I am having difficulty separating the polycarbonate from the hoop.
It is tightly pinched.
Anyone know any tricks to get the hoop off the windscreen?

I see a Mercury Tesmpest plus prop for sale in my area.
It is 14.625 X 27 pitch.
The current prop is 13.25 X 23 pitch.
Is this too much prop? The larger diameter concerns me.

Another half dozen holes on the starboard side. Thought I would show the putty work. It looks like some broke off.
I saw a boat recently that had carriage bolts through the hull to mount the hot foot. Pretty crude.

I am replacing the core and stringers on my V-King. After the floor was out I noticed a shiny silver dot in the fibreglass. It was metal. It was located near the edge of the floor, in the part of the hull that the floor bonds too. I chose to ignore it for about a month. Today I had a burst of ambiti...

Thanks again. Tony's build is my reference for everything. He did such a great job on the build and the documention. On Tony's, the fuel tank is notched to fit over the knee braces. I couldn't find a picture of his tank installed, but it appears that it would cover the sump. As you said, it only tak...

Thanks. The static weight explanation makes allot of sense. The pictures are great. Interesting fuel tank. Mine is rectangular. 28" x 16" X 10"h. It appears that the sump location on the V-King is not the same as the Vulture. The V-King's sump is about 6" forward of the transom a...

I saw somewhere that it is "stupid" to put the fuel tank in the front. A little harsh, but his opinion was clear. He didn't give any reasons. What is the prevailing theory? Maybe put it in the front if you have a big heavy 4 stroke on the back? I will be sticking with 2 stroke for as long ...

Congrats!
Got any pictures?

My V-King came with the fuel tank in the front. There is evidence it was once in the back. I suspect it was moved to the front when the the boat was repowered to a Yamaha. The Yami included an oil tank and a hydraulic jack plate with a remote pump and reservoir. In short, I don't think it fit in the...

Sometime in the past my V-King was repowered with a 200 Yami. The Yami was previously on a grew 186, not a race boat. So the current prop is a high five 13.25" -23P. As you would expect, the holeshot is awesome, but the top end isn't. The boat has a hydraulic jackplate (5.5" offset), but n...