![]() ![]() A picture of the whole boat side on to see what you got !!.Īdding to the hull will not likely cause much difficulty on the usual shapes employed in powerboats. They like clean air to breath, cuts down on corrosion and a lot less looking after !!. So what size motors you looking at ? like i write before dont underpower the boat !! you will live to regreat it for sure !! and look seriously at 25 inch shafts and get the motors high up out of the water. remember the motors are outside so the drains could be awash even with less weight in the back !!. The cockpit drains are at or close to water level ? Show us whats inside the cocpit at the back !! it could be better to glass completely over those drains and cover and not use at all. when grindng dont be afraid to make the patchs big, gets better bonding and glass to glass is the way to go rather than filling holes with filler and a scim of glass over it One good bang and it all falls out !! You are going to have fun with cutting the keel a grinder with a cutting disc will do wonders and makes clouds of dust i warn you !! dust for miles !!. The complete unit can hang the two out boards and gain all that extra space inside the boat !! a few things to think about and look seriously at !!!!īest to filled from both sides ,inside and out. Your transom will need some serious rebuilding thats for sure, you can fit a bracket complete with a boarding platform !! So throwing inboards out this is a chance to get rid of everything else thats not needed as well. Its good to have extra power that you dont need to use all the time than to have smaller motors that are working hard all the time !! the exrta long shaft is a better move to get the motor away fron the sea behind the boat !!. not much differance in the overall weight but the 250 extra long shaft would be my choice. Ģ00 or 225 even 250hp each would be better. With out seeing what the boat looks like i would say a pair of 150 hp would be the smallest you want to go. with the repairs some is bestdone inside and out side for the sake of safety !! Pictures lots pictures and lots details in them and we can help you much much better. ![]() Post some picture of the boat outside and inside because you will have prop shaft holes to fill over inside and out Plus rudder shaft holes and the water pic ups for the old motors. You start with epoxy you have to stay with epoxy all the way through the job !!. If you get talked into using epoxy Think really hard do you really need it ? its exspensive and you cant use polyester or Vinylester over the top it dosent stick. its simular to polyester but stronger and stricks better. a good quality polyester is ok or look and see if you can get Vinylester resin. Resin !! the boat will be made of polyester resin and glass. from the place where you cut the keel grind back at least 200 mm all round all edges no sharp corners and you will need Chopped strand matt, resin and woven roving, and gelcoat !! the back end of the keel is best to be cut about a 30 degree angle facing forward the grind up is very important to make sure there is no paint, no gel coat and that its all a minimum of 200 mm all round not just parts of it !!!!. You have a glass hull so all your glassing can be done outside. Ok the keel needs to come off so the hull is flush and a little longer than just 1500 on a boat that size More like 1.8 to 2.
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