Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne All right, rock and roll. jim PS, I have always heard that you should give a new boat time to cure before getting real agressive with it.
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne How much time are we talking about here? The deck is approaching 2 months now, and the hull is around 3 weeks old.
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne I would check with Tom. It may not be a problem at all. Most production boats are much older by the time they reach the buyer. I did hear of a twin rig being damaged when it was new a while ago from jumping. That is why I posted that. jim
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne RiverRat When you talk to Tom about the handles can you ask him where he gets the US Coast Guard capacities plate made? By the way, did he put one on your boat? I had one made but I don't really like it and Jim pointed out some things that need to be changed in terms of the info on it so I need to have a new one made. I can't find anything on the internet that would suggest where you could get one made. I also need someone to read the capacity plate on their older (70's era) Hydrodyne 18 and tell me what it says for total persons, total person weight, and total weight for persons, engine and equipment. Any help on this would be appreciated! MarkBano
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne I was told that since mine is a 1971, there is no capacity plate required, and therefore, no plate installed. I do not know where to get one made. I do not recall the exact year where the capacity plate was required, but I believe it's somewhere in the mid 70's.
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Mark, If you look through this thread, you will see a picture of an original data plate which should be easy to duplicate from a number of sources. It is a fairly high res picture and can be blown up to show good detail. It is on page two by stranny. In the same thread, Ab makes reference to the safe boating act of 1970. He also mentions a grace period for Hydrodyne. http://www.hydrodyners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=459&st=0&sk=t&sd=a jim
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Perfect. Thanks. I had forgotten about that picture. My boat had a foil-sticker type capacities placard with "2-150" etched into the HP rating box and nothing in the weight/loading boxes. Those were blank if I recall correctly. I never took a photo of it. Wish I had. I peeled off what was left of the placard when I removed all the other decals from the boat during the restoration. The wife of a friend of mine is in the business of custom placards/decals so I will see if she can make me something that looks good. I'm reluctant to go with no placard at all because I'm using this boat in WI, where they can be picky about these things. If you own a 34 year old boat that was made by a company that is no longer in business perhaps they would look the other way on a missing placard. They might not be satisfied with a shiny new placard either, for that matter... I agree with Stranny's comment - collector's item is right. I'd pay good money to get an original capacities plate like his but I'm sure they are not easy to find. I'll have to make sure I bring a drill if I ever go boating with Stranny so I can delicately remove his... Twisted Evil
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Yes. You in particular. There's all kinds of goodies on your boat... Wink So far, I've shown beyond question that I know how to take these things apart. (Jury's still out on whether I can put one back together correctly) Soooo... give me a few hand tools and access to a few nice Hydrodynes and anything could happen... Idea Evil or Very Mad
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Mark, I would have no problem telling the DNR that it is a replacement plate. My boat has no plate and as far as I know the requirement is a manufacturers requirement in the federal law, so the owner is not required to install it. I would just have one made out of Al, either stamped or engraved if you think you need it. jim
