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It's still not even broken in yet.

So far. 21MPH @ 3000RPM and 30MPH @ 4000RPM. The motor is designed to turn 6200. In all honesty.....I'm a little afraid to open it all the way up.

30MPH in a flat bottom boat is fast. You really have to be on the trim button quick.

I thought I'd add a update to this. The boat is now powered with a '12 DF-90A Suzzy and it made a Rocket out of it, for a flat bottom boat. This new motor weighs 6lbs more than the DF-70 or about the equivalent of 1gal of gas. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_4265.jp...

That Samson Post is really nice. :)

But I'm still keeping COURSE UP on the screen. I may change mine thruout the day. Course UP for the run out and back in [depending on the screen I'm using] , but change to North UP when maneuvering on a wreck. But it's usually just left on North Up. SO USE KNOTS. IT IS THE STANDARD THAT PROFESSIONA...

What do have your electronics set up to read? MPH will make your boat appear to be faster to others when described using MPH :roll: Your fuel economy will be greater when using MPH :roll: I always set them to MPH and always clarify that my stuff IS set @ MPH...There is no confusion if you clarify a...

I run a Lowrance sidescan/FF (similar to what you want to buy) and an older Simrad FF same time with 'ducers right next to each other and don't ever notice any interference between the two That is unusual. What freq. are they operating at? The Furuno on my boat only acted up one time that I got clo...

Any comments or ideas on what kind of paint to use??? 1st there are no Epoxy paints in a spray can. I don't care what the label says. Epoxy is a 2 part system. If you put it in a can it would get hard and not spray. Sherwin Williams "Tile Clad HS" is the paint of choice. It is a true epox...

That's not the problem..... The problem is dissimilar metals. Stainless screws in contact with your alum. plastic washes, rubber washers, the use of Tef Gel. What ever it takes to isolate the 2 metals when mounting equipment. http://www.tefgel.com/contain.php?param=tefgel_infor http://www.sailorssol...

Some people had asked for pixs of it on the water. So I just shot these at random last night. I was also covering the flash to try and get the deck lights to show well. They really didn't in the pix's. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2601.jpg http://img.photobucket....

I went to the welding shop today. [ B&D Welding] I rebuilt the cooler already. Gigs and raking Flounder off in these coolers is hard on them. So this is what we did. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2598.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20...

Got rid of the Destroyer steering wheel, where someone tried to put a spinner on it. It didn't work right either. That wheel was 15 1/2in. The new one is 13 1/2in. It is just like the ones on my Mako, except the raw metal is covered on the rim. This will help not transfer the cold to your hands and ...

2nd time out. 18,19,20in 2.6.3.0,3.2lbs 13yr old Austin gigged his 1st Flounder. He's addicted now. :) He also scooped most of those crabs. [16 of them] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/Fish%20Pixs/100_2586.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/Fish%20Pixs/100_2585.jpg h...

seemed like it would come off very easy as well.

Never take the winch strap off until boat is over the water. :)

We made a plan to go. Then Ed and I went and ran the boat, after some Tecroline additive and a spark plug change. After we got on Bayou Grande and the wind was blowing pretty sporty there we decided not to go at night.......but wait, a front came thru and everything got real calm. Brother called and...

Trailer work today. Here's Doug [He's the "D". ] of B&D Welding working on some custom side bunks. I sure didn't want to put them on , but hey....it is a Jon Boat and needs them to make loading easier. I don't like the fact that it covered the boats name and makes it harder to wash. ht...

More pix's It's about ready to fish. The LED cockpit lights didn't photograph well. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2557.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2556.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_...

Yes.....Looks like it needs about 1200lbs dropped in it. LOL

Nope......It's a 4 cylinder /4 cycle Fuel Infected :mrgreen: 70Hp. My buddy Ed came over today and gave me a hand with pulling wire. One more day on the wiring and it will be complete. Wiring in the Bow done. Safety covers on the Trolling Motor connections at Power Posts. The other wiring is Nav lig...

It actually was running but running Fat. IE: Rich and excess fuel / soot seemed to be coming out the exhaust. I finished up a bunch of wiring and stuff and took off to the water late this afternoon. I started it again before I left the house. Fired right up. Fired right up on the launch ramp. Idled ...

It's ALIVE again. Fuel pump was stuck. I unstuck it and fired this thing up after sitting for a year.

It's a little overkill.......Imagine that. :) But I had them. 492 Garmin Chartplotter and Furuno 582 fishfinder. More used to keep from running around in this boat. Blue Sea Cable Clams to run the wiring thru. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2533.jpg http://img.phot...

Just finished building the Ballast box. The 400watt units weigh aprox.35lbs each with all the guts in them. So to get weight off the front of the boat the housing gets gutted except for the reflector,socket and bulb. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2518.jpg There is...

Issue was solved by cutting a shallow groove across each pair of countersunk holes with a router to allow the water to drain out. Use these and you will not need to do that. Note the screws going into the sides. They make them for 2X4's and 2 X 6's. A kit will do 2- 8ft boards. http://img.photobuck...

Here is the control box riser that was built. I enlisted the help of the guys at B&D to get this done. It's painted and mounted now. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2511.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2512.jpg Here is the M...

This is a Blue Seas Cable Clam. I use these all the time for cable installs on boats. More so for electronics installs. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Warthog5/1860%20SeaArk/100_2508.jpg Other people use a stainless Clam shell and cram it full of Silicone. I hate when I see that. :( http://c...