Boat Porn!

[Buster Highmen]

Maine fog is no joke.

Good name for a potent strain of indica.

[Mazderati]

I know this is not a lot of people's thing but this is possibly one of the best offshore videos of all time.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

How much nose candy were they hauling?

[JimmyCarter]

How much nose candy were they hauling?

Was 10 kilos when they started, but the crew went through 1 of those right before this run

[refried]

I worked for an Apache dealer in the 80's, part of sea trialing a boat was to "do anything you think the owner may do with it", They were fun boats. The owner had a 48' with 8v92's and Arneson surface drives, it could cruise at 50mph thru anything. Most of the boats they sold were 41's with 540 ci 575hp engines, they were easily into the upper 80's.

[AdironRider]

I know this is not a lot of people's thing but this is possibly one of the best offshore videos of all time.

Man at about the 7 minute mark they start straight sending it.

[smartyiak]

I know this is not a lot of people's thing but this is possibly one of the best offshore videos of all time.

Which people is this not a thing to? I DO NOT want to be friends with those people!!!!

[Supermoon]

At 7:25 I thought they were dead.

[Mr. Multiglisse]

My friend Johnny spent the last eight months building a 23' panga from scratch. It is a bit longer, since he fabbed up an offshore motor bracket for the fun of it. He used plans for a plywood/glass build but ditched the plywood part and built it using foam core composite construction. No wood anywhere. He knows what he doing in this field but it is mind blowing to me:



You can see the whole build process on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnysboatshop/

[Mazderati]

^ Super cool and a nice looking boat.


I've been deep in offshore lore and the 41' Razz Apache in the video above. The boat lived on with new paint and looked to be in nice shape up until at least sometime around 2011.








Stripped bare and for sale by 2016.








The boat eventually sold. It seems like there is a push to restore old race boats like this one so hopefully it reappears down the line.

[warthog]

Lots of guys taking those old race hulls and converting them into go fast fishing CC's down here with OB Brackets or diesels.
They look super cool, but the same features that let them cut through the seas also make them really weeble wobbly out in seas fishing.

[ötzi]

Here's an epic thread about converting a 50' Cary (which apparently was featured in Miami Vice) to a go-fast outboard setup. Guy does pretty amazing work, it's not his first rodeo: https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating...=#post14140613

He's still got a ways to go, though.

This is what it's supposed to end up looking like, I don't know what's up with my inability to post pics these days:

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[warthog]

That thing at least has some beam to it. Most of the Go Fast boats I have seen a shaped like knives. Great for going fast, but not the greatest platform for sitting in 4 ft rollers trying to fish.

That is a cool project, but you have to wonder how much more he will spend vs. just buying something similar.

[ötzi]

I kinda wonder how you're supposed to reach the rocket launchers from the deck below but I guess they have a plan.

[AdironRider]

Lots of guys taking those old race hulls and converting them into go fast fishing CC's down here with OB Brackets or diesels.
They look super cool, but the same features that let them cut through the seas also make them really weeble wobbly out in seas fishing.

I'd just buy a Midnight Express personally if that was the end goal.

[Mazderati]

The threads talking about restoring the Razz Apache were guessing $160-250k on top of the hull. You'd have to think the Cary project is a multiple of that figure.

[warthog]

Fixed the F'n motor. Last tech reinstalled the lower unit one notch off, JUST like I did.
Pulled it at my friend's shop. Control in neutral, LU in reverse.
Got that sorted but apparently the screw up toasted the starboard control bushings.
Oh well, new owner will get to handle that. $700+ labor. She shifts, just hangs up on neutral a little, and doesn't always engage reverse on the 1st try.
New control should make it pretty much butter.

Don't buy a boat.

[teleee]

Don't buy a boat.

So what are you replacing her with?

[warthog]

So what are you replacing her with?

One I already own. 1972 13 ft Whaler with a 40 hp Yammi 2 stroke.
Flats fishing machine. I'm going to wait out all the dumbasses that overpaid. In 3 years the market will be flooded with deals.
Just saving my cash for the windfall.

[warthog]

Room for 2. It's perfect.

[ötzi]

A lot of people are expecting the used boat market to really improve soon. I think it'll get better but unless there's a financial shock I don't think it's really gonna be great, there's a lot of new boaters out there and even if only half of them stick with it that's still a lot of pressure on the market. Just a guess though.

[BmillsSkier]

I was on the ICW up and down IoP/Sullivan’s/Chas last week with a bud who works the water and he pointed out some of the silliness going on. Beautiful, navy-hulled, brand new Scouts sitting in dry dock with no power. Just waiting.

One guy in the harbor had dual Sevens and he said he sold them (and the boat they were hung on) for damn near twice what he paid for it a little over a year ago (pre shitstorm). Crazy shit out there right now if you wanna burn gas on the water.

[ötzi]

I was smarter than I usually am and saw the crunch on boats (new and used) coming and jumped last November, I was even able to work the dealer down some. I may have written this on here before but I was talking to the sales guy at the dealer back in I think June and he said they had sold every boat they had and every boat they are scheduled to get this year and were taking deposits for 2022 deliveries.

[Mazderati]

One I already own. 1972 13 ft Whaler with a 40 hp Yammi 2 stroke.
Flats fishing machine. I'm going to wait out all the dumbasses that overpaid. In 3 years the market will be flooded with deals.
Just saving my cash for the windfall.

Side or center console? I'm torn between a sub 15 ft Whaler and 42 ft Fountain.

[warthog]

Side or center console? I'm torn between a sub 15 ft Whaler and 42 ft Fountain.

Was center(Sourpuss model) I modified it back in 2004 to a side console and took out the front bench for more fishing room.
I made a nice casting/ poling platform out of Mahogany, but I plan on having a real poling platform made to mount over the engine(fiberglass with mahogany color match Sea Deck on it), and a front platform to flatten out the front deck so I can mount a small trolling motor- same Sea Deck on that. The weight up front will help get the ass up. New 14 gallon tank, new electric jack plate from Bob's Machine shop(have a manual one on there now- 20" shaft motor).

Coming from a 34 ft Intrepid, I am really excited to get back to a small trailerable skinny water machine for a while. I can tow it to a ramp near anywhere I want to go for a fraction of the cost of running twin 250's. Kinda bittersweet moving back down, but I am truly excited to make her unique. Stupid things hold their value really well. I could probably get $6-8,000 for it in it's current condition.

Here is the layout right now: