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I have a basic set up with the 50lb thrust endura max wired directly to the battery. Is it normal that as the battery ages/dies that the motor will lose top end power ie: full power results in the same speed as low power, and that as the battery reaches the end of it's duty life that this will...

Check this thread for a member's experiences with weldbilt https://www.forum.tinboats.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39292&hilit=weldbilt

I like the option that this person used. https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14806&hilit=out+riggers

Hello I recently was given a boat trailer for the 14' starcraft v hull that I have identified as a Tee Nee trailer via internet search. It is wired with modern trailer lights, a new winch and strap, and new tires/wheel. The keel rollers down the center of the trailer are suspect and at lease...

It is a home made rack. I've pretty much decided against it at this point. I was feeling very uncomfortable given the weight and the current rack that I have and decided to trust my gut, given the potential negative consequences of getting it wrong. I think I will wait until I have a heavier...

Like the title says. I carry my 12' on my rack, but there are some lakes that we go to where I want the bigger boat with the larger motor. I have a 14' Starcraft that usually sits on the trailer but with the addition of a tent trailer I would like to put the starcraft on the truck rack. Does...

Hmmmm so what is the solution? I am in the process of replacing the transom wood in my tinnie and have bought SS bolts, SS nylon lock nuts, and SS fender washers to bolt the new wood back on. The bolts that were there had corroded in only a few years, but I don't think they were SS.

Does the small piece of plywood that is on the external side of the stern sit below the transom cap? My guess and from trying to peer at pictures is that the external piece of plywood sits below the transom cap.

Yes I do. That and a 14' Starcraft Sea Scamp (family's boat). The 1236 is mine though and the one I use the most.

So from looking around online it seems that there used to be an aluminum piece across the top of the transom. I assume I could use some piece of aluminum C-Channel, providing I could find some to fit. I have zero metalworking skills. How would this be attached? There does not seem to be any...

One of the things that is (and as far as I know has always been) missing is a transom cap. I was planning to use a spar urethane or exterior paint for the plywood. Will this be good enough to seal the top edge of the plywood? I will be using exterior grade plywood (untreated).

Looking great!

O.k. two inches it is.

So my question is how thick should I make the plywood? We have a 4 stroke 9.9 merc. Plywood that is on there now is two pieces of 3/4 laminated together on the inside and a small piece of plywood on the back that gives a final thickness of 2". Do I have to be this thick? I have no idea how...

The boat is an Alumacraft 1236 where the aluminum benches go to the floor. I wanted to add some plywood to the bench tops so that there would be something more substantial to add a folding seat. The other wrinkle is that the bench seats in the alumacraft have a large rounded bullnose profile...

some people use aluminum threaded inserts such as rivnuts, nutserts, plusnuts etc. These expand below the metal and provide a threaded hole that you can use a bolt in, like an anchor in drywall. Some people use self tapping sheet metal screws and results vary. From what I have read from...

For those of you who have added plywood to the top of your aluminum bench seats, how thick of plywood? 1/2, 5/8, or 3/4? I am leaning towards 5/8 (splitting the difference) because I am also adding seat bases that will connect to the plywood via tee nuts installed on the underside of the...

weweber3 I just checked out your build post and your boat is almost identical to mine. I don't have the bow cap and my transom is straight but everything else is the same. Leaks in the bow and the stern. I did track down a few suspect rivets, so maybe I will try and give those a tap. That...

I have the same problem with a boat that is as old. My concern with rebucking the rivets, is that I have read that it could worsen any small cracks that have developed around the rivets. After reading your post about applying the gluvit to the interior or exterior I decided to send an email to...