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Conference vicki::boats

Title:	Powerboats
Notice:	Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267
Moderator:	KWLITY::SUTER

Created:	Thu May 12 1988
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1275
Total number of notes:	18109

340.0. "Boat Maintenance Questions" by RGB::PAN () Tue Apr 18 1989 11:28


   Hello fellow boaters,

       Well, I finally bought a boat.  It's a metalic blue and white
   Glastron GT160 with a 85 Hp Mercury engine.  I fell in love with
   it as soon as I saw it.  It is the bigger brother of the boat that
   James Bond used to jump over the road in "Live and Let Die" (it was
   a GT150).
	Mike Smith and I took the boat out yesterday on lake
   Quinsigamond.  It as much fun as I imagined, though I doubt I'll
   be jumping over any roads in the near future.  I can't wait to
   go out again.
	I've decided I like boating enough to fix up some of the
   rough spots on the boat.   A few questions:  Is marine carpeting
   the same as indoor/outdoor  carpeting?  If not, can anyone tell me
   where I can buy "real" marine carpeting?  Has anyone ever installed
   Teleflex "Red International" series tachometer and/or speedometers?
   Are they any good?  How easy are they to install?

							Thanks,
							   - Davis

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
340.1	THE ISLAND JUMPERS...	FROST::TOUTANT		`Tue Apr 18 1989 13:39`	4
	INDOOR/OUTDOOR CARPET IS THE SAME AS MARINE CARPET,MAKE SURE YOU USE A GOOD OUT DOOR GLUE TO HOLD IT DOWN.. NICE BOAT, I HAVE A FRIEND HERE ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN WITH THE EXACT SAME BOAT HIS IS ORANGE/ WHITE WITH A 100 EVINRUIDE.
340.2	Small Corrision bubbles on Lower Unit	FSBMS::BSERVEY	Bill Servey	`Wed Apr 19 1989 11:40`	12
	I brought the boat home from storage last weekend, and now I'm getting set to do the usual spring tune up stuff... wax, clean the canvas, new plugs, check the lower unit EP fluid level, etc... When I looked at my lower unit, there are a few little corrosion bubbles starting to show around the "keel" (aka fin?). It looks like these are being caused by the little bit of paint I've lost on the keel edges. (My doo-hicky plate is fine, thank you.) Should I spend the effort to brillo these bubbles out? (There are so few and they are so small.) And if so, is there a spray paint that is reccomended for the touch-up afterward?
340.3	Speedo's !	USRCV1::FRASCH		`Wed Apr 19 1989 16:31`	11
	RE.0 Suggest yoy stay away from the water pressure type speedometers. They simply are not accurate. Get one with a small impeller that turns as the boat goes through the water. They usually have a digital LCD readout and are accurate to a tenth of a MPH. Any of the better marine supply catalogues will have them. Goooooo Fast! Don
340.4	Boat Maintenance Questions	MSCSSE::BERENS	Alan Berens	`Wed Apr 19 1989 16:51`	12
	re .3: Ah, the old confusion between accuracy and precision. Digital speedometers/knotmeters do precisely display speed to the nearest 0.1 mph/knot. They are not that accurate, however. The waterflow past the impeller depends on the shape of the hull and the location of the impeller. The speedometer/knotmeter must be calibrated for each boat. Without calibration they're probably accurate to plus/minus a few mph/knots. Even with calibration the accuracy will probably not be 0.1 mph/knot due to variations in waterflow with speed, tidal and wind currents, grass and slime on the impeller, etc.