Lightweight flatwater octane build

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Goose

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Starting this wknd Highroller and I are gonna start building a flatwater lightweight octane.after talking to a few octane owners and some testing we have done on our own were gonna incorperate some changes into the hull to make it come up on plane quicker making it jump easier and turn faster.the hood will be a sr-71 hood with some changes and adding the ears in the front to go around the pole bracket to get a lower hood than what the octane has.im off work all next wk my goal is to start to finish this hull by next wknd.if all goes right it shouldnt be a problem.the goal weight is 70lbs.This hull will go up for sale once completed will be sold ready to drop motor and driveline in.will include hood and pole

 
tom21

tom21

havin fun
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clearwater FL
goose you are getting to be quite the hull builder! hope it works and pays out for you.

what is that biaxle and some type of poly, vinylester?
 
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Goose

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the hull will be biax and s glass,Vinylester resin i dont touch poly,their will be epoxy primer as a surface instead of gelcoat.
 
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Goose

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Well Dan and i started around 11am sun and finished laying them up around 8pm lastnite,we pulled them out this am and we had issues with the epoxy primer it came out pretty ugly,that was the downside but with a little sanding and shoot it with primer again she will be good so we decided to turn this into a beater flatwater boat and try some new ideas.so we went away with the firewall and used alumnium angle to mount the bulkehead. and just put 2 scupper in the back let the water flow right thrue.
the hull is 3in shorter top and bottom and and additional 2 in shorter on the bottom.we weighed it before we put it togather 40lbs.im gonna run a layer top to bottom from the front to rear and the inside is done all the mounts are in and the top is on and curing all in a day and a half

 
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onlyFX-1 said:
It was cool to meet you man, cant wait to see how it comes out. Lokks like yall are making quick progress
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yea it was great meeting you also and glad to see you made a safe trip home.
looking at your boat all day in my driveway wating for you to pick it up motivated me to get it done your ski is sweet
 
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Goose

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well here is the ugly side of it but its gonna be a beater boat and im gonna build another so im gonna do some cutting on it and move the pole foreward as far as i can to get it like the rickster of q8 if i like the feel of that ill do it to the new boat also
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TOBY

TOBY

BNA
Location
NashVegas
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Goose said:
Starting this wknd Highroller and I are gonna start building a flatwater lightweight octane.after talking to a few octane owners and some testing we have done on our own were gonna incorperate some changes into the hull to make it come up on plane quicker making it jump easier and turn faster.the hood will be a sr-71 hood with some changes and adding the ears in the front to go around the pole bracket to get a lower hood than what the octane has.im off work all next wk my goal is to start to finish this hull by next wknd.if all goes right it shouldnt be a problem.the goal weight is 70lbs.This hull will go up for sale once completed will be sold ready to drop motor and driveline in.will include hood and pole

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how much$$$is dan gittin for this in KIT form???
 
joe b

joe b

depth tester
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northfield, nj
Goose said:
well here is the ugly side of it but its gonna be a beater boat and im gonna build another so im gonna do some cutting on it and move the pole foreward as far as i can to get it like the rickster of q8 if i like the feel of that ill do it to the new boat also
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Nice... I notice the tractors it the garage are nicely dusted:crazy:
I've been working on making my SJ wider in spots and wondering if I should of started with a Octane. Can you show me a good pic of the bottom??? You guys got me thinking:sneaky:

Good work:arms:
 
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