Thats what Ive got! Im having some new dash panels made to cover up a few cracks in the dash and to rearrange the gauges (with new bezels) a little more to my liking.. once those come in, I'll put the indicators in also..

Im having absurd amounts of fun with this boat!

Just found this thread. Great stuff (no pun intended for those who really know the 24). Here are vids of my 24 from 86 with 2 different setups. First setup is 2.4's and the second is 200's. Boat was really light and fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNZ5eAjERGc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acNvtuHDJoM

One of the most fun classes I ever raced in was the APBA S class. For the most part we all had 24 Skaters with the same power, Merc 200's. Setups might have been a little different but it really came down to ability. And that ability was taking a light 24' boat and going into some big water on long courses. Top end speed did not mean a thing if you couldn't get through the big stuff. I consider myself very lucky that I got to race a Skater at the very beginning.

And live to tell about !!!!

Very cool! What Skater did you race? Have any pics you'd like to contribute to the thread?

These are GREAT videos!! Ive never seen them before! Thanks!

The boat was named Renegade. Obviously it's the boat in both videos. Believe it or not I only have one pic of the boat. I do have 4 or 5 videos. That's me waving at the helicopter.

We had a flood in our basement about 10 years ago and I lost a lot of my old race stuff.

Still love the 24's. They will always hold a special place for me.

When you were racing, did you ever race against another 24 named "Im Bad"?

I don't remember "I'm Bad". Where did they race out of? What class? I raced APBA and NPBA.

I actually raced one APBA race New Orleans in Modified (M) class. Probably not my best idea ever, but we were running against the big boys in a tiny boat. I believe we were the only 24' to ever run M class. We finished 5th, which back then wasn't too bad. Just couldn't keep up with guys like Special Edition, Luv It Again and some of the others.

http://i40.tinypic.com/2hs7k9s.jpg

This is really all i know about it!