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Forum: General Boating Discussion

04-17-2020, 01:17 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

Thanks, yes Tristan and I had a daughter February...

Thanks, yes Tristan and I had a daughter February 26th and for her birth....day I bought her a doll house.

We live in an apartment in the back of my machine shop downtown so I do not have a yard...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

01-27-2020, 10:20 AM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

Yes, that is my boat. I think that would have...

Yes, that is my boat. I think that would have been Tuesday or Wednesday after Skaterfest two years ago. I think that was when I parked it there.

I have it in my garage working on it again. I am...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

10-28-2019, 02:50 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

right here... you didn’t...

right here... you didn’t answer.https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.offshoreonly.com-vbulletin/2000x922/5adc0b0a_06a3_4103_b1b3_fa0001d7f56b_93bd63003466d43c1f38ffe43f8901cb914efc9e.png

Forum: General Boating Discussion

10-26-2019, 10:16 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

now there’s a good 32nd of an inch of clearance....

now there’s a good 32nd of an inch of clearance. If it flexes it will just be like an 18” diameter endmill making its own clearance.

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Forum: General Boating Discussion

10-26-2019, 10:11 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

the props would not clear the #8 so I had to put...

the props would not clear the #8 so I had to put them in the lathe and take 1/4” off the tips.

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Forum: General Boating Discussion

10-26-2019, 10:02 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

I need to put the thermostats back in because the...

I need to put the thermostats back in because the engines take forever to warm up in cold water and will not build boost to get on plane. Finally got on plane and ran around for a little while. Came...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

10-25-2019, 04:13 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

I finally got the crossover pipe between the...

I finally got the crossover pipe between the compounded turbos welded up and heat wrapped.

installing it tonight and going to test the boat tomorrow at Grand Lake if it quits raining.

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Forum: General Boating Discussion

08-26-2019, 09:26 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

This is the exhaust pipe between the two compound...

This is the exhaust pipe between the two compound turbos In the above video. It split apart so far I thought there was a pie shaped piece missing till I got it out of the boat. There is a stainless...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

08-26-2019, 05:53 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

This is the video from when Quinlan from the post...

This is the video from when Quinlan from the post above met me at the lake to help us take it out. Welded a few things and went to test some different props. It broke a different weld before we even...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

08-25-2019, 11:22 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

Ok, its not ending, I'm back. I have been busy...

Ok, its not ending, I'm back. I have been busy working on the old race boat and the new race boat which has taken a lot of my time and money so I did not have the time to work on the Diesel boat, I...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

09-29-2018, 12:05 AM

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Posted By BigSilverCat

It’s been awhile since I posted but here is the...

It’s been awhile since I posted but here is the video a few were just talking about, I was going out to test and a few guys we’re at a new restaurant on the water in saugatuck that I was going to...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

07-12-2018, 06:30 PM

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Posted By BigSilverCat

https://youtu.be/4v2ADz0cgQc

https://youtu.be/4v2ADz0cgQc

Forum: General Boating Discussion

07-12-2018, 06:19 PM

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Posted By BigSilverCat

Things I did not mention in the last post. ...

Things I did not mention in the last post.

The time the boat caught on fire and I was with myself there were some other things that had happened. The night before when I was finishing putting the...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-27-2018, 09:38 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

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See, Tristan/Dory is with me right now...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-27-2018, 09:07 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

I was not alone? There were four of us onboard,...

I was not alone? There were four of us onboard, me, my two other personalities myself and I, then my invisible friend Luke was in there also, but you probably couldn’t see him because, well, he’s...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-27-2018, 09:44 AM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

close, the bolts they put in the bottom of the...

close, the bolts they put in the bottom of the turbos mount/drain we’re too long so they bottomed out before they became tight which let the gasket come out and oil spray on the turbos exhaust...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-27-2018, 01:35 AM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

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Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-26-2018, 09:25 AM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

Sorry it took so long for the update on running...

Sorry it took so long for the update on running it. I was trying to get the new tilt trailer for the race boat done.

https://youtu.be/swTX4qIi5Tc

Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-19-2018, 12:32 AM

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Posted By BigSilverCat

https://youtu.be/qeGdpOGWK34 I guess if I...

https://youtu.be/qeGdpOGWK34

I guess if I can’t get the boat to run right it could always be used as an amusement park ride.

Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-16-2018, 02:05 AM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

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Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-15-2018, 05:02 PM

Replies: 1,897

Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

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All skaters after 2016 come with there own...

Forum: General Boating Discussion

06-14-2018, 01:18 AM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

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Forum: General Boating Discussion

04-18-2018, 02:40 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

Something like this? Thermostat with a bypass....

Something like this? Thermostat with a bypass. Use the stock water pump to circulate the water till it’s warm and then the bypass opens and the raw water will go through the engine.

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Forum: General Boating Discussion

04-18-2018, 02:34 PM

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Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

We do not want to do closed cooling due to the...

We do not want to do closed cooling due to the weight and size needed to cool this much hp.

Forum: General Boating Discussion

04-18-2018, 01:17 PM

Replies: 1,897

Start to Finish: Building Our 50' Skater

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Posted By BigSilverCat

Pistons: When we ran the boat at Lake Havasu...

Pistons:

When we ran the boat at Lake Havasu a few weeks ago one of the engines started making a little bit different noise and had more blow by then the other. Every time we have ran the boat it...

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