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I think the min height above the w/line for a through hull/Donzi exhaust is 18" it maybe 2'......
some buddies a few years ago had all sorts of troubles about that, cost a new motor....350 chebby....
The boat looks nice, but it's the hidden 'rust' like on a old shark.....wood rot on the deck, and maybe the hull, it should have mahogany on the stringers, and so almost rot proof, note the word should....
the back transom can also be a problem area....
the deck plywood is obvious....marine ply is not cheep...
but still, 2500 is a NICE buy....
I think the min height above the w/line for a through hull/Donzi exhaust is 18" it maybe 2'......
some buddies a few years ago had all sorts of troubles about that, cost a new motor....350 chebby....
The boat looks nice, but it's the hidden 'rust' like on a old shark.....wood rot on the deck, and maybe the hull, it should have mahogany on the stringers, and so almost rot proof, note the word should....
the back transom can also be a problem area....
the deck plywood is obvious....marine ply is not cheep...
but still, 2500 is a NICE buy....
Everything seems to be pretty solid. The floor has 1 soft spot in the removable piece in the center where the fuel tank is. This piece was actually removed when i went to look at the boat and everything under it looked good, a little slimey and dirty but good. I did notice that most wood in the floor is cover in fiberglass resin and the water seem to have just ran off it. There was no cracks (no stress cracking) anywhere in the hull. The transom also looked to be in really good shape from what I could see of it. The only issue that had me concerned was the center window on the walk through would not close. It was overlapping the other window and I was concerned about that. I looked really close and could not find any reason other than the window had been bent a little to cause this problem. If the hull would have twisted that much to make the window not shut I am for certain there would have been some stress cracks.
I think the min height above the w/line for a through hull/Donzi exhaust is 18" it maybe 2'......
some buddies a few years ago had all sorts of troubles about that, cost a new motor....350 chebby....
The boat looks nice, but it's the hidden 'rust' like on a old shark.....wood rot on the deck, and maybe the hull, it should have mahogany on the stringers, and so almost rot proof, note the word should....
the back transom can also be a problem area....
the deck plywood is obvious....marine ply is not cheep...
but still, 2500 is a NICE buy....
Everything seems to be pretty solid. The floor has 1 soft spot in the removable piece in the center where the fuel tank is. This piece was actually removed when i went to look at the boat and everything under it looked good, a little slimey and dirty but good. I did notice that most wood in the floor is cover in fiberglass resin and the water seem to have just ran off it. There was no cracks (no stress cracking) anywhere in the hull. The transom also looked to be in really good shape from what I could see of it. The only issue that had me concerned was the center window on the walk through would not close. It was overlapping the other window and I was concerned about that. I looked really close and could not find any reason other than the window had been bent a little to cause this problem. If the hull would have twisted that much to make the window not shut I am for certain there would have been some stress cracks.
That 'slime' business there kinda bothers me a bit, and the window alignment issue... makes me wonder about the deck wood, just because it's covered in glass means very little, really, water wins, no matter if it's a house roof, boat wood, plumbing, even stone looses in time....being a older boat I would be surprised if that deck was actually solid.....maybe have someone look at it while you walk over it....
:friends:
I think the min height above the w/line for a through hull/Donzi exhaust is 18" it maybe 2'......
some buddies a few years ago had all sorts of troubles about that, cost a new motor....350 chebby....
The boat looks nice, but it's the hidden 'rust' like on a old shark.....wood rot on the deck, and maybe the hull, it should have mahogany on the stringers, and so almost rot proof, note the word should....
the back transom can also be a problem area....
the deck plywood is obvious....marine ply is not cheep...
but still, 2500 is a NICE buy....
Everything seems to be pretty solid. The floor has 1 soft spot in the removable piece in the center where the fuel tank is. This piece was actually removed when i went to look at the boat and everything under it looked good, a little slimey and dirty but good. I did notice that most wood in the floor is cover in fiberglass resin and the water seem to have just ran off it. There was no cracks (no stress cracking) anywhere in the hull. The transom also looked to be in really good shape from what I could see of it. The only issue that had me concerned was the center window on the walk through would not close. It was overlapping the other window and I was concerned about that. I looked really close and could not find any reason other than the window had been bent a little to cause this problem. If the hull would have twisted that much to make the window not shut I am for certain there would have been some stress cracks.
That 'slime' business there kinda bothers me a bit, and the window alignment issue... makes me wonder about the deck wood, just because it's covered in glass means very little, really, water wins, no matter if it's a house roof, boat wood, plumbing, even stone looses in time....being a older boat I would be surprised if that deck was actually solid.....maybe have someone look at it while you walk over it....
:friends:
Good points.
I miss having a boat.
Building an airboat presently, then will start looking for another fixed hull.
Check it out closely. Now is the time to find the wood problems, not 20 miles off shore
I think the min height above the w/line for a through hull/Donzi exhaust is 18" it maybe 2'......
some buddies a few years ago had all sorts of troubles about that, cost a new motor....350 chebby....
The boat looks nice, but it's the hidden 'rust' like on a old shark.....wood rot on the deck, and maybe the hull, it should have mahogany on the stringers, and so almost rot proof, note the word should....
the back transom can also be a problem area....
the deck plywood is obvious....marine ply is not cheep...
but still, 2500 is a NICE buy....
Everything seems to be pretty solid. The floor has 1 soft spot in the removable piece in the center where the fuel tank is. This piece was actually removed when i went to look at the boat and everything under it looked good, a little slimey and dirty but good. I did notice that most wood in the floor is cover in fiberglass resin and the water seem to have just ran off it. There was no cracks (no stress cracking) anywhere in the hull. The transom also looked to be in really good shape from what I could see of it. The only issue that had me concerned was the center window on the walk through would not close. It was overlapping the other window and I was concerned about that. I looked really close and could not find any reason other than the window had been bent a little to cause this problem. If the hull would have twisted that much to make the window not shut I am for certain there would have been some stress cracks.
That 'slime' business there kinda bothers me a bit, and the window alignment issue... makes me wonder about the deck wood, just because it's covered in glass means very little, really, water wins, no matter if it's a house roof, boat wood, plumbing, even stone looses in time....being a older boat I would be surprised if that deck was actually solid.....maybe have someone look at it while you walk over it....
:friends:
Good points.
I miss having a boat.
Building an airboat presently, then will start looking for another fixed hull.
Check it out closely. Now is the time to find the wood problems, not 20 miles off shore
OLD mechanic friend of mine from up north had a ~27? foot aluminum John boat/flat bottom style airboat....500++ ci Caddy engine some 600 hp....
100 mph over water here in Florida....he used to tow it south..:
Good points.
I miss having a boat.
Building an airboat presently, then will start looking for another fixed hull.
Check it out closely. Now is the time to find the wood problems, not 20 miles off shore
OLD mechanic friend of mine from up north had a ~27? foot aluminum John boat/flat bottom style airboat....500++ ci Caddy engine some 600 hp....
100 mph over water here in Florida....he used to tow it south..:
That's about what I'm building now.
Have the Cadi motor, and everything from the helm to the rudders.
Was trying ot find the "right" hull, then decided, to hell with it, I'll just have it custom built.
Looking at a 20-22' with hydraulic rake to load offload.
It's primary function will be that of a rescue and emergency services support craft.
Man, I'm surprised?
There's a LOT of airboat activity along that coast and inland, and DiamondBack Airboats is right there.
Our team is currently having them build another rescue boat for us.
Another 20' w/hydraulic rake (FWC just took posession of one just like it).
Since we're a non-profit, this one was paid for by a philathropic organization grant:thumbs:
Mines out of pocket.
Trying to get everything in order and sea-trialed, before we get smaked with another Andrew or Katrina
Might have been. Again, a lot of AB activity up in there.
LOL-Sounds like it. Glad you guys had a good time
There's not a lot of room for error on these things, and they're unstable as hell (lol).
For open water....uh, no thanks...not on the airboat:nuts: They don't handle wave heights for chit (lol).
When we gte the 2 new boats in the water, if you guys find yourself headed for the Tampa area, give me a shout.
We'll be happy to take ya on another little tour of the local rivers and sawgrass
