2001v-drive

10% of the prop diameter is the min. prop to hull clearance you want. Less than that and you run the risk of cavitation to the point of hull burn. So, it would be 1.4" on a 14" prop.

Bruce,
A common carpentry method of fitting wood to odd shape adjoining surfaces is called scribing. If you set the stringer in and say it's 3/8" high, you take one of those cheap dime store compasses and set it to 3/8". Then you pull it along the hull marking the stringer. The point will follow the contour of the hull and the pencil end will mark the stringers high spots that need to be removed.

Ryan, I think you should modify this bad boy and add it to your 88!nautique tower

Has anybody ever run a 14 inch prop on a 2001?

Pgaboeing wrote: Ryan, Nice work.. I have been following the thread and can you tell me how you flipped the boat over? I am getting ready to do the same.

I flipped the boat with two engine hoists,six ratchet straps and a rope/come along hanging from my roof.Not very much fun.

Riley wrote: F&F, how do you get all those pieces of wood to fit so well and also be level for the floor?

I cut the wood a little large and shaved with a grinder till it fit.from the looks of the original floor I don't know how much it matters.

Ryan, Nice work.. I have been following the thread and can you tell me how you flipped the boat over? I am getting ready to do the same.

You cannot have it too close or you will get prop rash on your gel.

Put in a two by ten bulkhead then got to work on the gell

Kapla you will need some extra crew members this year to make up for all the wet foam removed.

We will needs lots of pictures to confirm ride height.

P.S. Make sure they are taken on a sunny warm day

C-Bass wrote: Also, I'm sure the weight of the wet foam tends to sit more rearward, affecting the platform height a bit more.

Well our '79 is surely soaked as well- and check out how the platform sits (above). Just an interesting tidbit... I dont have an explanation.

Like Kap said, Greg refoamed (dont get him started!). That boat was rebuilt like a tank- I wouldnt say that its lighter than stock.

Yeah I'm sure it sits better. Did Greg refoam?(too lazy to check the old thread) If he didn't that's getting rid of quite a bit of weight in the (dry) foam itself.

Also, I'm sure the weight of the wet foam tends to sit more rearward, affecting the platform height a bit more.


As for Steve's comment....

as for the floating line I will soon know the difference...my boat used to float with the platform base in the water (with some gear and 200 lbs of dumbells in the back seat). I will set the same config to make good comparisson...

C-Bass wrote: After doing some crude math...an extra 500lbs of weight (call it wet foam) will only drop the hull into the water an additional 1 inch. That is assuming a fairly even distribution. I think it would take extremely soaked foam to get an additional 500lbs, so you're probably talking less than 1 inch in most cases.

Having not run the numbers, I wont disagree- but ask Greg how much differently his boat sits in the water now after he removed all his water soaked foam.

Epoxy resin = superior strength, bonding and most important it's not hydroscopic.

TRBenj wrote: Greg, any comment on the height of our platform?

Yea, do you need a boost to get up there?