Its in the garage and gutted now. A little bit of work at a time you know. I've been thinking of adding a pocket tunnel to this hull for shallow running.
Productive day today. Removed the outboard, Popped the cap off, Removed the transom and rest of the floor in the rear. If keep working like this in gonna have to give myself a raise. I power washed the entire hull out and removed all the snarf left over inside. Anyways the hull is in the...
Can't speak for your boat, but mine did fine on the 1800 mile trip I made to the coast and back. My engine bracket was 34" long I braced the transom to the stringers with some angle iron in a triangle shape.
Those additions to the stern underneath could be a issue. Maybe they aren't letting the bow rise enough to expose the tunnel and instead the tunnel is sucking the hull down the faster you go. Sounds like your already removing them though it'll be interesting to see how it works out.
All the old floor and foam are in the bed of the truck ready for the dump in the morning. Fiberglass resin came in today time to figure out where we are working on it at. I thought about using the carport, but garage has heat and a TV
I did a Spectrum aluminum 1950 that was a 4cyl OMC Cobra I/O a few years ago. I constructed a aluminum bracket that added about 300lbs of buoyancy it was only a floation aid while the boat was below plane.
I added a 92 115hp Mercury 2 stroke to it.
The things that I learned right away...
The transom view of this boat looks photoshopped. I've never seen anything like it before, but that happens a lot as I explore more.
Have you thought about trying a bolt on hydrofoil for the cavitation plate? It would be considerably less involved than trying to get a trim tab in there. Just...
Next up the deconstruction. The old boat has been carrying more weight in waterlogged wood and foam than it should have ever had to. The fact that it had touched 40 mph with the amount of weight it was pushing one could only guess it'll do 80 after the refit.
Is it okay to revive a old post? HaHa
It marks 10 years that we've had this little booger. It's been a well loved little boat over the years. It's been on n the ocean once and to our lake more times than I can count. And now it's stripped down and getting some much deserved refitting.
But some...
It's been a while since I posted so this is a update for the last few months.
Since the weather has broke the boat has been on the water every other weekend. The latest trip found me pulling it 750 miles away to try our hand at ocean fishing. The fishing might have been great had the ocean not...
Hey were doing great then they're 1990 model year. It just has to last until the end of this season. I think we're not going keep this one. It just didn't ride like we figured a 21' boat would and I really would like to be in a bit bigger of a boat.
Ahoy there,
I finally found the issue with the trim system on my SP/280 hybrid drive. Since getting it splashed and sorting all the problems out of the rig mostly fuel related. I finally delved into why trim wouldn't hold position.
I didn't have any leaks externally I took the fittings...
