Modified RAGE 15 to Outboard
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:22 pm
I had a 1994 RAGE 15 when I was a teenager in 2000. In 2020 because of the pandemic I moved back home to where I grew up. I found my RAGE 15 abandoned (by me) in an old garage.
The hull was in great shape. I completely stripped out the rest. I read about other conversions here on continuoswave, and I decided on my own transformation for the boat.
I sealed the hull bottom and transom with fiberglass. I installed a stern bracket and a new Mercury 75-HP outboard engine with BayStar hydraulic steering.
My first test drive was yesterday, July 11, 2020. When the boat begins to plane at 3,500-RPM, the bow oscillates up and down badly. I headed home feeling like I just wasted a lot of time and money—hopefully not,
The modified RAGE 15 looks stern heavy, and the engine also looks a little low.
My first idea to do this week is to raise the engine mounting height a bit higher—who knows if it’ll work?
Give me ideas to try out.
This boat is intended to cruise around a bay with my family: my wife, my two beautiful girls ages two and five, and Boston Terrier.
I hope the conversion to outboard power works out. I put in a lot of money and sweat.
The hull was in great shape. I completely stripped out the rest. I read about other conversions here on continuoswave, and I decided on my own transformation for the boat.
I sealed the hull bottom and transom with fiberglass. I installed a stern bracket and a new Mercury 75-HP outboard engine with BayStar hydraulic steering.
My first test drive was yesterday, July 11, 2020. When the boat begins to plane at 3,500-RPM, the bow oscillates up and down badly. I headed home feeling like I just wasted a lot of time and money—hopefully not,
The modified RAGE 15 looks stern heavy, and the engine also looks a little low.
My first idea to do this week is to raise the engine mounting height a bit higher—who knows if it’ll work?
Give me ideas to try out.
This boat is intended to cruise around a bay with my family: my wife, my two beautiful girls ages two and five, and Boston Terrier.
I hope the conversion to outboard power works out. I put in a lot of money and sweat.