Surface drive on 24?
 

Has anyone ever run a surface drive on a 24? I know of a pair forsale i can buy cheap. Just didnt know how the set up would be on my 24. Any info would be great! Thanks

I heard that it causes the boat to lean over to one side on such a small hull

Why don't you put the pair of surface drives on a full staggered smallblock set-up! If it works, I'd like to take a ride and copy what you've done! What a rush that would be!

Closest thing I've seen is a 26 sunsation ??? In swap shop with surface drive.
Can prob still find it with a little search. It was listed within the past 6 months

Its been done ! I'm doing it on my 24 and there has been 18 and 22 Donzi's with them . They are all over the place !
If I hadn't already bought mine I would be all over this boat http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa/3278151884.html . Pick that baby up and you have everything you need to complete the setup . And look at the boat , their using static tabs .. If your using one off a pair , use the left hand so it counter acts the torque of the motor .

bought a 30ft formula with twins! And k planes!! 1,000 bucks pick it up tomorrow. everything is there minus one tranny. pumps steering etc is all there. Just not sure of the x dimension.

And these are KAAMA drives also. Think im wasting my time?

Hell NO ! Rock on ! All you'll need is a trolling motor you can put on and take off easily so you can get the boat up to the dock because with a single Kaama you can hang up any lateral movement .

haha! That bad huh? The current up here is awful

Your other option is to go to a rodeo school and learn how to lasso really good .

WIESMAN make's a surface drive with a duro prop that would be awesome for a single engine boat .
" it will take away the lean "

mike

hmm, wish i could get some more info on these. Id hate to go through all the work and hate it.

The Weismann is 30K and there are NO used ones on the market can't tell you how I know this but trust me ... Does that help you make you mind up ?

Is that the old blue formula that was on c/l in mass a while ago -had a name on it but cant remember it

Nope. A friend of mine had this hull and wanted to scrap it. So i told him i'll gladly take it!
Its pouring here buy i managed to snap a few pics. the paint is almost totally gone off them, but they're in pretty decent shape. A little sand blasting and powder coat they'd look great. The boots seem to be in ok. What are these things worth?

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I'd go on the formula board and search for info-
i have nice 30' scarab-s just needs power/drives if your interested -located in maine

Thanks man, but i have the 24 pantera im doing over

Are the exh. Tips in the pic of the hull salvageable - i need some for my project

Yep, in good shape. where in maine are you located?

JEFFERSON, 15 MI EAST OF AUGUSTA
IF YOU KNOW AYBODY LOOKIG FOR NICE PROJECT THIS 30 IS NICE, I BOUGHT IT FOR THE TRAILER BUT ALL UP IT MAYBE MORE THAN I CAN TOW.
FULL INTERIOR AND MOST THE BITS AND PEICES TO PUT IT TOGETHER
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Those drives would be awesome on our Sutphen. Maybe a pair will turn up one day.

well stick around. Maybe ill change my mind about using them.

krisx125 I was talking to Jo and he told me his dad had built a 24 with a Kaama on it when he was little . He couldn't remember much about it but you know Pepe loves to talk and maybe if you can get him on the phone he might be able to talk setup with you .

Sweet! i'll have to call them this week. Im totally pumped about this. Just the fact that you dont see many surface drives around where i am. And I sent a few pictures to my buddys and they all had no clue what they were LOL! Cant wait to go screaming by the beach next year with a massive rooster tail. Im freshening up a worked 420 i had. My machinest swears its around 450-475hp. Any idea what speed I would see?

Thats a little low on the Hp for a surface drive but you should be in the 75-80 range and I would think the roster would fly from start to finish

Its not that Bad. I have no issues maneuvering my Kaama boat around the dock. it will take some getting use to however.

You have twins don't you ?

Yes. But the principle remains the same

Time to fill in my transom....And figure out my X dimension...