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I'm putting a 1957 18 hp on mine and it has a shaft length of 17-18". I raised my transom enough to compensate but I'm not sure what effect it will have on the steering setup. As for the jack plate I saw another Squirt builder do this but I'm not sure if they reinforced the transom, or if you would ...

I don't have anything else to add from the above comments but I see you're located in Grand Rapids! It's cool to know there's another Squirt builder in this city. Let me know if you have any questions or want to look at a one that's about 70% complete.

Welcome AzGeo. With your knowledge you'll fit right in here.

I haven't built the Sherwood Queen but from the looks of it you would be ok in 2 footers, though 3 may be a bit rough. The thing about building a wooden boat is they are much lighter than production boats and tend to ride more on top of the waves instead of through them. Less weight also means less ...

Someone with a Squirt put one on theirs, I can't find it now but it's in the photo archives.

Are you concerned about the cavitation plate being level with the bottom of the hull? I added ~3" to the height of my transom to make them level.

I have mine on Blogspot. I'm way over due for updating but I've been happy with it. It also keeps track of web traffic stats and has a pretty cool overview.

Looking good, glad your having fun with the build!

That is really cool, nice work!

Welcome miyot. The Ocracoke 20 was one of the first boats I looked at building. The Wooden Boat magazine did a great write up on it as well. Your 24 looks great! The Flying Saucer should be a fun build.

Yeah it's funny, the first place I went to was a dealer with a showroom and nice website. The second guy, who knew what was going on, was just someone I found through Craigslist who worked out of a pole barn. I'm really happy with the last guy, he took pictures and documented his whole process, and ...

Thanks, me too.

Sorry for the delay on this. I brought the outboard to a different local guy for a second opinion and he was able to get it started without much trouble. Something with the carb was stuck/wrong and it wasn't getting any gas. Heads are fine!!

Cool project! I picked up a non-running Mark 28 for something to play around with this fall/winter.

Hope you get it started when you get it back.

Roberta: I had the compression test done because the first time I started the motor it wasn't pumping any water (ran it for about 30 seconds until I noticed no water coming out and shut it off). The second time I ran it, after I replaced the impeller which looked ok, it wouldn't start at all so I wa...

I have a 1964 Evinrude Big Twin 40 hp that I brought to a shop to run a compression test. They said it hit 100 on each cylinder but only for a second and then the pressure dropped to 0. They said because it isn't holding pressure the heads are blown and I should find a new motor. I thought it was ju...