The old days! First boat I ever owned!

[WILDMAN]

Just saw this old pic. This was in 1975 when I was 21. First boat I ever owned. 1962 Luhrs 28ft Sport fisherman. Wood boat with a flybridge. I paid $1500 for it. I looked a little different back then!

[1954bmw]

sposed to be a picture here???

[WILDMAN]

Yeah. I see it there

[CUDA]

1983

[JBS]

How did you get into fast boats?

[mikesufka]

Cuda what it is ?

Fun thread.

MDS

[Will hedrick]

Love it , I got some pics of my dad from back then, his was a plywood flat bottom v bow with no motor he built himself lol

[Dave S]

Still settin back with a beer as the boat drives it's self.......

[LakeFever]

We had a 57 Shepherd runabout Jr. I think it was 16' with a 75 Evinrude push button box. Trailer had swoopy fenders and baby moons. If I can dig up a pic i'll try and post it

[WILDMAN]

Another one of my first boats for the late 80's. This was my first "FAST" boat. Or at least I thought so at the time. 1976 16ft Sidewinder.

[JR IN JAX]

My first boats:
16' mahogany Supercraft w/40 HP Gale
16' Sears Fibreglass w/40 HP Gale
8' Aluminum pram w/40 HP Gale
12' Aluminum Jon Boat w/40 Gale
16' Hydrostream Vampire w/200 Johnson
16' StarCraft w/90 HP Johnson
17' Hydrostream Vector w/GT150
20' Allison Grandsport w/225 Promax/300XS
Plus:
2 Yamaha GP 1200 PWCs
4 Honda Turbo PWCs

[mikesufka]

My first boats:
16' mahogany Supercraft w/40 HP Gale
16' Sears Fibreglass w/40 HP Gale
8' Aluminum pram w/40 HP Gale
12' Aluminum Jon Boat w/40 Gale
16' Hydrostream Vampire w/200 Johnson
16' StarCraft w/90 HP Johnson
17' Hydrostream Vector w/GT150
20' Allison Grandsport w/225 Promax/300XS
Plus:
2 Yamaha GP 1200 PWCs
4 Honda Turbo PWCs

Sorry to hijack, but did you rerig your Grandsport with a 300XS ? Very curious about this combo. How's it working and can you comment ? Maybe start another thread unless I missed it somewhere ?

MDS

[JR IN JAX]

Yes I did and I love it. I get about twice the fuel mileage and it idles like a fishing motor. It is much quieter and uses less than half as much oil. So far I have had it to 90 GPS with 4 people in it and 70 MPH cruise is only 4400 RPM @ 7 MPG [6350 Red Line]. I had to install two 1/2" negative trim shims [T&R Marine] to make it come out of the hole easily [32 Yamaha Drag 4 copy/1.62 Gearset]. The negative trim shims also greatly improved rough water handling and gave me another 2 MPH in the No Wake zones [which is a real plus].

I think I can see a 300R 4-stroke a couple of years from now on it due to recently being passed by a Bullet Bass Boat/300R like I was standing still.

[CUDA]

Cuda what it is ?

Fun thread.

MDS

That's a Sleekcraft SST 600 lb MPV version, the next year I bought a 400lb MVP version, that I blew over because the Vortex ring came off at top speed.

[mikesufka]

Yes I did and I love it. I get about twice the fuel mileage and it idles like a fishing motor. It is much quieter and uses less than half as much oil. So far I have had it to 90 GPS with 4 people in it and 70 MPH cruise is only 4400 RPM @ 7 MPG [6350 Red Line]. I had to install two 1/2" negative trim shims [T&R Marine] to make it come out of the hole easily [32 Yamaha Drag 4 copy/1.62 Gearset]. The negative trim shims also greatly improved rough water handling and gave me another 2 MPH in the No Wake zones [which is a real plus].

I think I can see a 300R 4-stroke a couple of years from now on it due to recently being passed by a Bullet Bass Boat/300R like I was standing still.

Need pictures !!! Have you had a chance to string it out yet solo ? The 300XS is a great motor - I had a pair of them on a Spectre 30. Always wondered how one would work on a Grandsport ...

MDS