Bob , I hope your not dissapointed . You ran great speeds right out of the box , more speed will come .
What about offshore cleavers ? Any thoughts out there .
Enjoy your accomplishment , way cool boat .

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Here are some pics of the boat when I first brought it home.....

More....

Wow! You've come a long way.

Are your fuel tanks in front of the cockpit's forward bulkhead?

No, I mounted aluminum tanks 75 gal. ea. on the sides. Those were fuel cells/bladders that were mounted up in the front. I also had to widen the inside of the boat so the interior would fit with the tanks mounted their.

more pics....and pics of how i mounted tanks. If you look at the top pic you can see how narrow the top of the boat is about 3". Now look at the bottom pic where i monted tank and its about 8" wider.

Pic of buddy at the helm at Havasu...Gas station Havasu...

Great work!

Surely you've seen this vid , your boat in 1991 . At the end of this clip you notice how I slow down . We hit a submerged object broke the gimbal and lost steering . We didn't know why or what had happened from in the cockpit and continued on steering with the throttles . After the race when the boat was craned we saw the problem and were so lucky the bellow held . I'd have hated to swim the murky Hudson .
Who cut out the bulkheads ? Those were all carbon capped and the glass in the hull was also a carbon hybrid with a carbon strand every 12th one or thereabouts .
Have you weighed her yet ? I'm very curious , also repositioning the tanks is a good move in my opinion .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTNRZ...layer_embedded