zavier24

Ok good im glad im not the only one. Not all templates come with a jig?

tomas_wallin

No, the pad might be a good thing in really high seas but I doubt it's that great in the flat/chop.

I think there's some pics in my Pantera Racing thread.

OCCJoe

iTrader: (13)

Tomas is being modest , His 24/7 has set the precedence for all 24/7's being that he has done over 80 with only a 496 . I think Tomas builds missiles in the UK for his regular job and used that technology to reshape the bottom of his boat .
The delta pad is beter then no pad at all but not as good as a flat pad parallel to the bottom of the boat . The delta pad has a slight rocker shape to it and thats what causes the porpoise in flat water . In chop, slop or at full speed it will ride fine . Mine felt great at full speed as long as the water was nasty but if it was slick out it would scare the $hit out of you .
If your to the point of cutting your transom you need to save bottom mods for next winter and keep moving forward .

tomas_wallin

Hahaha

I have done even more work on the bottom now and hopefully I'll gain a mph or two.

And it's Sweden, not the UK

zavier24

I might have to agree with OCCJoe about Tomas hahaa
Tomas I found your thread but none of the pictures were popping up I don't know why. But I guess you must have done something right down there to get the results you've gotten! I would love to see some pics or videos of the boat running

zavier24

And the hook is where exactly on the hull, the pad itself?

OCCJoe

iTrader: (13)

Not hook ( Rocker ) ! Put a long straight edge along the bottom of the boat and you will see what we are talking about . Here's Tomas's page he's got a few videos of his boat running https://www.youtube.com/user/tommmas1979/videos . Tomas I think when your done we need to splash that hull

tomas_wallin

Yeah, I linked those pics from Facebook for some reason and it's not working any more.

I put in some of the pics and a few new ones a while back:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/3864589-post70.html

zavier24

Ok great will do that tmm to see about the hook and thanks for the pics guys. I can't wait till tmm so I can try and find out everything I need to find out. If all goes well and I don't fall asleep after work in the morning it should be a productive day since I'm also painting the boat by Tuesday

vintage chromoly

iTrader: (3)

Hey z. I'm going to drill out my holes and cut for the drive in a minute here.

I've decided to go with a conservative 17" x dimension.


I also have a paper template and after buying the jig, I see why It's a "must" for properly drilling and cutting the hole.

If you want the paper template, shoot me your addy and I'll send it to you for free.

Later bro, rob.