Splish Splash!!!! The Fish You Were Here

bilgerat · #1 06-23-2012, 09:24 PM

Took My 25 to the lake today for her first trial run since I got her back in March,
She will FLY !!!!
I didnt have a speedometer or gps so I dont know what the top speed was but it felt like she was doing 40+!!! She planed out without tabs working in less than 6 seconds and ran through 4' chop with ease! I only had 15Gals of fuel in a tempory tank so I didnt stay out very long but Im so happy with the way she ran I can wait to get her finished and out on the big pond!
Heres a few photos of her at the dock
BTW She now has a name too : she is now the " Fish You Were Here "

McGillicuddy · #2 06-23-2012, 09:40 PM

Sweet! But will you go all the way and paint her pink?
Flotation bracket. Looks like she rides nice an high for having 750 lbs hangin' of the back.

bilgerat · #3 06-23-2012, 10:02 PM

No pink, I might put this logo on the back

McGillicuddy · #4 06-23-2012, 10:45 PM

Yeah! Damn hippies!

strick · #5 06-24-2012, 01:07 AM

When I first saw the bottom paint on that boat I figured that it sat low in the water but I see that is not so.

strick

shana · #6 06-24-2012, 08:02 AM

lookin good wish my 25 was ready

Blue_Heron · #7 06-24-2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by bilgerat

No pink, I might put this logo on the back

Have a cigar, boy, you're gonna go far...

Phil,
She's sitting nice and light in the water. Once you fill those fuel tanks, she'll sit a little closer to the bottom paint line. But she doesn't look tail heavy, and that's a good thing.
Dave

bilgerat · #8 06-25-2012, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Blue_Heron

Have a cigar, boy, you're gonna go far...

Phil,
She's sitting nice and light in the water. Once you fill those fuel tanks, she'll sit a little closer to the bottom paint line. But she doesn't look tail heavy, and that's a good thing.
Dave

Yep, She will sit a little lower with a hundred gals of gas in her, I still have to build My new tanks, right now I have a 17 gal tempory tank sitting in the back and 4 ,27 series batterys .

cdavisdb · #9 06-25-2012, 01:33 PM

there is so much floatation in that extreme deep V, she tolerates weight in the stern just fine. Design was for twin 165s I/0s, about 1700 lb.

Sitting a bit lower in the water isn't a bad thing. Mine is noticeably less tippy with a max full load. Even loaded, mine has an inch or so above the water line at the scuppers. Looks like yours might end up a bit higher, but close.