Lets see if we can start a thread about boats

[MrDenton]

Thanks Michael. Been a long road. I'm soooooo ready to be done and move on to "Project Vector". It's not a v-drive so I won't ever bring it up in here again. Might get my dick stepped on.


Blown Gas Flats to Rope...
In loving memory of
Chris "Church Mouse" Blevens

[ogshotgun]

Lets not sugar coat this snoc. THEY ARE jet boat headers. The engine is not on that much angle.


Seriously? RDP is ALL BOATS ALL THE TIME. There is no more boating content over there than there is here, and most of it is WRONG!


So, I take it that your heads are marked left and right, and no more interchangeable than the headers.

Using your logic, this must be V drive headers installed on a jet. OR, maybe you own this jet.
With your attitude, you may find yourself looking to the v drive experts at RPD for any advice you might need. I think that's where this guy gets his helpful tips.

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a pictures worth a thousand words so read the pictures very quietly lmao

[ogshotgun]

OG I'm sure you are aware of the use of braided lines in both the marine and automotive industry, so I won't go review on you. Aside from the practical aspects of braid, I can certainly appreciate the automation that goes in to making even one inch of that stuff. Pretty amazing really.

ahh ok i get it its for braid covers or actually braided lines ? anyways its very cool stuff like that amazes me

[ogshotgun]

Thanks Michael. Been a long road. I'm soooooo ready to be done and move on to "Project Vector". It's not a v-drive so I won't ever bring it up in here again. Might get my dick stepped on.


Blown Gas Flats to Rope...
In loving memory of
Chris "Church Mouse" Blevens

your boat has been there for a loooong time buddy

[MrDenton]

Back and forth now for almost a year. He and I split a lot of the work. I wanted to have some sweat and tears in it too. It's easy to pay to have it done. I wanted a smell of the resin, itch of the glass and frustration of the capped deck.


Blown Gas Flats to Rope...
In loving memory of
Chris "Church Mouse" Blevens

[ogshotgun]

Back and forth now for almost a year. He and I split a lot of the work. I wanted to have some sweat and tears in it too. It's easy to pay to have it done. I wanted a smell of the resin, itch of the glass and frustration of the capped deck.


Blown Gas Flats to Rope...
In loving memory of
Chris "Church Mouse" Blevens

well i took out my old glass and all the old floor myself got a battle scar on the forehead and itched for a week ... lol aim done with fiberglass but i did redo my whole trailer from ground up...

[MrDenton]

Does it now have tandem axels with polished stainless fenders?😜


Blown Gas Flats to Rope...
In loving memory of
Chris "Church Mouse" Blevens

[ogshotgun]

Does it now have tandem axels with polished stainless fenders?��


Blown Gas Flats to Rope...
In loving memory of
Chris "Church Mouse" Blevens

nah still a single going for the 70s look and that flimsy ass shiny fenders that can't take a impact for 500 each ....... oh wait that was yours lololololol no same single axle trailer all done right go look under hot boat of the month april phase II

[SnoC653]

So much hostility around here. I thought/hoped things would be better over here at HB.
Same clowns, different circus.
Back to the OP's topic.
I saw your boat before Stu started cutting out the stringers. Man, good call on opening her up. Those timbers, and I mean timbers because those stringers were HUGE, rotted pretty bad. What's that hull weigh? Built like a tank.


Blown Gas Flats to Rope...
In loving memory of
Chris "Church Mouse" Blevens

So that was Stu's shop in the picture. Glad to see he's still working on boats.

[SnoC653]

nah still a single going for the 70s look and that flimsy ass shiny fenders that can't take a impact for 500 each ....... oh wait that was yours lololololol no same single axle trailer all done right go look under hot boat of the month april phase II

You do realize that in the 70s most of the west coast boats had double axle trailers? Midwest boats kept single axle trailers for a lot longer. And you can get heavy steel double fenders just like you can singles.

So how long have you owned this boat? And who set it up the way it was in the pictures? Since you want to talk boats, let talk boats. What angle is your driveshaft at? What couplers do you use to connect the driveshaft to the V-drive? You said you have a 10 degree box, what strut angle does it have and why the hell is that engine sitting up so high and at such an angle if that is the case?

Also you said you aren't young and you posted a pic of an older guy driving the boat, is that you? If so, what is with the ARNG PFC crap in your signature line? I sure don't think they have many older PFCs in the Guard and the guy driving your boat isn't a PFC for sure.

I know, you figured all the boat guys were done for the night so you jump in and start posting like crazy. How about some answers while you're at it.