Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Thank you for the feedback.

Yes, my engine has 4 marine mounts. I was concerned that the Velvet Drive output shaft bearing might get flexed too much.

Does anyone have any experience using a drivesaver (picture attached) to create a slightly flexible link between a 4" dia prop shaft flange and a Velvet Drive output flange? I'm about to instal a marinised Holden 304 EFI engine/Velvet Drive 71C combination in my 16 foot Glen-L Crackerbox hull a...

Thank you for the tip

Laminating my meranti chines and a sheers due to the timber being brittle

Thank you Bob. I've previously used expensive Indonesian Mahogany as a laminating timber but did some experiments and found that Meranti had a similar grain but terrible colour when varnished....plus was about 20% of the cost. I tried several blends of stain and turps and came up with the final redd...

Thank you

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I'm after a used one of these but happy to pay for two if you have a pair laying around......

Here are some of the pictures I have....

Hi Greg. I found the Attachments tab behind the Options one when replying to your post, so will compress my files to save space/time uploading them and will add them in the next 24 hours. Regards, Gary