Noli- put up a pic of the floor supports and got the call today...engines are in!

Do tell !!!! More info needed !!!

The final choice was a pair of 250 Pro Xs's , should be a great set of motors for the boat :drink:

Hopefully have a pic this weekend!

Woohoo.

Congratulations!!!

We wanna see the engines :)

So can we have a weekend edition of SBTV?





noli

You may be looking at a X-mass boat ride !!!!

Gary...I wish!!

My target date is April 2009 for the first ride! I figure the hull itself will be done around end of December, then I need to make a final decesion on rigging, etc, and that will probably take 6-8 weeks depending on some variables, I pick the boat up around Mid March/Beg of april and then........probably spend lots of time trying to dial it in

Superboats race at Point Pleasant all the time; where have you been?
What does any of this crap have to do with the new 30cc being built anyway?

The boat build looks great!
I hope your going sit down seats with all of that power.

In the middle pic, why were the stringers cut ?
This is the area on the stringer aft of the battery flooring.






noli

Thank You Pat. If i'm not mistaken, Superboat placed 1st and 2 nd the last few years. How did Sad Boys do? We have world champion a few years straight( Specialised). What does Sad Boy Boats have? Find another thread to play around in.

[QUOTE=Pat McPherson;2980708]Superboats race at Point Pleasant all the time; where have you been?
What does any of this crap have to do with the new 30cc being built anyway?

The boat build looks great!
I hope your going sit down seats with all of that power
Pat, I agree with the sitdown seats. But it's Seans choice.

[QUOTE=FX10;2980754]it is coming out great!

Rick- was thinking today, if i went with sit down millenium and buckets, and we did a small rear facing bench seat or leaning post right behind them, might be cool. So kind of like cohens idea for the racing bolsters, but only use the buckets and then a bench behind it, which could also have some storage underneath it. Would give somone a place to sit and fish or just relax. Will give you a shout tomorrow to discuss

Only issue I see with millenium console (standing or sitting) is there inst a ton of room on their for all the gauges and vesselview I plan to do, could get real cluttered real fast

But the other old 70's style consoles i saw arent really in tune with the boat either

Good problems to have!

Now thats funny Rick.:grinser010:

its 'gel coat day' over at SB central, lots of hatch covers goign throuogh initial gel coating, and rumor has it the floor boards will be cut today....

Noli- talked to rick, these are so you can get behind the stringer to mount the trim tabs and run rigging if you wanted

Time for a quick poll.......

Trying to sort out seating, and wanted to get peoples opinions, here are current options:

#1- Go with stand up millenium console and stand up racing bolsters. John has a design in mind were the seat bottom would slide back if you wanted to do a true 'stand up' and it would slide under a rear facing bench he would put behind the bolsters. Would be a real nice set up, and give extra seating ( and a place to sit comfortably if you were fishing). I also prefer standing up when I drive, better sight lines and I can take the big blows in my knees as opposed to my messed up back. Big potential draw back is you are now standing or sitting pretty high on the boat, and the freeboard near the console is decent sized, but if I were standing, it is coming up to only about 6 inches above my knee....ie, a hard turn and you could put someone in the drink pretty quickly. Also not as aero dynamic

Option #2- Sit down millenium console with two forward facing bucket seats and a small rear facing bench or leaning post right behind the buckets- this would get me lower in the boat, and probably a more 'performance friendly' driving set up, and also give me some 'fishing seating' that people could sit on(being the rear facing bench). I dont plan on fishing much, but nice to have the option. A buddy recommended a rear facing seat that had a 'live well' in it for fishing, which could be cool. Big concern for me is taking the big blows sitting down....air shocks anyone ;)

Option #3- Sit down Millenium console with 4 bucket seats, all forward facing (hereafter known as the "Superbabi Plan"). I like this one, would give you four 'performance friendly' seats. At 70+ , the removable back bench along the transom wont have much useability , and a rear facing bench behind the buckets (option #2) wouldnt have much use either. Of course, you lose a decent fishing sitting spot

Option #4- Sit down Millenium console with 4 bucket seats, two forward facing and two rear facing (hereafter known as the "FX-10 Plan"). I like this one as well, would give you four 'performance friendly' seats. But I like that the two back seats would be rear facing, I think it would look good and as my buddy said when I mentioned it to him "cool....husbands facing one way, wives facing the other...works for me ":)

I am leaning towards either option #1 or option #4

If anyone has any thoughts, please feel free to post!

You're going with twin 250s and the boat is going to fly!
I'd want to be sitting in buckets with like 6+" of foam under my butt.
I would also not want to ride backwards so I don't like the rear facing idea at all.
No to 4 buckets either, that will look funny.
I'd go with two buckets and a removable bench back seat facing forward.

I dont think your going to know until the floor is in the boat and you do some trial fits. Narrow boats do rock abit more than something 8+ wide. Especially with the speed numbers your talking. I think they have both setups in stock.

I vote for option 1

it gives you flexibility, function, and would look really nice.





noli

Definitly agree, they are finishing up the one they were buildinf for stock now, so maybe do some fit testing on that one first

Sean, did you say FISHING ???:lolhit:

Yea...I feel shame :)

Just don't start telling us about " The Big One That Got Away " !!!!:lolhit:

Have you looked at any of the suspension systems for the sit down's ? I recall reading that at least one company has done a lot for the seats in the RIB's that the Navy uses for SEAL delivery.

Not sure if this is the company or not.. and it make take up too much space, but if your back really hurts...
http://www.ullmandynamics.com/atlantic.asp

and Recaro has something a little different..
http://www.recaro-maritime.com/uk/stoelzuil06.php

My ears were burning so I looked at Sean's thread right away...but did someone mention the "F" word in these threads?

Fishing:angry-smiley-038:Fishing

Nooooooo....






noli

Better get Sean a copy of this , before he goes FISHING.:lolhit:

Tough crowd...tough crowd!

I think this may just be a language barrier problem , "fishing" in ancient roman times meant "drinking large amounts of rum", I was just using some old school verbage :)

Ahhh you meant fishing-drinking.
I thought you said fishing-fishing.

Alright we'll call off the dogs then. ...buhahaha

Then I take it JC's quite the fisherman LOL

Sean, floor is all cut out. Need to glass the underside of them todat, and start glassing up the parts.

I like the Recaros, looks very functional.

And you can attach your own buckets to them.


Nice!






noli

Woohoo.

Looks like Rick's got the production line movin' today :)

I hope to get a glimpse with some D SBTV in the PM!




noli

Swung by the JC's and the factory today and things were cruising!

We did a small mock up at Jc's place of what a millenium console with buckets would look like and I liked the look and the seats were very comfortable. So leaning that way. He also had a 21' I/O with the millenium console (just a bench seat in it) and it felt a lot more comfortable then I thought it would, so still figuring things out, but leaning in the direction of two buckets and a small bench seat behind them

Look at what rolled into town this week. (thanks to George for sending me the pic).......

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/DSCF4073.jpg

The Late Show.....

woo hoo late nite Digtal SBTV.

Congrats! The engines are in, the engines are in :)

The parts are lookin' sth awesome :) :)


I came by the factory after leaving Ocean Outboard but no one was home...except for Kujo...the security dog :grinser010:



noli

Wow, you know there's nothin' like the smell of freshly baked and freshly delivered hi-rpm outboards...still in boxes!!!




noli

SBTV time?






noli

AHHHHHHHHHHH, Nice New Merc's !!!!!! Come on Rick/Sean, more PHOTOS !!!!:grinser010:

I'm sure Sean would have loved to see the motors. But they where piled in with a bunch of other motors, Getting them out would have been a pain in the a$$. Chips (Accurate Marine) a great guy and does fantastic work. I got my 225 Opti from him.

PHOTOS ..................PLEASE !!!!:grinser010: