Tuff Luck Summer
 

Hi Guys,
I haven't been to the board much lately...been fixing my boat again... :rolleyes:
Well they say bad thing happen in 3s; first my drive coupler, then I hit a long, last my engine blew up. :(
Got done patching her back together just in time for our Boyz only run to Block Island. :drink:
She ran flawlessly, so we're hoping she holds together for the last 6-8 weeks of the season... :eek:

So how is everyone else doing?

I hear ZZ is still testing props and may put her back up for sale.
Superbash, did I read you bought a 300?
Jcap and Fasteddie, how's the racing?
Dave, how's the new job? Buying a 30 anytime soon?
Dutra, if you and Super30 are doing a late season run, let me know...

Talk to you all later,

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Pat...I think I said this once before..."You are fast"! Sorry she blew. Any crate motor plan$? Definately sounds like you been real busy...300X still in transit.

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Hey Patrick,

It looks like I'm down for the season. Last week after a hard run, I came off plane and she died. I restarted to a terrible knock. The next day I pulled the plugs and cranked water out of the port side. I thought I got lucky, put the plugs back in and stil knocking BAD. F'IN merc exhaust! I will NEVER have stock merc exhaust agaain. I'm pulling the motor this week and having it opened up for a look. Once I find out what's up I will plan from there. I was seriously thinking about selling and going for the '30. Right now I am looking at giving the '24 a makeover. We'll see.

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Hey Bash,
I got lucky with my engine, I had a spare set of heads and the stock cam. It only cost me gaskets and a new timing set to get her back up and running. I am not sure what I'll do for next year; quite sure that I have to rebuild as a minimum...
Can't wait to here how yours runs with a 300X.

Sorry about your engine Dave.
When you do choose a new exhaust, go with something that has a dry riser joint. Gil, Stainless Marine, or headers...

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Dave...you have options :D

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Well guy's
This is how my summer went.
Memorial day - Went out with freinds and wife ,Blew head gasket on one motor. two weeks later out boating with buddy Bells and alarms go off.
found out oil pump started going south. got it fixed no damage to power head . Bad weather most weekends. went out last weekend stb. tachometer stopped working. found a bad wire connection. hope to finnish out the season with no malfunctions!!!!

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I got you all beat!! 4 powerheads :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: A old one broke,put on one that was good=scrap,another i got for 300=scrap,then i got a good one on and it runs real good,and were out cruisin fast and another one overheated badly,probally picked up a bag or something that cloged the pickup quickly :( :( :( but on the good side if you could think anything could be good after all that,i dropped one lowerunit,put on a set of 24 pitch props and it goes 58 on two,went 70 on 3!! Im not changing to twins or my name!! tripps ps i'll be out this weekend at democrat point sea ya

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Hey Pat
Ever hear of the Ct. River Run? Oct. 16th. I may hit it with a few of the L.I. Scream&Fly boys. Trailer up for the day. Haddam Meadows State Park? How long?

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No, I have not, but I'll do it with you.
My wife has family out your way in Baldwin???
Anyway, it takes us about 2hrs for us to get there.
Haddam Meadows is 5 miles north of me, so I'm guessing it would take you between 2-1/4 and 2-1/2 hours to trailer up.

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2 1/2 hrs not too bad. A few of the guys here did it last year. I"ll find out if it's definite. I'm trying to post the S&F link, under Events and Races.



http://forums.screamandfly.com/forum...threadid=54016

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Hey OH-ZONE
Just caught a glimpse of you know what in the classifieds...Going Bigger? Faster? Better???? Good luck selling. She looks like a cream puff with lots of xtras.

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Whats up Folks... Sorry to hear about all the casualties.. I myself had a fuel pump and a water pump which those of you who did the Claudios run know all about.. Not bad all in all. (knock wood) I just blew through 180 gallon$ of fuel on my vacation last week, it ws the BOMB!!

Pat, Definitely gonna hook up with sb30 for another run, we just havent decided where and when, SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME.

73 days til I make that walk!!

DEAD MAN WALKIN!

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From my other post:

Looks like the next trip will soon be to NY!! Can't wait - we are going to want to do a shake down run with some folks up there, hopefully the weather gods will continue to smile! Anybody in for another run to Miss Liberty? We would love to get photos of our boat in front of the Statue of Liberty before we head back to Texas. If all goes well we'll try to arrange it so we have a free Saturday in NY whenever JC says 'come get her'!!

I expect to do this at the end of September - any other ideas??

Keith

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Krak,
NY is easy for me...Just let me know the date you were planning to go and I'll join (except for Sept 26, I have a Triathlon race that day)...Chances are you WILL get stopped by the Coast Guard for routine checks. Its kind of freaky as they speed towards you with the machine guns on deck, but they are actually pretty cool about it. Just make sure your up on all your safety gear.

Hey SB30, Did you get that type IV throwable yet?

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Yes! I posted my boat in the classifieds! Also ran it in Newsday. All this talk is got me jones'in for a 30 Y2K. I was waiting to see if anyone was going to see it. I absolutely love my boat but my lifestyle is changing. Also stopped by to see JC and plant a seed if he knows of anyone in the market for my ride and also see the work in progress on the one he's building.

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With all these 30y2k's being built there should be some used ones available in a few years. :cool:

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Dutra,
Got the type IV throwable so I am ready for anouther Miss Liberty Run.

Krak,
The boat is comming along nicely, hopefully we can set something up for a run like you suggested.

SB30

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I am very interested in the Oct. 16th CT River Run. If anyone knows more let me know. I would like to meet some of you guys. I am starting to think bigger. Anyone looking for a pristine 2003 24' Superboat?

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It is the "6th Annual". Never been there. But last year looks like they had a big showing & good time (& 2 boats went under).

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I already told the wife not to plan anything for me on the 16th of October...
Hopefully I don't break my boat again! At least not before then.

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OK...That was easy.

-We got rained out for our little WED NITE thing tonite, but I wanna definately check out the river on the 16th.

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I'll sell my boat, 58K with trailor, with new HP38100 Vortech motor, has new Ultra Suade cushions in cabin, seat & V Birth, or with HP500 efi 55K,

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Just went out. -BLOWIN' LIKE CRAZY-.The only other boat out there (besides windsurfers) was JC in jr.'s 30 & me. I just put the cam away...woulda made a great shot... sh*t!



-Another victim.