B.R.S.,
Was it Steve Harolson? I hope not. Steve took care of a few warranty issues for me. Very nice guy. Then something happened. I tried to buy a new boat and talked with Steve about the ITS. He was going to talk to Wyatt Fountain the next morning and call me back after his meeting. I have been waiting to hear from him ever since. I have emailed him and left voice mails but still no return call. I guess I hold a grudge. If Reggie isn't available I'd talk to Marty Bosinger. If he is busy leave a detailed voice mail. Marty does the rigging and R&D in the shop. I don't know if he was with the company in the late 80's.

Dan

To my suprise Fountain did call me back. The factory said the hull should be as straight as possible. I talked to Steve he said the hook is sucking the boat down like a vacume cleaner. I will start this weekend ank keep you guys aprised of the progress. I guess the next question is how much speed do you think I might pick up. Currently Ihave twin 549hp 510cid. 81.1 at 5400 with 27 Mirage plus.

how do you get the hook out? do you shave and sand it?

BRS- 10mph maybe, just a complete guess, this should be very interesting, keep us posted, How much is the guy going to charge you for the work??............Doug

The guy is a good freind of mine and is charging nothing. I will do all the s#@t work with his guidance. He is very experienced as he was a plant manager and did many blueprints for a major offshore manufacturer in Florida for about 10 years. I have no worries about the procedures we will be undertaking. I will keep everyone posted with pix. The weather is supposed to suck this weekend so we may not get started. The job should take about 3 weeks workking in the eve. He said buy a bunch of 36 grit paper. OUCH!

P.S. I'm hammered (notice the time) and have to go to work in 3 1/2 hours. The morning is going to suck!