Anyone boaters in?
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Anyone boaters in?
With all this talk about fast motorbikes (organ doners as my paramedic friend calls them) I was wondering if we have anyone into fast boats?
Although obviously its the wrong season for that in the UK, can't beat a good bit of winter restoration.
I've spent all afternoon with my arms under the big block 3.0 litre chevy (120 hp) that powers my 17ft Fletcher, trying to remove a dead starter motor.
She's a classic 1978 British Speedboat with a whole raft of chrome, vacuum powered gauges that would put a Rapide to shame
Getting the upholstery re-done in the next few months (if anyone knows anywhere to get it done cheap!?) in a nice cream with red piping, and fitting plenty of uprated parts before the summer.
Last year she was getting a good 35kts + and there aren't many in the marina that'll beat her off the mark.
Only got one picture of her on the PC at the moment:
She's a pretty rare classic British speedboat as she has the inboard engine, which not many of this size do.
Come on all, share your nautical beauties!
Alex
Although obviously its the wrong season for that in the UK, can't beat a good bit of winter restoration.
I've spent all afternoon with my arms under the big block 3.0 litre chevy (120 hp) that powers my 17ft Fletcher, trying to remove a dead starter motor.
She's a classic 1978 British Speedboat with a whole raft of chrome, vacuum powered gauges that would put a Rapide to shame
Getting the upholstery re-done in the next few months (if anyone knows anywhere to get it done cheap!?) in a nice cream with red piping, and fitting plenty of uprated parts before the summer.
Last year she was getting a good 35kts + and there aren't many in the marina that'll beat her off the mark.
Only got one picture of her on the PC at the moment:
She's a pretty rare classic British speedboat as she has the inboard engine, which not many of this size do.
Come on all, share your nautical beauties!
Alex
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Once round the pontoons and back then? Last one in the bar gets em in.
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Alex
I owned (pre-first divorce) an 18 Ft Caravelle Bowrider set up for
skiing - 225HP GMC V6 - 17 x 9 RPR Steel prop - we won't talk about
top end - on a flat calm lake lightly loaded I got clocked by the local
Game and Fisheries gent at 68MPH on radar.
Caravelle havnt changed their hull design in ten years so....
The colours wrong Mine had Aqua trim - but you get the idea
Best I ever managed was three fairly hefty males on Slalom at one
time
Leif
I owned (pre-first divorce) an 18 Ft Caravelle Bowrider set up for
skiing - 225HP GMC V6 - 17 x 9 RPR Steel prop - we won't talk about
top end - on a flat calm lake lightly loaded I got clocked by the local
Game and Fisheries gent at 68MPH on radar.
Caravelle havnt changed their hull design in ten years so....
The colours wrong Mine had Aqua trim - but you get the idea
Best I ever managed was three fairly hefty males on Slalom at one
time
Leif
Re: Anyone boaters in?
Reheat wrote: Come on all, share your nautical beauties!
Alex
Well...if you insist. My first nautical 'beauty'. Did two trips on her.
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IIRC the one on Topgear was the Wallypower 118
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