Another DW 28 getting close

**FUJIMO** · 08-10-2020, 10:33 AM

...isn't that todd lamb 24 skater copy the boat he did widen...or am i thinking it was the 21 skater copy he widened? i forget.

**JPEROG** · 08-10-2020, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by tjmitchem

That new deck for the 24 is very similar to what I was thinking. I squashed down and simplified the deck from a WP360 to get something similar. It's not exact, but it get's the idea across.

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Yes, that is Doug's windshield landing on the Spectre and he is doing my project in his shop so its all a DW conversion on my 24.

Joe

**JPEROG** · 08-10-2020, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...isn't that todd lamb 24 skater copy the boat he did widen...or am i thinking it was the 21 skater copy he widened? i forget.

He started the to do the 21 but it never came to production. You know how much money has to get thrown at these "simple projects...."

Joe

**tjmitchem** · 08-10-2020, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by JPEROG

Yes, that is Doug's windshield landing on the Spectre and he is doing my project in his shop so its all a DW conversion on my 24.

Joe

I'm assuming that once the 24 conversion is done, he'll be able to build a new one like that?

**JPEROG** · 08-10-2020, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by tjmitchem

I'm assuming that once the 24 conversion is done, he'll be able to build a new one like that?

I wish he was able to but for what he would have to charge, there would be very few buyers. They need to concentrate on keeping up with the orders of the 32, 36, and 42-

Joe

**FUJIMO** · 08-10-2020, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by JPEROG

...You know how much money has to get thrown at these "simple projects...."

Joe

...yes, i do. hey...and while we're at it...lets change this, and...hey, lets change that...and so on... then the small parts molds have to be tooled...then hey, where we going to put all this new s h i t? what we we going to do with all this old s h i t? cut it up or store that s h i t too? hey, why isn't all the other s h i t get'n done? why didn't frank, sam & willy come to work today? go pick them up. no you go pick them up. yes, i was a baby sitter at one time too, lol. days turn into weeks. weeks turn into months. hey, why's the checkbook empty?

**XstreamVking** · 08-10-2020, 11:22 AM

I found that if you pay the guys on mon or tue they come in to work a little more reliably. Pay on fri and they party all wknd and lay up for 1-2 days b4 coming back to work.

**boaterok** · 04-15-2022, 11:39 PM

JPEROG Nothing like opening up a dead post but I saw on a previous post asking about the use of hand and foot throttles but it wasnt answered. So what all is involved and how were you planning on running hand and foot throttles on the 300Rs. Please list the parts that are needed or where this might be discussed. thanks

**Jim Speros** · 04-16-2022, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by JPEROG

Thanks,

Nobody realizes how much time it takes to get stuff done when you are picky about the final product. This will be a cool boat and we will work together on getting it set up properly. It will be a first boat of its size to run 130 with twin 300HP outboards.

Joe

I know it is exhausting to be particular. Boat sure does look nice. I was looking to see it finished. Any pix of it completed? How fast did it end up going?

**JPEROG** · 04-16-2022, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by boaterok

JPEROG Nothing like opening up a dead post but I saw on a previous post asking about the use of hand and foot throttles but it wasnt answered. So what all is involved and how were you planning on running hand and foot throttles on the 300Rs. Please list the parts that are needed or where this might be discussed. thanks

I ended up selling this boat to a friend that wanted a 28 really bad. I have DTS throttles in my LCB and we are going to intall the hotfoot using the same parameter as the hand shifters and a selector switch to go back and forth.

Joe

**JPEROG** · 04-16-2022, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by Jim Speros

I know it is exhausting to be particular. Boat sure does look nice. I was looking to see it finished. Any pix of it completed? How fast did it end up going?

My friend that bought the boat is still compiling parts to finish it. He will be running 300Rs and the boat will run 130 when we are done with it. Its all money and time, we usually have one or the other. Building new boats takes both.

Joe

**Lake rat Skater** · 04-18-2022, 11:16 AM

Does Fat Cat still have the molds or is anyone building any new 28s? I would have thought the Doug Wright designed 28 would have more interest / more built by this point.

**JPEROG** · 04-18-2022, 08:52 PM

I stepped aside from being involved when the production leader left and started his own operation. He was the guy that understood what needed to be done and would follow our request. There are 9 hulls in total that have been built and only four have been completely rigged. There are some good things coming with these hulls and I will let everyone know when the timing is appropriate.

There was a ton of interest in the boat but its quite simply a big STV of sorts. There is room for four people to sit down and fly about like a Euro for cockpit size. The boats are not a big water hull but rather a purpose designed river rocket and they are expensive to complete a build out with "as any new twin engine rig is". I can tell you that I have never driven a 28 foot boat with twin outboards that accelerates like these do.

Joe