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Tech Talk => Hulls => Topic started by: randog on February 13, 2014, 07:55:07 PM

Title: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: randog on February 13, 2014, 07:55:07 PM

Any one ever had a 18 foot kona bubble deck? I had a 73 kona 18 foot it was a porpoising s o b . I'm going to look at a bubble deck tomorrow with a bbc and berkeley jg that I might trade my baja for so looking for any ideas on this hull thanks


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Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: 76 Bonneville on February 13, 2014, 08:40:33 PM

WAs your old Kona a full stringer boat or a quarter stringer.
May have made a difference in how straight the bottom was.
They came both ways.

Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: randog on February 13, 2014, 09:27:58 PM

it was a full stringer i think this is the only pic i have

Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: SoCalPSD on February 13, 2014, 09:34:00 PM

I have a 18 kona like your old one and I never had a problem with a bouncy ride


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Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: Havasukona455 on February 14, 2014, 11:11:20 AM

Yeah I had a 73 kona with full stringers and it rode great. Better then most boats out there


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Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: randog on February 16, 2014, 08:48:13 AM

Let me say my old kona was a good boat I liked it a lot. It road bad on the top at wot it had a place diverter and you could help it but I don't think it had enough hp to push it out.it had side tanks at one time but when I got it it had a 25 gal bow tank maybe that made some problems I don't know I'm not knocking kona boats I was just wondering if any one ever had a late 70s kona bubble deck and liked it.i have a 77 marlin bubble deck right know that's not a great boat by no means but it rides nice handles good but it's a quarter stringer it needs to be painted and some wood work in the back. So I'm looking at this kona because it looks like a nice boat and a better hull to put money into.


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Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: SoCalPSD on February 16, 2014, 09:57:54 AM

Mobboss here on the boards has a kona bubble hit him up


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Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: randog on February 16, 2014, 12:55:11 PM

Quote from: SoCalPSD on February 16, 2014, 09:57:54 AM

Mobboss here on the boards has a kona bubble hit him up


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Thanks


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Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: pipes on February 18, 2014, 06:15:37 AM

I've had my Kona for one season and love it. For what it is it handles up to 1 foot chop pretty well.
1/4 stringer with a mild 460 and place diverter

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Title: Re: 1977 kona bubble deck
Post by: randog on February 18, 2014, 09:03:05 AM

Thanks for the info guys but the guy told me all last week I had to wait in tell this week to come look at it and that he would be in az Friday to Monday and now he said he took a deposit on it last week some people suck when they can't tell you the truth. Screwy


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