Originally Posted by eight (Post 135884)

It seems to work fine. Takeoff is fine with 5 people aboard. Top speed was 41 mph and cruise 32 mph at 4000 rpm. Holds good on plane to 22 mph. With 20mph winds the water was rather rough. It was a completely dry ride and rather smooth given the 2' chop. It needs trim tabs as it leans much and using the outboard to lower the bow for a smooth ride is inefficient. Hydraulic steering would also be nice but adjusting the little fin should make it acceptable with cable steering.

Originally Posted by eight (Post 135654)

OK, I finally got some pics.

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Originally Posted by Steplift 72' (Post 135547)

There's nothing wrong with a 21' Mako. Their 20 footer rides hard and wet but there's enough deadrise on the 21' hull to make it ride great without too much roll.

Originally Posted by eight (Post 135655)

I will be adding a kicker. I mounted this 10hp short shaft sea king on the transom to see how one would fit. It does fit well and the motors would not hit once the steering is connected. It appears the short shaft may work but it probably needs a 20" shaft. I will be looking for something about 20hp.

I had a 9.9 yamaha 4 stroke on a 24 grady as the kicker. It worked better than a 25 hp 2 stroke on my v20. Check out the 4 strokes designed as kickers unless you have a big 2 stroke just laying around. Mine had a stainless linkage connecteing the kicker to the main motor that worked well too. You really don't want to hand steer a kicker from the motor well for 5 hours....been there and never want to do it again.

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Originally Posted by eight (Post 141761)

I finally got it out in the gulf last weekend. It was as smooth as I've seen it out of the jetties then picked up to 3-4' and too close together on the way out. Ride was great for a small boat, got it to fly once though. Barely beat a lighting storm on the way in, it opened up as we climbed into the truck. Ran about 70 miles on 48 gallons, including trolling most of the day. I put trim tabs on it about a month ago the they have really improved the ride. I really need to learn to take pictures.