Author Topic: You can call me skegless (Read 26417 times)

still_fishin · « **Reply #40 on:** August 21, 2015, 07:57:15 PM »

Ross, you mentioned that you couldn't tell the difference between the buoys on the sunset cruise. ...........I'm drawing a blank right now but one has a triangle top, the other has a square top.

thedeuceman · « **Reply #41 on:** August 21, 2015, 08:31:39 PM »

Now you tell us…
When the sun is behind the boys you can't tell what color they are

Terry_Curran · « **Reply #42 on:** August 21, 2015, 08:34:07 PM »

Not sure if this dipicts the bouy symbols correctly.

Terry

Jason · « **Reply #43 on:** August 21, 2015, 09:00:36 PM »

Quote from: SSV-191 on August 21, 2015, 08:34:07 PM

Not sure if this dipicts the bouy symbols correctly.

Terry

Yep. That's shown correctly.

Plugcheck · « **Reply #44 on:** August 22, 2015, 08:57:15 AM »

Took my bride out camping last night, got this picture at sunset of a Missouri river wing dam, lots easier to identify. Yep, folks still hit them. Damage in that case is generally worse than a broken skeg.

75starflight · « **Reply #45 on:** August 22, 2015, 09:09:11 AM »

very beautiful Mike!

Plugcheck · « **Reply #46 on:** August 22, 2015, 06:58:04 PM »

Taking the outdrive off tonight, came back from camping because severe weather was forecast. Got my new skeg, pretty rough finish, but I suppose that it's designed for finishing and blending after welding. Got it from TH Marine, alpha gen 2 I believe.

Plugcheck · « **Reply #47 on:** August 23, 2015, 06:45:32 PM »

I have completed the skeg repair, and took a few photos along the way. If you folks want, I can probably put together a short tutorial of what I did. I should make a new thread, but do we have a repair type of forum to place that in, Doran? Really not that bad a process, but rather time consuming. Since everyone saw the broken skeg, well here is the end result.

75starflight · « **Reply #48 on:** August 23, 2015, 07:04:26 PM »

Looks great Mike! Looking forward to next weekend!

Glastronjohn18 · « **Reply #49 on:** August 23, 2015, 08:04:50 PM »

Look'n Good, Mke. Nice weld job.

Hyperacme · « **Reply #50 on:** August 24, 2015, 06:32:40 AM »

Mike ...
If you have never been to the " Vendor and Repair Resources " section of the forum, you should check it out ...
YES ! ... Please start a "Skeg repair" thread in that section.

http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?board=7.0

kert0307 · « **Reply #51 on:** August 24, 2015, 10:38:57 AM »

I'm surprised you didn't weld a nosecone on there while you were at it...

Good job though, looks great.

Plugcheck · « **Reply #52 on:** August 24, 2015, 12:38:44 PM »

All I could find were nosecones for Bravo drives. Seriously considered turning one on the lathe, but then changed plans due to the new boat becoming the performance craft. My Intimidator will receive the 388, and the CVZ will have either the Merc 260 from the timi, or its original 898. I still want to finish the CVZ, but the CVX padded hull simply cannot compare with the Timi's v hull and higher X dimension.

CVX Fever · « **Reply #53 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:45:48 PM »

Here's a good article about nosecones/cleaver props and their effect on performance. The just is that unless your running over 85 MPH a nosecone on a sterndrive isn't gonna do anything but slow you down. So save your time and money.

http://blog.boattrader.com/2013/06/cleaver-props-and-nose-cones.html

Plugcheck · « **Reply #54 on:** August 24, 2015, 04:02:52 PM »

I have read the article you posted before, in fact I've read dozens related to cones, skegs, props, and drives. So much info out there, its hard to make solid choices. If I had a cone available, I probably would put it on just for fun, and also because the nose took a dent and may be vulnerable, or more so than before. All discussion aside, the CVZ is likely to go forward as more of a family fun boat which if it can do 45-50mph that's probably good enough. Who knows, maybe it gets the 305, the timi gets the merc 260, and the 73 RS Camaro gets the stroker? Who knows, its all a grand experiment. I have collected all my pics and done a bit of writing, so I will be posting a repair guide to Skegs soon on the vendor resources.

carlsoncvx18 · « **Reply #55 on:** August 24, 2015, 04:29:52 PM »

If I remember correctly Ole Red just welded on a couple pieces of aluminum in a cross shape.

Then ground to the shape he wanted and filled in with epoxy.

still_fishin · « **Reply #56 on:** August 24, 2015, 06:42:22 PM »

I don't think I'm going to have time this year but early next year I will take the drive off my CVX18 and do a full speed run with both drives so we can put this to rest. I'll just change the drives in the parking lot.

Burnin Daylight · « **Reply #57 on:** August 24, 2015, 06:57:03 PM »

Don't them WOT for very long!!

still_fishin · « **Reply #58 on:** August 24, 2015, 07:05:30 PM »

Quote from: Burnin Daylight on August 24, 2015, 06:57:03 PM

Don't them WOT for very long!!

Why, what happens Barb?

Plugcheck · « **Reply #59 on:** August 24, 2015, 07:07:30 PM »

Tim, I thought you sold your 18? What is the difference in drives between them?