21' Skater Winter Upgrades Almost Complete

[PORT]

Springs here and I am making progress, can't wait to run her.
Just wanted to thank some of the people helping me along.:thumbsup:

A friend of mine (Rich S.) made me a tie bar setup from some old wing plates I had laying around, came out mint. Tony (Tux) had the clevisis.

Ronnie did an excellent job cutting the mid. It looks like it came out of Mercury's factory.

I installed a Stainless Marine Heads up Indicator (looks nice, still working some bugs out)

Rich S. changed my Sportmaster to fat shaft and changed out drive shaft, added Taylor's billet seals-waterpump and Lakelands billet shaft seal

Today I picked up an Aluminum trailer from East Coast Trailers in Bayshore. Neil was a pleasure to deal with.

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[tux974]

Frank, Everything looks great, nice clean job!! Sent a PM.

[Mr. Action]

ahh the 15" 3liter gota love em even if there the wrong color!:D

wana hang my 16" v8 on there!i c the primer pump switch on the dash indicates to me a whity use to be back there:confused:

looks good to me nice job:thumbsup:

[RONNIE]

looks great Frank!!

did you get the indicator staightened out yet? if not take a look at blue waters set up
did you go with another stubby shaft?
check fit the geat case with that seal thingy in the front of the leg might be close

good job

[Euroski]

Looks good Frank, just moved mine around in the garage today. Just thinking $$$$ what to do next.

[Frank Molé]

looks great :thumbsup: all great people your dealing with :thumbsup: :cheers: :cheers: :iagree: :iagree: :smiletest:

[Trimmed Out15]

Ronnie builds one hell of a mid, love mine :thumbsup:

[whipper]

Looking great!! Nice rigging i like the clean stainless look!! Motor looks Bad to the bone also.:thumbsup:

[CAPTCRUNCH]

only question I have is this, why are tie bars ok on a skater, but if it was a superboat or any other brand there would be be 20 pages already about how their transoms are weak. we all know skater gas tanks are no good, I guess their transoms aren't much better .
how long before those angled shims crush right into that bulkhead? you need a plate to spread the load.

[PORT]

I am having a plate made up as we speak. The transom is very strong, but I use the boat on rough days (by far not a good flat water boat) and it's easier to do some preventive rigging now before I get problems.

Seems to me you have something against Skaters?:eek:

[tux974]

only question I have is this, why are tie bars ok on a skater, but if it was a superboat or any other brand there would be be 20 pages already about how their transoms are weak. we all know skater gas tanks are no good, I guess their transoms aren't much better .
how long before those angled shims crush right into that bulkhead? you need a plate to spread the load.

Vinny,
He beat you to it. It is all being covered ;):D Be nice :cheers: OH BTW, it looks like your plane is sputtering :D:leaving:


I am having a plate made up as we speak. The transom is very strong, but I use the boat on rough days (by far not a good flat water boat) and it's easier to do some preventive rigging now before I get problems.

Seems to me you have something against Skaters?:eek:

Frank,
He loves Skaters, he wants one :D:thumbsup: He also knows Skaters are second to none :smiletest:

TL

[CAPTCRUNCH]

Vinny,
He beat you to it. It is all being covered ;):D Be nice :cheers: OH BTW, it looks like your plane is sputtering :D:leaving:



Frank,
He loves Skaters, he wants one :D:thumbsup: He also knows Skaters are second to none :smiletest:

TL

first thing, name is not Vinny
second thing, I dont love Skaters, I dont want one. and second to none? :rolleyes:
your kidding right? gelcoat peeling, wet balsa, tanks melting, cant turn without rolling over, now they need tie bars even before the transom is weak?, more like second to last ;) not a bad boat, Just not the best either.

[Fandango]

Looking good...best of luck

[RONNIE]

short shafts look soo much better!!!!

[PORT]

Hey CAPTCRUNCH
Any chance your name is Joe?

[mragu]

Hey CAPTCRUNCH
Any chance your name is Joe?

Port, His name is Joe (gelcoatjoe) and it is not worth it to get into a debate with him. He sends me emails whenever I put something on craigs list ebay etc. ripping me and telling me I have junk, it will never sell etc. I dont understand his motives or "game".

[tux974]

first thing, name is not Vinny
second thing, I dont love Skaters, I dont want one. and second to none? :rolleyes:
your kidding right? gelcoat peeling, wet balsa, tanks melting, cant turn without rolling over, now they need tie bars even before the transom is weak?, more like second to last ;) not a bad boat, Just not the best either.

Sorry about that Joe! Vinny is the good guy :D :thumbsup:


Hey CAPTCRUNCH
Any chance your name is Joe?

:thumbsup:


Port, His name is Joe (gelcoatjoe) and it is not worth it to get into a debate with him. He sends me emails whenever I put something on craigs list ebay etc. ripping me and telling me I have junk, it will never sell etc. I dont understand his motives or "game".

Mike, :iagree: I think he also goes by the name justcruzin on here :confused:;)

[Brabender]

check fit the geat case with that seal thingy in the front of the leg might be close


I love when you get technical Ronnie

[RONNIE]

the front of his leg is all cut down to fit around the trim ram just want to make sure I don't get one of thosre phone calls.. hey you screwed up it don't fit!!! just give it a dry run .

[GelcoatJoe]

i am capt crunch? you are fools, do better research, you need it...

[GelcoatJoe]

just so you know, i never inquired about any of your resurection up items for sale,,ebay, craigs list , lets get that rite.....

[LakeTrash]

lets get that rite.....

OK - lets get that right.

By the way, very nice install on the Skater.

LT

[Brabender]

Port

Ignore these Momo's;)

Looks like you did a great Job.

I like the Fwd thinking, See you out
there:cheers:

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

Hey guys , just who is JELLCOAT JOE and whats his beef with Skater and does he really know anything about them , build ext ext? Kinda looks like mr :icon_bs:

[RONNIE]

Frank how about some updates??/

[paul folks]

looks great frank one day i will have me either a 21' or 24' skater and the 15" mid ronnie is sweet he does some great work... trailer looks killer also but we need more pix...

[PORT]

I finally had a chance to try the boat with the 15" mid that Ronnie did for me. My son and I, with both fuel tanks almost full, were screaming at 95mph on GPS on the 6300 limiter right away (tach said 6600). I need a 30 definitely, if not bigger.
Boat rides perfect

Two weeks ago I dropped the boat off to Ronnie to fabricate some parts for me.
1. Trim bracket for the engine so the "Heads up" trim would work with the 15"
It looks and works perfect.
IMPO -I really, really, really like the Head up

2. He than made a steering component (hub) so I could use the telescopic
trim on the wheel. The part looks like it came out of the factory.

3. The last thing he did for me was mount my hatch. I originally thought he
was going to thru bolt through the hatch, but when I went to pick the
boat up I was surprised and happy to see that he actually modified the
hatch and recessed the brackets into the bottom and glassed them in. He
also did the same for hinges.

I have attached some pics of his work and I highly recommend him.

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[PORT]

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[RONNIE]

Thanks Frank glad you like it!! the under side of the hatch needs to be white tho. need to fix up that wiring too. You shouldn't see that stuff. Use it for a while and bring it back and I'll take care of it. Is the ride a little better than before???

[PORT]

Hey Ron
Alot better. Whoever says that a 15" doesn't ride better, never tried it.
I don't know if it is because it is lighter or if it is because I can go higher, but the boat is faster and definitely revs higher.

See you on the water

Frank

[Euroski]

Frank, what the specs on the hydraulic lift pistons? That would sure make the hatch user friendly(lol)!

[Frank Molé]

boat looks great:thumbsup: nice job ronnie :cheers:

[RONNIE]

thanks guys Frank is a great guy also! no Bull crap involved!!

[Johan_H]

I know this is a pretty old thread, but was it necesarry to remount the engine when you channged to 15 instead of 20 or could the Jackplate compensate for the the 5" difference?

I have a 21 skater with 300X + Land & Sea jackplate and I'm getting more and more into buying a 15" mid. =)

/Johan

[jdinny]

Beautiful work, love the way you guy's did the hatch. Wouldn't mind finding a hatch for mine :D

[yachter55]

keep up the good work.an inspiration tofinish mine.

[Faster-Boat]

That trim indicator that is visible on top of the dash is an interesting feature. I wonder how it would look with tripples?