I just added on to my fleet of boats. I just acquired a new go fast boat.

I just got the boat back from Fiberglass shop. The sunpad lid came out great.I now need to get a cushion made for it. I popped a powerhead last time I was out & now have a new used one on it. I just got it back up & running today. I hope to take it on a sea trial this weekend & then over to the east coast the following weekend. I will get some pictures here tonight.

Keep me posted if you're out and about over here.
 

We need to hook up.

Hey there Gary, We are trying to plan a trip to Sebastion at end of the month not sure if Saturday or Sunday. Yeah , we need to meet up. How is your boat doing? talk to you soon.

Craig

Excellent.
 

I thought I saw some where that you guys were talking about a east coast get together. Boat is running great. (knock on wood :party-smiley-004:)

I just got back from a great trip. I took the boat from Clewiston "west side of Lake Okeechobee " to the Gulf of Mexico & back in 1 day. It was a 180 mile round trip. The boat ran Flawlessly.

We need to get all of these big twin+ engine egg beater boats together for a weekend!!

post some current pics

here are current pics

Now thats a badass rig. Old school lines and tripps on the back!

Looks good Craig.

See you at River Ranch in a couple wks. Assuming I don't blow something up first ; )

May be in your area this wk too. I'll look you up if so.

I bought this Midnight from Craig and am in the middle of restoring it. I'll start another thread but there is also one on donzi.net. with the progress so far.

All the fiberglass work is done. New coring on the old engine room floor, new gussets, bulkheads, cockpit floor, fuel tanks, seats etc. Painter just finishing the dash but the new stripes are re-done in the original pattern, Dark grey, medium grey and silver.
I have to renew my membership, can't post pics.

paint preview
 

here are a couple of the new stripes, paper still on the deck for the dash paint.

Here are some before pics and a quick recap of work done.

Old dash, new dash in progress.

Looking good.
Is the starfire in the water yet this season?

Hey Rob, couple times, trying to get out again soon. Glazed it and waxed it up. Saw your Pantera at Tom's a little ways back, all good?

Here's the latest on the dash

ME is coming along nicely. Been keeping up on donzi.net too.
Tom had my boat for a few days for some minor upgrades.
Tried going to BOCA Sunday, but there's only one dock now and there were 2 large boats tied up. :(
Hope to see you out there!

Next time just tie up at the Crabshell, have a beer, and walk next door to Boca.

Here is the latest.

Sorry, don't know why the 3 pics rotated.

Another try. Here is one of the side storage and folding step.

Marshall what a transformation! ..........all the details coming together in a very well thought out restoration!!......who's doing the upholstery?........very sharp!

Did you stop the wood from going all the way to the Keel when Re-doing the Transom?? I Like it..... I try to Preach this to people all the time... If there's no wood at the Drain plug hole it Can't Rot..... Good Job...... (Stripes look good too :) )

Scippy - I have multiple shops working on the upholstery. I used a car resto shop for the dash stuff which I'm happy with, it matches the stripe color in the buckets Thanks, I think it looks sharp too. I hope to take it out of the shed today and clean it up a bit so I will try to get more pics.

fast - Yes, the transom coring stops 5-6" from the keel and there was a good 2" of solid resin between the original layup and the new coring. The rest of the boat we used nidacore so there is no wood near anything structural. How do you like your old stripe design? The new grey twist on the design looks cool imo.

- M

Here is the debut of the new paint, took her out of the shed and cleaned her up.

Looking great!!! Good job keep it up!

Thanks, trying to make it down to Key West this year. Hopefully start mounting/rigging next week.

What are you going to put on the back for power?

A pair of freshly rebuilt Promax 300's

Got the jackplates and motors mounted, trim tabs next.

Intotwins - you turn your props outward? Just looking ahead...

Sorry just saw this. Mine turn out.

Here's a buddy of mines 32. Its in KW every yr.

http://i1344.photobucket.com/albums/...pspdycsr89.jpg

Any new updates?

Progress has been slow this summer...Rigging in progress, tabs are mounted, steering lines run, battery wiring etc. Main setback has been with interior/ upholstery work, meeting with new guy this week.

Skater - I would love to talk to your friend about his 32', not many out there. Does he still have it powered with 300's?

Thanks - Marshall

Ask me what you want to know. He really doesn't know much. Still has the 300 Vrods spinning a 4 blade 23. Boat runs 72 all loaded.

I'm surprised at 23"pitch, do verado's have 1.75:1 gears? I was thinking I would need 26-27" pitch. You know what his fuel cap is? Was his always an OB boat?

Any more pictures?

Thanks

long time coming... great work... i guess theres not much ol school rides out there... im looking to buy one/ bring one back to life.... the new M.E. arent the same, period...😩...

Thanks, its been a big project. Not many of these Midnights around as far as I can tell. Only 12-15 or so were made I think and I've only seen/heard of 4. Seems like there are a couple 37's around. What size boat/project are you looking for? Always plenty of 27 Magnum sports out there.