[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Boat Owners.......Check In (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 5/7/2006 2:12:11 PM EDT
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Post pics of your pride and joy. Tell us about her. Do you fish? Ski? Cruise? Tell us about it. Some pics of mine (ours, sorry, honey).  www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=456941 |
225HP on that little thing  Wow! I guess the tandem axle trailer is needed to haul that monstrous engine? How much gas does it use? |
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Just a 14.5 25 horse Lund. Just bass fish anymore and got tired of putting all my extra cash toward gas and such. Used to have a 24 foot Sea Ray but I sold that years ago and don't miss it. Spent more time dinking with it then actually USING it. With the 14.5 I can hit about 20-25 lakes in about 15 minutes. |
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www.zodiaccz7.com/ When I win the lottery I will have one of those. Oh yes, it will be mine. |
. I didn't even buy fuel last season.
Nice machine. You on Long Island? |
Nice boat. |
Yup..She's on the South Shore at Freeport's Nautical Mile.... |
How long of a run is it to the gulf stream from there? The wife and I have only just begun to explore the many different species available in the South Atlantic. Kingfish, dolphin, snapper, grouper, tuna, sails, swords, marlin..........they're all within 20 miles of shore here in Jupiter. Just gotta know the game. 
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I hear you. Is that a container ship? Never seen one with such limited capacity. |
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I've got you ALL beat!!: My Project boat. Needs some sanding, re-painting, new rub rail, a bit of misc. stuff (and a repaint of the trailer). Remember the 1950's cars with the big fins on the back....... 1957 Owens Speedship. Dig those FINS!!   I should sell it to someone with the same year Buick....make a hell of a show combo with the matched fins..... |
That is a 130 foot fast supply vessel, or "crew boat", working oil field jobs in the Gulf of Mexico. |
I'm ignorant here. I guess it brings spare parts to offshore rigs? |
20 miles? I should be so lucky....Try 8 hrs at 20 knots cruise to get to the Canyon, decent fishing grounds for tuna, mako, maji, etc.... |
Man It sips the Gas, It is a DFI engine. Just a beefed up optimax. Has Carbon reeds, high flow inlet, higher pressure injectors, and some other improvements over the typical mercury engine. It makes 248HP in actuality as Marine engine engines must be within 10% of the advertised HP. These go way over and are actually factory detuned via the engine management computer. Actually i thought the gas guage was broke when i went to fill it up put $80 and it read like a quarter tank. Then i took it out for a few hours and had to add another $100 to fill it up. Turns out its like a 56gallon Tank. Ouch $$$ It manages about 3-4 MPG if you are cruising... Not Wide Open. Of course some of the big engines from olden times managed Gallons Per Mile!!  Im still looking to pick up some speed after all the break in is finished. Right now with the 26 pitch prop im still 4-600 rpm shy of what itd like to rev it at. Of course we still have the break in oil that im trying to burn off too. So when I can get it on the premium plus oil i should have a little change then, and then ill do more adjustment on the motor height and prop and see the HIGH 70MPH area If you want one of these you have to stop buying so many guns, or atleast I did. MSRP was $55K but i got it as an 05 factory left over new untouched with the 06 engine for $38500. Thats including$7000 of upgrades i had added. Which is a great deal. 
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Well, the west wall of the gulf stream is usually about 6-8 miles out but the biggest fish are maybe 10-20. Jupiter is the closest to the guld stream of any atlantic coast area. Spoiled, we are. 
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Screw you..  I figured 5-6 more years in this liberal cesspool and then I go from being a good Yankee to a bad one and put my papers in to transfer to the Orlando Field Office....In due time, my friend. In due time....
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56 gallon tank? Brother, my Sailfish 236 takes 120 gallons. I guess 56 is big for a bass boat. Seriously, the only way a deep-vee offshore senter console will see 70+ mph (and some do) is with a stepped hull to get it WAY up and out of the water. Mine is an '05 hull with an '04 engine, bought new in April '05. Couple grand more than you spent but a similar deal vs. the $58k MSRP. Here's to good deals on great boats! 
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You won't be the first NY'er down here.
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Sorry to hear that. She looks fast. |
Those are first-rate vessels. I climbed over their 265 center console at the Palm Beach boat show and was impressed with the quality of it. |
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My 1992 17.5" Nitro bass boat. 115 Johnson. I've made a few changes since I bought it last year (PD 70# trolling motor with auto-pilot, better fishing seats). It'll run 55 MPH with a 19" pitch prop, I've been running with a 17 3/4" for more low end power and better fuel economy. With this prop it tops out ~ 40 MPH, but I fish only fairly small lakes (2-5000 acres) so it isn't much of an issue and it pulls the kids on ski tubes pretty nicely. It was relatively inexpensive and hasn't cost too much to maintain.  |
Just sold my SeaRay 240 cuddy with the 7.4 liter (70 gallon gas tank) Great boat that never gave me a bit of mechanical trouble in 15 years. Great on local lakes but a nightmare to trailer to the coast. (6900bs with trailer) I would actually spend more on gas getting TO the water than I would spend ON the water. I'm going out to look at a 2002 SeaSwirl 21' cuddy with a 200HP Evinrude this afternoon. It should prove to be a little more practical and a good rough water boat. (Situation normal in the Gulf)I still have three kayaks and a 16' Lund wth a 50 HP Evinrude, so I'm still prepared if the creek rises.  Cool-e, are you ported out of Port Aransas? As an aside, I don't understand this fascination about tiny boats with monstrous outboards. I guess I'm just not in that big a hurry on the water. It's a FISHING trip, not NASCAR.
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For the boys of the Southern Kingfish Association it's a bit of both. 60-70 mph, 30-40' offshore center consoles are the norm. Gotta move quickly between hot spots that can be a hundred or more miles apart, they tell me. With a fully rigged, top-of-the-line, tournament-ready boat running near $300,000 or more, I hope there's a good payout for first place. Almost forgot: It takes QUAD 250+ HP outboards to push a >35' boat to those speeds, especially in rough seas.
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I have an ugly 1973 16' fiberglass Mirrocraft. Pea green, 120 HP I/O. Seems all I'm ever doing is fixing it or winterizing it. My wife tells me it's fun though. The boats I have fun with: 17' foot Michicraft aluminum canoe with homemade sail rig.  17' Wenonah Sundowner royalex canoe. 
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Whoa, looks a lot like mine. Mine's a 197? Wizard minus the vintage motor though. I also don't have the headlights. Now I'll have to take some pics. Its a little dusty though, been a year or so since I've been able to get it out. |
