Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Prop to skeg should be a maximum of 1 shaft diameter. Had lots of shaft whip problems until I closed this gap up. Prop to rudder should be just enough to remove/replace prop. Prop pitch/diameter/cup/etc is going to be based on your individual boat and what you want the boat to do, like pull skiers o...

Wouldn't worry about the rudder until you give it a run. The rudder on my boat is cast brass, and was fairly rough, all was good until I changed prop's then had massive torque on the steering. Bent a section of the trailing edge and fixed the problem, there adjustable with a big hammer ;) . One of m...

Thanks for thinking of us up here Greg. All is fairly normal despite media "HYPE"! The fires are in the usual inaccessible rough country surrounding this area, several large ongoing bushfires have run through these regions over the years and are contained as well as can be when they encroa...

Does anyone know where we can get Slotted head Stainless steel wood screws? I have tried all the usual and obscure haunts but to no avail. phillips head just don't look right. I have quite a collection of SS wood screws and not a slotted head amongst them! Slot head in Bronze is not a problem thoug...

Going to cut up some large Oregon beams tomorrow and wondered if any club members would be interested. The timber came out of an old building. I am going to cut 3 sets of 6"x2" stringers for myself and then cut it into sections to screen in my verandah and build some doors. Most lengths ar...

Do they come in women's sizes, are they big for size, are they small for size, what do they look like,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Any way put me down for one Large and one Medium. Boss is transferring the bux now.

Peter, Looked at the adaptor and staying with the original and am going with neither. Will make up fittings to run to a remote filter like on my other boat. The untapped oil hole is an odd size and would not tap to a standard size so drilled and tapped 2 small holes and will build a fitting with &qu...

Just measured a couple, one motor was from a truck (292) the other is F100 (272), both dip sticks measure up the same.
bottom to low oil mark 14mm
bottom to mid oil mark in hatching 31mm
bottom to full oil mark 35mm
bottom to shoulder that holds the cup below it 535mm

Couple of windscreen pictures; http://imageshack.us/a/img5/5563/zm2w.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img855/4972/3nhv.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img138/8140/z6bd.jpg I have only run the old screen once (trying to get my wife to keep driving when it was getting cold), the Perspex is cloudy and blocks visi...

Glen, great looking boat.

Are you running 3x94/97's? please, post some more pictures of the engine and boat.

cheers,
James