I'll bet it will do 80 in any water that I would WANT to do 80 in. There was a day when I would go out in any condition and beat the piss out of a boat and myself, but now I tend to pick my days. I like a nice rolling swell. I must be getting old.

If it makes you feel any better I have made a few calls this week about going through my engines and and bumping them to 1200hp. Nobody seems to want the boat so I figure that I will start the changes by increasing the horsepower. I want to be able to bust the 90mph mark no matter what fuel load I have. I don't know if 1200hp will do it or not, but I want to try it to see what happens.

Even though the weather feels more like winter, the calendar says that spring is here. That means it's time to get ready for summer! I took the boat up to Bay Perfomance to get it spruced up a little bit before the nice weather gets here. They are painting the bow and stern rails, buffing out the top deck, painting the drives and tabs, replacing the fuel fills with new ones that don't require a key, installing flush fuel vents, installing new bilge blower vents and tackling a few other odds and ends while it is there. I'll keep you all posted.

Oh yea, the engines. I called a bunch of places about going through them, but it looks like it will take a while to do it so that is a project that will more than likely have to wait until after the summer. I want to make them fuel injected 1200s. It seems that it takes quite a bit of time to not only rebuild the engines, but to map out the computer stuff on the dyno so that the fuel injection works properly. Everybody said it would take 6-8 weeks to turn them around between the work load they already have and the time that each of my engines would take. That would mean waiting until the middle of June to have the boat ready. Of course, with the way the weather has been it may be June before it gets any warmer!

Two days in and the top deck is finished. Here are a few before and after pictures. The bow rail and some of the hardware pieces are missing in the after pictures. They are being powder coated and will be back in 10 days or so. The bow rail is 23' long so it should be fun to powder coat and bake. That's gotta be a big oven! Here is the top deck before and after.

Here are some of the stickers before and after. The stickers were faded and were simply replaced. You can really see the difference in the area around the stickers in these pictures.

Here is the fairing before and after.

One more after picture. I'll post more as I get them.

Looks Great Will !!!!

That Boat Rocks !!

Cougarman

HOt DUCK!!! What a change! Looks great!!!!

Wow, looks alot better!!!

Looks great Will, I'm sending my dash panels out next week and should be ready to go in a few weeks. see if rob is ready and lets give the OC people a show... I would say memorial weekend but I'm sure you'll be swamped at the hotel. Glassdave did a superb job on the Tiger!!!