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Welded the corners and steering console today. Tomorrow I will be mounting the controls and changing the water impeller. Next step - sea trial.

I am same as crazyman. Stainless are great but unforgiving. I would rather throw a blade than a lower unit with an aluminum prop.

The OMC old (not oldest) motors are some of the most reliable motors. New motors are fuel injected most of the time and have an ECU which can be your enemy. So good choice on motor! Also in regards to hauling a$$. More motor = less throttle = being easier on the engine by running at lower...

THE FOAM.... I used to spray poly-urethane foam for over ten years before I retired from that trade. My point is no body loves foam more than me for insulation and roofing purposes. In a vessel, my concerns are water no being able to travel to stern. The foam not being heated and mixed 1:1...

I want to make an adjustment on my answer to solving pitting and corrision with anodes and grounding wire. A grounding wire is only needed on larger vessels. (which is what I usually work on) On a smaller metal hull, you only need a zinc (anode) bolted through hull below water. A plate zinc...

Dettmer thank you and thats what i did but it was just acting an a$$ last night. My wife is a wiz with the pc and I finally turned it over to her and she just kept trying and trying and it finally accepted pics after over an hr of trouble shooting. Hopefully it will be a little more user...

Ben the difference between a cast and stainless prop is stainless is not as forgiving. You run the risk of more damage to lower unit rather than the wheel. Buy the hub and have it pressed. So i take it you did away with twins and have a 25 now?

Love it! Twin 9.9's! Always wanted to do a twin set up. Nothing better than having a spare. What type of performance do you get? I also emailed you pics of my transom as I am having problems uploading photos directly to site.

Just emailed them to you. Let me know if you recieved them?

Retyping because I did not see last message post. Check out Gerards overpowered jon boat. You do not have to go to this extreme but it should give you an idea or two

Take a look at my transom. It is not finsihed because of corners on top need to be upgraded but it may help. It is under Gerards overpowered jon boat