any one out there with 28" sportfisherman mine has a solid back wall with stand up head most fotos i see are open in the back? there is also a plaque i found on bridge "custom built for HENRY G. CONKEY"???
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Russ Hebert Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Any outboard powered Uniflites out there? Sobie2, I have a 23 hardtop that I have been working on for some time and will be looking to repower(or sell if the economy does not turn around). I have a fresh reman Jaspers 350 and was looking at my propulsion options... Merc, Volvo, or maybe even a Hamlton jet drive. I could drive that ol girl right up on the beach!! I looked at out boards and decided no because I would need to cosult with a marine engineer to make it safe and seaworthy. I also like having a swim step to get off and on my dingy and kayaks. I would like to know how your repower goes. good luck. Russ. > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:21:18 -0800 > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Any outboard powered Uniflites out there? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > A friend of mine in Everett Washington repowered his 23' salty pup > over 18 years ago with a 200 hp yamaha outboard. At that time, custom > brackets were not available, so he had a fab shop make one out of > marine grade aluminum. He also made a kicker bracket for a 9.9 hp 4 > stroke outboard. As many of you know, the inboard version of that > boat cruises around 18-20knots. The outboard cruises at better than > 30. He has since repowered with a 250hp yamaha and it really flies. > The downside was the center of gravity. It is now stern heavy but not > really bad, though the angle of attack changed also. He has had to > reinforce the fiberglass in the bow as it wasn't designed to take the > pounding it takes in that specific area of the hull. The stern was > also professionally redone for added strength as the transom of that > boat had little structural integrity on its own. The big advantage is > that he can store his dingy and bicycles in the old engine room, use > half the fuel of an inboard, get there quieter and faster and is a > real showpiece. At any dock he goes, it draws much attention. This > is a boat that gets a ton of use year around, and was a pioneer of the > early bracket mounts. JON > On Dec 8, 11:24 am, Sobie2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to hear from any Uniflite owner who is running outboards, > > what they have, how big the boat is etc. > > > > I've got a 23' Sportfishermen with an old OMC sterndrive, and need a > > repower. > > > > There are 4 options: > > > > 1) repower and use existing sterndrive > > 2) repower with gas sterndrive > > 3) repower with diesel sterndrive > > 4) repower with an outboard on a bracket. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sobie2 > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
