I live up here in Alaska, and have a 1970 27' express. Besides the single 360, it's a great boat. I'm building a 318 for it at this very moment. The stringers are in fact not wood, kevlar or fiberglass i'm not sure. As far as taking rough water. I have had it in 7' seas with a broken crankshaft... I'd love it if i had two 318's, mine is most economical at 7-8 kts, the 360 ran at 1900rpm, and 3400 at 15kts. Maybe the 318 wil live longer than two weekends
On Fri Jun 4th, 2010 6:48 PM PDT [email protected] wrote: >Ray, I would really like to talk to a fellow Lake Erie boater about >this model Uniflite. Email me at [email protected]. I have some >general and some specific questions. The broker that is representing >the boat believes that it has a Kevlar stringer system, which I'm >almost certain is incorrect. Anybody know for sure? How 'bout >ventilation? This thing seems to be as tight as a drum. Can you get >any air moving thru this thing? Forward windows on the cabin trunk and >the helm don't open, which is disappointing. Anybody ever changed or >modified this? How 'bout the old station wagon-effect on the exhaust? >Do you get exhaust fumes coming up into the cockpit while underway? I >could go on and on with question. Ray, or for that matter, anybody who >would like to chat about the 27' Express, email me please. > >Thanks for all your efforts and information, > >Michael > >On Jun 1, 7:54 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What do you want to know about the 27' express? We have >> a 1972 Uniflite 27' express/fb and twin 318's, on Lake Erie docked at Toledo >> Beach Michigan. The twin 318's are nice, we can cruise them all day at >> 2500-2700 RPM that give us 17-20 MPH and they will last for ever. Ours is >> heavily loaded , WOT 4000 RPM gives 32MPH. They handle the chop in western >> Lake Erie great with good working trim tabs. At cruising speed you can >> expect 1.5 MPG. In 34 years we have put 23,000 miles on ours, from Lake >> Michigan to Lake Champlain and every thing in between. I would be happy to >> talk to you more. Ray >> --- [email protected] wrote: >> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> To: UnifliteWorld <[email protected]> >> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] 1970 27' Uniflite Express >> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 09:54:25 -0700 (PDT) >> Hello all--I'm considering considering a 1970 27' Express, and I >> thought I "ask the experts" what they thought of this model. It's in >> pretty decent condition, no major issues that I can tell yet. Twin >> 318's >> I'm out here on Lake Erie, and the boat's been a freshwater boat since >> new. There isn't a lot of Uniflite's out here, actually they're pretty >> rare, but I'm well aware of their reputation of build quality. >> The boat is still on the hard, so I haven't had an opportunity to give >> it a sea trail. I want to do some light to medium-duty great lakes >> cruising with it. Lake Erie has a mean reputation for a short, steep >> chop and I'm curious how this boat might handle this.. >> The twin Chrysler's seem like a bit much for this boat, so I image >> it's pretty fast. I'm not really interested in speed so much, but GPH >> is a concern. Can this thing be cruised at say 15-20 knots with some >> relative economy? >> Any other thoughts, perceptions, "look-out-for's", ideas would be >> appreciated. >> Thnaks >> -- >> 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. > >-- >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. > -- 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.
