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  1. Horned Toad

    Fasteners thru hull of thin hull fiberglass boat below waterline

    No wood, unless as core sealed between fiberglass sheets. Can I just epoxy plastic/starboard on to inside of boat and expect it to stay put without adding any type of glass cloth over it?
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    Fasteners thru hull of thin hull fiberglass boat below waterline

    Looking for best way to repair previous owners work. Boat is a 2012 Livingston 12ft. Fish finder gimbal mount was installed to center of boat with 1" #8 sheet metal screws that broke thru bottom of hull and cracked out the gelcoat quite a bit. The end of the fastener and surrounding area was...
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    New to me Livingston not performing at its best

    I like the 4 stroker. Problem solved. finally got a new 4 blade, 9.25 X 8 and RPMs are 5700 at WOT, motor sounds so much better. On plane within 8 seconds w/o the whaletail. Wife even commented the engine is much quieter. Thanks for the comments. Mike
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    New to me Livingston not performing at its best

    Yes, compression is good. Mine catamaran hull gets up slowly. Mike
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    New to me Livingston not performing at its best

    Thats what I have done, hope to try out the new prop this weekend. Still mulling the carb swap since it seems the intake is different also. Thanks, Mike
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    New to me Livingston not performing at its best

    My numbers were including boat's weight. Could be weight, but I think I will try to decrease the prop pitch. Picking one up tomorrow. HP difference, from my research is jet size and maybe 3mm larger bore on carb. Was not talking about engine swap. Thanks, Mike
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    New to me Livingston not performing at its best

    Just purchased 2012 12' Livingston (240 lbs) with 2011 Yamaha F15SMH (126 lbs) with 9.25 X11 -J1 prop. First outing with all gear and battery/fuel tank in stern and passenger mid., bow was high and could not get on plane. I figure total weight around 950 lbs. Moved batt. and fuel tank forward...
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    80's Livingston restoration

    Thanks for the comment. I don't have any experience in how that type of repair lasts and or if it is worth the expense of the fiberglass repair I was talking about. Just thought it would be stronger. Any epoxy better than another?
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    80's Livingston restoration

    Looking for advice on keel repairs and trying to find replacements for hull drains for my 12' Livingston. Keels are scraped down and into fiberglass. Wondering if I could grind back gel coat on hull a bit and put down a layer of CSM then a couple of1708 layers on top of that and then gel coat...
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    1987 10' Livingston parts

    not sure what the 10' looks like but I just broke the port side drain cover on my 12' Livingston and have yet to find any direct replacements would love a lead. Pics are of the starboard cracked but holding on and staying dry.
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