Very useful pics, thanks.

You have relatively wide tabs which should be good. I'm looking to do something similar. It looks like your tabs bracket the hull step. Could you take some for and aft pics of that, when the weather clears? I'd reallly like to know what the tabs feel like, once you get it in the water.

Connor

Your tabs should be ok there. You don't want them any more OUTBOARD then that.

strick

It's good that it was replaced by the Bravo 3! Those old OMC drives were a terrible match for the 25 Seafari hull, with an inefficient small high speed prop and not much gear reduction. A guy I worked with once bought a 25 Seafari with that outdrive and a small high rpm Chevy 307, and that was a REALLY poor combination!

You fellers need to fabricate yourselves a pair of these:

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/u...t/IMG_4249.jpg


They're so responsive, I bet if I was going fast enough, and timed a wave jump just right, and had my trim tab finger all warmed up, I could make her do a barrel roll.:D

Dave

Dave,
You are a very sick man :D:D:D. May God bless you...clearly, he has...:cool:

Don't try barrel rolls at home kids - they are not for regular folks:rolleyes:

If any boat can do it, that one can!!

Dave, you are right, what you have is what I need, but I'm lazy, want to see how FishStretcher's work.

I'm waiting for the patent to expire :) Don't want to get into any trouble.

strick

Heh Heh. I'm willing to license the patent for a very reasonable fee, payable in craft beer.
Dave

I took some measurements. My dry joint riser elbow is 7-1/2" above the deck.

That makes it 9-1/2" above the bottom of the scupper. On my boat, the scum line is another 2.5" below that, and the chine is another 2.5"

Figuring that fully loaded, the scuppers might be just at sea level, then I have 9-1/2" from the riser to the ocean. And 12" sitting at the dock.

Looks like I need at least a 4", and really more like a 6" riser extension. Thankfully, it looks like there is room. Although the 6" is starting to get close.

One reason to have a tarp on your boat. Ice in the bilge.

Also I got some good DSLR pics of the stringer on the port side (the flash helped). I can post them? Sounds like I should cut into the binnacle on starboard to examine the situation there.