost me. Described as a Quicksilver, but VS1900 on an internet search only comes up under Su...

Thanks Rapier, I am searching for a PT&T unit everywhere I can. Haventaclue- your photo will be very useful. I have found the solution to the nose weight ,you will not believe it...see photo below. Alacrity- My tag 'De Novo' is the name of our Draco boat project, our current boat is the yellow Hunt ...

OK , so I have just started the rebuild of my Draco 2000 DC, but when I saw this I could not resist. The Draco will be a long project, but this should be simpler and it fits in an ordinary garage; well, my mother's garage. It is a seriously shallow V hull form, not at all like all the other boats I ...