1998 37 complete remake
 

After almost 2 years I got the boat out on the water. Was
a triple engine boat (white and purple with yellow drives)
Three 725hp motors pushed it about 110mph. GPS speedo
was not working, but twin 925hp motors turned 34" props
thru 1.26 B-max brives 5300rpms. Theres still more to go
Friends at the marina got some pictures will try to post them.

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nice paint

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More pics

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Is this the boat that was sitting in Oshkosh WI for a long time? Looks great! Good luck.

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Looks great. Enjoy it!

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The boat looks great!

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nice job!

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If the weather holds out will run Saturday with the GPS and start prop testing.

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BB725, the boat turned out great. Post more pic's if you get a chance. I would like to see how the interior and cabin ended up looking like. I was not sure when I seen the concept of how it was going to look, but from what I can see it turn out SWEET.

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108 mph hitting hard on the limiters need more prop. Trying
36" 4 blades and 34" 5 blades next week.

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Some more pics from Saturday

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Who ended up doing the final rerigging. It looks like they did a great job.

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Oshkosh Marine Center Gary Miesenberg

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bbb725 did you remove the center stringer.

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You Krazy Katz that boat was originally set up with triples. The center stringer in front of the 2 motors would either be removed or cut down so the 3rd motors oil pan would clear. My 37 was being painted at the same time that his was at the paint shop. From the way that boat looked 2 years ago it sure turned out nice. Rigging looks impeccable.

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Was your boat the one that made it in Powerboat when they did the story on Dean? Red, white and blue I think.

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10/4

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It was in the Hotboat article on Dean in the last couple of months. iwas told it was also in Extreme.

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It was Hot Boat wasn't it, Nice looking boat Dean did a great job on it.

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I was typing to fast. Hot Boat, Hot Boat, Hot Boat, Hot Boat, is that better? We will have to hook up next year on Lake Michigan. What motors and drives are you running.

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The boat came with HP500s, hurt one really bad at a poker run. The triple set up was 598ci 725hp hydraulic cam pump gas ran XZ drives without any problems for three years. Used the blocks destroked to 565 ci (the wipples can't handle any more ci) CMI build the headers for these motors pulled over 1000hp on the dyno detuned them to 925hp.
Have B-max poker run drives, currently putting IMCO lowers to get the props deeper in the water currently at almost 30% slip.

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Have you tried turning the props the other direction?

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This weekend

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Enough 4 Play. I past you a couple weeks ago coming out of the St Joe Pier Heads. You were heading out and we were heading in. Beautiful boat!!!! As well as she sounded great! You guys must have gotten a liitle wet from that rain that came in.

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It poured down rain and then the fog set in to make things really interesting. What were you running.

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Powerquest 26 Legend with purple, gray and yellow graphics. We made it about 200 yards from the dock when it came down. So much for keeping it nice and dry before I put it away.

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I have only taken the boat out on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin, will be out this weekend going to be cool (55-60) but sunny

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Boating season just ended for me. Ran the boat this pm and the starboard motor blew a head gasket. I was only running 5000 rpm when the gasket blew. Pulling the motor tonight will find out what happen. I guess there's always next year

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Sorry to here that, mine end 4 weeks ago when I hit some thing under the water and took a drive out.

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Copper head gasket blew out, Mercury is switching the 525s from copper to steel, I guess I'm doing the same

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Copper is old tech. Cometic is the way to go.
Merc is using cometic gaskets also.

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Now you tell me

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Are you Triple B? I think I ran with you in Oshkosh poker run a few years back. I remember Hot Rod with a lap top tuning your motors at the Pioneer gas dock??

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Thats my boat, haven't been in the Oshkosh run for a couple years, whats your boat?

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Me either but I know your boat was fast and I think you broke right before first stop in Appleton??

I had a 35 Fountain black and white named "Downtown"

Got a new 42 this year.

Anyone know where 'ole Hot Roddy boy is? Or is he just gone with the wind....

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The only poker run I have broken down in is Oshkosh (I've done the Key West run 3 times and alot of runs on Lake Michigan) packed the lower units with mud, blew a motor(hp500) and when you saw me on the north side of Winnebago, I was first there but blew the water line between drive and motor and filled the bilge. Rod has some legal issues he is currently dealing with right now. (taxes and customers) Just made a court appearance a couple of weeks ago plead not guilty. Performance Marine is no more, employees now run Oshkosh Marine out of the same facility

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who did your paint?

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saw the boat after the engines came out 2 summers ago....came out nice.

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Dean from The Art of Design.

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Hows those Bmax's holdin up for ya?