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Interlux Trilux 33 is metal safe and still quite effective. Comes in $pray can$ which are the bomb for tricky areas like the motor mounts.

Grind so that high spots are flat enough to get new core in deep enough and fairly flat. Foam from fiberglass supply. Cabosil really just adjusts viscosity of the resin.

Cabosil is your friend for the “pock marks” and anything you want to fill. Corners too. If you decide to gel instead of paint you can make colored filler with it. IMO you should use foam rather than plywood. It isn’t that much more and will last much longer.

I posted this in a different thread but here's how I decided to do it.

Thank you. Very kind words. I guess I'm lucky because I find great passion and things like mechanics, welding, electrics and electronics, etc. Couple more years of working and I'll get to tinker full-time!

if it was your main plug you'd be able to see it if it's coming in that fast. I agree with the others who said you need to check your through hulls and pretty much everything else to find this. On a similar topic, my neighbor's boat submerged last week. it looks like the culprit is a couple of...

sounds great! I'm in the final throes with this one. We launched it yesterday and unfortunately found that the motors wouldn't turn up to high RPM. we're going to do some testing and figure out what's wrong but it sure looks like we have a bunch of water in the gas. with a little bit of luck a...

That's an excellent point. I masked off the motor mounts and used trilux 33 in those areas.

Bottom paint can be a religious issue - you are likely to get a wide variety of experiences and opinions. And this is expected. There are as many experiences as there are different sets of conditions including water temperature, marine life, time on and off of trailer, docking/mooring, etc...

" I am assuming that the default would be to push the levers all the way down which would push up the bow. Is that correct? " Trim tabs cannot in any way push your bow "up" in the first place, so personally I think labeling "Bow Up" is misleading. They range from doing nothing at all (what I...

Default would be bow up - where the tabs are neutral and not actually doing any work.

I made the three "outdoor" cockpit ones for a 272 for about $200, and ~$125 of it was the foam. Most of the supplies are reasonably priced - I still have enough pre-made piping for at least 3 more boats and enough thread for maybe about another 300. 8^)

I just made a few, and the expensive part is the foam (it also isn't that hard if you have any sewing background). Anyway, if you like your foam, then a shop can make new covers for them for a reasonable price. I used marine vinyl and I'm happy.

Where I live the tide will swing a boat back and forth, and a bunch of eel grass and other crap wraps around the line in the process. I chased a 14 ft. aluminum about 6 miles one time - learned that lesson the hard way. If it pulls out, the claw seems to grab again right away and there's nothing...

Longer the chain the better is right on the money - I put 25' on mine. Everyone has his own preference, but I sure like these claw anchors below better than the Danforth. They pick up less crap, and are less likely to foul up, IMHO. But again, everybody has...

2015 limited 4x4 V6 w/towing. I had a Venture w/disks and it always felt safe and sane towing the 226. I think the rating was 6500 and I guess the boat was maybe 4500. Ymmv. I launch mine in June and retrieve it in September. I don't spend a huge amount of time with the boat on the trailer. I...

Well under the capacity of the v6 Tacoma w/towing package. No problem...

I pulled a 226 loaded and full with a Tacoma v6 w/towing package and it was fine. ~14 mpg. But no problems at all - good authority. I had Ventura dual axle with disk brakes.

I think your step is mostly incompatible with normal kicker brackets. You might find one that's more like an offshore standoff though that would work - it would have to run over the top of the step though. You could also consider something custom welded onto the main motor bracket.

Nice - that's a great motor!