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Got boat out last week for another trial. Got GPS going. A 20' Javelin with a 115 Yamaha will push 38mph with me, Ricky and most of my gear. I was really surprised at the performance. It hops right up and runs just as fast as my old boat which was 4' shorter!!!! Old boat was narrower and had a deeper draw. This hull is a faster hull and that really helps. Can't wait to get this thing fishing.
Cool! We're coming to fish I-Town on the 20th and 21st.
Ed you have a sweet looking tub there with that Javelin. I know that hull is built for speed. My friend has one with his souped up 150 Yamaha that he used to race with . Thing would do 97mph !
CF would have crappie drawers if he hit 97mph!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dustdew1
Very nice job
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Im sure 97 would feel like one little ripple on the water would send You airborne. I would not mind getting her up to 60 or 65 but much over 70 and Your face gets blown off. How about 90 in 35 degree air! that sounds refreshing!CFQuote:
Originally Posted by Dustdew1
Ihe only thing You would see at Pembroke at 97 is the top of a cypress tree cause that is where You would be sitting.CFQuote:
Originally Posted by bhgammon
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Originally Posted by crappiefarmer
In 1968, I rolled a snowmobile at 65mph at 30 below zero; cracked my helmet, and got banged up a bit. The next morning, everything on me hurt like hell. They say that snow is softer than water, so my advice is: you're too old to try that trick.
I got stuff screwing up in my world enough on its own. I don't need to help it out being stupid!CFQuote:
Originally Posted by bhgammon
Found some pics from about a year ago of the front casting deck on My project. I had just yanked the carpet and was planning to prep for bed liner material when I found this and knew I had a new nightmare to deal with. Took two weeks but fixed her up right.
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Finding out there was rot there, I started cutting a small area that got bigger and bigger until I saw about a quarter of the front part of the deck was rotton and the oly way to make it look right would be to cut all the way across so thats what I did. Then glassed and screwed in some cleats for the new deck wood to fit in on. Had to do some figuring on the cleats and used strips of fiberglass cloth to shim the cleats so that the new plywood would lay level.
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Had some Plywood left from where I had made my floors out of that had a layer of 1 1/2 oz glass already resined in. Took the cut out and used like a stencil. Cut with a jig saw and then completely sealed all surfaces with resin. Layed in the cutout hole on the cleats and after a little edge work in a couple spots with the grinder, got a tight fit. after that, I checked with a straight edge for any dips. Had to cut out a few pieces of cloth to lay like a topo map to get it level. After this pic, I put two layers of 1 1/2 oz mat over the whole piece and now You can't even tell I did it. turned out great.
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I had also put some fir 2X4 braces under the deck to strengthen it. You can dance on that thing now and it don't move.