Painted and Completed V12 - with Outboard performance report

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Very cute outboard, Rich :lol:

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Very nice!!

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I've been to your web sight and will be feeding off of it through out my project. Really very impressive craftsmanship. And thank you for the tip on building a cardboard model first. Geof Carpenter

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Here's how the V12 performed with the 5 1/2 horsepower outboard - keep in mind that this 1957 vintage engine weighs 57 pounds:

With only me in the boat (160 pounds), the combination of power, and weight concentrated at the stern, resulted in a greatly elevated bow, and noisey and labored power delivery (cavitation perhaps?) at hull speed (~ 4.4 knots).

But when I added two adult passengers (1 man & 1 wowan), the V12 leveled out and moved along beautifully at hull speed.

So this is a situation, like with a canoe, where you almost need someone up front. Either that, or I'll need to carry a beverage service for six when I go out alone. Oh oh! 8)

Rich
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Rich_L... I know this post was a while back, but do you remember tinting your S3 topcoat at Sherwin Williams? It was for your v12 I think.
You may note that the breasthook, knees, and rubrail are
different color than the interior. They are Orcas White.
The interior is Orcas White tinted by Sherwin-Williams to
closely match their Dover White. Orcas White is a close
match to Sherwin-Williams' Extra White base paint, used
for the less deep shades on any of their color strips. The
deeper shades on any of their color strips require their
other, opaque base - so it's uncertain if Orcas White could
be used to match them. The amount of tinting was a lot less
than the 2-3 oz. that S3 technical support suggested should
be the limit added.

Rich
In the post, you said that System 3 tech support said you could use up to 2 -3 oz. of tint max. Is that per gal. or quart :?:

I have about a quart that I want to tint for my FL14. I'm thinking that the Orcas white that I bought will just have too much glare on the inside of the boat.

Thanks for any info you can provide.

-Dave :D

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Dave:

It was per gallon. I didn't talk to S3 first hand. The S3 comment was reported by another builder who posted it in the forum prior to my boat's paint job.

I pretty much scoured the forum on painting issues (or all issues for that matter) as I built my boat. Looks like you're doing the same if you got to my posts from three years ago.

I can report that my paint job is holding up great, including the hull coats where I had Sherwin-Williams tint Orcas White into a light blue. The only places where I've done any touchup is a very few places where impacts have caused chips in the paint. But even those small chips reveal not failure of paint adhesion, but instead how hard the paint coats are! I did cross-link all of the top coats.

Good luck on your paint job. I think S3 is a good choice. I'd certainly tint again without hesitation if I built again.
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Thanks for the info :D . I'll be priming the inside within the next week (hopefully), and then on goes the paint.

-Dave :D

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