3/4 of the way through a 73' steplift rebuild!

[willy]

Nothing Illogikal about that, two recommendations though, first put a couple of super models in bikini's inside and take some shots, better yet invite me to Long Island and I will take them for you.
Before we bloody the deck of course.

Very nice, well done

[tsubaki]

Dang, I like the way that thing looks and floats!
Very nice!
Post more pictures!

[phatdaddy]

if that's 3/4 done, i can't wait to see the finished product. looks good

[Illogikal99]

Originally Posted by tsubaki

Dang, I like the way that thing looks and floats!
Very nice!
Post more pictures!

I need more pics in the water. Maybe a few from the dock or another boat when I'm at WOT! I don't even know what this thing looks like wide open...
I'll send more photos if I find them.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Illogikal99

I need more pics in the water. Maybe a few from the dock or another boat when I'm at WOT! I don't even know what this thing looks like wide open... I'll send more photos if I find them.

It will look something like this:



(That's a 225 Johnson WOT and reading 56mph on the GPS)

[Kracker Jack]

Illogikal99 I noticed you from New York area and notice you surfed. I looked up a map of where you are from. You guys pick up on some nice south swells. I surf here in virginia. Im from Va beach.

[reelapeelin]

You might be new around here...but you walked in w/the FULL package!!...right down to the Super Model...

I too woulda thought @$$ heavy, but apparently the flotation bracket really does a job...

Back in '99 I floated the '74 shown below...I talked to wellcraft about adding belly tank and they strongly advised against it...glad you didn't talk to them 1st!!...glad to see it can be done!!...

And hey...no way you could post too many pics of that baby!!...some up on plane shots would be great...

[Illogikal99]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

You might be new around here...but you walked in w/the FULL package!!...right down to the Super Model...

I too woulda thought @$$ heavy, but apparently the flotation bracket really does a job...

Back in '99 I floated the '74 shown below...I talked to wellcraft about adding belly tank and they strongly advised against it...glad you didn't talk to them 1st!!...glad to see it can be done!!...

And hey...no way you could post too many pics of that baby!!...some up on plane shots would be great...

I will be moving both batteries up forward under the 2 helm seats. I figure this will level her out much better than leaving them against the transom. the flotation bracket definitely makes a difference, I'm sure without it she would sit another 3 or more inches lower. the belly tank actually came with the boat in 2001 when I bought it. I still have the saddle tanks and a 3 way tank switch valve setup. the guy who owned it in the 80s really customized the hell out of it. custom transom/bracket, donzi yellow hull, outriggers, full canvas, tabs, belly tank etc... I actually found the guy by accident and he showed me pics of 300lb sharks being pulled over the side while 20 or so miles offshore! He still loves the boat, and was psyched that I am keeping her up to date and seaworthy. she has a good history as a fish magnet and the previous owner backed that statement up with pics, stories and smiles. I guess I'm not too surprised that I found the old owner, bright yellow v-20s arent too common around here.

[Illogikal99]

Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

Illogikal99 I noticed you from New York area and notice you surfed. I looked up a map of where you are from. You guys pick up on some nice south swells. I surf here in virginia. Im from Va beach.

occassionally we get some swell up here, usually come summer, the doldrums turn this place into lake Atlantic. The best surf is to be had in the dead of winter, the changing of the seasons and when the hurricanes come marching through our swell window. when Noreasters push through we have usually a matter of hours to a day to get on it before it dies or blows out. If you want to see how good it can get then youtube the Long Beach quicksilver pro 2011! damn that was a good swell! I headed east for that one and had a lonely day of overhead surf and no pictures to prove it ever even happened...
below is my favorite point break going off! I usually anchor up just outside of the surf zone and jump right into it. there is also a sheltered sand beach behind the break that I can beach the boat at if its too big. If you visit LI for surf, I hope you like lefts...

[Kracker Jack]

God I wish we had more jettys!!!!!!! I might have to make it up there one day! Me and some buddies have always talked about heading north to surf, we always seem to head south we are only 1hr. and 45 min. from hatteras. yea the high pressures kill us in the summer with the oocasional northeast wind swell that lasts like you said about 4 hours after the blow is gone. Our late summer and fall is insane here from hurricane swells. Seems like a cool place to live.