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Our Cafe Racer had no notch, our two Top Guns had notches. I'll take the notch all day. Ride quality is better I found - less porpoise, more efficient with notch. Of course the Cafe was a bravo boat and the guns were both SSM boats so CJ was different too.
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Originally Posted by Markus
(Post 4918749)
You get a longer lever for the propeller to lift the bow.
Originally Posted by kreed
(Post 4918750)
Pushing the end of the bottom of the boat forward puts the propellers in "less disturbed"(water with air bubbles) water and cuts down on prop slip.
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Yes
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Originally Posted by Nickg3130
(Post 4918725)
Well, I NEVER thought it would escalate to this, but we are NOTCHED!
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...04274dbca.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...aedad1c36.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...2f4b2f5e5.jpeg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...0537f2e03.jpeg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...7630c2033.jpeg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...7fcabab48.jpeg after going and back and forth on the idea, I figured that IF there was going to be a time, this would be it. So after taking measurements from the Apache next it, we have a notched transom. The new center stringer was almost perfectly made for it. |
Originally Posted by offshoredrillin
(Post 4918815)
looks awesome Nick! that apache used to be all black and called Shaka...
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Originally Posted by thisistank
(Post 4915965)
I vote 6’s 😁😁😁
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...3557b97ca.jpeg boat looks great by the way. Cover is bad Azz!! |
Hi Nick nice work . I put a notch in my 1985 Kevlar flat deck when put on the ssm no 5 drives on . How big is your notch. I reached out to Phil Lip**** and he advised me to go with a 10 inch notch as opposed to what ever the standard Cig notch was. The boat handles great and jumps up on plane with the 5 drives . If you are going with sixes I imagine the improvements will be even better. Keep up the great work. Rick G .
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Originally Posted by Rick G
(Post 4919279)
Hi Nick nice work . I put a notch in my 1985 Kevlar flat deck when put on the ssm no 5 drives on . How big is your notch. I reached out to Phil Lip**** and he advised me to go with a 10 inch notch as opposed to what ever the standard Cig notch was. The boat handles great and jumps up on plane with the 5 drives . If you are going with sixes I imagine the improvements will be even better. Keep up the great work. Rick G .
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Well, can’t believe how well this crew did in about a months time. Hatch done in primer, transom with notch done in primer, bilge prepped and painted. Off to get some holes drilled for drives!
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Very impressive!
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