doc had a great time to day. Went out early no boating trafic to talk about. Some friend and i took a ride to the great bay inlet in tuckerton. There is an old coast gaurd station there that is use by rutgers college and i service there hvac systems so we pulled up to the dock and spent some...
been out every day since thursday. Took time off for a much longer weekend. Left this am and crused for 10 hours and had a blast the whole time
swimming, drifting, music, and just enjoying the beutiful sunny day.
lot of boats on the bay just after noon time but cleared out arround 5 and...
I have seen those fins but they bother me. I tend to think they would cause a great deal of stress on the drive. Since mine does not have a trim option i feel tabs would be an improvement.
the 270 has to be all the way down. I can raise it in shallow water but only while at idle
thanks for the thought. I didnt think about people and positioning of them
there could be anywhere from one to six at a time and the admiral likes to ride the bow when under way. I am going to be doing a little more research and look more into bennit.
as far as wieght maybe a cooler and...
here is a copy and post about smart tabs let me know what you think
NAUTICUS
SMART TABS SX
Performance Plus
The NEW SX series incoporates all of the fully automatic features of our popular SMART TABS, in addition to the rust and corrosion free benefits of molded compsite materials. Assembly can...
i do not have tabs at all at the monment
boat is 21.5 ft running about 150 hp
waybomb i dont have a porpous problem at all as a matter of fact she rides smoothe and cuts through wakes and waves fine
the bow does ride a little higher then i like and even putting some wieght in it does help but...
Doc the smart tabs i ordered arent quite the same as the one waybomb had
the ones i am get have 60lb hydrulic cylinder that hold them down till pressure from the water puses tem up. Sopostly they bring you out of the water faster and on plane and help stop porpousing. They also help with a...
Barnegat bay between manasquan inlet and the barnegat inlet.
mostly dead center of the two. Couple times went out the barnegat inlet for a ride in the alantic. Calm waters are fun
i was shooting for next weekend but alas i am not going to make it happen.
splash date will be first weekend in may. It will take me a little time to clean and wax and repaint the bottom. I also am planing on installing a set of smartabs to:)
man i will bet when you open her up it brings tears to everyone on board eyes. I have been at 85 on the water and it scared to hell out of me. Cant amagin what your top speed is
since you purchased it.
I got mine 4 years ago from my best friend. He up sized to a 293 cobalt
I than got start on my dream. To have a great running boat.
Pulled the engine and rebuilt it and also upgraded to dual carbs
pulled out-drive nad bell housing and rebuilt both.
new carpet and...