Highliner Trailer

I Chose this trailer because i had limited space in the boat shed and the highliner trailer has a feature that allows the towing hitch to hinge back on itself .

 Refurbished winch with new red 50mm webbing and painted the winch hook red to match

 Long trailer front should help with launch and retrieval .

 I fitted some stainless eye bolts to the front of the trailer as anchorage points for the bow tie down strap , also you can just see the extra reflector i have added .

 Rear strap fixing and lighting board mount .

 I added stick on reflective stripes to the back for night driving

Rubber bow stop fits neatly around the stainless bow plate .

Added extra reflectors front(amber)and back(red) for extra visability whilst driving at night.

Updated pics !

Just a few snapshots of my boat during a sunny spell in amongst the storms of February 2014 .

Stainless steel trim and Bow plate

Bow plate template , made from aluminium .

I welded the stainless trim so it is one continuous strip from front to back .

Completed windsheild

             I held the plexiglass in place with polished aluminium strip , once clamped  I drilled and fixed in place .            

                                         Through deck fittings were used to secure the bottom edge of the screen .                                                                                                                                                                           

Airguide Instruments

I have Installed three instruments onto the dashboard , from left to right we have an Airguide sea speed speedometer that is powered by an integral pitot in my mercury engine , then I have a large Airguide fuel gauge and an Airguide sea speed Tachometer . I have an Airguide compass to install aswell but as yet I am undecided as where I should fit it .

Stainless steel propeller

Picked up a bargain at the local car boot last week !  I bought a trophy plus 4 blade 19 pitch stainless steel propeller to replace my tired aluminium 3 blade prop. 

Trophy plus

The first task was to get the old aluminium propeller off of the spline .  I had an old flywheel puller that I used on motorbike engines but the arms were too short so I drilled some holes in the prop and then fitted the puller.

 With the old prop removed I was able to inspect the spline which turned out to be in very good condition.

This photo shows the Trophy plus prop and the flo-torque 11 hub kit that I bought from Ebay .

Boat Windshield

 Time to get the screen template underway! After a trip to Homebase i found a piece of polycarbonate 2mm sheet that was reduced because the corner  was knocked off .

I used a hotmelt  glue gun to glue on the offcuts to make up the length as the piece of polycarb was not large enough.

Carefully scribing the polycarb to fit the deck first and then cutting the top to match the frame. 











The  Jigsaw was fitted with a metal cutting blade and the fastest speed setting which almost melted the polycarb as it cut, then i cleaned up the cut edge with a low angle block plane.








                                                                                               I had to reshape the frame to get the right angle for the screen to fit nicely.

I left my windscreen frame out over winter and it developed a black mold that i i tried to shift by sanding but with no luck. I was strugling to find a solution to this problem when my Godfather Ron Brookes suggested that i try some Oxalic Acid , so have just sent off for some and will let you all know how i get on .