Odd find in my shop

Boy MM,

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

Skicat,


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

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

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

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

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.

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.