My friend is in the process of transforming an offshore racing hull into a pocket fisherman. She originally had twin big block Bowties with outdrives. Now she is equipped with a single diesel/straight inboard. I'll put up a couple pics & see if there is any interest. Thanks for looking.

cool boat, nice conversion. It is much more usable now:D

That's cool,

kinda' looks like a Scarab.

Sweet lookin boat and AWESOME work on the cabin. What kinda speed numbers are you getting?


Jim-looks like the board is gaining strenght.

She hasn't been fishing yet. Still working out some bugs. Lightly loaded she ran almost 30 knots. That was from a hand held gps & averaged against the current in a canal. Ran it down current, turned & ran right back, averaged the two speeds. The first sea trial was about 65 nautical miles at 24 knots. She burned 20 gallons fuel. A half day of tubing with six souls on board, she used ten gallons. Being realistic, hoping to cruise at 22-24 knots loaded for tuna fishing. Still experimenting with a couple different wheels & also changing shaft rotation. With this setup you can go from cw to ccw & back again at any time. He's coming out of a twin diesel Hatteras that displaced 12 tons. This boat is taking big seas at higher speeds and riding a lot smoother than the big boat did. Glad to hear some feed back.

Thats some good milage. My boat burns alot even at 3500 rpms when it should be crusing at 4500 rpms (34 kts.)

Ray, your "cris craft" is probably a good bit heavier, did you ever weigh it? I'm sure that has an effect on your fuel economy.

Yeah shes a big baby. Amazingly though, it raised up about 5-7'' out of the water from the old POS. I never weighed it...maybe this winter.