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[Dude! Sweet!]

Hey Scotty, good to hear you're hangin' in there. And at least workin' 80 hours a week keeps you off the street and out of trouble... ha ha ha!

[littledcsrodshop]

Originally Posted by Dude! Sweet!

Hey Scotty, good to hear you're hangin' in there. And at least workin' 80 hours a week keeps you off the street and out of trouble... ha ha ha!

Hey Sean good to see you over here where the thread pace is alittle slower..

Yeah those extra hours are helping to keep me out of the hardcore thug scene.. lol.. Ofcourse you West Cooaasters know all about that...

Any serious bites on your boat ?

Since this is my thread & I'm not to sure it can possibly get any more offtrack , I will go ahead & ask you how is the racing going ??

[Dude! Sweet!]

Ha! Can we help it if we're just "outside the box" thinkers?

Nah, nobody serious about the boat. Nobody's got any money, seems like. I had a couple of race boat trades in process, but my wife had a change of heart on her disinterest in boating... So I've decided that unless I get the "right" offer, I'll keep it and enjoy it.

I actually had it out twice in January and then took my buddy's boat out with our kids one day as well. Pretty cool.

The racing... Got all my stuff prepped and ready to go for the first race in January and ended up working until like 1 am every day the week before. So, I left the karts in the truck and tuned (poorly) my buddy's rotax. This month I worked my ass off all month and was no where close to being ready to run. Ended up working race day...

We'll see, hopefully I'll be able to make it happen for March, but if not definately April.

Too much work and too scared of getting canned to shine anybody on and tell them I can't do their work. There'll be a time for racing when the time's right.

[littledcsrodshop]

Outside the box are you sure we even know theres a box there half the time ? lol...

Glad to hear you & your family are enjoying the boat !!

Be sure to let me know how the racing goes..

[Pantera572]

Hey Scott,
I was in Athens a few weeks back did not have your #.
Looked around a bit and could not remember just where the shop was. I found the bank though! Anyways, I found your # and will give you a call. Just curious about the beast and was going to drop by.
Greg

[littledcsrodshop]

Would have been glad to have you stop by !! Kinda funny you found the bank , although thats not overly surprising since we did do a good amount of bank traveling the last time you were here.. lol... Hope everything is going well with you...

Just incase anybody is woundering Greg is the proud owner of one of The sweetest 24 footers out there..

[littledcsrodshop]

Okay I told myself I will Not post any pics of the bilge until its painted but jdub this ones for you buddy.. I know you are feeling very lonely right now as you are the only one on the block posting pics of your progress so heres a shot of todays progress... The bilge looks like absolute ---- right now as you can see but oh well its too late now..

For those looking at the pic wondering what they are looking at & can see past the mess.. That is one tank mocked up & bolted up.. The bukheads (mounts whatever) are in place , bonded & ready to be glassed hopefully the first of next week.. The tanks & bilge will ofcourse be slicked out just a bit & painted a nice shinny color.

I'm not moving at the "dubsters" pace by any means but hey atleast its progress.

[jdub]

That's the chit...man you never have to worry about dragging a cooler around anymore! I never would have thought to add a keg in my boat!!!

Seriously though that is going to be very cool. Can't wait to see it all finished. But just cause you posted a pic doesn't mean you can take a break for a year...keep em coming!

[BGIII]

If you don't mind, I'm curious why you chose to put in saddle tanks rather than just use the existing tanks?

[littledcsrodshop]

Originally Posted by BGIII

If you don't mind, I'm curious why you chose to put in saddle tanks rather than just use the existing tanks?

I did it for a few reasons , but here are the main ones..

I was affraid I was going to have trouble pulling equally out of both of the existing tanks.. You can do equal length hoses & into a Y ect..ect..ect.. But I was still afraid I was going to carry an un equal amount of fuel on one side of the boat.. The saddle tanks will have a 14-16AN balance tube between them that I couldn't really do on the existing tanks..

Another reason is I prefer the way a twin sits nose high in the water over the more flat look of a single..

Also the added weight in the rear v/s being in the middle of the boat will also allow the boat to carry the bow much better at speed..

Lastly it allowed me to set the X a bit higher due to the fact that it will naturally carry the bow better..

As many of you know I debated & debated on exactly how I was going to rig the boat.. Twins v/s Single & I had the option of both & this really just worked out best for me & in my opinion gives me the best of both worlds.. The boat should sit in the water real similar to a twin with the easier maintenance & room of a single.. Even thought I took some bilge room away by adding the tanks it will still have a good bit more work room than twins..