U mean garry,right jeff? Lol

That just looks "sick!!"

I love those seats, back seat I have never seen like that.
You have done a great job, could not look any better,
She's AWESOME!

When are you going to get her in the water?

In Montreal, we have no water & boat ramps don't run long enough to put mine in!
Have not even put mine in,,, bummer,,

Sucks this year, but been enjoying the STV & gas bill

Great job, cant wait to hear how she runs & looks in the water.

time to hook her up
 

fresh outta kens upholstery and time to take her home and hook it all up!

Get'er done. Your in the home stretch. Gotta feel great.

Amen.mounting lowers as i type!

Did you ever get a chance to weigh the boat?

What props are you starting wtih,

Happy to see that you will finally get her in the water.

Did you paint the rub rails?

Just looks Awesome, are you happy with the news seats?
Im going to do mine in the winter & may send it to the same place as yours :whistle:

well i wieghed the bare hull when it was in 2 peices and she was at 2150lbs. im gonna weigh her again as aoon as i have everything on her. now if i could get the dam tilt tubes out so i can install my steering i'd be all set, but its not budging. always something! rub rails are just thin aluminum and they stop by marker lights,no rub rail up front ,had it smoothed out. as for props im starting with hydromotive quad4 14.5 x29 labbed by throttle up props. got a great deal on them so i pray they work? what are you running?

Well, can't wait to see her in the water.

Im running 2.5 promax (x3)

I got Tim at Performance prop do the work,
I have been working with Tim for many years & he does a great job on props. Mine are choppers, cut down.

You boat sounds alot lighter then mine, which is a good thing for you,

The outside motors are 14.5x26 3 blades & the middle one has a 4 blade 14.5 x 28.

They all run even at 6400 rpms.,

I hope you can turn your props, but if not I know a good guy that can help.

Keep us all posted, she looks Awesome :lolhit:

What gear ratio r u using?

1:87 on all

Im starting with 175.1 so??? If not i got a sweet set of spare props.

Would it be worth putting a tunnel tab in the middle as a trim tab?

Hardest thing is to get her on plane with the 28 pitch.

Mine is hard to get on plane because of the pitch,
I don't think mine would go on plane without the third motor.


But, almost time for the water test :evilb:
Hard to get the best of both worlds,

PS: Watch your water pressure when your trying to get on plane. Once on plane, I have great water pressure.

After 100+ hours of rigging, she came alive on first turn of keys! Time to water test her tomorrow! Woo hoo

Day 1 went awesome! She ran great. Got on plane instantly and was cruising at 74 in no time.very happy. Cant wait for the 10 hr.break in period so i can get all my rpms.the 29 pitch props inpressed my may have to go highr? Come on sunshine.day 2 is too far away.:)

Day 2 went well,5 people on board real snotty water and lots of extra weight and she handled perfectly and ran great.time to raise motors a little and see results.

Damn, It Floats!!! Great hearing that all went well.

LEOPA has their Fall Poker Run next month. Just saying.

U gonna be ready or u wanna ride shot gun? ;)

Sooo coool :evilb:

Good to hear all works and runs well..

Just need to get another 900 rpm outta her sooner or later. Im just enjoying it for now.may not run as fast as i want it too but it runs great and i need a break! Lol. I'll never build another boat though.

couldn't resist had to raise motors another 1/2" to see how she runs?

your boat looks great, real nice to hear you are out and enjoying the water after all your hard work, sounds like it was worth all the effort. wow what a nice job. What area do you boat? It would be nice to get all the awesomes out together for a weekend to meet one another and discuss our projects, mine is a 2000 38 ft, bought it new.

Well thanks.im usually in lsc.ill be out today,tomorrow, Saturday. Between lsc and port huron. Id enjoy meeting others.let me know where and when and ill try.im putting in at st.clair launch tomorrow

Congrats on the splashing! It looks great in the water! Now the fun part starts. Dialing it in.

Bob

I saw you last night on Jefferson / Hall Rd (m-59) area.

I was the white van that speed up next to you to see if it was your boat.. lol

Nice looking rig, hows the speed with the 250xs Power so far?

Looks like an awesome ride :thankyouthankyou:

Outboards on these big boats look awesome,

I am running 3 -225 efi merc. & love them.
I dont think mine would come out of the water without the third motor.

250 xs motors are the greatest, Hoping to change mine to 3-300 xs motors next year & get into the 100mph.
May sell outboards over the winter.

Does yours lean outside on the turns?
I found that werd, but now driver threw it.

Keep posting the numbers & remember to raise those motors, only way of getting max. speed.
Watch your water & temp gauges,,

Keep it coming, we are loving it!

I would like to get over that way to boat, but heading north to T.C. this weekend, hang out for the weekend, might like it enough to get out of this area!! everyone enjoy the weekend. be carefull with the speed.

thanks for compliments. so far i'm only seeing 86 but i haven't stayed in her that long and my effin jack plates keep raising and lowering by them selves so till i figure how to lock them down i'm timid about pushing her too far! i know at 2" above bottom i still had 15psi at 82? and i'm not there on rpm's either,i need about 500 more so a little tweaking to go. too bad weather is going fast. but i sure used the beans outta her the last 10 days!

86 mph is great news :)
15 psi is good water pressure.

Looking good :whistle:

i need to figure out how to lock down my jack plates though? it scares me, i pulled boat yesterday and motors raised an inch on their own? thats three days in a row they moved either up or down or one each way? possesed?lol

Can you drill a hole, bolt them & set the jack plates?
You can always move them up/down from the motors ?

Easy fix if the are set in the correct location.
You are getting some good numbers with only 500hp.
Great job!
How do they do on gas??
I have always heard that the xs motors are great on gas.


Keep posting, great reading,,,,
PS: Summer is coming to an end up north, dam!

well numbers the other day at 80 said 22 gallons per hour for fuel. so thats awesome.

Saw you cruising today on the Detroit river, LOOKING GOOD!

Thanks,we were doing to leopa harvest moon poker run. Ran pretty darn good.im pretty happy how she runs and handles like a dream,flies pretty good too! Hit a few huge waves. Thanks rotax richard for talking me into joining.what a great bunch a people.