Recent content by back4more

I tested my sun umbrella today, and it shaded the motor really well #-o guess I'll have to position the boat as needed when I want the shade. my head was shaded though, just not my arms and legs. I know in the summer the cool head is whats needed most.

I've searched tinboats and found various ideas for shading, but I didnt find anything where someone has created a T-top like cover. mostly found umbrellas (which I may end up going with). so has anyone tried anything with pvc? seems like it would be cheap and easy.

thanks skebob, I may try it without the doel-phin next weekend. I took it out today and found out a few things. first of the way I used a app on my phone (GPS Essentials) to determine that the 6hp pushed my empty boat and me 17mph. when I took out the 15hp motor, with wife daughter and I, I...

thank you very much for the detailed information Rat. Im going to stay away from buying a new prop right now, but will revisit the idea in the future. Ive already bolted the motor to the transom but may go for the jack plate, if needed. that homemade plate looks nice.

You could have several problems: 1) As stated above, incorrect pitch will have a huge effect; heavy boat go heavy on pitch. sorry for such a noob question, but you mean whats referred to in the motor manual as the trim angle ? 2) Make sure you are hitting the RPMs for the motor, again this...

sorry if I wasnt clear, the 17mph was with the doel-fin installed on the 15hp.

thanks again for the input everyone. sorry for not answering this earlier ... my wife, daughter and I were just out cruising, something we plan to do a lot. also, the 15hp does have a doel-fin stabalizer. Ive had a couple jon boats before with 9.8-9.9's and they were difficult when I would go...

Thanks for all the input everyone. I understand that weight has a lot to do with the speed, and prop does too. I was just surprised to find that my 6hp pushed us at 13 mph but the 15hp will only do 17 mph with just 135 lbs more. Not what I had in mind when I sprung for the costly upgrade. I...

SpecFisher, I've bought two tohatsu motors from outlineoutboards.com in the last 13 months, a 6hp and a 15hp. the 6hp pushed my 1436 13.4 mph with myself, wife and daughter in it (total weight 480lbs). we had no gear in the boat. with just myself and no gear the 6hp got the 1436 up to 17.3mph...

just upgraded our 2013 6hp 4 stroke tohatsu to a 2014 tohatsu 15hp 4 stroke for our alumnacraft 1436. we took it out for the first time last weekend. after hitting the 2 hour mark on the motor I opened it up to WOT for maybe 35-40 seconds. using my lowrance mark 4 gps I found that the speed...

thanks for the input guys. I ended up going with carpet right after I started this thread. I guess Ill start a new thread in the conversions and mods section soon.

I was thinking of using this stuff for my floor I just added to my alumacraft 1436 .......... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006HVKM4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=HEDX1YWD5VED&coliid=I33XPP2GHUE83B

I just made a floor for my 1436 alumacraft and Im looking for some input. do you guys think indoor/outdoor carpet or an exterior paint ir better for the floor? Im thinking of going with the paint so I can easily hose off the entire boat without concerns of wetting the carpet. I would probably...

Im about to order a tiller extension for my 1436 and want to make sure Im measuring correctly, and not getting an extension that is too long. Im thinking I need a 46 inch extension. this measurement would have me reaching back just a little, and I would have about 8 inches between front end of...

thanks Captain. I like your point about harder to keep clean. it sure is nice to just hose out the boat and not worry about a floor or what may be under the floor. now Im thinking about adding a simple grab bar base, maybe 3/4 plywood, between two ribs and mounting a grab bar to the base. this...