Saw some neat Old-School Boat Porn last week.

[STINEY]

Yeah, I'm familiar with the boat gig, worked 10 years for BajaBoats/BajaMarine (subsidiary of SeaRay)

Strangely enough, I had my MarkTwain long before that, and NEVER had it out during the whole Baja stint. Easier to play with the factory boats (cheaper fuel also!)

I have to admit, the tri-hull is the best riding boat I've ever been in. It did 60mph on the bay, with a 250 I6, great to ski behind, holds lots of people without complaint, etc. Just thinking I may actually USE the boat if it were slightly smaller.

I must be having a second (or third) childhood, cause those SleekCraft lines are calling out to me like a new mistress. Probably just as expensive too!

[STINEY]

Found this little bugger somewhat closer....

http://toledo.craigslist.org/boa/2539971547.html

and this one...

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/boa/2541552417.html

and one more.

http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/boa/2539934536.html

I really like this one.

http://columbus.craigslist.org/boa/2549322363.html

[STINEY]

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!

DING DING!

This may just be the one!

http://columbus.craigslist.org/boa/2545231276.html

[Caveman Tony]

I/O's are pretty much the standard for mid-sized anything on Cape Cod. With storms, shifting sandbars, etc, you need to be able to trim it up to clear the clam beds.

Jet boats? Not sure why they never gained much popularity up here... corrosion? seaweed? Lobstah pots?

[FINNEGAN]

Welcome Senor Finnegan!

What compression do you run in your boat motor? How 'bout a little dirt on it?

Brian - boats are the bomb. Used to have a 16' wooden lapstrake when I was a kid, total blast.

My old man has a 23' Wellcraft with a sbc Mercruiser... heavy & slow... you should hear it complain at 3500 rpm trying to get that pig up on plane.
Probably my fault, as I'm his boat mechanic!

The engine is a 582ci BBC, 14.5 compression with a 300 hp fogger kit on it. Makes about 1500 hp and will run 7.30s in the quarter on a good day.

Its my lake boat and my race boat. Wife drives it, we pile the dog and all our junk in it and go cruisin the colorado river.

I see a lot of wives tales about jet boats in here. Most of it is untrue. lol

My boat will run over 1 foot chop like its not even there. Its not a flat bottom, its a tunnel hull. There were very few flat bottom jets produced. Flats and runner bottoms are mostly build with v-drives. Jets predominently went into V-bottoms and tunnel hulls.

[SuperBuickGuy]

I/O's are pretty much the standard for mid-sized anything on Cape Cod. With storms, shifting sandbars, etc, you need to be able to trim it up to clear the clam beds.

Jet boats? Not sure why they never gained much popularity up here... corrosion? seaweed? Lobstah pots?

probably because jet boats are only slightly slower than they are loud (any of the dedicated ski boats will destroy them in a race across chop with the stereo playing, smoothly, and with decent economy).... they're obnoxious, bad riding, slow, fuel-sucking beasts (and yes, I do miss mine because those suckers going across a flat lake at full song are music the ski boats are like a Camry reliably soul-sucking)

Finnegan - jet-powered flat bottom boats were the norm up here in the 70s and 80s; again, because of the rocks, logs and other debris that choked our rivers. And tunnel hulls are comparable to flat bottom jets only in they are both boats.

[STINEY]

How opinions and input on this little beastie.

[milner351]

DUDE! NOW YOU'RE TALKING!

I have more experience than I wanted working on the legendary inline 6 'black stack' or 'tower of power' proudly hanging on the back of that little monster.

1. they are legendary because they have a sound all they're own - see - screamandfly.com
2. they are legendary because they run forever if properly cared for
3. they are legendary becase to know one is to rebuild three carbs, synch them with the ignition - requiring a timing light plugs out, spinning with starter motor and fingers dangerously close to exposed ring gear.....

They also go through fuel with a legendary thirst - for an outboard - pretty economical compared to a big block jet.

That's no flat bottom either - that's a decent looking V hull and appears to have enough room for the family.

Check out that website - and - make sure to check for rot - the metaflake gelcoat is pure vintage bliss.

[SuperBuickGuy]

its twin is on my way to work, if I could figure out a reason it'd be in my yard. That is, in my opinion, the perfect boat. The first boat my dad had (that I remember) was a malibu with a 115 hp merc... awesome, awesome boat did everything well and was good on fuel.... it's also the reason our next boat was a jet - it lost its lower end on the Upper Clackamas river. Same day we saw a V-drive lose the back of his boat (including the motor) on the same slightly submerged rock....

The guy who painted my second boat had a boat just like that one - with a 300 hp merc on it... fast does not even begin to describe that boat - eventually he went to a (name escapes me, but ocean racer hull) with the same motor.... good times.