My son who has skiied for 3 years complains about a lower back ache after 10 minutes of skiing. Our experience on the water is nearly the same amount of time so we haven't learned from experienced skiiers.
I am thinking it is a posture problem and would like to understand the posture of a...
I have owned this boat for a few years and for whatever reason this has never bothered me. If you look at the picture below you can see that the boat will never rest happily on the bow roller as the u-bolt is perfectly positioned to run into the roller.
I am thinking that my only option is to...
You guys and your cool stories about restoring boats have got me to spinning.
I saw this in our local craigs list for $1200. I talked to the guy and he was a bit iffy on how well the twin 35s are running. I am thinking of a very long resto project as I would have to do a fair bit of learning...
I got in a hurry and I think I messed up some carpet.
I have a skii boat ( sea sprite 1997 vintage ). Beneath the deck is a small but long compartment that is useful for holding skiis, ropes, etc.
I removed the original carpet and layed new carpet in using
Overton's Indoor/Outdoor carpet...
I have done a couple of smaller jobs so cost hasn't been a real factor yet. I am going to be doing some larger jobs and would like to keep the cost down.
I used west marine epoxy to seal my last small job. It seems on a large job this would use a bunch of epoxy.
1) Would marine varnish be...
Specs:
Boat: 18' Sea Sprite
Issue: Having problems with low end "hole shots" with 4-5 passengers, I just can't get enough power while pulling larger skiiers out of the water ( 210 lb )
Prop Manufacturer: unsure, but I believe original Mercruiser
Prop Diameter and pitch: 13 3/4", 21P
WOT: 4...
I am doing a very small repair of some cushions. I am looking for the type of foam that is used on panel inserts, the foam appears to be about 3/8" - 5/8". The closest I can find is 1" and while I can cut that down it seems silly to do that if there is a good source to be found.
I have been...
I am working on my Sea Sprite 18' and I am trying to remove the starboard rear bow cushion.
I found when they installed a plate on the other side of the wall (sort of like a car's firewall ) they inadvertently ( could have been on purpose ) screwed into the back of the cushion with 3 large...
