Odd find in my shop

Geno, All the rear engines were slow to get up on plane and most had trim tabs added. I even think the later versions had them from the factory. The single tab on your boat is non functional. Someone didn't do their homework!! To work properly you need two tabs and they must be mounted flush with the bottom of the boat. The self adjusting spring loaded ones work great. The only drawback to tabs are a few MPH at WOT.

First off - Inland was dry as a bone. Record drought has her about twelve feet low and we couldn't launch from either end. We then proceeded to Guntersville and launched next to the Holiday Inn.

No pics - the wife got flustered becuase as she parked the truck and trailer after launch she mangled the aft starboard side of a brand new Stratos trailer - it happens that the guy who owned it is down from SC for a championship tournament with a really high payout. That's his job - to fish. Left him a note and now we have to fix his stuff before we can continue to fix up ours. Leave it to my wife to pick the most expensive thing in the parking lot to run over.

The boat ran great for about ten minutes, sputtered once and conked out. Smoke was pouring from the engine compartment so I grabbed the fire ext on my way to the engine - of course water washed into the engine box. Luckily it was only a moderate electrical fire and was easily put out by pulling the offending hot wire and waiting for the smoke to clear. Half a roll of electrical tape and a new jump (routed away from anything hot that would melt the insulation and ground it out) later and we were back underway.

41.2 mph is all she'll do but I'm certain the carb secondaries are non-functional. Will pull, clean up and replace the carb soon. The engine, velvet drive and v-drive all performed flawlessly. The tranny or v-drive or both are making some noise but it's only audible at idle and doesn't sound bad - no clunking, growling, grinding or anything of that nature.

She's slow coming out of the hole and points her nose skyward (which spooked the snot out of the wife and stepson LMAO!!) for a good 15 seconds before she hops up on plane.

The good thing is that even though she's quite ugly with her primer and greasy fingerprint paint scheme, she drew attention from almost everyone. It seems there are a lot more Correct Craft aficionados out there than I would have ever thought.

Pete, My Separator came from the Upstate South Carolina area, I believe I am second or third owner.

I would do that boat all gloss black with red interior!

Mike, Were did you get your separator? Do you know what part of the country it came from? It sure looks great!

Skicat,


Nice red boat you have......Any stripes yet??????

Boy MM,

That is a waste of good fiberglass!!!!!!

skicat...Your "UGA" boat will get a beatdown from this boat!!

8122pbrainard wrote: Geno, This would be the red color but a slightly deeper red as the colors in the catalogs tend to be washed out. The deck and hull would have both been red.

This is her new color scheme - I can live with it just fine.

Geno, This would be the red color but a slightly deeper red as the colors in the catalogs tend to be washed out. The deck and hull would have both been red.

skicat wrote: Boy Geno, All of that U of A talk is really depreciating the value of that used to be cool boat!

I would never do that!! LMAO!!

My wife's nickname is bamagirl and it has nothing to do with UA and everything to do with the fact that her family's from AL and she was an Air Force brat raised all over the world. Her favorite color on anything is bright red (I can't drive her cars because I get the tickets she can get out of). I like white boats so red below the rub rail and white above would be a nice compromise and visually pleasing as well.

I wish we could find a pic of the redcoat color scheme from 72.

Mojo wrote: Where's Pete?????

LMAO!!!

Thanks 75 Tique. I've mostly been around OB and IO.

My stepdad made it easy to hose cool it though - if you look at the pics of the v drive you'll see a tee, valve and extra hose that's red in color (and doesn't belong) running vertically from the port v drive cooling hose. That is actually an industrial grade water hose with a cap on it - you unscrew the cap and screw a water hose directly onto it. Not stock but not a bad idea at all, no pulling clamps and reclamping needed.

Red hull and white top with red vents. Maybe a red engine cover as well?

In deference to Pete the trailer will stay the original white.

What about a really big U of A decal on the top front?

Geno wrote: LoL You guys won't want it after I paint her red and white and put Bamagirl on the transom.

Where's Pete?????