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Hi and welcome, I am down the road from you in Raleigh and built a GlenL 'ZIP' some years ago. I sourced my Joubert marine plywood at Hood Distribution in Knightdale outside of Raleigh. Ostensibly they wholesale only, but for serious woodworkers they will sell direct. Once you have sufficient posts ...

For what it's worth I ran my sole boards side to side, and they were thin (5/16") and light, secured to tee stiffener on top of hull batten. They were then about 3 1/2" below the floor frames in the middle of the hull.

A bit pricey and a bit fastidious to use in that it must dry for about a week before sanding, but Boat Life Caulk is very reputable product. Used it on my Boat Bow Wine Bar.

As a 400/450 it will not be a 'dock buster', those are in line 6 cylinders.

I would say price a tad on the high side but not out of range. Sold my rebuilt and restored 1958 Mark58 for $850.00 complete with controls if that helps.

Having been in carpentry/construction for that last quarter of a century, and having built a ZIP, I will add my 2 cents. If you butt joint frames and they are 3/4" thick material, and the joint is 4" long, that gives you 3 square inches of surface area to bond together. Add biscuits and you help ali...

I too was a finish carpenter when I built my ZIP, and felt like I had to forget most everything I learned as a carpenter, as nothing is plumb, level, or square in a boat. The 283 should be a sweet engine. All the best.

Sorry for the set back. When I ran my shop I was ripping dense hardwood on my table saw and my employee start trying to get my attention. I was busy and essentially ignored him until I saw the smoke. There was no thermal breaker and the motor's windings were burning and smoking while still running. ...

Looks a lot like an old 'Gator' trailer I had for my ZIP. Is that 55lb anvil for tongue weight?

Don't know the actual dimensions of the windows in question, but would 2 hinges be strong enough? Also wondering if you might run into nterference with the exterior trim at the top of the window possibly hitting the wall unless the hinges 'pop' the window out before tilting, and there is nothing to ...

I bleached the deck planking on my Century Palomino Wine Bar. It gives you much more uniformity in the final stain, I went with an OEM Blonde stain. It took several applications of the acid to get a uniformly bleached deck.

Sold my ZIP last year but had it insured with Hagerty's fro 5 years with no issue.

Hi, I bought a SS tilt tube of the right diameter and thread and drilled and reamed larger diameter holes in my Mark 35A and a Mark55. I fabricated my own bracket to connect the link to the engine, other options are available.

The $64,000.00 dollar question is do you have a charging system on your Mark55. If you do no problem. Since these are magneto ignition engines if you have a charging system you can get a marine tach that 'reads' the impulses from the charging system stator. The tach signal feed needs to be connected...

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Not sure which topic to put this in but since this project started life as a smallish wooden outboard boat here goes. Moderator welcome to move it if it's more appropriate in another topic. Almost a decade ago I purchased a 15' Century Palomino and sold the ZIP I had built. Plan was to resurrect the...