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John, Thanks, although i'm not sure i will go for the Biscayne, it's good to know the modern 2L and 2.5L diesels are an option. :wink: Roberta, The plan is to make frames from these planks after shaving them to 1/2" and each frame would me made twice but having the joins in a different spot so when ...

This morning i went to see the guy that lets me use his saw and planner, he's a woodworker but admitted he's not really into tropical woods. It's pretty light and dense he said, and if it's good for boatbuilding he thinks it was a good buy. So, i guess it's time to decide what boat it's going to be....

Bill, i'm sure DHL knows a good way to make these planks a lot less attractive :mrgreen: So if i understand correctly, the differences between all the different sort of mahogany (and i found out there are a lot...) are no reason not to use these planks for frames and hull? I noticed i posted this in...

in my search of a woodsupplier i ran into someone who has an quite large stock of mahogany planks but since i'm new to wood-working i'm trying to figger out if they could be used for boat-constructing. planks are 50-60 years old and were probably used as floors as there are two small holes on each s...

I can get a 3.7L Mercruiser (180hp) in very good condition really cheap. Anyone out there knows if this is something worth considering for the Biscayne 18'?

Joris

AMPlas,

Can you send me some info on where you bought the plywood? I'm looking around in Belgium/Netherlands/France.

Thanks,
Joris

Hello,
My name is Joris and i live in belgium. I'd like to build the 18' Biscayne.
So first question; how many Hp is reasonable for the Biscayne 18?

Joris