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Its almost getting too hot to ride, I'm going to tear my bike down for a rebuild soon so I'm heading for the water for a few months.
  I'm going to the Keys in 2 weeks for some dolphin fishing and diving. Then in July we'll be headed to Crystal river for some scalloping. Then shrimping in the St. Johns river. Then back to the Keys for lobster. So.... bring me 2 pina coladas and lets set sail.

You tease!  I wanna go.  Boating sounds good.  Considering I'm still in the shop w/ my quad.

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Been going fishing around twice a week lately in the St. Johns Considering i live 10 mins from it. Gonna start going down to West Palm to deep sea fish once a week or so. Fresh water and salt water fish on a 37 foot sea ray. And the boat in West Palm is a 40 foot Contender soon to be sold for a 40 foot or so Parker. These boats are my boss's yet mine too. Ill go snap a pic of the Sea Ray.

I can't believe you left lil chillin' alone on the boat.  What were you thinking.  LOL j/k.   That boy needs a tan.  Hope you sunscreen him well.

QT's jealous.  But glad y'all are having fun.  One day I'll have my own boat.

Boat:
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Tow Truck:
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That Seay ray is not 37ft. but it is nice. I also have a Sea Ray fly bridge that is about the same year as that. I see that it has outboards, did this guy do the conversion to outboards? I would like to convert the twin V8s in mine to twin outboards on a bracket.

Not on a tandem axle. I have a 26 ft Searay sundancer and it barely works on a tandem.

Nice boat Kid, When you taking us out on it.  ;)

Yeah when are we all going out on the boat?

Yeah were still working the bugs out of it. It was an inboard and we converted it to an outboard. Where the inboard was we put a single cylinder diesel generator for ac in the cuddy. It has a 250 2 stroke yamaha with a 19 pitch prop. We are thinking about getting a new platform for two outboards and putting two 250's on her or maybe upgrade to a 300 four stroke. The 250 right now is studdering like a carb is gummed up or the fuel line is pinched. We bought the boat as just the shell and its been a project for about a year. Errrr the trailer is 37 feet the boat is like 32 i think, i forget honestly. It may be 37 because we had to put a huge jack plate on the platform to raise the motor out of the water. But no idea, its somewhere around 30 atleast i know of. The boat is so heavy cant get the ass end out of the water. We put a set of flaps on her too. Once the motor is running good she should run nice.

nice boats
i go bass fishing every day now thats its summer and on the weekend i go down to the keys and salt water fish

nice boats. and nice truck too ;)

Holy crap, I like that searay and truck, why cant I be rich  :'(

Chillin, Little Chillin and myself hit the Keys on the 14th for more of these:
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Photo is from last year's annual father's day trip. Supposed to be great again this year.

If the 250 is shuddering, the carbs may be ok.  CHeck your fuel pumps.  On the right side of the motor (facing the front) there is a high pressure fuel pump the size of a cigarette case-take that off and check the diaphram.  It may have a hole in it causing your fuel problem. The diaphram is only a couple of bucks.  2nd question, what is the motor taching up too?   I have twin 225 yamadogs on the back of my 31 ft centerconsole and have the ss props stripped back to 17 pitch so I can make WOT range.  You may be overloading the motor and will tear up your wrist pins..

elliot key this sunday on this ::)

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Plus that boat is a bit large for a single 250hp outboard, you would need to run at WOT almost all of the time to keep her on plane.  Twin 250's would be great on that setup to get the arse up (tabs help but power is also needed as they create drag) and be able to cruise off WOT (HUGE $$$ Saver).  

General rule of thumb at WOT an outboard (2 stroke) will use 10% of the max HP in fuel per hr.  So at WOT this engine is burning 25gal/hr  OUCH!!!!  Wih the twins you can cut them back and maybe still burn the same but still have power left over if you have to run back in due to an injury or avoiding a thunderstorm, the 4 strokes burn about 1/2 as much fuel.  A friend just put twin 300 yamadogs on his 31' Contender and is burning about 1/2 the fuel he did with his twin 250 2-strokes.  My vote twin 300 Yamadogs   ;D

Freakk

only $35 k and the motors can be yours!!!!

And that's no LIE!!!  But for 2 new 2 strokers your looking at 20-25K so whats another 10k???   lol

Thanks for the advice. Looks like we will most likely be buying a new platform and getting 2 250 4 strokers! YEEHAW Takin her out tomorrow and goin fishin!

I am in the market for a new bay boat right now. Chillin, how shallow will that Aquasport run or draft loaded?

iv been fishin alot lately, im down here in key largo till the end of the month, dolfin fishin rite now aint so great...

and dang man, runnin one 250 on a boat that size? does it even move?

It might. I guess you could go WOT and idle around. 8) Anyway, the way gas is nowadays you might be better off with the 4strokes. But to save some major $$$ your gonna need to use it allot. If it wont be wet often then you mind as well save 10 grand.

I don't know the exact depth of his but I know the older(70's) 222's will run in 9-10" they make sweet flats/bay boats. goto Floridasportsman.com forums and you will see a bunch of them being restored and setup to run the backwater.

Those E-TEC's form Evinrude are supposed to be real nice. They claim lower emissions and better mileage than a 4stroke. Now, I am not sure about the price. Anyone run these?

last year we had a friend come with his duskey, here in key largo, he had a 225 e tec, and he burnt more gas then our twin 150 4s...

i think there an alright engine, but 4 strokes will always be superior for boat engines.

and for the price on an e tec, you might as well just spend the little extra for a 4 stroke

Once you have a 4 stroke you will never go back. I have a Yamaha 150 2005 on a 20' lake boat and it hauls butt, burns no fuel, I have to look back at the water exhaust to see if its running. 

Since everyone posted their nice boats, ill post my friends  ;)

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go with reliability-yamadogs or mercs...4 strokes are chaeper to run but you need to make sure you will use it enough to recoup the extra costs-think about the hpdi's also-they are pretty efficient-

I would post my boat but don't know how

I got Twin 250 Mercury Veradoes 8)  Their sweet motors!!  or Mercury racing Engines are BULLET PROOF

the 300 HPDI's have some problems but hey their 2 Stroke's :-\

Well I see you guys posting yur boats.  Well here's my boat ;)

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Heres my home made jobber

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ISLANDS BOUND!

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You made that.... woah  :o

Ok, and everyone here thinks I'm rolling in cash?  I don't even have a boat to post.  Not even a P.O.S. boat.  I have to drool over  y'all toys.  Very nice boats!  One day I'll be able to step up to the plate w/ my own boat.  You heard that right.  My own boat.  Not a husband or b/f's boat. 

If you get a nice enough boat then you shouldn't have any problem finding a husband ;D

Its a 84 BAJA go fast,had a cuddy. More like a 2 bed condo up front heavy as hell.It also had a pilot house custim made for top.One day I will gather pics & post thread on the rebuild.Basically it started out as go-fast big blocks ,converted to a SEA WORLD research vessel already with a bracket & 97 yammy 250 carb's 100 gal fuel.

I gutted it to balso core,rebuilt gunnels,installed 250 gal fuel,50 gal,fresh water,500 qt fish box,400lb ice hold all the under deck storage you could imagine (fit 10 immigrants under deck & wouldnt know it LOL)
Everything on the boat was got from flea mkts,liquidators,ny where I could get a deal. Went to 99 ox66 I got a deal from a doc who had 30 hrs on them & wanted 4 strolkes to save $$ on fuel.well he lost 12k on the motors? Go figure didnt argue.Bennett sport tabs,fresh & salt washdown,Island runner console-vector tower modded to boat,100 gal live well in rocket launcer seat,all the lighs,nusic etc you could need,topped off with 10" color radar overlay,gps,depth to 1100 ft all the bells & whistles Furuno Nav net. most expensive thing I bought new (9K). 180 gal resin, fib mat,all the itchin a kid with chicken pox would do times 3 years..and 3 1/2 years  of my life....... Boat runs out 55 fully loaded with all above. 63 empty on fumes.

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Was it worth it HELL YEA! A new 32' set up similar would be hugh $$$$

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                               Now thats funny ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Sorry guys I'm not looking for a husband.  I don't want to lose half of what I end up having.  Life is fine the way it is.  Thanks for the concern though.

We'll be up in Steinhatchee in late July for scallops and again in Sept. Nice flats fishin in the AM, done scallopin by 1 and drinkin beer!

bushwacker, nice boat, i'm jealous, I wish I had the time and place to take on a project like that...great work

Bushwacker man do you got a sweet boat man 8)

Now I think we have some Competition on who's boat is Better :N

We should have Boat Of The Month

They wont even do Quad of the month, doubt Boat of the month would go through.

Yea I know they should do Quad of the month but hey those mods own the site ::)

It was a lot of work & severe learning curve.I went to the library & got any book I could find,ordered tapes etc.I had some guys at Glue Products Plus give me unlimmited tech support.Well worth it in the end saved tons!

Thanks appreciate it.The only downfall is whenever I run back from the islands 8 out of 10 times I am stopped at the dock & boarded for a "safety inspection" ??? BS .When the boat sits in the water its got a sweet profile,real stealthy.

you make regular runs to the bahamas???  Maybe we should do a fla atv trip to grand bahama sometime this summer.  Everyone bring there own boat complete with mistresses... :o

When I can load up with a good crew to hlp share expenses.Fuels almost $5 a gallon there now.We go to Lucaya or Walkers area. Once in a while we run to Treasure along the back side of G.Bahama

would love to do it....maybe a cheaper run somewhere here in fla...keys, captiva, st. armands, crystal river??? gas is cheaper here plus you dont have to pay the $150 (last I heard) entry fee to the bahamas

If you think about the costs.Thats the whole reason we startted going over instead of the Keys.It would take 4 hours to get there.Fuel traffic,finding a launch,trailer storage for a f-250 quad cab 8' bed & 30' trailer,costs of hotel etc,,,, 5 guys divided by $150 only $30 each reasonable.When you are allowed to spear lobsterin season of course.Or get summer crab  ;) for luch or dinner & all the conch,grouper snapper ?? Why stay here.

pick a date for G.B.  I got a 31 ft chris craft cc w/ twin 225 yamadogs-I should be able to keep up with you.  I can trailer to some extent but towing a triple axle w/ 1/2 gmc takes its toll...

PS.   5 guys, I dont think so.

my vote goes to bushwacker. that a real nice boat.