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Originally Posted by gofastsandman
Oooh oooh oooh, I was hoping one of you would find this. I have some q`s. What motah/s do you have? Bracket? Still have the ballast tank? Know the location of longitudinal center of tank? What is your beam? Does she push in a quarter following sea? Roll a lot on the drift. Any mods you liked or not? Performance #s? Fuel burn? How does she like to run in the snot? Up on top? Min plane speed? Oh and any other tips or advice.
Oh and a correction...deck was raised 5"s. I really have no business doing this, I just can`t help myself. Can`t help myself. Can`t help myself.
Thanks all for the help and kind words.
Oh, I also learned that everything other than the hull and trailer has been sold so I need tons and tons of pieces/parts. I need horse traders.
Cheers,
Wilbur
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Unfortunately I haven't had the coin to do much with her yet... Engine wise I'm planning for twins totaling between 400 to 600 hp. Carl recommended two outboards for my hull which is a 28 pulled from the same mold as yours. I was seriously thinking about a single 300 or 350 on a porta-braket but I really want to use it to shoot over to the corner for some tunas so twins would give me more peace of mind. Mine still has some of the fittings for the ballast tank but I haven't decided to incorporate that into the refit. The chine beam would be the same but it is probably a little wider at the sheer due to the higher freeboard than on the smaller models. I've been on the boat in some pretty snotty stuff and that's where she shines although you will get rocked while drifting. A sea anchor will dramatically help with this. Sorry I don't have any real performance #'s but at one time it had a single 200 and ran in the mid 40's through just about anything. As far as advise goes, don't let anyone convince you that this hull doesn't have a longitudinal step. It looks different but it certainly is still there. Almost had a piece of No Bones area 442 on a bet... And Carl has told me more than once to keep the weight aft and I would never question his advise. You should be excited!