So heres some info re the little boat , the OB splash-well and the Bayjet: First the boat applealed to us "just because " ,Its doesn't weigh anything (small lite boats are cool),it was ripe for a SBC and the Bayjet (to the right person) is worth some "bank" . We just happened to have alot of ansulary small block goodies setting around and as one might imagine a few Berk parts and pieces as well soo we thought we'd save it from the "dog pound" (landfill). Re the splash well ,its a pretty safe bet that the hull started life as a Outboard hull (bp might know more),ironically my second jet boat ,which I always thought was a "tahiti" was identical (same OB well) SOOO When in teasing Ralph and Brad on the PB board Circle boat thread a couple weeks ago I posted up pics saying "the vomit shake" is coming after you... BP saw the pics and sent me some PMs...turns out we kind of knew each other .. friends of friends thing ,good guy very knowledgable ! heres what he (BP) had to say
Originally Posted by bp298
tom, where did you get the picture of the boat with the "vomit shake" on the back??? do you have possession of it?
i only ask because... that's my old boat - haven't seen it in about 11 years, since i sold it, and it looks nothing like it did when i owned it, but it's definately my old one. i bought that boat in '78.
me and a buddy "laid up" the hatch cover over the transom hole, and i had that cushion made i don't know how many years ago. it was still looking nice when i sold it.
interesting...
bp
Originally Posted by bp298
couple other things now that i'm thinking about it.
when i first got the boat, the tank was vented outside the gunnel. the vent was always sucking water, so installed a nice water seperater that could be drained into the bilge. i moved the vent to the top of the gunnel, and never really cut way back on the water in the gas.
i can still see remnants of the speedcoat on the bottom. about 20 years ago, i heard somewhere that removing hook was a good thing. i had friends in reno that i'd go visit once or twice a year, and driving around one day, found sonny's marine shop. it needed some new exhaust hose, and greg had it, so got it there and talked to him about straightening the bottom. so, went back to eureka, stripped it, and towed it over for greg to straighten, which he did, and he sprayed the speedcoat. amazing it's still showing.
i used to get that metalflake deck really shiny - nothing like cruising accross trinity lake in 100+ temp, with that metalflake blinding you. it was a very cool little boat.
it should run really well with a pumped up small block. it was always a little squirelly in turns, especially if there was no passenger and you turned left.
if you have any other pics, please send to havasubp@yahoo.com i only have a couple pics from wayback, and they're so far away you can't really see it. i'll try scanning one and send it along...
Originally Posted by bp298
don't know about a socal thread??? where is it?
no, i don't mind if you use anything. the seats in it were real comfy, considering the size of the thing. i did find one pic, of an old friend barefooting behind the thing - probably 19-20 years ago.
doesn't surprise me that the deck is gone - it was something that had to be kept inside, and kept after when it was on the lake for a month at a time.
from the looks of it, that cushion might clean up? it was made with some pretty good material to last this long, especially left outside.
not too bad over here, a little breezy but in the 80s..
the blueboat was my second, first was a trihull 50hp outboard that wouldn't get out of it's own way... didn't last long.
my name is bob i race a southwind tunnel jet with njba/ihba in modified eliminator, and have since '02. we lived in arroyo grande from 93 until i retired last september, then we moved here to havasu. i worked for pg&e for 34 years, both in eureka and at diablo canyon. several years ago, Jeff was having trouble with a jet he bought, and i referred him to you.
we bought the southwind in '97, which is when i sold the dominator to some younger fellow. took him for a ride at lopez, and he bought it.
i think my youngest has all the old pics of the boat; he still lives in eureka, and is in hawaii at the moment, so won't hear from him for another 10 days.
Soooo Bob (BP) used to live around this area ,he owned the boat years ago (had a 396) and I'm sure was facinated and curious to see whta was really going to happen with it next, dont know bout you guys I loved every one of my boats thruout the years
