OtisHelmke
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- Joined
- Mar 30, 2015
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Morning all,
A second question in a week, I must be getting busy around here. A local club member passed away last month
and his wife called and asked us to come and get all of the modeling stuff out of the house. There was
quite a lot of it and she just gave it away. It all ended up in my garage and I've redistributed a lot of it to
other club members. One thing I've held on to is a Prather Deep Vee kit. It came with the original sales
slip that is dated 1985 and it's never been finished. Looking at the instructions it appears to be an outboard
boat and I have the larger of the two versions. It also came with a Picco .45 inboard engine and all the parts
to complete it in that configuration. Is this possible? Can this boat be built into an inboard and still
run well? It's a glass hull and has a lot of the gear already installed on the transom for an inboard setup.
I am also wondering if there is a racing class run in the southeast for such a setup. I'm finishing up
some other builds and will be ready to get to work on this in a few weeks. I need to decide which way to build it.
Otis
A second question in a week, I must be getting busy around here. A local club member passed away last month
and his wife called and asked us to come and get all of the modeling stuff out of the house. There was
quite a lot of it and she just gave it away. It all ended up in my garage and I've redistributed a lot of it to
other club members. One thing I've held on to is a Prather Deep Vee kit. It came with the original sales
slip that is dated 1985 and it's never been finished. Looking at the instructions it appears to be an outboard
boat and I have the larger of the two versions. It also came with a Picco .45 inboard engine and all the parts
to complete it in that configuration. Is this possible? Can this boat be built into an inboard and still
run well? It's a glass hull and has a lot of the gear already installed on the transom for an inboard setup.
I am also wondering if there is a racing class run in the southeast for such a setup. I'm finishing up
some other builds and will be ready to get to work on this in a few weeks. I need to decide which way to build it.
Otis