Recent content by Ranging3

that wouldn't be nearly as much fun. Happy Friday

I could see how this may scare an OB motor off the back of a boat

I have fallen neck deep into the vintage boat rabbit hole. Finishing up the TeeNee trailer restoration and now turning attention to the Feathercraft Ranger. I’m adding remote controls since it had only been tiller steered. I’ve decided to postpone the modern 4 stroke motor for a ’57 Johnson...

Ivory bits done! Color is the Light Ivory for the Porsche 356 in Glasurit. Planning to restore the vintage Kainer steering wheel and paint it this same Ivory. Time to start on the yellow bits...

I see the "Seastar SH5150P Helm Safe-T II No-Feedback Single", that's a lot less $s and I like the single push-pull cable. Thank you for the tip!

Very clean install, thanks for the pic

thank you for the confirmations, sounds like my ideas or on track. One more thing... apparently hydraulic steering is typically only for larger boats with more torque than the 30hp would deliver but I found a quick ratio small unit. I'm thinking the feel would be a lot nice than the old...

You actually brought up a concern I have with this boat. I'll admit that I didn't grow up around liquid water so I'm still learning, but the Tonkacraft has two other ribs (strakes?) down each side, a total of 4 more. I'm looking to over power this somewhat and concerned about directional...

Wanting to hang a 30hp Tohatsu on it and graft on an old hood from a Johnson or Evinrude so that it looks correct. Should be a nice little hotrod.

Good morning all, This is my first post to your group after purchasing a Feathercraft Ranger II with a TeeNee trailer a year ago. Nothing like a 10 week recovery from a health event to motivate one to gain some perspective on what's important in life. For me it was/is to get this restoration...