Where are all the p29's and what power ?
07-18-2011 | 09:52 AM
#291
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From: Oshkosh, WI
P-29 #5
Todd,
Steve is correct - the 5 in the serial number confirms it. You should also have gotten an authenticy certificate with the boat. I transfered that to the new owner when I sold it. It is a cert from Wellcraft that says it is #5. Some interesting things about the boat. I had the good fortune to run the boat with the engineer from Mercury that had a lot to do with the design of the Black Hawk surface drive. Not many v-hulls will work with those drives - the hull was set up for it. A little trick to gain 1 or 2 mph on top end is to dip the K-Planes in (just tap the down button) so they are just hitting on the ends. It makes the hull think it's longer and lifts the transom out. Only works on 2 foot chop or less. Those drives both have the bigger, stronger top end Bravo gears in them (assuming they are the same ones when I sold it). Wish I could afford the boat again - I miss it. Used to run across 4 footers on Winnebago all day - that's where the P-29 wanted to be and handled awesome. It stayed level, landed flat and did not come out of the water all the time like a conventional trimmed Bravo since the Black Hawk was already out of the water by 7 inches more. Saved a lot of wear and tear on the throttle arm and the lower units.
Steve is correct - the 5 in the serial number confirms it. You should also have gotten an authenticy certificate with the boat. I transfered that to the new owner when I sold it. It is a cert from Wellcraft that says it is #5. Some interesting things about the boat. I had the good fortune to run the boat with the engineer from Mercury that had a lot to do with the design of the Black Hawk surface drive. Not many v-hulls will work with those drives - the hull was set up for it. A little trick to gain 1 or 2 mph on top end is to dip the K-Planes in (just tap the down button) so they are just hitting on the ends. It makes the hull think it's longer and lifts the transom out. Only works on 2 foot chop or less. Those drives both have the bigger, stronger top end Bravo gears in them (assuming they are the same ones when I sold it). Wish I could afford the boat again - I miss it. Used to run across 4 footers on Winnebago all day - that's where the P-29 wanted to be and handled awesome. It stayed level, landed flat and did not come out of the water all the time like a conventional trimmed Bravo since the Black Hawk was already out of the water by 7 inches more. Saved a lot of wear and tear on the throttle arm and the lower units.
10-06-2011 | 08:46 AM
#292
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Mark,
When you get time give me a call on my mobile.
Thanks!
Todd M. Sutton
Smith Auto Sales & Leasing
1113 West Maumee Street
Angola, IN 46703
260.665.3440 (Office)
260.665.3399 (Fax)
260.760.8633 (Mobile)
www.smittysusa.com
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When you get time give me a call on my mobile.
Thanks!
Todd M. Sutton
Smith Auto Sales & Leasing
1113 West Maumee Street
Angola, IN 46703
260.665.3440 (Office)
260.665.3399 (Fax)
260.760.8633 (Mobile)
www.smittysusa.com
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11-28-2011 | 09:42 AM
#294
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From: Ardmore, OK
The first P29 I have seen was in Fort Worth, TX at Eagle Mountain Lake. I think it was Heath's boat that originally came from Georgia....the boat sold to a young guy who runs it around DFW and on Texoma. It was very eye catching to see the rooster tails it threw up. It still had the original 350's and blackhawks.
