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I've considered it for my boat. Only decided against it because I don't want the console taking up that floor space. Definitely pad the edges of your console where your feet and legs go. Since steering sticks are designed to be more to your side than in front of you, you kinda need one foot...

If it was me, I would go with very-well braced transom riser instead of a jack plate. You eliminate the setback issue, and only give up some of the range to adjust height. The cost in time and money won't be much different than your option of buying another jackplate and adding a plate to...

I have a few dents that size on a 1752, including one on the outside edge that throws a little extra spray on plane. I only lost maybe couple mph at most off the original top end of 26 mph. I would try the filler material first. Even if it doesn't last, it would tell you if you'll get the 5...

My opinion on the pods question: If the hull is 51" across the bottom, I'd skip them. If instead it is 51" between the gunnels and only like about 36" across the bottom, I'd definitely add pods (BIG pods). I'm sure you already thought of this test, but you could put 80 lbs next to the transom...

I have the tohatsu 50/35 on a flat bottom (1752). In 6+" of chop, it cavitates at WOT unless I trim it way down, but the WOT ride of any flat bottom in chop isn't fun anyway so its not an issue for me. With 3 batteries and 2-3 people on a 17 footer, the motor is only just adequate for fishing...

Well done. Nice looking build. In addition, I'm pretty sure you should win some kind of prize for multi-tasking for that portion of the video when you are running the boat and flying the drone with the camera at the same time!

AMK: The airboat pictured is legal on this particular point because although he is sitting high, there isn't decking from under the seat to the gunwales. As I clarified in my second post above, its not the seats, its sitting or standing on a high deck without a railing (while on plane)...

To CRS: the specific language won't do you any good unless you are in MN. The law varies by state. It isn't the seats that are the issue (in MN). The issue is sitting or standing on a deck that is up to the level of the gunwales or transom without a railing while underway. To AMK: sorry for the...

Please don't take this wrong or negative, I think your idea is very cool...and I don't know what the laws are in your state. In my neck of the woods, if you sit on that cooler seat when on plane, you get about a $170 ticket unless: A) you add railings, or B) its registered as a personal...

I have a 1752 Blazer sport. I think all of the sports and SS's are flat. Blazer has offered a mod V hull. If I recall correctly, it has 5 degrees of deadrise. My impression is that the mod V's make up a tiny fraction of Blazer's total sales. The region where Blazer sells the most, just happens...

I apologize if this is overly obvious... but based on the above, if you obtained your grease tubes before the formulation was changed, you wouldn't need to pump out all the existing grease and switch over to 2 NLGI 630-2 until you run out of what you have now.

To me, the effort to pull up the floor, remove the (now probably wet) foam, and get at it from both sides for a permanent solution does not seem unreasonable in relation the amount of work that will be required to seal the 100 holes. Since you are not trying to attach UHMW any longer, you...

That's the only jet sprint boat I've ever seen without a rollbar. I hope you have plans to address that...

Anybody have pictures from this run? Its 6 degrees farenheight here in the warmest part of MN, and all we can do is be envious of you MO folks running your boats this time of year.

To Rrider: I don't mean to hijack this thread, but do you have a pic of how you handled switching the motor controls from side console to center console?

Most stuff 10 years old is going to be carb'ed, so I'd say $2500-ish also. If happen to you come across anything fuel-injected though, my guess is $3,000 - $3,500.

There is a thread on here about clearing water before storing in freezing temps. You can probably find it with search function. The upshot was that, after you are out of the water (or off the hose), you tilt the motor all the way up and then lower all the way back down. If you don't do this...

Welcome to Tinboats vortac! I agree with lowe1648, the only viable option locally is to buy used. Fortunately, that's not a bad way to go for your first jet rig. Those learning curve dents aren't so bothersome if someone else has seasoned the hull a little first. In addition to the smallie...

The examples above are more to protect people than props. There are somewhat similar devices for prop protection that are used on (generally) smaller outboards with unlocked manual tilt. The guard bounces/eases the outboard over obstructions. Google “rockhopper”, for one of the more common...

Definitely have comfort there! I've always wanted to try something like that, with screens in place of the vinyl windows, as a way to keep mosquitoes off while catfishing on still summer nights. Of course you'd have to leave enough open room at the back to land fish.