One more thought. My boat handled like a beat up old Impala with flat tires and a bas suspension. Once I redid the hull and made it more solid,...
Sorry, to hear about your issues. It is hard to see what exactly was done. I see some foam and what looks to be the right kind of balsa. When I...
I love it. I had a vinyl rub rail on another boat and it basically fell apart. The rub rail on my dyne is indestructable and I wanted to salvage...
Jim's right about the balsa. Go to the restoration section and use the search engine feature and you will see several pictures of not only my...
My wife loves to drive the boat now that I have installed hydraulic steering. Very good investment. It is a little pricey though. My whole...
I did put stringers in my older style dyne. I found all of the balsa to be rotten. As Jim said, once the water gets into the balsa it tends to...
I have a friend that has a ski shop. He probably sells one tube for each wakeboard that he sells, at least. He sold about 12-14 skis all...
300 would be total overkill for just straight barefooting. I keep referencing the older outboard barefoot ski boats, Matercraft, Sanger,...
I concur with all said above. Outboards make great barefoot boats. MasterCraft, Sanger, Flightcraft, etc... all used a single 200 HP. You will...
I had pretty good luck using composite. That is just an option. The water coming up through makes me a little nervous. Chad
It is odd that you mention plywood in the stern. Like Jim said the plywood may be added. In a 1963 boat, if you think that it is rotten because...
Re: The 18 foot Hydrodyne skier I had an '89 Ski Supreme and got a little burned out from all of the push for ski related this and that, new...
I have a 1964 Hydrodyne Tournement Skier. It has cracks, but it is also 46 years old, so finding cracks does not surprise. I have just put...
That is interesting about the inline 6. My father had a 1975 Century boat with a 165 HP OMC inline Chevy 6 cylinder. It ran great, can't say as...
I have an old 18 foot dyne and it did not originally have a skag or fin. The person who had it before me had one custom made out of stainless...
The guys at Discount Inboard Marine are exceptionally helpful. They go above and beyond to help. They will give you a lot of advice about...
Sounds pretty perfectly propped to me. What more do you need for a ski boat? Chad
I know that Malibe has a barefoot edition. Is Ski Pro still in business? If not, I think that this would be only the second barefoot boat...
Surgery today was cancelled due to a blister that developed under the ace and splint. Hopefully next week the blister will be healed and surgery...
Remember multiple engines mean multiple problems. Sure you will a crazy amount of power, you could maybe get some side jobs pulling barges up and...
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