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Wantedto-buy: late model Montauk 17 somewhere on the East Coast.
CONTACT: mcamuso@gmail.com

jimh wrote:

mcamuso wrote:A plumbing warehouse should sell lead bars.

Please give a URL to a plumbing warehouse that sells lead bars to the public.

Where does the poster live?

A plumbing warehouse should sell lead bars.

Thanks [for suggesting the use of Dri-Dek to protect the fiberglass deck from abrasion by a polyethylene fuel tank]. I didn’t think of using Dri-Dek.

Can a Moeller 14-gallon or 15-gallon topside fuel tank sit directly on a fiberglass deck?

Or, should something be placed under the fuel tank to protect the fiberglass deck?

Putting paint over crazing won't fix the unlying problem. Using high-build primers may minimize the visual appearance, but over time the crazing will come through the paint. There is no quick fix. I know. I plan to spend plenty of time grinding and filling. Q3: Once [the preparation and painting ar...

Got it.

I read all your posts about doing [refurbishing your 15-footer]. I internally curse you as [your posts about refurbishing your 15-footer] pushed me to[buy and try to restore ] a 15-footer, myself.

Q2: Has any [gel coat ] crazing [reappeared] on your 15-footer since its refurbishment?

My 1983 15 Center Console boat interior has bad crazing throughout. Q1: can media-blasting be used to remove all the gel coat and new gel coat resin be applied in the interior? While the upfront costs would be higher, the labor costs should be lower. I fear that, if I bring out each one then once I’...

jimh wrote:Why not get the F70 engine you mentioned as your initial choice?

I spent the summer on a boat with two new Mercury engines. I was very impressed with the engines. With engine shortages the way they are, I figured having a second option to the F70 in both price and availability wouldn’t hurt.

Please give me boat speed data for a classic 15-footer with a Mercury 60-HP engine, [presumably a modern Mercury 60-HP FOURSTROKE engine]. BACKSTORY: For a 1983 CENTER CONSOLE 15 that I recently acquired, I was all set to get a F70 engine--but I want to be thorough [in my research before buying an e...

I bought the Center Console 15 boat. BACKSTORY ON PURCHASED BOAT. The seller got the boat when he bought a house, and the Center Console 15 was in a garage on the property. The sat boat for years without being touched. The hull was stripped: no seats, no console, no railings, no rigging tunnel cover...

I’m not. That’s why I’m trying to find the correct cover.

Where can an OEM rigging tunnel cover for a Center Console 15 be purchased?

BACKSTORY: I may buy a Center Console 15. Its rigging tunnel cover is missing and has been replaced with one made from KING StarBoard.

I am still seeking a 15 Center Console in New England.

Did you end up getting the 15’ Center Console?

Pictures of a heavily redone 15-footer (posted online somewhere unspecified) show the drain for the forward anchor locker draining out onto the [cockpit deck] like a 13-footer. I assume that 15-foot hull was modified by closing in the original drain tube. Has [a closing of the through-hull drain tha...

I am buying a [a 33-year old 1988 15-footer of undesignated model]. [The seller mentioned] "Oh by the way...the starboard rear seem had a slight crack in it when [I] purchased it." The seller says he [used epoxy resin to make a repair]. Q1: Should I walk away? I do not want to regret the p...

Give me a source for a flats-boat-style console that will allow me to sit or stand while also having room to mount electronics to use on a 15-footer I may buy.

I have it under agreement pending seeing the boat in person.

Thanks Jim, that’s what I was looking for. Seller said the foam was exposed, every Whaler I’ve had it was sealed. [Boat] is two hours away from me and seller.

I am buying 1989 15-footer under a purchase agreement pending inspection. The seller mentioned that the inside of the [anchor] locker looked different than [the inside of the anchor locker on] most other Boston Whaler boat in regard to where the foam was injected. This sounded odd to me. What should...

Wanted-to buy: a 15 CENTER CONSOLE boat in New England but for the right one I’m willing to travel further.

CONTACT: mcamuso@gmail.com

What vendor offers fiberglass compenents--not KING StarBoard--for a 15-footer?

I agree. I am starting to like the idea of the center console. A little easier to fit my six-foot-five-inch frame, and the center console console is more conducive to two multi-function displays with a battery underneath--plus the rigging tunnel.

One would think but in my area, no. The few “regular” ones are either destroyed or way over priced.

I’m in the market for a 15 project that I was going to make into a modified a Super Sport. I’ve however come across a Center Console version. I’m assuming I could still do this since I was planning on replacing all the wood anyways. Only difference I see in the hull is that there’s a tunnel from the...