great job!!!! love the boat!!!! i have a late 40´s speed boat i have restored (it was my granfather´s), i did upload a vid about it... now i was thinking about building a zip myself and after seeing your vids for sure i will... congrats!!!!
Kiwi living in Perth here, planning on starting on a zip in about 6 months. Thanks for uploading your videos, very encouraging to see someone elses project go from start to finish.
Can I request a video from inside the boat, up and planing? There are none of riding in a zip on youtube.
Cheers, good work - beautiful finishing work on the boat.
Gday, thanks for the positive words. Next time I got out I'll try and get a video of the boat planing. Last weekend I fitted a couple of hydrofoils to the outboard anti-cavitation plate and it changed the boat (for the better). It plans at very low revs and makes the boat ride very flat at slow speeds (3-5 knots). Will get some more vids on as soon as I can. Cheers, Allan
I have a painted hull so am probably not the perfect person to advise on planking the hull. However, I made a longboard using a piece of flat 19mm ply, about 1m long by 150mm wide. I attached sand paper to this and just went for it. Sanding with a long board, although physically tough, ensures a fair surface. I suggest you join the Glen-L forum and post your question there as there are a lot of guys in North America who would be able to give you better advice on this.
thanks, it goes well with the 30 but I need to raise the mounting height by about 75mm, which I'm hoping will improve the trim. I've experienced the whole build now so feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
lovely boat
alicetickle 7 months ago
Not sure about top speed, would seem to be about 25 - 30 knots?
allanfullertonnz 1 year ago
great job!!!! love the boat!!!! i have a late 40´s speed boat i have restored (it was my granfather´s), i did upload a vid about it... now i was thinking about building a zip myself and after seeing your vids for sure i will... congrats!!!!
btw, how fast does it goes with the 30?
guitonudo 1 year ago
Thats really nice, thanks for sharing the video
rays89 1 year ago
did you get the plans from glen-l?
ThePonyLonely 1 year ago
@ThePonyLonely
Yes, Glen-L Zip plans is what I used
allanfullertonnz 1 year ago
Hi Allan.
Kiwi living in Perth here, planning on starting on a zip in about 6 months. Thanks for uploading your videos, very encouraging to see someone elses project go from start to finish.
Can I request a video from inside the boat, up and planing? There are none of riding in a zip on youtube.
Cheers, good work - beautiful finishing work on the boat.
slipperymeat 2 years ago
Gday, thanks for the positive words. Next time I got out I'll try and get a video of the boat planing. Last weekend I fitted a couple of hydrofoils to the outboard anti-cavitation plate and it changed the boat (for the better). It plans at very low revs and makes the boat ride very flat at slow speeds (3-5 knots). Will get some more vids on as soon as I can. Cheers, Allan
allanfullerton 2 years ago
@allanfullerton
Cheers, cant wait to see that.
I'm anxious about fairing the hull before planking; of everything I have researched so far, it's the one thing I'm unsure if I can do properly.
Any advice that you wish you had been given before fairing, or that you figured out during / after would be great?
slipperymeat 2 years ago
I have a painted hull so am probably not the perfect person to advise on planking the hull. However, I made a longboard using a piece of flat 19mm ply, about 1m long by 150mm wide. I attached sand paper to this and just went for it. Sanding with a long board, although physically tough, ensures a fair surface. I suggest you join the Glen-L forum and post your question there as there are a lot of guys in North America who would be able to give you better advice on this.
allanfullertonnz 2 years ago
Wonderful job sir. I too am building a Zip but in the US. Just started fiberglassing. How do you like the performance with the 30hp?
vupilot 2 years ago
thanks, it goes well with the 30 but I need to raise the mounting height by about 75mm, which I'm hoping will improve the trim. I've experienced the whole build now so feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
allanfullertonnz 2 years ago