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01-01-2021, 10:07 AM #601I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
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01-01-2021, 06:43 PM #602The Historic Photo Master
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...and then, when you go to install these side panels, you don't/can't use locknut type nuts. you use a regular flat washer(or fender washer), a regular lock washer, and a regular 1/4"-20 nut. all stainless only. we always used a little 90 degree, 1/4" drive,(or 3/8" drive) air wrench with a deepwell socket...that you simply reach back there & zip down the nut with. goes fast that way & doesn't over tighten the nut.
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01-01-2021, 10:56 PM #6037000 RPM
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I don’t believe Special K is a CM.
Gary, I’m glad you got the boat wet! Can’t wait for a ride someday.
Was the test ride at Delaware Res? Back in the early 80s, my dad and a buddy took a CM jetboat down there one cold December day for a test ride. They were the only truck at the main ramp. They put in and idled out towards the main channel. As they were running down the main channel on the east side, dad noticed the boat was filling up w- water (hose or something). They beached the boat on the far East side before it sank......and then had to hike thru briars and snow for miles to find a road and a ride.
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01-02-2021, 05:34 PM #604The Historic Photo Master
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...old school for gator...
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01-03-2021, 01:24 PM #605
More like this.
Dont really care for the new styling.
Just found a local place for Okume too.
Thats huge!I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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01-07-2021, 08:22 PM #606The Historic Photo Master
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01-07-2021, 08:24 PM #607The Historic Photo Master
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01-10-2021, 03:39 PM #608
**** like this is why this project ain’t done yet.
My brain starts more projects than I can finish!
Did this to my last Sonic too.
I don’t like the traditional anchor light that plugs into a socket the transom.
The socket fills w/water, corrodes and then doesn’t work.
The removable light gets lost, beat up, wet, and doesn’t work when needed.
The big one for me is the safety aspect.
On a boat that sits low at transom, high at bow, that light might might not even be visible to on coming traffic.
We spend a lot of nights at anchor and I want ALL traffic to see us.
Not quite as clean as not being there but I’m OK w/transferring from purely aesthetic to functional and safe.
Had to make a longer pole for this one then bend it to fit the form where it’s mounted.
Also had to fab the mount for windshield.
I really like how it came out.
Interesting lil tid bit is, where the lamp rests on the front deck, is a raised area that at some point in the deck molds life it used to have a socket there for the anchor light.
Ill glue down a small piece of rubber to cushion the lamp from the Lake Erie waves.I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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01-10-2021, 05:12 PM #6096000 RPM
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Instead of rubber, how about using the larger prong Velcro strips like we use to hold Sunpass transponder to the windshield. It is clear and the adhesive is strong but easily removed if needed. They sell it at HD and can be cut to size.
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01-10-2021, 06:51 PM #610I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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01-10-2021, 07:24 PM #611
The test wheel on your wall must help dialing in your engines at the ramp
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01-10-2021, 08:30 PM #612Mirage Jaguar RiverRacer
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Scream & Fly Flying Machine of the Month: September 2005
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01-18-2021, 08:00 PM #613
Something like this stuff?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/1-4-in-x...4496/205533723'78 Hydrostream Viking/'98 225 ProMax
Restoration: https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...Viking-rebuild
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01-19-2021, 08:29 AM #614
Yep.
One of my favorite tools.
Drastically reduces tuning time on a new/unknown set up.
Especially idle and mid’s.
Will get you close on mains.
Load the jets/tools in the back of the truck and leave the boat strapped on the trailer.
Hit the ramp mid wk, mid day (no one around), back it in far enough to get the exhaust under water to put back pressure to the motor to set idle, do a pull, pull it to top of ramp, make changes, repeat.
Pull plugs to look at pistons etc.
In the Fla heat, I even set up anchor shades in the cockpit, over the motor to give shade.
I'd rather be competitive w/junk I built in my garage than win w/stuff I bought.
I refuse to allow common sense to interfere w/my boat buying decisions.
Checkmate 16' 140 Johnson
Hydrostream 17' Vector FrankenRude I
Laser 480 (?) 21' w/GT 200
Glastron Carlson Conquest w/XP 2.6
Glastron Carlson CVX 20 w/XP 2.6
24' Sonic w/twin 250 Johnsons
24' Sonic w/twin 250 HO Johnsons
19' STV River Rocket w/FrankenRude II
Allison XR 2002 w/Frankenrude II
Hydrostream 18' V-King w/Frankenrude II
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01-20-2021, 04:02 PM #615The Historic Photo Master
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...yes. have been meaning to mention depot. was there a few days back & saw they stocked two or three different thicknesses in white. 1/2''...which is the most common for cockpit bolsters & seats, was $72.00 per sheet, which was a 4 x 8 full sheet. been meaning to post that... to add about the 1/4'' landau foam, what i neglected to mention, is that it is used to go over the top off your roughed in regular seat foam, to make the design super smooth, to accept your already sewn-up vinyl cover that you pull over & staple on the bottom. another trick that all upholsters use, is throwing a big piece of the thinest visqueen you can buy, think it was 1 milimeter, over the seat or bolster, before you try & slide the vinyl cover over the top. it will go on MUCH easier.
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