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Originally Posted by T2x (Post 4187444)

The boat you are thinking of was one of two we built for the NY boat show. It was definitely a Shadow and it had both a notched transom and a step about 60" forward of the transom. We testedit in boath fresh and Salt water to assure that we had a complete understanding of the various step configurations we tried...none of them improved speed...in fact we lost a bit...and the handling was worse than the standard hulls (*slippery" rear ends in hard turns).[ATTACH=CONFIG]529459[/ATTACH]]

I am glad you posted that, I would have assumed performance would have improved, I learned something new today. It has been on my mind to start looking for an 21' Shadow or Challenger, get back to having some fun driving the boat, when the driver truly matters, as compared to push the throttles - trim up and go fast that the 34' Phantom that I had recently (the Phantom did nothing squirrely)

If I start looking what years, in your opinion were the absolute best years that you made the hulls ? Next question, 2.5 Mercury, 300 xs, or the 350, what would work best for the 21' weight, horsepower, ect, I want to accelerate hard, top end is important but I want the race over after one or two miles when I am out cruising the ICW in NJ or the Delaware River.

I always look forward your knowledge and know how.

Stephen

2.5l motor is where it's at. I can tell ya that! That is optimal for balance and weight.

After running a 3L I would not go back to a smaller motor for all around performance. JMP

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Who owned the one at the salvage auction on long island? Had a 300 merc that's apart.

Do you guys remember building this Shadow. It was built in 1984 but is titled as a 85. I got it from Chris M who has owned it since 1987. I am working on getting it back to mint, although it is already in really good shape as it has always been stored inside and still is. It has a lot of custom work to the transom to handle the twin 260's. Also had twin 2.4's and started life as a single but Chris and Jimmy K did a ton of work on the boat. Cool to see the origin of this wonderful boat. It has a nice garage to live in as well and always will.

I really love the boat. Twin 260 ROS power.

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That boat is sweet! Have you run it? What speeds can it handle?

Hope to run it for the first time Friday. It is well over 90. Yust put two new tires on the trailer today as well as a new one on the spare. Going to Charlotte tomorrow for some expert help with it and a hull ding from the drive down fixed. We will see if I can handle it or not soon. :) If it is not a challenge, why have it?

It ran the first time in 3 or 4 years yesterday. Hits 80 at the drop of a hat. Less than half throttle 4800-5K RPM with 28 Merc cleavers on it. I have a set of 30's as well. The 260's are singing. Love the boat.

Hi everyone.. First of all, I'm new here.. And also new to the boating world.. Been curious for a while and found a boat I couldn't let get away.. The lines got me, to me it looks like a small cigarette. But, like I said I know nothing about boats. Anyways, read some of the posts and you guys know ALOT! so here I go.. I believe its a Hammond, was told its a 21' # RRH03198M83J. any and all info would be greatly appreciated..

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