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I take mine out in the TN river with no worries so you will be fine. The big advantage of the 4 stroke is that they are quiet. At idle you don't know they are running and at WOT you can still talk to someone without yelling. They also don't pollute the waterways which is a big bonus in my...

If you're near Chattanooga TN redthies feel free to come take mine out to the river and give it a spin

It's a stable boat. Not as stable as a 48" wide but I can lean over and grab the dock etc without much fuss. The motor moves it along pretty well. Probably 15 mph with me, my wife and both kids. I'm 260, wife is 115 and both kids are about 40 a piece. Motor is light in my opinion. I can take...

Thought about decking the front and putting a floor in but that won't be until the fall/winter

Got the last coat of paint on today. It's pretty satisfying to take a boat from having a rotten transom, corrosion and tons of holes in it to looking like new.

Got a second coat on the bottom of the boat and flipped her over. Laid down the first coat on the top. Still gotta paint my trailer then I should be done with the boat until the winter.

Yeah I took it out again. It slipped one time with the gear flipped but I think the reverse and forward sides are slightly different so I've ordered a new clutch dog. Other than that the motor runs great. The paint is actually pretty easy. The prep work is time consuming though.

Got the boat washed today and flipped over. Laid down some primer on the spots of aluminum that were exposed. Also laid down the first coat of paint on the hull.

I would check it with the cowl off to make sure there isn't any fuel leaks. A fuel suction leak will cause a whining noise as air enters the fuel system. Your mechanic replaced fuel lines and the best place to start troubleshooting a problem is the last thing someone touched. I highly doubt...

First water test got cut short due to the clutch dog in the lower unit starting to slip as I increased RPMs. I think I got that fixed now by flipping the gear so that the reverse side will engage the forward gear. Anyway I took it home and filled the boat up with water. I found one leaky rivet...

I recently acquired an '82 Honda BF100 4 stroke outboard that I paid entirely too much for. After replacing the water impeller, impeller housing, thermostat, multiple gaskets, cleaning the carb, changing the engine oil and the lower unit oil I was finally ready to hit the water. I took the...

Don't know yet Jake. This was a craigslist find so whenever I go for my first water test I will find out. It's an 82 model motor.

Finally got the rivets put in for my transom braces and riveted the covers back over the braces. Also got the motor mounted today. I was pretty liberal with the 5200 but I figure I'll be painting over it anyway so better safe than sorry.

On my current build I filled some rivet holes in with JB marine weld using a putty knife. I then put a dab of 5200 on top of the holes inside the boat for extra security.

Got a new set of submersible trailer lights on the boat trailer last night. I also troubleshot and figured out why my trucks trailer plug-in wasn't working correctly. All lights now working, I love small victories.

Yeah it's turning around finally. Pretty nice to see a weeks hard work pay off. I hope to get everything put back together over the next week and lay some paint down!

Replaced the impeller, impeller housing and associated gaskets. Also went through the cooling system and removed all the little pieces of impeller that had found their way up. Also removed the thermostat as it was stuck closed. I will renew it before cold weather sets in. I changed out the...

Got primer on the new transom and installed it today. Rear end of the boat is super sturdy now. Still got to order my rivets so I can reinstall everything and water test it.

I had a 1956 alumacraft FD which looked identical to ur boat. It was still rock solid when I sold it earlier this year