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Which one of you guys is this?

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/boa/d/phoenix-1949-speedboat-runabout-15/7057540804.html

Smart ideas already on here. One more would be one of the scotch brite discs on a die grinder.

Wow! Sweet boat!

Its been in the 70’s in AZ. I took Bella to the lake to swim and to collect firewood on Wednesday.

Lets see a picture of the dent. Anything is repairable.

I used and loved two of these in my old 16 footer. They recline but you have to unbolt and bolt it in place. Very adjustable and it adds height that you need to consider. The suspension was amazing and level of suspension or spring tension was adjustable with a knob. It also adjusted foward and...

Did it run the same mph?

Look between the blades on the hub. The faint stamping is often hidden by paint. If not yes you have to pull it off and look at the hub. I used a prop calculator asuming 2.23 gear ratio your mph, and RPM. I put in the standard 10% slip to come up with 13p. Thats a guess working the calculator...

Thats great news! What specific Davis fin did you use? I love what they do especially in rough water if you play in the wakes. You need to determine prop pitch next. There should be numbers stamped between the blades or sometimes you need to unbolt it and read the numbers on the hub. If all...

Thats a good idea. If he runs the batts down for some reason he can always pull start it. I pull started the 60 one day with a piece of paracord wraped around the flywheel. It’s really easy but his 30 may have a pull start built in. When I wanted to buid an extension cord for the welder the...

I used a lawn tractor battery as a cranking when I had my 16’ with a 60hp. Every ounce helps in these small tins and where those ounces are located is more important. Once you get that sorted out check your RPM again. In the cold air with a light load you should be at or over the max recomended...

Best thing to do is take them to a boat show and gawk at the $120k surf/wake boats and $75 tounamant bass boats. When you drag home a $12k used boat she will think you are a financial wizard and are a negotiating mastermind like Trump. That works somtimes but this is the actual line of BS on my...

You can get manual ones cheap. To adjust you have to break out a socket set. Powered ones are nice because you can raise them way up in the shallows when going slow. Personally I can’t believe you cannot get that boat to work like it is. You want as much weight toward the back of the boat as you...