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Looks great Terry. Might even make the last hill tide this year ;) ;)

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Man I'm trying [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. If I do the boat will still be in primer...but who cares :D

Gilly...actually the dash is S/Steel. All I did was buff the living hell out of it :eek:

The gauges are all Mercury. With the Tach being a smart gauge I won't have any thing else. The other gauge hole will be a clock or bilge alarm. The bottom hole will have the ignition key and in the top 2 smaller holes I think I will put the bilge blower switch and a light telling me the blower is on.

The steering package is from Mercury and it had a standard 3/4 inch shaft which is what most wheels are (including the old one).

Since I want to do a lot of offshore and a trip to the Bahamas a combo of some type (gps sounder) with a big screen will be on my wish list. However I want to get a feel for where I can put it, with out taking away the "Classic" look.

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Looking good, Terry. You're almost there. I love the stroker. Damn, that thing's gonna go!

Dave

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Terry,

Looks like you're on the home stretch - maybe you can make our June gathering!

On the gauges, you might want to consider adding a vacuum gauge - all the Pratt engineers I worked with that ran I/O's ran 'em to manifold vacuum (5-7"Hg min) and used to swear by those gauges. It can help you find best operating speed and also detect performance changes/impending problems. Ask Connor what he thinks about his.

With that new engine and all that power, you won't be even close to the 5" min limit and you shouldn't have any near term problems, but it would be nice to have a baseline when the engine is new. Might also help when trying to select the best prop. The 21' "Unohu" used to cruise at 20 kts at about 9" with a 260 hp Mercruiser with a Bahama's cruising load, so your boat should do a lot better than that, maybe 10-11" at cruise and probably at considerably higher speed!

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If I do make it...the boat will be bear naked.

Only one picture to show....


http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...10328-1306.jpg

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Lookin' Good! How deep are the chines at the transom? Did you have any ballast aboard to simulate the windshield and hardtop? I bet removing those big fg seats took some significant weight out of it!

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Nice Terry! Bring it if you can. If not, c'mon anyways.....

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what a beast.....i want one BAD :D :D :D

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The waterline at the back was 2 inches on one side and 4 inches on the other. Not sure why? Could not leave the boat in for long since the forward thru hulls were leaking. I did not want to seal anything until after paint. Next time I will put plumbers putty on first.

If you look real close you will see a 30 gal. can on the back. I filled that up with water and moved it around to see what effect it would have on raising the water line as it moved forward...Basically none. When I moved to the 4 inch side the boat settled to approx. 3 inches ( my weight 185).

Ah yes the mystery of boat building or should I say boat re-building :D

Today I will build the battery tray in and get that out of the way. Then I should be able to fire it up :D :D

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Sounds like you're in good shape for a self-bailing deck! Those scuppers should work great!