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I glassed the backside with 1 layer of 1708 and 1 layer of 1.5oz mat tonight after a quick grind of the fillets. https://photos.app.goo.gl/LFpJckn37fAJvZqx6 as the first layup for the year for me, it wasn't fun, the verticals didn't want to stay up and I've never done to well dealing with mat. I got...

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Cam, Thanks for the photo, I will be primarily trailering so I'm hoping to use the max available tilt and no lift to protect the skeg while traveling on the trailer. My main concern is to be able get the prop high enough out of the water to be able to clear a fishing line or other debris, based upon...

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with all the BS going on in the world I've given up on converting my savings into a new outboard motor this year so I've been in no rush to start work on my project. I want to make sure I have everything ready for spring of next year so I finally got myself motivated and started fabricating an item ...

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Nice!!!! good cruising RPM / speed. What were you getting for GPH? Perception wise how was the engine running? was she loafing around bearly working or was it at the point where the engine had some growl to it? the only way I can describe this is that I had a old yammie 175 carbed outboard, 3400 rpm...

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Cam, It is 1.5" spiral reinforced Spa hose in the lower back corners of my fishbox I have the other end of the hose on a strainer. I'm hoping to keep fish blood and slime contained from the rest of the bilge. https://photos.app.goo.gl/CzcTDC52pJU6sv8KA I will be using the same hose to supply and dra...

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Tony, I have no affiliation with this vendor but have bought several 100' spools 16-2,14-2,12-2, + 25' of 2/0 red and black battery cable from them and they are at least 50% off of west marine's price if not even cheaper. They ship out of NJ and stuff arrives at MA in 2 days. https://www.ebay.com/it...

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Good idea Tony,

What is the best method? label maker + some clear shrinkwrap?

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Stephen Thank you for the info, I was guessing on the VHF and didn't consider 2 of them together raising the load to requiring up-sizing. I will be using the ACR to do the combining of the batteries. One item I didn't consider is a way to power up the magic button - aka electric reels for snapping w...

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to more of your questions, With the twin non-counter rotating I/Os I could only spin to starboard on a dime, I'll regret not having the bow thruster but in the past I've had a single engine boat so it shouldn't be too bad backing down. As for Charging, I will get a multi-bank charger just for the 2 ...

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Cam, When I had 2 I/Os, I had 2 group 24 starting and 1 group 27 house and I regularly ran the house battery down pretty bad, I drift fish with live macs and tend to be in the fog a lot so I'm running, FF, Radio, Radar, GPS, Livewell pump, continuously. the Radar and Livewell pump seem to draw more ...

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Since I've got nothing but time lately, I decided to draw out a plan for what I will be doing on my boat in Visio. To keep things simple, I only drew out the positive side of the circuits and only labeled the wire size What do you think, what am I missing? am I grossly off on my wire size estimate? ...

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Do you have Visio? I have the pro version for work and it has a lot of electronic symbols.

I thought of going through and doing a diagram but Carl's point of view of too much time for what it is worth kicked in

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also to put into comparison, I think my parents bought their first home - @ 1000 sq foot 3 bedroom ranch on 1/4 acre about that same time for about the same price

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and to think that I consider fairing out the insides of the cabin a lot of work.................

I can't imagine how much effort you put into making that top cap modification

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Cam, What did you do for stern cleats? I've seen some boats here put a wooden pad on the inside of the transom and then thru-bolt the cleats. On a lobster boat I had early on, it had a 3/4" marine ply board glassed into the stern corners on a 45 degree angle and the cleats were thru-bolted to that. ...

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Interesting idea, I've had some good luck with the pre-mixed fairing compound that I've picked up from LBI in Connecticut. mix it up on a drywall hawk and spread like joint compound.

I was contemplating putting down a layer of 1.5oz mat first but that might be just an exercise in more sanding.

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Since I am probably not going to purchase an engine to finish my outboard conversion project this year, I'll have some extra time on my hands so I'm going to go with the Maximum pain approach and try to fill the weave of the heavy woven roving and fair it out. I'm going to assume that I will regret ...

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just so you don't think I spent 50hrs on the old motor well, here's the extent of what got faired / painted under the deck overall view https://photos.app.goo.gl/Bd7RxoDjXb5dQMJD9 view into battery box https://photos.app.goo.gl/vGupXdHWVNMbu51X9 fishboxes - forward section https://photos.app.goo.gl/...

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my buddy has a 25' fibfab and went with merc 383, he had a bravo 2 drive which seemed to be quite expensive.

what are the folks running for outdrives on the big single?

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I tried getting some of the better bilge paints such as the one Scott mentioned as well as sherwin williams tile clad but due to the laws in the great state of MA I couldn't purchase any of them. from there I made a huge mistake and purchased jamestown distributors bilge paint which never cured out ...

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my B25 moppie is light weight wise and I had twin 3.0L which were under propped running 15x17 - could rev up to 5400 rpm, I probably should have had 14.5x19 or 14.5x20 props. I regularly cruised 22-23kts at 3600rpm - I didn't have a flow scan but based upon the runs I made vs fuel burnt I was burnin...

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Cam,

The Pics you've shown look sweet.I'm glad that you are finally enjoying the fruits of your labor!!!!

I'd love to see some more photos to get some inspiration to get out and do some glasswork on my boat.

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While I am not too far off from finishing my B25 (see pics below where I left off last fall) https://photos.app.goo.gl/2pkdSU7XTKbxVc4S9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/PnDZfiMZ4zAwfUZp6 Under the deck is done, deck pieces cut out and fitted, I need to glass down the deck and do a lot of finish work. With...

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not to steal your thunder on your post but any suggestions on a fishing kayak?

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Carl, I'm glad your family has been able to get through this without severe consequences, I'm also curious if your family has been counted in the official list of folks who have had this and have survived since you weren't officially tested? This is my opinion, I believe that the virus is way more w...

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I just noticed this thread, here's my experience. The red colored stuff in your images is a fairing compound /high build primer a previous owner used to try to stop the crazing. My B25 has some of the gelcoat crazing as you've shown in your pics and the only way to permanently get around it is to sa...

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since you posted a photo of my boat, let me tell you the story of it.... I cut out the center stringer between the 46 gallon fuel tanks and glassed in a piece of 3/4" marine ply the year that ethanol came out (that piece is the 1st section closest to where I was standing while taking the picture). I...

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our house got broken into a couple years back, the thief took quite a bit. The cops didn't give a care until I figured out a gun was missing. My brother was going through rough times and I had been storing his guns with mine and all didn't fit in to the gun safe. I left the cheapest bolt action rifl...

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I'm sorry to hear of your problems but if they weren't stealing parts or knowledgeable enough to check the sea-cocks I would think that some teenagers took your boat for a joyride.

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Even the crappy marinas around me are @$150/foot for the season, thus my desire to stay with my B25 and trailer. I'm probably paying more in the end needing a trailer plus a 1/2 ton pickup with a larger motor and higher gear ratio but I would want to have the truck anyways so I don't count that in m...

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I would be pissed but it isn't the end of the world, if it were done in a place where you can easily get at it. I take that statement back if it is not in a place where it can be easily gotten to. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade....... my B25 originally had one of these perko garboard drai...

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I'm one of those folks who took on a complete rehab project and has taken much more time than what was expected. I've rehabbed a boat before so I knew what I was getting myself into and the previous project taught me how to do glass work. I've done reasonably well with my financial calculations of p...

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Ok - I've been looking at your pics back and forth a few times and was worried that the top view pic I didn't see hose clamps on all the connections of your fuel lines but in other views they are there. Is the top down view a work in progress pic? aka no hose clamps on your port side motor on fuel f...

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Your cleanup job looks great. I'm not sure who makes it but a I used a product called "purple power degreaser" and it did the trick of cleaning up the insides of my hull. I'm pretty sure it took off the green dye the factory had in the resin too so it may be somewhat too aggressive. before purple po...

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Nice Pics Peter!!!! so I'm not the only one on the board with a collection of vintage cameras and glass. I did most of my lens/camera collecting to adapt the lenses to mirror-less digital, now I'm finding myself returning the lenses to their original cameras and using my digital to figure out exposu...

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I do a lot of photography over the winter and am getting myself back into shooting film here's some pics taken recently a jetty in woods hole https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jyi5MqZwT9R7oyY88 the cape cod canal railroad bridge in the fog https://photos.app.goo.gl/VCPkVy8RkLombM2TA Nantucket Light house sh...

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That is some amazing wood and and joinery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That single tank looks exactly like one of the twin 46 gallon tanks my boat came with, maybe there was something wrong with the other side and it was removed?

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my B25 has a similar born on date, found under the hatch in the floor of the cabin. The same hull number was written in foot tall font on the inside of the hull underneath the carpet in the cabin. All the documentation on my boat has it as a 1964 but the born on date is almost 6 months prior. 25-455...

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Happy Thanksgiving to all !! I spent the day trying to find deer in northern Maine. Thanksgiving started with a forecast for 6" of snow and instead we got over 12", walking through the woods was tough. Here's a pic I took at Kahtadin Iron Works in the afternoon after most of the snow had stopped. If...

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I'm going to ask the captain obvious question, Was the cloud of black smoke from the heavy load you put the motor under and not from the transmission getting beat up? aka If you go from a idle to full throttle instantly does your boat throw heavy black soot as the boat works its way up to normal cru...

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you can get around a wandering hole saw by starting with a solid piece of board, drilling the hole through that, then clamping the board over the spot you want to drill out. From there you can take out the center bit of the hole saw and the board will act as a guide so you drill in the correct spot.

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Wow!!! you were lucky that you were able to get back to the boat in time. A month must have seemed like an eternity to wait. I'm pretty sure an I/O boat subjected to the same scenario would have sunk. In looking at your photos, I came across one with the boat on stands in the yard and it seems that ...

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Scot, I would have to think boats that sank, took a lot of rain water which was able to get into the bilge via the drains in the drop down portion or through the fuel tank hatch then migrated aft and the extra weight lowered the stern until the scuppers were at the water line and then water got in t...

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playing devil's advocate with myself. Here's a pic of her sitting on a mooring at the Vineyard, if you zoom in the scuppers are in the dark band, not a lot of freeboard. https://photos.app.goo.gl/WNQf7wR4mfm6hxez7 I think with I/Os at rest the scuppers were about 3" above the water line. Guesstimati...

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Hi Joe, If the boat was completely stock I would 100% agree with your thought process as I've sat in the stern corners fishing and had water come in the scuppers. I would regularly run with the scupper plugs in if I had a bunch of people on board. I've changed some stuff in the project, would these ...

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Yannis, We are thinking the same.... Everything that is serviceable will be able to be accessed easily. I want to be able to get under the deck when I want to but want to seal it up when I don't. Most of my mechanical pumps and single sea-cock will all be under the deck under that back aluminum hatc...

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Yannis, I couldn't tell from your pic if the area where the stern cleat was a separate molded part inside the transom. Cam, Since I kept the boat on a trailer, One of my gripes of the B25 was dealing with all the water and leaf debris which would find its way into the bilge. The drains the drop down...

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Yannis,

Is that a removable panel? My B25 came with a rear panel which had cleats + the motor well molded together.

I like the 45 degree angle piece with the cleat on it, that is what I am thinking about for option #2.

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What do you think I should do about about stern cleats? https://photos.app.goo.gl/r5VBDMb7Y4kh4Q2R6 Option #1 In a bunch of B31s I've seen blocks of wood placed on the transom and transom cleats through bolted thru the hull then the wood. Option #2 In another boat I've had there was a 3/4" board put...

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