Originally Posted by airpacker (Post 3678767)

i was showing this thread to a buddy last night and as he laughed, remembering all the "good times" i had with that pos, he reminded me of one more major issue with it.

During the second season i owned it, i dropped it off the trailer into a very deep lake and went and parked the truck and trailer.

Fired it up, eased it out of the ramp and idled out of the launch area. We were putting along and the bilge pump comes on. Strange, i just put the plug in on the trailer and there was no water in the boat. I lift the hatch and water is spitting up off the fan belts :poopoo:
I stick my hand in my pocket and nope, no plug there. Wtf?? Where is the water coming from. Well, the water is coming in faster than the pump can get rid of it and i think to myself, we are going swimming and this sucker is going down in over 100 feet of water. I spun the wheel and pointed it back to the ramp and used as much throttle as i dared. Beached the sucker on the concrete ramp and jumped in the water. Surprise!!! Not only is the plug not there but the entire fitting the plug threads into is gone leaving a 2" diameter hole in the transom. Surprise again, the screws that were holding it in were all stripped and the smear of plain jane rtv silicone that was really holding it in failed. After thought said i should have just let it sink but oh no, i had to save my boat. What a dumazz :evilb:

Originally Posted by Airpacker (Post 3678767)

I was showing this thread to a buddy last night and as he laughed, remembering all the "good times" I had with that POS, he reminded me of one more major issue with it.

During the second season I owned it, I dropped it off the trailer into a very deep lake and went and parked the truck and trailer.

Fired it up, eased it out of the ramp and idled out of the launch area. we were putting along and the bilge pump comes on. Strange, I just put the plug in on the trailer and there was no water in the boat. I lift the hatch and water is spitting up off the fan belts :poopoo:
I stick my hand in my pocket and nope, no plug there. WTF?? Where is the water coming from. Well, the water is coming in faster than the pump can get rid of it and I think to myself, we are going swimming and this sucker is going down in over 100 feet of water. I spun the wheel and pointed it back to the ramp and used as much throttle as I dared. Beached the sucker on the concrete ramp and jumped in the water. Surprise!!! Not only is the plug not there but the entire fitting the plug threads into is gone leaving a 2" diameter hole in the transom. Surprise again, the screws that were holding it in were all stripped and the smear of plain jane RTV silicone that was really holding it in failed. After thought said I should have just let it sink but oh no, I had to save my boat. What a dumazz :evilb:

Originally Posted by Michael1 (Post 3679072)

Love the part about beaching it on the concrete ramp. That's always good for the gel coat. I can't think of a worse place to have to beach a boat. It's the concrete version of a rasp. :D

It just never ends with this boatl.:lolhit:

Thank you for all the laughs. :thankyouthankyou:

Michael

Originally Posted by Airpacker (Post 3679318)

Lake Muskoka. Concrete ramp or granite. Take your pick. :)

Just to add a little weirdness to the whole fiasco, if its not already weird enough, I ordered the boat from a place called Skinner's marina on the Trent Severn in Rosedale. Two years or so after I bought it, I heard a news story about the place. Seems the guy I bought it from, Ed Skinner found it necessary to shoot and kill the guy who he caught stoofing his old lady. Smart man that he was, he shoved the guy in his own car and drove it into the lake to sink it. Might have gotten away with it but, he used the boat ramp at his own marina to drive the car into the lake. Then he reported his car stolen.
Go figure.

Originally Posted by fast fun 2 (Post 3665097)

Anything offered with a 454/Alpha or a King Cobra.

Originally Posted by Crossett (Post 3678665)

What's wrong with the 24CS?

Originally Posted by Crossett (Post 3678665)

What's wrong with the 24CS?

Originally Posted by Twin O/B Sonic (Post 3664757)

Taylor Jet.
I replaced the 460 Ford for a customer and during the installation I noticed the fuel tank mount bolts appeared to come through the bottom and had no apparent bolt pads etc. I looked under neath the hull and sure enough it had four flat head bolts tun through the bottom into the angle pc's welded to the tank!!! We thought maybe it was customer done until the marina across the street had an identical boat in the their lot. I checked and it was identical.