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

**jrork** · 09-02-2013, 06:58 AM

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** · 09-05-2013, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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

**UNASHAMED** · 09-14-2013, 07:24 AM

Turned out great, good job

**rebeldog** · 09-16-2013, 10:43 PM

Great job! Looks like a runner!

**DNelson** · 09-17-2013, 03:41 PM

very nice boat, love the 21's

**goodhead** · 09-17-2013, 04:00 PM

Some big power and they will run with the best of them and safer. lol

**DNelson** · 09-17-2013, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by goodhead

Some big power and they will run with the best of them and safer. lol

not sure about safer...

**Nickythefish** · 09-19-2013, 06:27 PM

turned out great

**jrork** · 09-21-2013, 09:08 AM

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