We are going to try and finish mikey's new race boat for this season, hull has been done all hardware needs to be made, installed, removed, hull painted and put back together..

 

today we cut the overide plate out,mocked it up to the bottom cut and drilled the hinge installed it and mounted the overide shaft and installed the turn buckles.. 8 hours to complete..next will be the shaft and foot pedals for the overide plate..

 

overide plate mocked to bottom 3 holes drilled for alighnment..

 

mikey drilling the rest of the holes.

 

installed i did not get pics of the shaft mock up and holes drilled..

 

pic of hull from bow..

Man, that's a nice looking skiff. Where do y'all run?

Thank's raptor.. we race in south jersey and a few out of state races..

 

here is a link to the 2011 race season schedule. They have yet to anounce a date for the OPA/Atlantic city race.

 

http://www.ecbrcnj.com/id4.html

Tony, no race at Windward Beach this year? I had a ball watching you guys last year!

no,their was confusion last year with other events that were put on the same day. so the club had decided to not race this year, The water also gets too rough for racing and causes an unsafe condition..LOL..

 

Our other races are not that far if you want to venture out to any..

did you like MAKE that thing?

Can you imagine, Tony and his boys make their own race boats! He is quite the craftsman, I have seen his finished boats and they look great! I hope to make it to another race or two of his this year as a spectator.

No, the hull was built by Bob fricke SR of tuckerton. a local garvey and sneak box builder. The hull is made of cedar and marine plywood glassed over.

But don't you guys do all the running gear and motors, finishing & paint?

well whomever made it.. it definitely looks cool.. very interested to see it finished!

yes, we will install all the running gear disassemble the whole boat and paint it, then put it all back together again..

as we go along i will post pics of the installs for you guys too see what is involved..

 

steering, rudder box,shaft,shaft log,shaft strut and thrust plate, engine mounts and engine alighnment and so on..

 

Oh, and i took these pics with my phone i am suprised at how well they come out..

Tony how much does something like this cost if you were starting with no parts and buying everything?

hull is around 6500.

running hardware and steering about 6000.

plate,fins,hinge 500.

engine, 3000. to 30,000 depending on class and how much you want to spend.

paint 3500.

lettering 200.

odds and ends 1000.

 

you can usualy find a used boat in the 6500 to 15000..

And you guys are running TWO of these if I remember right? And I thought racing Jet Skis was expensive?

pretty impressive.. definitely in for pictures of the finished product!

wow that's a pretty serious sport that you have to be dedicated to. I figured it would be in the 10k dollar range and my guesses were right. I guess it's a good thing that your in the industry and can do a lot of the stuff on your own instead of paying someone to do it all.

Update, yesterday the boy and i setup and installed the footpedal and shaft for the overide plate. ( trim tabs )

 

 

mounted the strut today, lined up shaft log housing and made thrust plate mounting brackets.

 

strut.

 

 

shaft log housing.

 

 

 

thrust plate mounting brackets welded up.

 

 

mikey and i made the rudder box this week, not finished yet but good progress.

 

cut out pieces 3/8 aluminum.

 

welded pieces together.

If you look at the bottom weld i have to redo that one ran a bit cold.

last week we finished the thrust plate mock up.

 

Tony, when is your first race?

may 29th shipbottom nj.. just over the causway on the right.

Will she be ready?

should be.. just have to finish rudder box and install and cut holes for steering lines and mount cylinder, install engine mounts and we can strip boat and paint reassemble..

shaft lined up with thrust bearing and packing seal, drilled and mounted.