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Ha, I hear that - my first stab at the inside board I did 2x3/4" plied together too, but when I thought about it and then measured the outboard clamp clearance, it looked like it wouldn't seat completely so I did it again with 2x1/2" plied. That 1-1/2" board is strong though...maybe it will be a...

That's interesting. Who knows, I guess the hardware could have been swapped around at some point by previous owner. Makes sense the long inner board would be solid instead of ply since it's providing the strength across the length of the board. The rotted board I took off from the inside was...

Well after I got back up to the boat this weekend, it seems from looking at the existing hardware lengths that the original thickness on the exterior piece was 1", and the interior was more likely 3/4". I did the opposite and had 3/4" on the outside and 1" on the inside, so I had to countersink...

Good deal. I think the 3/4 on the outside should be fine then. I think I'm going to ply 2 x 3/4" plywood for 1.5" total and extend it down the stern a bit. They have that "arauco" plywood at menards I've seen mentioned here for it's low-void merits so I think I'll go with that. Just having...

Good to know. Did you use 1.5" on both inside _and_ outside? Seems like I've seen some things here claiming the outside piece isn't very important, which makes some sense to me since it's just basically the fulcrum of the lever arrangement. In the case of this boat, it's pushing there against...

Thanks for the response. So Just extend the interior 3/4" board more, but no more thickness? I was trying to imagine how the torque works when the motor is providing thrust, and I was starting to think the thickness on the inside would be more important than the length. I think there would be...

Hi - I just became proud owner of a 1971 montomery wards sea king 14' semi-V (it's not flat anyway). It had the serial plate, and from that I was able to date it 1971 and the manufacturer code says it was made by smokercraft. Anyway, got this baby in rough shape for $100! The hull is in pretty...