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Hippie .... Thanks for the help my boating brothern !

As to the low profile , i'm kind of diggin it to man , but you should have seen the looks on my buddies faces when i fired up the chain saw and stuck it in the boat to chop the entire back height down i knew what i was doing , but they just couldn't see it .... that was the easy part ...

the back deck has a steeper arch from the front to the back changing from one support to the next

That imatation windshield was a REAL chore as i kept the line of it to look like it was origanal .

the new dash and continued side walls were built out of quarter inch starboard / plenty of support / with the origanal plywood tore out of the back side of the dash... mind you this use to be a center steer .. x ..drag boat ( no names ) and could be switched back in about 1 hr of work ( it fits in the gauge hole perfect )

the bottom ... was dbl stepped and shaved , sharpend edges , and course gel coated to break the surface suction , yet i see even another step that can be done is why i have told this much she's fliing perfectly ballenced top speeds but the tork on the steering is horrible ! still working on that one

the transom is origanal holes with a 10 " pro jacking plate , but i had to top it out just to get level with the pad .....

hmmmm , money , throw me a rope cause i'm in DEEP ... like everybody else for the love of

that not me in the pic !

lol and if you see the string on the back deck , that's so i can put it in forward gear cause the darn cable snapped and i was determined to feel it ride !

I was going to ask if that was you in the pic but you beat me to that LOOKS GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

RussF wrote:I was going to ask if that was you in the pic but you beat me to that LOOKS GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

that's my co pilot Gary Shallbetter and electrician of the boat and I appreciate the COMPLOMENT RUSS !

I sough you have some stuff going on too and i like what i see , are you building new hulls for non production/production resale ? Nothing like these newer materials in my opinion !

no me I had someone build me a new VKing its called a Thunderstream NO WOOD in the boat I have pic of the entire build

SWEET ! There's nothing wrong with that and a great looking boat too ! I looked all thru those pics and they did a nice job .

I have alot of ideas for the one I'm working on , but man it's hard to do it all , maybe one day I can meet the rt man to do some side venture with and mold this one out with a combonation of carbon and ect .

one step at a time and i will have some gps numbers real soon !

Did you see the pic of the knees at the transom to floor in my boat

That looks great!
Man, you do nice work.

RussF wrote:Did you see the pic of the knees at the transom to floor in my boat

I'm sure i missed something , went looking and cant find them agian and not real sure what your talking about !

Honestly , computers and i don't have a good time with each other ..

Surface Scratcher wrote:That looks great!
Man, you do nice work.

WOW I appreciate the comploment surface scratcher ! This is' what i do for a professional living too tho . Decided to take a chance and see how creative i can get with it , probly means toooo much thinking involved !
agian !