Who is putting in the guages, motors ??? Better light a fire under you knows azz before June 2009 comes and goes.

Noli....Whos rigging it? have you decided on and located power? June is pretty optimistic if you dont have all of that solidified at this time of year....

i cant wait to see this thing done....

The engines will be 2 of these:

This is a better pic. I've located 2 from Jaco Marine. Someone in this thread told me about it and they truly are the cheapest engine dealer I think in the country. Don't know who's rigging it yet.

noli, did you buy the Mercs ??

not yet. I'm stuck and can't decide between hi-octane[300XS/350Sci] engines and 87 octane engines.

If I go to a distant port or marina, I won't be guaranteed the availability of hi-octane fuels.

The 34 is being fitted now on a Nextrail trailer over at the factory. I saw this trailer being used for the jet boat. This trailer looks promising [crossing my fingers right now ]. Never really used anything other than the tried and true EZLoader trailers. We'll just have to see.


What do you think about my fuel-octane dilema?

Talk to the Merc. Rep. ask if you can put a couple bottles of 104 Octane Booster in the tank if you can only get 87 at some boat docks. Get those motors so you can do some 2009 boating !!!:grinser010:

noli, any updates ?? are you going to splash in 2009 ??

Sorry I haven't been able to update you guys. The 34 is now on top of my trailer, a NEXTTRAIL trailer. Had them deliver it at the end of March. At first I was gonna bash NEXTTRAIL cause I thought the trailer would be tough to adjust to try to fit a stepped bottom boat. I was wrong[plus there is no bashing at OSO]. The trailer has so many possible adjustments that one can do, that the trailer turned out to be a nice fit for the 34.

Work done on the trailer so far were:
* turn the timber upside down to use the flat side and not the
beveled side
* cut the timber to match the step
* move the winch stand forward to allow for the 34 to be
moved forward
* staple on the custom cut timber carpeting
* remove the vertical boat guides
* fabricate a wider base stand for the winch post to allow for
moving the winch futher forward.


I also thought that the boat would sit high on the trailer since the axles were not bent as are common on boat trailers and the timbers were set to its maximum height...but after allof the adjustments, the 34 sits nice and low.

Many thanks to Rick, as he was instrumental in getting this custom work done.

I will have pics of the rig by the weekend!!!


Oh, to answer your question:

no the 34 will not splash in '09. Pray with me that it happens in 2010 :)



For the remainder of '09...the 34 will be cleaned, shrink-wrapped and stored for the winter...



noli

noli, keep us posted on any updates !!!! And yes, no one is better than Rick over at Superboat !!!!