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Lucky John

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Well I would have been in the water by now under normal circumstances but with the horrible weather I am about a week away from splashdown. The only things left to install are the radar, which is now on hold till I get a wedge from BOE, the vhf antenna and a pair of rodholders. Hopefully they will be able to paint the bottom later this week when we are supposed to hit close to 60 degrees.
I will post plenty of pictures of the install, but waiting for everything to be completed and cleaned up before I start. The pump for the autopilot he was able to install in back of the starboard side seat. He also made up a couple of cleats out of starboard so that the pump will be raised one inch off the deck. He also made a pair of wedges for the outrigger bases which were installed this morning.
Last night I registered all the electronics with Garmin and then proceeded to do a 2 hour update download for my 1040xs. I will perform the long update before installing all my waypoints etc.
The anticipation is killing me..............I got a little light in the loafers today when I saw the outrigger bases, it made me think of killing tuna in about 2 more months!
Here is a teaser of the transducer hole :mrgreen:
 

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I am going there Wed am to put name on the boat, will take a shot for you. He used a wedge and installed them just ahead of the "Tee" on each side. If the eye strap is installed I will rig the poles. The Rupp bases seem like a good quality base. They are closed Monday and Tuesday so I expect to splash next Wed am )
 
Let us know how it goes. My boat has not made it out of the factory yet. I am hoping by the beginning of May I will hit the water. The waiting game is always difficult after a long winter.
 
Boat is ready to go! All I need now is a weather window. Dealer is closed on Mon & Tue so any good day after that it will happen. I am going to do my engine break in by making my way back in the bay to see if any stripers are hungry :mrgreen:

Happy Easter to everyone here at Classic Parker!
 
John - Congrats! She looks great. I hope you enjoy every minute of use. Stop teasing, we want full pictures!
 
Got splashed today. Loading boat in the am first fishing trip Sunday morning. Bass to follow.
 

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How does the boat run with the 300 on the back. I am going to splash my new 2510XLD in the next 3 weeks and I am wondering how the single 300 will push the boat compared to the twin 150's and twin 200's. The boat looked a lot bigger then I remembered when it showed up at the dealer.
 
Yesterday I pushed up the throttle to 5000 and was doing 42 mph with a full tank of fuel and another person onboard. Seems you need to be around 3500 to plane then she boogies :mrgreen: I think you have plenty of ponies to play with.
 
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