Re: My new woody runabout
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:20 pm
Hi Graham,
What an achievement, you should be proud. I am not sure many boats have been fully right first time . We recently put a new engine on the transom of our 'plastic' 5m fisher for summer frollicks and spent months playing around before finally hanging it a further 4 1/2 inches off the stern so we could actually tilt the engine to get the prop out of the water when moored. (Early solutions included hanging a 25 litre 'can' of water off the bow to raise the stern!).At least our 'Classic' boats are less trouble!(Sometimes).
Welcome to the club and I hope you will have many happy hours of fun. Cheers. Kgarla
What an achievement, you should be proud. I am not sure many boats have been fully right first time . We recently put a new engine on the transom of our 'plastic' 5m fisher for summer frollicks and spent months playing around before finally hanging it a further 4 1/2 inches off the stern so we could actually tilt the engine to get the prop out of the water when moored. (Early solutions included hanging a 25 litre 'can' of water off the bow to raise the stern!).At least our 'Classic' boats are less trouble!(Sometimes).
Welcome to the club and I hope you will have many happy hours of fun. Cheers. Kgarla