new boater in town
 

whats up everyone just bought my first boat 1988 23' regal velocity so any tips or whatever info you can give is well appreciated now all i have to do is wait till spring it cant get here soon enough

Congrats on your Velocity purchase. Welcome aboard! Post some pictures and tells us more.

Congrats on the boat purchase. Only tip that I can give is get some seat time and enjoy it! Post some specs and pics!

Congrats, Just Got Mine Last Summer (so No Tips From Me)..... Get Some Pics Up!!!!

Good luck with it and please give us some more info like power and some pics.

454 pics are coming soon

Welcome to the family!

here are a few pics of the boat

more pics to come
 

more pictures to come

That thing looks to be in good shape,good luck with it.:D

I had the same boat back in 1988. 454mag/Bravo. Boat will run upper 60's all day long...even low 70's light on gas with the right prop. It a great running boat and very economical to run. You can easily feel the boat come up on the pad at speed. The only negative is that they ride a bit hard in the slop due to the wide pad. Great cabin size for a boat that is only 23'5"!!!

Velocity 27, nice looking boat. It appears to have been well maintained!! Hope you enjoy it! :boat:

nice boat!!:cool-smiley-027: good luck!!

Looken good!

Congrats, I also purchased a Velocity and am itching to splash it. You will find the guys on board frendly and helpfull(for the most part),just kidding!! Andy...

Boat looks like it's in great condition.
Just got back to the house after a quick run on the St. Johns in my 260. Looks like you have two choices. One wait till spring or two trailer to Florida and have fun now......
Just kidding all you northern friends.
Best of luck with her....
(Pray for an early spring)

Good Choice Welcome

:offtopic: Insanity 342 That's a sweet setup in your avatar!! Yours I take it?!?

She a beauty good luck with it.

Awesome... I bought the same for my first boat! :) Just had her out Saturday for the first run!

Need to repair the gimble/bellows, but she'll be ready for next weekend again!

http://baycityrides.org/files/100_8968_small_375.jpg

http://baycityrides.org/files/100_8966_193.jpg

Thats a good working boat enjoy it.

anyone else have regal velocitys or have pics to post? lets see them!!

velocity27 - how big is your fuel tank and what sort of mileage are you getting? (I ask because i put in 30 gallons, and spent 3 hours on the water, and the fuel gauge hasn't really moved... i'm wondering if it's really working or not?)

I got the gimble bearing, bellows, and exhaust all finished up... the only thing left is a small power steering fluid leak, then she'll be 100% :)

It may be broke. But if its like most boats, it'll read full until its 3/4, then it will start to move. This means when you hit 1/4, you better be within swimming distance of a marina.

Fuel gauge looks to be working... i'm thinking it's a 42-45 gallon tank or so...

ALSO - Just saw the old movie "Cop and a Half" and the boat that Burt Renolds jumps is a Regal Velocity!! :) The Trailer is the best I can find right now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Que-7kzfSU

I believe velocity27's fuel tank has a sticker on top of the tank that says 59 gallons, but don't hold me to it. Its been a while since I worked on that boat. The sticker was located near the sending unit. Hope this helps.

If you slow down the last 10 seconds of that $hitty movie you can see the "PAD" in action, giving that boat lift.:D

its a 58 gallon tank sorry its taken me so long to get back to you been away for a while . and about the gas gauge mine doesnt start going down till i have about 3/4 tank in there then its a steady downfall .seems like it takes no time at all to use it up plus the guage i have is a VDO not sure if its the one that came with the boat so it kinda hard to read it still trying to figure out when i need to start looking for a gas pump