23 is coming together
 

Ripped out the old transom . . . put in a new marine ply transom with a new skin!! Gelcoat matched pretty well. Pilot console going in Sunday. Now I just have to do some light dusting in the garage.
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Very Nice!

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Hi Tim-

Looking good. Who is the manufacturer of that pilot house?

Ed

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Looking good, Tim.

Is that house one of the Seamark Minis? Is that Mr Potter's company?
Are you going with twins on this one or..?

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Looks good Big. :D Cant wait to see it with the pilot house. Did you finish all your hatch and deck work too?

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Gillie and Ed - The pilot house is one of the Potter Mini Pilot Consoles . . . and it fits perfectly in the cockpit of the 23. I can standup (without ducking down - 71 inches of head room) inside the pilot house.

Hermit - Pics coming soon!!

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Special thanks to Nausetblue, Bill Potter, and Trayder. Bill potter and Trayder hooked me up with the console with a "special deal". Nausetblue helped me get this out of the garage. 1" to spare with the tires off pulling the console out of garage.

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tim great job lookin good wish i had your get up and go keep up the nice work LETS GO FISHIN!!!george

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anymore of those consoles? I need one for my rig!! Potter console is a nice unit! looks good

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Heynow- There are 2 of already built and sitting in RI (1 with windows and 1 without). TunaMeltdown sent me the pricing and they were around 5 - 6K (Potter's cost to have waterline build them). Waterline Systems, 225 Alexander Rd. Portsmouth, RI. 401-682-1661
It fits on the footprint of the existing console, just a few inches wider on each side. This is nice cause it covers up all the old console screw holes in the floor.

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That's sweet, Tim.

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Looks great!
I would love to find one of those larger consoles for my 23!

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Yoooo Timmie is this boat in the water yet??? you holding out on us bud? [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

strick

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Word on the street is he's had her out for a test run recently but she's not ready for her official debut. ;)

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Thanks Scott-

I was thinking he must be close....dammit Tim lets get this thing rolling ....entire cities have been built faster then this boat boat restore [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

strick

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Tim, looks real sweet, nice, and good too.
Does the pilot house help to keep the snow off you?
So glad we don't have that problem in the south!
Cheers!

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Strick - She splashed about 2 weeks ago . . . top speed with a old 200 merc is 33/34mph (running a 13P prop). I think I can squeeze a little more out of the boat with the combo before commercial bass season opens. I'll post some pics in the next few days.

Carla - We'll see the winter cod fishing has been very very good off RI!! A couple of 12 Volt Ceramic Heaters and some nice canvas and I will be fishing Nov - March.

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Some more pics . . . with a 13P prop hit 6000rpm 35mph. 4500 26/27. Need to move up to a 15P and lower the engine one hole.

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Lookin good man! I like that the pilot house windshield opens up.

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Nice Work Tim !! I cant wait to go fishing on it :cool:

strick

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Great looking boat . You did good.

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you going to put a head under that console it's huge in there or just curl up in there offshore?

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Looking great, Tim!

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Strick - Anytime after labor day is good!! The bass are here until mid October.

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Nice pic, Tim. The boat is looking great. :cool:

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Didn't your mother ever tell its not to go barefoot around fish hooks :D

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Tim...Very Very Nice... !!!
Oh..again thanks for your input/help on my Grady!!
Fred

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Best way to fish. Increases the sensitivity of the bite and power of the hook set ;)

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In the fish or your foot?? :D

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Tim, if that was this past Sat, we could of used you on Jason's boat! ;)

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Atta boy Tim!

Nice way to break in that California boat :D That water looks nice. I'm heading to the Mountains for a few days this week and when I return I'll give you a call to hopefully set something up.

strick

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Could you PLEASE post fuel burn #'s :) :)

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will do . . . I haven't hooked up the flowscan yet, but I'm gonna guess it's somewhere in the 2 to 2.5mpg range.

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what is the water temp up there?

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Where Tim was fishing the surface temp was 66-67 on Saturday.

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The fishfinder was showing 62-65 surface temp where Big was killin his 40+ inchers :D

Tim I like how your boat looks fast standing still. Nice job dude.

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John was nice enough to take Katie and I out on his 23 last saturday. That pic (43" . . . doesn't look like it I know) is on his boat off Chatham ;) http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/cmo/11...aug10_1809.png

Getting it Dialed in
 

Got a different prop and boy it made all the difference. 15.25 x 15P aluminum. Not too bad for a 1979 Vertical reed 2.4L v200 non fingerported chrome bore powerhead!! Mind you a mid 80's 2.4L 175 was also vertical reed setup with fingerports. 70 gallons of fuel, 2 big adults, and kicker. Picked up a 15P mirage this week . . . we'll see what happens. Based on today's run . . . I believe I'm getting roughly 2.5mpg with the setup. Not too shabby.

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