Black Tornado

Thank you so much Thomas!

Old Ride

My pleasure Marco! This boat really deserves this. It is going to be a 3+ year project and I am looking forward to it.

racesdad

a classic. great news to hear she will return to the sea.

offshore2

I worked for Betty Cook, when Howard Quam bought that boat.

fastdonzi

When we re-did the bottom of the FlapJack cat for Howard we made some "U" shaped brackets that would bolt to the stringers/motor mounts and press on the bottom running surface to help distribute the load. He didn't put them on, needless to say he didn't make 2 laps. I guess the boat has sat ever since.

Joe Todesca

fastdonzi I am not following the U shaped brackets and there
intention (I'm not that bright) When you redid the bottom did you lift the hull or flip it over? How do you flip a boat that size over anyway?

fastdonzi

The "U" shaped brackets went down the stringer from the motor mount bolts, across the the smaller stringers then up the other big stringer the motor bolts too. It had the same angle built in it to match the running surface angle. it was to add strength to the running surface, hence when the water pushed up on the bottom of the boat, these brackets where on the inside pushing back, it was just to add strength where the boat had been repaired. The boat was done right side up sitting on 55 gal drums, it's actually the first boat I have ever seen fall off the drums because one drum crushed down, then we learned we had to fill the drums with water and cap them off. Nobody got hurt, 2 minutes earlier a carpenter would have bit the dust. I actually saw it falling, pretty freaky.

Joe Todesca

fastdonzi Thanks! I think it would be better to flip it. I'm glad no one was hurt, would not want that kind of history on the boat. I wonder if Howard jr has the Brackets and why they wern't used? Jo

fastdonzi

When we fixed the aluminum boats we flipped them, and the smaller wooden cats we would flip. since this boat only needed a small repair (the whole last step) they did it from the bottom. when Howard picked up the boat after the repair they probably stuck the brackets in the truck and didn't think about them until the motors where in, then didn't want to pull the motors to install them.

Joe Todesca

Fastdonzi shoot me a email I'll send you a picture [email protected]