24' who's got one
 

Just wondering who has a 24 excalibur, what power, speeds and how you like it.

I have a friend with one he would like to sale

sounds like everyone that owns one wants to off it, wonder why? I love mine great little old school rough water boat.

Cashbrain I sent you a PM

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I have a 24' 502 blown change from trs to bravo raise the x @ 90mph love the boat great in rough water will run away from a 27' Fountain same power

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I had one till the hull split open. Other than that, I was quite happy with it. 502 BW/TRS. My only complaint was that it coulda been 3 feet longer :D

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Dang- I just noticed the date of the original post!

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What did you set your prop height at?
What prop?
DS

I noticed a 24' Excalibur for sale the other day.

Do they really have a 6' beam???

Wow, where do you put the trim tabs?

Good looking boats though...

I almost bought a 27' flat deck style back in 2001.

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More like 7' beam. Mine was a '76, converted to bravo with bottom of hull (pad) hiting about center of intake vent on '89 bravo drive. Still got tons of bow lift. Hull was built more like a jet boat -small stringers, light construction. Went through 14 gallons epoxy resin building a second set of stringers outboard of the existing ones, and beefing up the originals, installing full bulkheads etc. Had to cut cockpit sole out to get to center of boat - deck was glassed on - didn't want to cit it off. Locked up tight when I was done - loved the boat for @450 hours. Ran about 80 with 470hp BBC, nose cone (1st style bravo) 25p mirage - 5,400 rpm---- light boat, low slip - really rides on that 4" pad at higher speeds. Later years (like '79) had much better bottom construction, larger stringers from what I saw.

Countless hours of work, only to watch it run down the Cheasapeake Bay without me (got tossed) for 8 miles, hit shore, and go up in flames....................

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PS,
I had the 16" twin piston bennett tabs - plenty of room for them, and they worked just fine. Planes would be better - there is room for the angled cut ones. My only complaint was that is didn't have a sharper entry at the bow, like the 20' cigs and 22 donzis.

Boat is only 23' and 3 or 4" long.

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That dash was also custom made - the "boxes" on each side.

Set up right they are a great boat - just wear your kill switch when gittin' it in the rouph:D

Here's what I dragged to the dump back in 1999.................

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Fiberglass burns hot!! Check out how the carb just melted away down into the intake manifold - gone..........

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Wow, that's a bummer! It was a cool boat.

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Martin..dude ..sorry I naven't got back to you ..I can't hook you up with that limo...company sold..sorry...lost your phone #...call me sometime...Dave

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I have a 1977 24ft Excalibur I will be selling soon. It has original paint & interior, but the motor (454) has only approx. 123 hours on it.
Motor has steel crank, forged pistons,after market cam,MSD ignition, aluminum heads, K&N flame arrestor. Exhaust is from a 502,,center rise, thru transom. It also has borg-warner tran, TRS drive, trim tabs & full teak swim platform. I will post pics as soon as I figure out how to use my new camera! Thaks for taking a look.

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Unbelievable story! Bet u will use a ignition kill switch for now on.

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Yes, and so does everyone else I know!!

here is my baby.

more if my 79. Its still a work in progress

very nice 79Ex.....

I am resoring a '79 Monza 24'....same hull....going with a 540 and Bravo 3.......(replacing 383/Pre-Alpha combo).......

Bravo three, as in counter-rotating props? -- How tall is that drive compared to a bravo - as in how much higher of an x demension will you need, or is it the same? I figured they were taller to allow for larger diameter props because they are meant for heavy cruiser types - I would think it might be hard/expensive to dial in the right prop sizes because no one is using the pitch you are going to need -- because in most applications that drive doesn't usually see anything over 50-65 mph.....

I'll need to go a bit higher on the x, if doesn't work out, I'll go with a B1 lower and a spacer.......just got a great deal on the B3 so couldn't pass it up

Figured that was reason - the Bravo I put on my 24 came from a burned up boat with only two seasons on it - $1,500, but I had to take whole boat carcus - landfill here takes em if under 20' - I just cut 4 ft of bow off - sold $500 in engine parts, so nice drive and transom assembly was only 1k! Found that deal by chance - sure would like to know how to find those deals on purpose...................