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Y’all may remember Willy the dinghy. He was a 9’ Caribe inflatable RIB that I purchased two or three weeks ago and had a 5hp Nissan on him. He barely planed with one person and was way too slow and way to uncomfortable, so I sold him after 4 days.
So I remembered my father had my grandfathers 12’ aluminum Lone Star boat out at the farm. I plan to bring it back, clean it up and use it for a get around boat. Getting around the lake etc in our home marina. We aren’t cruising so lifting it on davits etc isn’t a problem.
My three questions are:
1. What would you do to refinish this to a shiny aluminum? Wire wheel? Sandblasting? Paint stripper?
2. It will be used in brackish/salt water how do I protect it?
3. Should I go 10hp or 15hp outboard? I don’t want major speed but I’d like to be able to nicely plane and get there with two grown men aboard.
Stats from old Lone Star literature are 11’9”, 98lbs.
So I remembered my father had my grandfathers 12’ aluminum Lone Star boat out at the farm. I plan to bring it back, clean it up and use it for a get around boat. Getting around the lake etc in our home marina. We aren’t cruising so lifting it on davits etc isn’t a problem.
My three questions are:
1. What would you do to refinish this to a shiny aluminum? Wire wheel? Sandblasting? Paint stripper?
2. It will be used in brackish/salt water how do I protect it?
3. Should I go 10hp or 15hp outboard? I don’t want major speed but I’d like to be able to nicely plane and get there with two grown men aboard.
Stats from old Lone Star literature are 11’9”, 98lbs.
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