RE: [omc-boats] Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #270

Jesse:

I have a Sweet 16 and I replaced the insert using an insert from the rub
rail company that is available from Boat US and most other marine
centers.

The insert came in black. If you stretch the insert and tap it in place
with a rubber mallet, it will give you a new look and a better rub
surface.

I had a red insert and changing it to black changed to look to better.

Good luck,

David Avedesian

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Hi Tom...
I'm goin to SC in July and I have a 1967 Evinrude 155 sportsman...It's
got a 15
gallon gas tank on it with the v-6...I never had this boat on the water
since I
been restoring it...I wonder if you or anyone can tell me about how far
I can go
on a tank of gas with the v-6...About the rub rail...I have a strip
about 3 ft.
that has the rubber missing...I looked everywhere and cant find anything
that
will work...I wish you luck in finding it,,and I'm just gonna end up
making my
own insert for it ...If you or anyone wants the seats that came off my
sportsman
let me know...It would have cost me more to re do them around here so I
bought
new seats for it...I hated to do that,,and wanted to keep it
original...The foam
and wood is in great shape,,the covering is cracked and gone in some
places....The frame has been broken is acouple of places,,nothing
bad,,but need
welding ...I tryed to weld one place,,but the welder I have dont work
good with
alum...Cant get enought heat for it to stick...Anyways,,I rather give
them to
someone that needs them then to have them sit and take up space..If you
want
them I'll be in Garden City the last week in July,,and back and forth to
James
Island around Charleston........
    Glad to see you got your boat goin good....I bought mine off e-bay
frm a
person in Mich...They had it sittin on Lake Mich. for sometimes cause
below the
water line the gelcoat was cracked really bad...Pretty much shattered..I
been
takin Evercoat filler and pushing it into the cracks and sanding...Now
I'm to
the sprayin the epoxy paint on...I have some of the bottom done just to
see how
it's gonna work,,and it's looking great...I love these old OMC
boats...Hate to
see one go to waste..........
      Hope you enjoy your as much as I know I'm gonna do mine!!!!

omc-boats-digest wrote:

> omc-boats-digest Monday, April 11 2005 Volume 01 :
Number 270
>
> [omc-boats] Hi
>
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> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:57:36 -0400
> From: "Thomas Klauber" <tklauber@...>
> Subject: [omc-boats] Hi
>
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> I put the Rogue in the water last week and ran down toward Georgetown
SC =
> for about an hour and turned around and came back to Bucksport Marina
=
> and noodled around between Bucksport and Conway SC. The boat ran
perfect =
> - - the wiring didn't miss a beat - this just shows that an amateur
can do =
> his own work if enough time and energy ( and yes a little money ) is
=
> put into the project. I am now working on a new top which will be a =
> prototype along the lines of the original vinyl top which I still have
=
> but has hopelessly shrunk and dry rotted. I am using my brother's
sewing =
> machine which he bought to do the sails for his sailboat. I am using =
> sunbrella. I hope to make another in several years to use on a
permanent =
> basis if I can do a good enough job on this one. If it all blows up =
> tomorrow it will have been worth it! I have been wondering about how I
=
> am going to redo the rub rail. Any body out there know who
manufactured =
> the alum. rail and insert? I have tried a search on line with little =
> success. I see Chris Craft used the same rail with their trihull of
the =
> early 70's and they probably got it left over from OMC. See the
picture =
> on this sight of the Chris Craft Gull Wing. I just put a bid on some =
> trailer hubs on ebay cause no-one else did and I hate to see them go.
=
> Hopefully someone will need them worse than I. No rims or tires -
just =
> bare hubs with brake discs. I may put them up for grabs later on this
=
> site if I get them. Hope everyone is well and getting set for the =
> summer. Tom K.
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=
> amateur=20
> can do his own work if enough time and energy ( and yes a little =
> money&nbsp; )=20
> is put into the project. I am now working on a new top which will be a
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> hopelessly=20
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> on this=20
> one. If it all blows up tomorrow it will have been worth it! I have
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>
> wondering about how I am going to redo the rub rail. Any body out
there =
> know who=20
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=
> with=20
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trihull =
> of the=20
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picture =
> on this=20
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> hubs on=20
> ebay cause no-one else did and I hate to see them go. Hopefully
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