Thank you all for the welcome. I wanted to put up a couple pics so 88 Carrera believes I'm real, but some how the memory stick with all my pics is missing, hopefully only temporary.
Ka0tyk I think you probably have seen the pics on PB in the jet section, I see you there regularly.
19Dana, Ya, this is the boat that the previous owner tried to use as a rock crawler. Luckily the damage was mostly isolated to the left front sponson below the rub rail. Once he got on top of the rocks he just skipped right over. I think that guy has sunk this boat, crashed this boat, and sunk his new boat at least once. Maybe he should try a different hobby.
JMS-1 Thanks for the compliments and for checking out the build. It's been a lot of work, but it's been fun because we have been fabricating as many of the parts as we can. I can tell you I can't wait to finally get to use it.
Basically the boat is usable. I will pull the motor out again in the winter and have all the aluminum parts blinged out. I've bought a trailer that I'm modifying to fit this boat. After I get the boat on the trailer, I'm taking it to B1 racing in Santa Ana to have Chris install one of his loaders and help me set up all the hardware so I at least have a base setting to start from.
Since I can't find my pics at the moment I'll post a link to my build. I hope this doesn't offend the powers here.
http://www.performanceboats.com/jet-boats/97932-putting-fork-back-pickle.html
