So this is Christmas....
 

Happy Holidays to all the Banana Boaters out there... :drink:

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the best holiday wishes to you and your's.

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Hello fellow Banana Boat owners.

I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Dave from Warwick, R.I., and I have hull #45 with a pair of 2.4s. I aquired the boat in late 2003. Working out lots of bugs and cosmetics, but had a great time with it last summer and looking forward next summer.

I'd like to thank all of you for creating and supporting this great forum dedicated to "our boat"! Special thanks to those wonderful McCarthy's who have made all this possible in one way or another!

A Sincere Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Dave

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Hello Dave,

Welcome to the Banana Board!

Can you post some pic's of your Boat?

Chris

P.S. Merry Christmas Jeb

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Hi Jeb,

At present, I'm only a "low budget" member so I don't think I can post yet. That will change very soon! I have sent a couple pics to Charlie, as he said he'd post them in the
year/boat # thread. Trying my best to shake off the cold; sure doesn't feel like boating weather!

Back to work....we'll talk soon.

Dave

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Happy Holidays everyone! And welcome to our new member Dave!

Dave,

The McCarthy's are missing. They haven't posted in days and we are all going through Banana withdrawals.

Can you e-mail them to me and I will post them?

[email protected]

Chris

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Ya, Happy holidays. It sucks to be a UPS guy this time of year, but anyway I hope you guys have a great Christmas.

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to everyone!!

...been extremely busy lately so haven't been surfing here in a while. Sorry Dave - forgot to post your boat pics...#45. Here they are - will post in the other thread too.

Dave,

I always wondered what happend to Mike's boat. Welcome to the family. You will have to take part in the Banana Fun Run I am trying to put together for next summer.

I would really like to have it in Hyannis Cape Cod in June, since Yarmouth is hosting the offshore races in June 2005.

I was thinking shoot over to Nantucket or Marthas Vineyard even perhaps Woods hole?

I will hopefully have details set in January.

I really like your boat. It is identical to mine, except you have a spare tank in your cabin. I drove my brother Rick "Meat Buzz" down to Weymouth to buy it before you did and for some reason he didn't. Don't worry he will be on here soon oogling over the photos of your boat.

We are all pulling for him to get a Banana in 2005...

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Chris,

You must have the drop down cabin/ single tank set-up? There's a guy who lives 'round the corner from my mom who has mid 80s Blue Banana with twin 200s and the single tank
set like that.

I sort of wish my fuel tanks were favored more toward the rear for better balance (similar to the effect of engine set back). I guess it could be done, maybe someday.
I'd like to get the upholstery recovered this spring, possibly modifying the seat drop in the bolster. The outside of the cockpit (top vertical part of gunwale) has lots of gel cracks which I'd like to fix. I'm not sure how to fix the cracks, and body work is certainly one of my weak points. I've got most of the mechanical issues ironed out though, and the boat performed quite well last summer...we had a blast!

The Banana Run sounds like fun. I may have to get a guy friend for that as I'm not sure my
girlfriend would be up to that.

BTW, Chatim posted the pics in the Hull #/ year thread. Thanks Charlie!

Dave

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Dave,

Does your still have the brigeport EFI 2.4's or are they stock? I think I remember Mike saying he switched to motors to stock 200's before sold it.

As for the cracks, all the Banana's have them. You can dig out and fill them, but they will just crack again unless you reinforce them from underneath. (meaning you either have to remove the deck or start cutting access holes...) :eek:

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Yes, it has the Bridgeports, but I converted to wh20 carb set-ups. The EFI set-ups were too
dated and expensive to maintain, plus I didn't want to risk possibly blowing up one of those
nice powerheads. The conversion wasn't completely cut & dry, but worth it. I run two twin EGT pyros to monitor ex. temp to make jet selection easy. I changed clamp/trim to single large cylinder style used on the hi-perf engines. The engines spin up between 7000-7500 RPM with 24 choppers. Plenty of "dialing in" still left!

I hope the boat will be ready for the outing in June
Dave

7500rpm Yikes... You might be the fastest Banana there. :eek: I take it back you can't come. Matter of fact, anybody that is faster than me can't go....Wait, that is everybody.... :drink:

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Hope everyone had a great holiday! I know I did. Also, just received the Banana Christmas Suprise. Thanks Guys it's awesome!