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Old 01-16-2008 | 01:06 PM
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http://www.offshoreonlyclassifieds.c...o20765-en.html

Charlie, would this be one of yours?
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Nice hardware.
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Old 01-16-2008 | 04:10 PM
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Correct me if I am wrong but that boat was built in New Bedford MA brt i believe the molds were then sold to what was left of signature boats in the early 90's. The last i saw of the molds they were cut in half by someone who was not happy with the owner Mike B. I think it has a 7'6 beam little smaller than the banana's. Charlie may have even more history on these boats since they were from the New England.

I think brt stood for Bluewater Race Team
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Old 01-16-2008 | 05:08 PM
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anyone had any luck, or have any information good or bad about extension boxes on a banana 24? My x dimension was raised 2" from the trs to the bravo conversion. Myco, stellings, mercruiser, did I miss any ???
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Old 01-16-2008 | 06:52 PM
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I am sure air dog or top banana will give you the answer you are looking for. I could not even guess
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Old 01-17-2008 | 01:30 PM
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That bolster looks like "Thanks to my wifes new sewing machine"....

But the rest of the boat looks like a real nice thing!
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Old 01-18-2008 | 03:32 PM
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about the ext boxes, you might also want to post a thread in the superboat forum im sure there are some guys that have one or tried.
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Old 01-18-2008 | 06:42 PM
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On the banana web site there is page ..."Should you buy a banana?. On that page is a link called ...History of the 24.

www.bananaboatco.com

Follow that link and you can find out about the source of this 24 foot 7 foot wide boat and the many, many other derivatives of the same design.

I remember this company in Mass, they were around for awhile, but never did anythng nationaly, like racing or boat shows etc.
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Old 01-18-2008 | 07:57 PM
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Charlie, is the 24 ready for test runs?
I'll be down mid next week?
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Old 01-19-2008 | 11:30 AM
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I am sure air dog or top banana will give you the answer you are looking for. I could not even guess
I always ran outboards on my Banana's so I wouldn't have the answer, but as far as I know, there has never been a 24' Banana with an extension box.

I think it would be great if you had the 380k planes.

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Old 01-19-2008 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Trojan-man
anyone had any luck, or have any information good or bad about extension boxes on a banana 24? My x dimension was raised 2" from the trs to the bravo conversion. Myco, stellings, mercruiser, did I miss any ???
Set the X dim at 17-1/2" so that the prop shaft is 4-1/2" to 5" below the V of the bottom. If you install an extension box raise it 1".
Good Luck with your project!
How about a thread with some pics?
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