XXX has just arrived in Florida from the fresh water of Georgian Bay and is available for sale. The boat is perfect and ready to go. 47 GTX sit down carbon fiber canopy boat.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o59962-en.html

Good luck on the sale Glenn. It's one bad ass ride

May see ya at the beach soon!

What's up with the carb roots motors? I have never heard of the engine builder. He may be excellent, I have just never heard of him. It's a a mean ride for sure and the money is right for that power.....but personally I would be looking for modern efi, whipple charged motors with knock protection at that power level. It's nice getting over 200 turn key hours at that power level between refresh intervals.

This boat being a 2005 and having the roots/carb set-up is not unheard of for the vintage. The screw blowers and e.f.i. stuff have really only come on in the last 5 years.

Dave has been around for a lot of years. Never heard a bad word about his work.

WESCO Racing Engines
Dave Wesseldyk
6742 18th Ave.
Jenison, Mi 49428
616-662-2250
http://www.wescoracingengines.com/

Ok, now I know who it is. I have always heard good things about Wesco as well. I didn't know who owned it. I am familiar with the boat. I think it originally had 1075 mercs in it. When they redid it, I just didn't understand why they would go backwards in technology at this level of boat. Carbed roots set ups are cheaper to build but they do not have the power and dependability that a well built whipple EFI with knock protection above the 1000hp mark. You will pay way more than the initial cost difference to build modern EFI with knock protection within the first 50 hours of use if you run a big power carbed roots setup hard.

Boat was built with big HP Sterlings (to make the record run). Then it got an early set of 1075's and would barely finish a poker run, towards the end it was blowing parts every time it left the dock. Owner traded it to Nortech for a new 44 cat. NT didn't know what to do with it so they repainted it/new interior and Shogren got involved with the re-rig/resale.

It is my understanding that this is what Wesseldyk is known for, I know of him doing this to a 46' BT, but still a very nice build. I fully understand the point you are making and it makes sense for sure.

That about sums it up. With all the price drops after the redo and new power, I was shocked how low it was down to before it sold! It was one hell of a deal!

How could that be? According to so many on this site Mercury Power never breaks.

They had alot of problems with the early 1075's. They worked out alot of the kinks as time went on. If they are converted over to hydraulic roller cams, and a couple of other updates they make super 200 hr packages . Eddie Young and Mark at Precision can freshen the 1075's up you will love them.

I assume since NT did the rework that these were originally 604 cube Ron Potter motors that Dave rebuilt. They look like Potters set ups.

I also have to give credit where credit is due. I have Teague 1100 quadrotors motors and they have been the most trouble free big power motors (if 1100hp is considered big power anymore) I have ever owned.