Country Dave’s Lowe 1752 modification/restoration project.

[-coaltrain-]

badass build my man. looks great. make sure to post up a youtube vid of it running.

 

[Country Dave]

Good morning everyone,

I had to go out of town for a family emergency. Looks like everything is going to be ok. I will splash this weekend weather permitting.

 

[bigwave]

Can't wait dave.....hope all is well with your family.

 

[hudflat]

good to hear from you hope all is well.

 

[Badbagger]

Great to hear from you Dave and glad it's all going to work out. Looking forward to the SPLASH report :mrgreen:

 

[fool4fish1226]

Great work bro the boat looks awesome :beer:

 

[Country Dave]

Hey thanks guys,

Looks like everything is going to be ok, thank God. The weather has been pretty bad over here the last couple of days, really bad storms and lots of local flooding. The plan is to splash on Saturday, its supposed to get better by then and it would take a hell of a lot to stop me. LOL She is ready to run.

I still have a few little things that I need to do but nothing that will keep me from splashing her for a good sea trial. Pics and video Saturday evening or Sunday morning. I don't know how fast she will go, a 17 aluminum with a 115 HP should scoot pretty good. its not all about the speed but its not a terrible thing to have. I'm thinking upwards of 60 MPH I don't know.

 

[Badbagger]

Looking forward to it Dave! I'm researching a different prop for my beast. I don't care so much about top end, I want a prop that will help me RUN skinnier.

Buddy of mine just sent me some pics of his Gatortrax that he had built. WOW serious flats boat, nice cat walks, storage etc. You name it but it came at a BIG price tag lol.

 

[kfa4303]

Glad all is well. Good luck on the sea trials! I think she'll get past 60mph too. You better hold in tight!

 

[hudflat]

I have the your boats twin but your's is probally at least 350 lbs heavier than mine with the bigger fuel tank, a full livewell,pods , bigger motor & your weight and mine does max 33 mph on the GPS trimmed out with a 50 hp honda 4 stroke@ 6000 rpms on a nice calm day, so i would imagine you could easily get 60 mph. im not sure how confortable I would be going that fast in my boat but it would be nice when im trying to out run a thunderstorm on occasion. :mrgreen:

 

[Country Dave]

hudflat » 46 minutes ago[/url]"]I have the your boats twin but your's is probally at least 350 lbs heavier than mine with the bigger fuel tank, a full livewell,pods , bigger motor & your weight and mine does max 33 mph on the GPS trimmed out with a 50 hp honda 4 stroke@ 6000 rpms on a nice calm day, so i would imagine you could easily get 60 mph. im not sure how confortable I would be going that fast in my boat but it would be nice when im trying to out run a thunderstorm on occasion. :mrgreen:

Hud I would say 350lbs is pretty close,

The Yamaha 115 4 stroke ways 401lbs. If I had an extra 8K lying around that I wanted to part with I would have bought the new Yamaha F70. I had this motor from another project I was working on and I ended up selling that boat and keeping the motor. It has less than 100 hrs on it and its super clean and very well maintained.
So yeh a little extra work putting the pods on and building the chit out of the transom but a heck of a lot cheaper than stroking a check for 8K. I did not put on the big motor because I wanted to go fast; I put it on because it’s a gret motor that I had lying around. Going fast is just a bonus……………. :mrgreen:

 

[Country Dave]

"Splash"

She sea trialed real good, I'm very happy overall. I had her trimmed perfect but she still wanted to porpoise a little bit so I had my girlfriend sit up front and then we were good. The trolling motor and maybe a little additional weight up front and it will be good to go. The motor ran perfect, like it was new. It really is, its only got about 100 hrs on it.

Once the porpoise-ing was taking care of she was smooth as class. She really performed well. Ok ok I know everyone wants to know how fast. Only 46MPH on the GPS with 2 people. I barrowed my friends 13x17 4 blade and I should have left my 13x19 3 blade on and ran it first. 46MPH @ 5800 RPM with 2 people not bad but I want 50+ or I'm not going to be happy. I put my 13x19 with the wrench in a prop bag because I wanted to change it but I forgot to put it in the truck.

Anyway I have a couple of video's and some more picks that I will down load soon. For now a couple of shots of her in the water.

 

[Badbagger]

Let me be the first to say CONGRATS and it looks awesome =D>

It's been a LONG time coming but tis sure an awesome feeling isn't it? Get some weight in the bow and it should help. I knew I'd have the same problem with my beast. I've got 30 gallons of fuel in the bow which helps but the trim tabs eliminate it completely! Looks like you dropped her in along side the canal on Alligator Alley :mrgreen:

 

[bigwave]

Looks real good, congrats. You will get her dialed in. I am sure the prop will help. =D> =D> =D> =D> :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

 

[Country Dave]

Hey thanks guys,

Yeh I’m pretty happy. BB its Markham Park, at little east of the Alley. A prop change and the trolling motor installed up front and I think I’m going to be good.





Her is a little video.

https://youtu.be/gb1zC8GWZaw

 

[Lowe 2070 CC]

Very Cool, Happy for you!

50 with 2 people sounds about right, I'm running a 13X19 as well.

With just me, 5 gals of gas and no cargo, it's all I can do to bump 50, trimmed out, down wind. With a load I can run 45 all day. 1500+ lb hull and motor.

All those mentions of 60 out there never seemed realistic, but I figured I'd wait till you ran her. given the weight difference in our boats I would think light load trimmed out somewhere shy of 55 should be about it.

I regard to the porpoising, you threw a heavy motor and some rear transom weight on a "Short for Hp" hull. I know the sponsons help add length, and moving the console (batts) forward, but three more feet of hull up front really keeps the nose down. I would bet that shifting cargo, anchors etc.. up front will help when you don't have a passenger. Trimmed out and running light mine will still porpoise if I get into chop, I would imagine yours will too.

By the way, boat looks great.

 

[typed by ben]

shes a beaut, clark. stunningly beautiful aluminum boat.

man that motor looks big on the back.

 

[Country Dave]

Hey thank you guys I really do appreciate the kind words,

I'm going to try and run her again soon probably Wednesday night after work. I'm going to change out the prop and put my SS 13x19 3 blade, also going to install the trolling motor. I think just those two little changes will make a big dereference. I would love to see 50MPH + I'm good with that.

Not even worried about running her up on top, that thing sips fuel even at WOT. I will get it dilled in. :mrgreen: I was pretty happy with the overall performance. It jumps right up on plane and it rides great "smooth as glass" it handles great as well, smooth in and out of turns. I'm very pleased............ :mrgreen:

 

[kfa4303]

Congrats Dave! She's a beauty. I love the light blue trim on the hull. Nice posing and flexing in the vid too, but we gotta teach the girlfriend how to hold the camera

 

[Country Dave]

kfa4303 » 31 minutes ago[/url]"]Congrats Dave! She's a beauty. I love the light blue trim on the hull. Nice posing and flexing in the vid too, but we gotta teach the girlfriend how to hold the camera

LOL Thanks kfa,

I didn't even know she was filming. She told me she was just taking pic's. I wouldn't have acted that stupid but That's pretty much just Dave being Dave........... :LOL2: