Boat Forum / Building / March 2006

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2870 is a great (ham radio enthusiast)
site with reviews by many owners of the Honda line.
For myself, while I don't much like the thought of spending 20-30% more for
what may be the same genset, and that difference could buy a lot of dining

There have been several postings here recently about the near-silent Honda
genset. I have the opposite -- a generator powered by a Briggs & Stratton
engine that can wake the dead even at idle. Does anyone have some
suggestions for ways to (even slightly) reduce the N-O-I-S-E!!! ...

Hoping someone here can help me out.
I am looking to build a trailer sailor. About 14 to 15 foot in length which
is suitable for overnight trips.
I found the Kingston 15 and ordered the plans.

I've been thinking ... how do you go about adding a forestay or short
headstay or what do you call it stay ,,, for a storm jib?
Ok, connect to mast and run wire to deck .. duh?
The deck connection ,, this is where I get lost.  Doesn't the stay base need

Is it mainly the difficulty in forming compound curves that stops more
aluminum yachts/cats being made?  I see lots of powerboats nowadays
going over to 'plate aluminum' construction with 1/4" aluminum being
used rather than the really thin gauge stuff used on small runabouts,

I have a canoe that I am reworking. It's got a few holes in it and the
keel board has chunks of fiberglass missing and deep cracks in the
resin.  Has anyone used a power planer on fiberglass as a way of
removing it? Did it ruin your planer? I should remove the cracked

Does this require a metal enclosure? I live in WA state if it makes
any difference. The boat was British built originally but now has
current WA state registry.
I have slogged through the electrical code and I still can't find a

Hi, List(s),
The time has come to put my drive line back together.  To avoid another such
event, this time caused by a lobster pot or some such instead of our mooring
line (we'll not make that mistake again!), of screwing/jacking our

This got me nowhere for an hour. I need to rewire a 23' sailboat and
it seems the spec is in this document. Thank you for your time.
"coast guard" +"title 33"+"cfr 183 subpart 1" +"section 183"

On an old sailboat ,,,   the deck stanchions and other hardware such as
cleats etc are in need of re-bedding.
I have D Casey's book for fixing old fiberglass boats.  One question .. is
there some other material I can use besides stainless steel or aluminum for

Have the need to put together a generator. Have a cat 3208 motor and allison
automatic with a pto output. The motor is the drive engine for a large
boat(stern wheel boat, 65 foot). I want to drive the gen head with the pto
through hydraulic pump, flow control valve, hydraulic ...

This thread's reappearance, and Larry's story about his genset in his
workvan reminds me that we're about to buy a 2000W honda as our backup
and shoreside work genset.
However, it appears that Kipor either OEMs the Honda EU gensets, or

As if there aren't enough of these questions ...
This is the toss up ??
When rebuilding an AT4, parts such as the alternator, and fresh water
cooling system with heat exchanger.  Can these parts be purchased from

I recently bought a 2004 10' Alumacraft Jon Boat with a Endura 30
12volt Trolling Motor.
I have no experience with this before, but I'd like to put in a few
of upgrades to the boat to both make it a more enjoyable fishing/creek