Wow, can't wait to see her when she's done. Nice work for sure!

you can never have enough cup holders! nice job!!as many have said, you are very talented.
tom

Talented Yes not to mention determined, Looks good something you will definately be proud of.

UPdate:

No pics yet as nothing pic worthy has occurred.. I have been doing the wiring as I can for the last few days. Today I felT I made some real headway. I got all my Bus's( buses?) powered up under my console and got the VHF and FM radios powered off my accessory bus. I also got the antennas wired up and got to finally make some noise with these things! The VFH antenna I ended up with is 8 freaking feet high on top of a 4 foot console! Look out bridges !

I will take pics of my electrical work once it is all complete, otherwise yall might kick me off the board for showing such a mess.

An observation... for as simple and clean as I have tried to keep this, thereis a TON of stuff running from the transome under the floor up to the console:

Steering cable
Throttle cable
Gear cable
Engine start controls
Tilt/trim
Aerator input and output hoses
Bilge power
Aerator power
Power cable
Stern nav light power
Transducer ( not in yet arg)
Fuel quantity sender

and probably something I am forgetting.. SHEESH!

I will hopefully have her water ready Tomorrow and hit the lake monday.

Still "to do"

Run transducer cable
Connect tilt/trim hoses and ad fluid to system
Finish electrical wiring
Bolt down front seats
Connect aerator hoses
Change impeller in engine (is a bit weak on flow)
Install 6 more rod holders
Install nose cone
Tighten steering wheel
Bolt down floor
Bolt in rear seat

Waiting on report......

Always leave em wanting more Ehh

Ok so I haven't posted because well, Ive been too busy on the boat getting it ready for the water. The list in my last post was quite a chore to get done. I have however at this point had two sessions on the water.

Lake date 1 Captains log:

Felt a great rush as she pulled off the trailer. Great feel on the water. Engine is running really well! Full speed ahead to about 32 MPH... Notice a two large rooster tails behind the boat. 1 from the stair (accidentally left down) and one from transducer. Also notice a bad list to port at speed. Pull up stair, move 1 of my 250 lb friends to back and now 34 mph. We do a little fishing and then some tubein' just to put some miles on her and experiment. I realized the bilge pump wasn't working. A quick inspection found the wires hooked up wrong (would it really be so damned hard for them to just make the wire RED and black?) I did a MacGyver fix and went on my mary way. Battery is not happy.

Permanently properly wired the bilge at home. Moved trim tab to help with list at speed. Also removed "whale tail" from motor.


Day 2 (today)

getting off trailer I forgot to remove transom saver...Ran the trim down for a sec and when I came to reality The damage was done and the UP would not work. Even at that with 1 less person, the half fixed transducer and removed whale tails and full nose down trim (exaggerated list) I was hitting 37 MPH.. I hope once I can trip UP I will be able to hit 40 mph.

I cleaned her up a bit since we have been busy leaving finger prints and scraps everywhere... here are the pics.

from someone who is doing the exact same job to almost the same boat (21' starcraft yr.88 hull) YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB!

WOW! I'm speechless.

Looks great man. Awsome job now you just have to enjoy it and not get too upset from the dents and dings that will come with use.

matt

Very nice brother. How much $ do you have in her now or expect to when complete? Bet you saved a small fortune doing it all yourself!

I had about 1500 In my old boat, I got it at a very good price and put some money and work into it. I have dumped about 2500 into this boat so far so All in all I have about 4k into it which includes:

an $850.00 Side imaging fish finder/GPS
All new floors
new VHF radio 8' antenna
and marine FM stereo
All new stainless steel bolts
New transom
New impeller
New aerator pump and lines
New rod holders ( 10 of em!)
New 7' Cast net
New life jackets and whistles for each
Fog horn
New Oar
New throw-able flotation
New ski rings on transom.

So all in all a pretty good deal!

Today:

I fixed my trim and got back onto the lake today... 41 MPH! yeehaw!

I also caught some fish and slimmed her up! Buncha blue cats. Kept 3 for dinner

Stunning industry,man. You will go far.

Great job now ya need to take it by the guy ya got it from and surprise him lol

What no new exterior paint job? Just kidding, man what a project and I know you must be proud and you should be. BTW what lake do you fish?

It looks so good people that see it in person and hear the tale of all your hard work will find it hard to believe!
WTG nice work!!!