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I appreciate the comments. It is a tiller steer so it is very stern heavy. I just purchased some wiring to move the battery forward and I may lengthen the gas line to move it forward as well. I ran my hand underneath the stern end Saturday and felt a very noticable dent just before the turn up...

I gotcha. I may never find nirvana, just a balance between ok and not so ok. I keep working on the balance deal everytime I go out. I'm moving my trolling motor to the front. That will help somewhat I needed to lengthen the wiring. I have really only have the gas tank (6gal), battery, tacklebox...

I'll try that too. I was just adding the plywood back the way it was. As one can see I don't know much about motorboats. I was using the 1st hole, although last outing I used the 2nd. The photo just shows the motor after being transported, I kick the motor back so it doesn't bounce on the...

Ok I added a temp piece of wood to the plate in the rear of the transom, and dropped the motor all the way down and set the motor in the 2nd hole position. I has thought you had said second but now read that you wanted it in the 1st position. Performance was this: With same load the boat was...

I know right?? :shock: :LOL2: Great boat either way you'll have fun!

I would 1st give that decking a real good pressure washing then plug it up and fill with water to check for leaks. Followed by replacing the transom. Lots of topics on leak repair, rivets can be re-bucked or replaced pretty easily and required minimum outlay for tools. For paint removal I would...

Hey Nice! What did you use to paint the underside of the hull. You did a bang up job on the inside too!

I used to sail catamarans and they had plugs like these in the hulls. We needed to drain them every few days/weeks. It was funny to see when folks forgot to put them back in they would get about 100yards and realize they were taking on water. It happened to me as well, fortunately the plugs have...

This is another concern of mine. With the motor mounted this high the cavitation plate is still below the hull. I guess I will have to fabricate a jack plate. I'm going to stop by Fastenal on the way home from work and price a few pieces of Aluminum angle. thanks for the help so far thanks. In...

This is my problem I am sure. My transom plate is too short so it is causing the tilting of my motor. Back into the garage to recut and remount <sigh> and I used 5200 to seal the bolts up.

I'll grab some pics when I get home. When I state that I was caviating it felt like it was surging, not the motor but the lower end/prop. I would hear a whooshing sound then the pitch would deepen and I could feel the power climb back up then whoosh/ vroom, whoosh...maybe I am high :LOL2: lol...

I see now... So now I have to see why I am cavitating then... Should a prop have any movement when turned by hand?

Ahh gotcha. I started out in the #2 hole, that is what gave me the "Cavitation" and surging and lack luster performance. Once I placed the motor in the lowest postion the boat ran great until the plowing started. Could this be from having the motor mounted too low?

Are you talking about the trim slots? Where the spring loaded rod gets threaded through the holes and the motor locks onto? If so then I origionally had the motor in the #2 hole position which would hold the motor in a less than vertical position. When I placed it (the rod) into the slot closest...

I FINALLY made it to the river and got underway on my maiden voyage of my 14' Polar Craft Semi-V and 25Hp Evinrude Sportsman ('72). The first shakedown trip revealed an issue that wouldn't allow me to motor faster than 2-3 mph, motor starts and runs great but couldn't throttle up. I found that...

SWEET! I want a hull like that. It would be awesome. And for 440? way to go!

Man all of this rain has been killing me. I haven't been able to do much but I managed to squeeze some work in when I could. Its frightening working on an Aluminum hull when lightening is flashing so that is when I stop. Anyway here are some updates. I had a friend cut me some vinyl AL Numbers...

Whew! Long weekend overload, but fun and somewhat productive. The rain killed me. 5 days I was off and it rained every day. 3 of the days the rain was constant :( I worked in it as much as I could until the lightening came then I moved into the garage can worked applying Spar Urethane enough to...

Also urethane will also provide UV protection if you plan on leaving it as the top coat. If your going to paint over the spar then varnish will suffice.

Awesome boat! I'm cannot help you with your tongue issue although it is plauseable. The main thing is you will ruin any protection the galvanizing provides as you will be cutting and boring. They do make a cold galvanizing spray which I used when I was fabricating security gates and it worked...