Lavey Craft Sebrings!

[luv2gofast]

I just bought this lavey craft at auction in San Diego. I bought the boat for 625.00 and found the previous owner , which sold me the trailer for 500.00 . The motor had a bad piston, which I'm currently fixing. I borrowed the 175 from my cb avenger while new motor is being built.

We gotta hear this story...how did it end up at auction? And how do you pick up a boat without a trailer? Why did the original owner still have the trailer? You got the deal of the century!! That's awesome!!

[cocacola]

I am in search of information about a 3 blade prop that will be good for skiing/tubing that stays on plane at low rpm and mph? Running BBC i/o

I am not using a three blade but I am using a high-five five blade which has outstanding acceleration for the type of boating you and me both do

[TUNNEL T]

Paging luv to go fast ... please I pm ed u . Looking for some pics of trailer please
email beerfootin@gmail.com
text 9253830712

[luv2gofast]

Paging luv to go fast ... please I pm ed u . Looking for some pics of trailer please
email beerfootin@gmail.com
text 9253830712

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[shvlhead]

We gotta hear this story...how did it end up at auction? And how do you pick up a boat without a trailer? Why did the original owner still have the trailer? You got the deal of the century!! That's awesome!!

From what I know , the pervious owner smoked a piston and his boat mechanic took off the lower unit and filled a insurance claim saying motor was damaged beyond repair . Insurance paid out 15k , I was told, the insurance company took it to copart in San Diego. Two months prior I had purchased a box truck from copart and I saw the boat there on crib blocks and two months later it was in Yuma, az.
Just this weekend I put a new motor on the boat. I bored the block ,30 and added all new goodies in it. It's a 3.0l 250 mercury. . Paint is going on the engine cowling this week. I'm guessing I have about 3k total in the boat.

[300Looper]

Hello Guys,
How may of you have winches on your trailers? If you have them please post some photos of the set up. I have a simple bar that swivels up and down and you just put a pin thru the holes in the bar and the bow eye. This set up seems to put a lot of stress on the bow eye and the front of the boat. I have been thinking of adding a winch set up to hopefully reduce this stress.
Thank you!

[luv2gofast]

Hello Guys,
How may of you have winches on your trailers? If you have them please post some photos of the set up. I have a simple bar that swivels up and down and you just put a pin thru the holes in the bar and the bow eye. This set up seems to put a lot of stress on the bow eye and the front of the boat. I have been thinking of adding a winch set up to hopefully reduce this stress.
Thank you!

Good timing! That's what TunnelT was asking about so I just took some pictures. I had problems with the trailer flexing because the boat was only supported by the bunks. I added a "V" support and that helped a bunch. I have a winch but only use it to pull the boat up on shallow ramps then use the bar. On my Cougar MTR I only have a winch so have added that picture also. Sorry not much detail of the bow eye but it pulls up against a v roller. I think whatever you do it should be adjustable (bolted on) because it makes it much easier to set the balance of the trailer.

[luv2gofast]

From what I know , the pervious owner smoked a piston and his boat mechanic took off the lower unit and filled a insurance claim saying motor was damaged beyond repair . Insurance paid out 15k , I was told, the insurance company took it to copart in San Diego. Two months prior I had purchased a box truck from copart and I saw the boat there on crib blocks and two months later it was in Yuma, az.
Just this weekend I put a new motor on the boat. I bored the block ,30 and added all new goodies in it. It's a 3.0l 250 mercury. . Paint is going on the engine cowling this week. I'm guessing I have about 3k total in the boat.

Amazing story and great timing! You're about $10 to 15K ahead on that boat, "Bring Out Another Thousand" won't ever be a problem.

[hydr0_scrm2]

Hello Guys,
How may of you have winches on your trailers? If you have them please post some photos of the set up. I have a simple bar that swivels up and down and you just put a pin thru the holes in the bar and the bow eye. This set up seems to put a lot of stress on the bow eye and the front of the boat. I have been thinking of adding a winch set up to hopefully reduce this stress.
Thank you!

I just walked out to the garage and snapped this shot showing my winch. Replaced the swivel bar several years ago when we re-built/re-painted the trailer and am very happy with the results. Let me know if you want to see anything else.

[300Looper]

Thank you Guys!
As much as anything that support up just below the numbers (That mine doesn't have) on the boats is what has caused way to much stress while trailering. hydr0_scrm2 That is a very simple and Clean way to do it! I powder coated my trailer years ago but never changed the swivel bar set up. The only stress cracks on my Lavey are from trailering. I own part of a machine/Fab shop in Indiana. Looks like a winter project added to the to do List!!

[LaveyT]

300 Looper (Old Screen name)
I don't have all of the photos yet but more to come. There was no support in front of the bunks on my trailer so with ideas from yall we started the work. First things first cutting out the Rust on the 31 year old tube trailer. I had added a brace and scabbed another cross bar in to get by. But it was past time to fix it correctly.

[LaveyT]

[LaveyT]

[LaveyT]

We never had a winch so we fabricated up this Bracket (above). To do all of this we had to Levitate the Lavey I will post the winch , support roller pics later. Thank you for your help!

[Oregon Gator]

I am not using a three blade but I am using a high-five five blade which has outstanding acceleration for the type of boating you and me both do

What pitch and diameter?