Boat Forum / Building / August 2009

I have built a floating dock from treated 1/2" 4 x 8 plywood, skirted with
treated 2x4s and supported by 9 cable restrained 15 gallon plastic barrels.
Currently I have two of these tied together with 8' 2 x 4s using lag bolts.
The resulting dock is 8' x 8'.  I want to double the ...

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I have a Pro Sport 17' runabout boat... in the side of my boat is an
oval gasket that u insert a pole into on each end  than you put the
pole in the holder and use the bungee cord to secure them.  At each

I had a brainwave the other day about putting a small (300cc)
aircooled two stroke as an inboard in a small wooden boat. With
adequate air circulation can anyone see any potential issues here? I
would build the boat with this purpose in mind so adapting something

First I bought a brass drain, then 'Oh No, brass in salt water...'
Then, Bronze.......Then, Oh, look at the one claiming to be stainless
steel.
Now, Bronze drain, Bronze hardware, WEST epoxy to seal fiberglass

I need to replace the white ash gunwales on my canoe.  Where might I
find the wood near Rochester NY?
TIA
Doug Campbell

Ok.. so in our Canal, we don't have the luxury of space to build a
traditional 4 piling boat house.  instead, we were thinking about
building half a boat house, at a slight angle, with some strong base
supports for the pilings.M

I seen there a while back someone had the problem of a swing keel
stuck in the keel trunk.
I have the same problem. and am now at a crossroads with it.
I drilled a hole in the steel keel and used a 800kg ratchet winch onto

Anybody know if Tom is still around?
If so, got an e-mail?
Lew

i'm wondering if someone could give some advice on what prop i should use
i have a 15ft fibreglass runabout with a 70 hp 3 cyl evinrude motor with
trim tilt
i have a propco-19p prop that i would like to use on it , i'm guessing its