Hammers 1971 20 CC

Trayder · #1 03-01-2002, 12:55 AM

Please post your questions or coments about Hammers 20.

fylfisher · #2 09-05-2002, 04:19 PM

i throught awi grip wasn't a paint that you could use on bottoms? i wanted to use it on a 18 outrage i had but was told its not for bottoms.

[ September 05, 2002, 03:20 PM: Message edited by: fylfisher ]

Trayder · #3 09-06-2002, 12:05 AM

Flyfisher you are correct. Hammer leaves his boat on a trailer so he felt it would be ok. If you leave the boat in the water for an extended amount of time the Awl-Grip may blister.

Re-Gelcoating the bottom, as Fellow-Ship did, is a better solution if you plan on leaving the hull in the water for a while at a time

flyfisher · #4 09-07-2002, 01:01 AM

well he did a beautiful job. the only thing i think i would have done different, sense he did redue the transum. would be to close it complety in and use a bracket. but that is a personl choise. how do you guy feel about a bracket on a 20ft seacraft?

[ September 06, 2002, 12:02 PM: Message edited by: flyfisher ]

Hammer · #5 09-07-2002, 01:06 AM

I call AwlGrip and talked to the Teck about this and he assured me that two or three nights a month is NOTHING to worry about. He did say that you would not want to leave it in the water for a week or two.

flyfisher · #6 09-07-2002, 01:24 AM

thanks guys . sorry about the post here on the bracket. i just found the topic in the forum. i feel better now knowing that what i was told was right. mine some times sends one or more weeks in the water. i some time don't turst the boat suppie co. around here were i live. i have a 20ft mako now. but in a little less then 2 years i'll be retiring and moving to the coast. i reelly want a 23 or 25ft seacraft when i do. i love a friends 23 inboard. but i feel better about outboards because i have rebuilt and helped to repair so my i know what to do if they hecup. inboards still loss me.

Bigshrimpin · #7 12-02-2002, 09:47 PM

Fairing??? Hammer how did you do such a great job fairing the transom? please post any techniques, products, and tools that helped you achieve such a smooth transom.

Reel Smoker · #8 02-10-2003, 09:38 PM

HAMMER YOU 20 LOOKS GREAT,I got my eye on a 20 that i hope i can get for the right price, If I do get it im going to raise the transom to 25 and hang my 225 that I have on my 23 now.My concern is the weight, It might not self bail.

Mark · #9 02-10-2003, 10:41 PM

Reel-Smoker,

You might want to talk to Mike (wildfire) about hanging that engine on a 20'. I think he told me that he put a 235 on the back of his 20'CC - but he raised the floor 2", which could make a bit of difference when it comes to self bailing.

I think I'd raise the floor a few inches even if I was going to put a 5hp engine on, as just standing in the back without the plugs in yields wet toes.

Hope you can get that 20' you are after/
mark

Mark · #10 02-10-2003, 10:50 PM

Reel-Smoker,

You might want to talk to Mike (wildfire) about hanging that engine on a 20'. I think he told me that he put a 235 on the back of his 20'CC - but he raised the floor 2", which could make a bit of difference when it comes to self bailing.

I think I'd raise the floor a few inches even if I was going to put a 5hp engine on, as just standing in the back without the plugs in yields wet toes.

Hope you can get that 20' you are after/
mark