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Once you get it running, I have found that this gadget helps get underpowered boats plane more easily. ![[Linked Image]](http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mu7i4sfx-gUbxXG1ytdGBAg.jpg) I put one of those on my boat (which is not under powered) to try it out and all it did was cost me 2 knots across the engines rpm.
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Nice project, My little brother sold his 32 foot Seavee and swore off boats , 2 years later he bought a 18' fiberglass skiff and rebuilt it much like you are doing and uses it for lake,intercoastal and river fishing in FL.
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Do NOT use treated lumber anywhere. It will eat the snot out of the aluminum.. Aluminum has snot in it?
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I may be late to the thread but having put floors and stringers in a couple of inboards, Its generally accepted that most marine and exterior plywoods use similar glues. The bigger difference is the voids that can be in exterior and not marine grades of plywood. The layers are thinner in marine ply as well. In both marine and exterior there are different grades and woods used and among boat builders there is a lot of discussion which is best used where.
Speaking of my ski boat experience is that if you have wood in a continually wet environment (like a carpeted floor) its going to rot eventually. For me I wouldn't use wood for flooring under carpet. if I had to use wood I would go with one of the better grades of exterior, treated with CPE and then encapsulated in glass/epoxy . However, If its the kind of boat you really want to ride hard and put away wet, the material to use is Coosa board encapsulated in glass/epoxy. Very expensive but hopefully forever. My stringer floor projects were enough work that I would rather spend the money to make sure I never had to see the inside the hull again. Use cypress under the carpet and you wont have any problem... old growth cypress is the best. It still doesn't hurt to seal it, though.
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I would sell it......and soon
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Do NOT use treated lumber anywhere. It will eat the snot out of the aluminum.. Aluminum has snot in it? Yes and the snots important to the internal integrity of the ionic bond. 😁
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