Here I go again, another build but this time a 21' Daytona

[BRAWNY]

any more progress? keep those pics coming.
btw-looks great so far.

[jrork]

Updates??

any more progress? keep those pics coming.
btw-looks great so far.

Sorry guys. Yah, I'm way behind on this thread.

I'll try to update it.

We got the pump in and I have to hand it to my son for the killer pump plates. They're 3 piece plates with the one mounted to the transom permanent and they really turned out great.



Also picked up some of the most obnoxiously neon pink powdercoated swim steps off of a guy. Got the powder coating stripped and then polished them up. Much better

[jrork]

And lastly, we had set a goal to attend a big performance boat show in town. We had to be there at 10:00 on July 27th.
Well, on Wednesday night the 24th, the pump was still in pieces, there was no rubrail, we still needed to mount the headers and hook up the exhaust, finish plumbing and some wiring, get a driveshaft built, hook up the cables and install the interior. Oh, and a million other things.

Tony Skagen at Skagen Boats was great and did a bunch of work on the impeller and put the pump together. We picked it up and raced home where we got it bolted up to the intake and installed and sealed up the plates only to realize after all that that the pump had a slight noise and needed to go back to Tony on Thursday morning. Got it back to him the next day and he dropped everything and was able to fine tune it a bit to get that little noise to go away. Thanks again Tony!

Anyhow, the thrash was on and we fired it late Friday afternoon for the first time and celebrated a complete boat.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...1650158&type=3

And by late Friday night we were essentially done. While we would like to say the fireworks were set off by the city for our accomplishment, it was probably for the big festival that was kicking off (which the boat show was part of).

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...1650158&type=3

[jrork]

Anyhow, we got a few hours of sleep and then got up early to try to clean all the fingerprints off the old girl and at 9:00 am we floated it for the first time. Wow! We did we have some leaks as in our haste, we forgot to seal the rub rail and the plates and cables leaked too. Oh well, who cares, we were off.

Long story short, it was a fantastic time. Best part was in the midst of all those beautiful offshore performance boats, our little boat was very well received and we even won a trophy!



And probably my favorite picture of my son Ian and I. In previous boat builds, I did the bulk of the work and he assisted but on this build, I have to say the roles were reversed and I couldn't be prouder of him.




Anyhow, we really didn't want to run it hard as this was it's maiden voyage but we did run it a bit and the ride is incredible. The rideplate needed to be dropped and we'll do some fine tuning this coming weekend.

[Night Rider]

Anyhow, we got a few hours of sleep and then got up early to try to clean all the fingerprints off the old girl and at 9:00 am we floated it for the first time. Wow! We did we have some leaks as in our haste, we forgot to seal the rub rail and the plates and cables leaked too. Oh well, who cares, we were off.

Long story short, it was a fantastic time. Best part was in the midst of all those beautiful offshore performance boats, our little boat was very well received and we even won a trophy!



And probably my favorite picture of my son Ian and I. In previous boat builds, I did the bulk of the work and he assisted but on this build, I have to say the roles were reversed and I couldn't be prouder of him.




Anyhow, we really didn't want to run it hard as this was it's maiden voyage but we did run it a bit and the ride is incredible. The rideplate needed to be dropped and we'll do some fine tuning this coming weekend.

Looks bad a..! Came a long way congrats!

[UNASHAMED]

Turned out great, good job

[rebeldog]

Great job! Looks like a runner!

[Nickythefish]

turned out great

[jrork]

Thanks everyone. We didn't get to run it a bunch before the rains returned but we did run it enough to know that we love it. Runs 90 effortlessly on just 4lbs of boost and would do plenty more but it develops a nasty porpouise right there and I didn't have the nutz to try to drive through it. It also likes to carry the bow high with just one person in it so we'll work on setup over the winter and with luck, will dial both issues out.

It does take a really nice set with two people in it and the diverter all the way down.

As far as safety, that is exactly why I went with a Daytona. Water that would beat us up in our Brendella is like setting on the couch with the Daytona.

So, it's all tore down again for some minor tweaks and revisions but these are all really minor things and will give me something to tinker with over the winter.










Thanks again for the kind words................john

[76Bonneville]

Looking good John.
Not you, the boat. haha