water behind a stringer

A great job on a great boat! my hats off to you mike.

Dropped the PonyBoat for a test drive late yesterday afternoon. Had a bit of trouble getting her started on the hose as we apparently set the disty off a tooth. She is running perfect now, and smooth as silk. No drips from the engine seals nor trans seal. My dirty neutral even seems to have improved a bit with a fluid change. Not sure why or if that makes sense, but it is noticeably better at idle. It hardly moves. Funny, after I had the slight concern about the trans cooler the other day, the fittings in the cooler itself were fine, but the flare hose connections were loose by an 8th of a turn and each let a drop out. I backed off the trailer a ways, and naturally, had no forward gear. I don't get this because I did not mess with the cables at all. I had to jump in and walk to shore to grab a wrench to adjust the cable. Why would this be off? Lastly, I do need to stlightly adjust the packing glands. The shaft is slightly tight (heated up to 190* oops), and the rudder is slightly loose.
All in all, I am super happy with how she ran. And especially how she looks. My brother took some pics, but by that time it was cloudy and they are just ok. I will get some sunny, on the water debut pics up this week. Mrs. Wakeslayer is ready for a boat ride !! I won't have the dock in for a couple weeks and she ain't waiting that long.
On another note, my lake was 46* already just 6 days after ice off. I had to jump in to the ribcage a couple times and it wasn't even that bad.

Ready for the 2010 season!!!

I had no options. And 46* on April 4th is unheard of here.

Not where I needed it!!

I had a leaker too Mike,way before CCF existed so I had no help. I ended up using a Speedy Sleeve and has held up well.I think Eric has said they are ok to use too. It will buy you some time before you have to send it to him

disconnect the throttle cable then adjust the carb and re-check the timing too. once that is done loOsen the clamp holding the cable on the back of the bracket and slide the cable forward until it lines up and then tighten the clamp back down.

WakeSlayer wrote:

I just wanted to see these pictures again. Great job! Any updates? That engine looks great and I love the windshield!

Some actual on the water shots.

Wow! Looks like it just came from the factory!

Nice!! It looks very sharp..
did you let your wife take the wheel? as Its her boat!!!
LOL

WakeSlayer wrote: Old hose was in terrible shape, and I suspect was leaking a little. It was starting to come apart in layers. Mine was glassed in a bit too, but it wasn't that bad to get out. I cleaned the glass up a bit around it afterwards. On the drains, I winged it. I looked for what appeared to be the lowest point still in the bilge and accessible for the front. Just eyeballed the rearward ones. I figured if an exhaust pipe ever cuts loose on me that would be a good point to drain water from. Drilled from the inside slightly angling upwards with a 15/16" spade bit. The wood that I went through was like new.

SO you drill the drain holes after glassing in the new stringers?

Boat is looking Great !!!

Wow Slayer!   Where did you get that AMAZING looking swim platform ???

I didn't build the boat Pete.

2nd half ?    You mean the Platform ?   Yeah, I built that!