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  1. Scott Danforth

    10AWG for a 1amp nav light? AWG Overkill?

    99% of boat manufacturers are running 16 gauge to the nav lights on boats much bigger than yours.
  2. Scott Danforth

    Laying the Deck Questions

    put a halogen light under the boat and heat the hull from underneath as well. no need to heat the whole shop if you can warm the hull area
  3. Scott Danforth

    10AWG for a 1amp nav light? AWG Overkill?

    your boat is only 17 feet. no way your total length of wiring is 54 feet to a nav light. if your nav light is at the helm, and your circuit breaker and switch is at the helm, your looking at 20 foot max lenght my boat is 26 feet long, max length of run on any circuit in my boat is 22 feet...
  4. Scott Danforth

    Towing and Launching

    welcome aboard what is the towing capacity of your car? what is the total actual weight of your boat/motor/trailer/fuel/gear/beer/ice/passengers in the car/etc? and then there is the brake thing that Roscoe mentions as most cars require brakes if the towed load is over either 1000# or 2000#
  5. Scott Danforth

    Cheetah 180V (1984) or similar outboard conversion

    no, it would be cheaper and better to by a boat that is running with an outboard already. however its your time and money
  6. Scott Danforth

    no power to gauges and ignition switch

    then start at the batteries. you have a bad connection somewhere.
  7. Scott Danforth

    Cheetah 180V (1984) or similar outboard conversion

    Consider the hull to be completely toast and needing a complete overhaul
  8. Scott Danforth

    17ft Bayliner Capri bowrider project

    Yes, a cradle is necessary
  9. Scott Danforth

    Replacing Gas engine with electric motor

    Ted, you could always run a 65# trolling motor and two batteries.
  10. Scott Danforth

    Create storage in Hurricane 217 Sd

    call your Hurricane dealer and ask
  11. Scott Danforth

    no power to gauges and ignition switch

    take a volt meter. start at the battery cable going to the key switch and check from there.
  12. Scott Danforth

    Replacing Gas engine with electric motor

    then we need a different energy storage scheme, as the carbon footprint for battery manufacture puts the EV's in a huge hole. take the battery packs for a Prius: ore mined in Canada, shipped to China for processing, shipped to Japan to be made into batteries, etc. is a bigger carbon foot print...
  13. Scott Danforth

    Trolling motor battery location

    if you are adding bow weight, you may need to move the batteries aft. however you wont know until you are on the water.
  14. Scott Danforth

    Replacing Gas engine with electric motor

    and the price is only $80k since us tax payers have been paying the subsidies https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/tesla-subsidies-how-much/
  15. Scott Danforth

    Pontoon trailer springs

    pontoon trailers are different than v-hull trailers you need either a scissor or bunk trailer for the pontoon. and majority of the bunk trailers for pointoons have torsion axles. also, your 18' pontoon would not be rated for a 75hp motor
  16. Scott Danforth

    Trolling motor battery location

    where ever they fit. dont add too much weight above the water line or the boat gets tippy. this includes the fishing deck you are planning.
  17. Scott Danforth

    17ft Bayliner Capri bowrider project

    build a proper cradle for the boat before you cut things apart like you have. a hull without the stringers is like a body without the skeleton....... just a floppy bit of fiberglass.
  18. Scott Danforth

    no power to gauges and ignition switch

    start by following the wiring to see where you have power and where you lost power.
  19. Scott Danforth

    Replacing Gas engine with electric motor

    Electric boats are not for everyone the new (way more than I can afford) all electric Torqeedo boat.......has a range of 30 miles before you need to re-charge. https://www.torqeedo.com/us/en-us/news-and-press/blog/blog-2020-2-12.html my average boating trip is 65-80 miles because its 26 miles...
  20. Scott Danforth

    Help identify my boat!

    first, welcome aboard second, without proper paperwork, you may simply have a yard planter. before you even think of spending money on the boat, it would have to be in your name. the boat appears to have been sitting outside, the seats are shot, and my guess the transom, stringers and floor...
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