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Lee 04-06-2015 03:45 PM

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Thanks Brian :D
Cockpit looks a little different now, here are some pics of the cockpit and the "cabin" before.[ATTACH=CONFIG]539531[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]539532[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]539533[/ATTACH]

kelsob 04-06-2015 05:48 PM

Haha sorry about the delay but this is the boat I was trying to tell you guys about. He's asking 45,000 fresh 496 with a blower. 6 blade hering prop. Lee you have to open a faceblab account lol

Lee 04-06-2015 06:49 PM


Originally Posted by kelsob (Post 4288586)
Haha sorry about the delay but this is the boat I was trying to tell you guys about. He's asking 45,000 fresh 496 with a blower. 6 blade hering prop. Lee you have to open a faceblab account lol

LOL, I hate everything about Facebook......
There are many things unique about this boat as compared to the other single 32's, it was designed and built from the mold up with one purpose in mind.
It has 11 stringers in the engine compartment, 4 forward stringers, a side stringer around the inside perimeter of the hull sides and it used to have 5 bulkheads in the cabin before the redo.
All extra Vinyl Ester resin was scraped up during layup to reduce weight, deck is lightweight and Plexus bonded and glassed to hull.
Hull bottom was built extra thick to blueprint the last 6' and remove the hook, 110 gal gas tank has a 3/4" wedge under the front, everything was weighed and balanced during assembly.
With a out of the crate stock untouched HP500efi it went 79.6mph on GPS with a 28" Bravo I prop.

TracyRR 04-06-2015 09:51 PM

Great pics! Cool history too. Thanks for sharing Kelsob and Lee!

Knot 4 Me 04-07-2015 07:48 AM

I believe I saw this boat in person on display during on of the Sunsation Rallies back in the early 2000's. Very cool.

Knot 4 Me 04-07-2015 07:53 AM


Originally Posted by Lee (Post 4288619)
LOL, I hate everything about Facebook......
There are many things unique about this boat as compared to the other single 32's, it was designed and built from the mold up with one purpose in mind.
It has 11 stringers in the engine compartment, 4 forward stringers, a side stringer around the inside perimeter of the hull sides and it used to have 5 bulkheads in the cabin before the redo.
All extra Vinyl Ester resin was scraped up during layup to reduce weight, deck is lightweight and Plexus bonded and glassed to hull.
Hull bottom was built extra thick to blueprint the last 6' and remove the hook, 110 gal gas tank has a 3/4" wedge under the front, everything was weighed and balanced during assembly.
With a out of the crate stock untouched HP500efi it went 79.6mph on GPS with a 28" Bravo I prop.

That is impressive! The first time I met Wayne, which was around Oct. '02 if memory serves, he was laying under a boat extending the strakes. I always wonder what boat that was.

Lee 04-07-2015 01:29 PM

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I believe I met you there, did you buy the first 43'?

Looking at this pic you can see where we offset the helm towards the center of the boat a couple of inches, it was not so noticeable with the original 5 man set up.

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Knot 4 Me 04-07-2015 01:39 PM


Originally Posted by Lee (Post 4288932)
I believe I met you there, did you buy the first 43'?

Looking at this pic you can see where we offset the helm towards the center of the boat a couple of inches, it was not so noticeable with the original 5 man set up.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]539569[/ATTACH]

No, my buddy John (Mentalpause) bought the first F-4. I accompanied him to all the rallies he attended along with multiple trips to the factory when the F-4 buck was being constructed. I also saw the first, failed Innovator bottom when it was being constructed. It had a single, large step and a rounded keel if memory serves. I remember Wayne would not let Frank (the owner) drive the boat on the rally as it was too squirrely. We ran with Frank on his second Innovator that had the bottom that now resides under the S, SS, SSR, and XRT 32's.

Lee 04-07-2015 04:15 PM

Ok, Maybe it was John that I met. I remember Frank, very nice guy, we tested the very first 32' to have HP500's a couple days before Christmas one year wearing snowmobile helmets because it was 30degs outside.

Boatdrinks33 04-08-2015 03:30 PM

Lee, I own this boat and in the process of selling it. Glad you posted these pics, it was cool to see some history.


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