528 Inch Hemi Wooddecker

[Dave Sammons]

Thought I would post up some pictures of a Wood Deck Riviera that I am rigging...
Paint By Krazy Kolors
Deck by Harlan Orrin
Engine is an all aluminum Indy 528...made just over 800hp.

 

[Dave Sammons]

 

[Dave Sammons]

 

[djunkie]

Wow!!! That thing is so sexy. You do great work Dave.


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[Riverbound]

Absolutely stunning.

 

[Kylemenz1]

Beautiful!! :thumbsup

 

[Monstrous]

Nice work my friend....

 

[fmo24]

Beautiful boat.

 

[69GS]

Beautiful work

 

[Flyinbowtie]

Wow. Please keep updating this. Amazing work.

 

[Kachina26]

That's insane!

 

[westair]

Very nice! ..... lots of $$ sitting on that trailer!

 

[sirbob]

love the profile of that hull - very clean! I also like the way Harlan built in the back splash on the back of the engine bay.

 

[woodagain]

Cranking some bad ass boats out of Carlsbad.
Looks good Dave.

 

[Dave Sammons]

Doesn't get much nicer than that. Gonna boat alone huh.

It'll have 2 seats when done...

Very nice! ..... lots of $$ sitting on that trailer!

How is it you live in O'side and we have never met??
Cocktails start flowin about 1:30 on Saturdays...you need to come by!!

love the profile of that hull - very clean! I also like the way Harlan built in the back splash on the back of the engine bay.

This is the second boat I have had Harlan do that style of back splash on a wood deck...always thought that Julian P had the right idea on that deal...

Cranking some bad ass boats out of Carlsbad.
Looks good Dave.

Thinkin about you...were you at with the Lenco??

 

[BUDMAN]

Love it....thanks for sharing the pics :thumbsup

 

[TBI]

Nice work Dave :thumbsup

 

[BadBehavior]

Lucky man to be able to work on boats that some of us can only fantasize about! The v-drive is truly a work of art for all invoved:champagne::bowdown:

 

[woodagain]

It'll have 2 seats when done...



How is it you live in O'side and we have never met??
Cocktails start flowin about 1:30 on Saturdays...you need to come by!!



This is the second boat I have had Harlan do that style of back splash on a wood deck...always thought that Julian P had the right idea on that deal...


Thinkin about you...were you at with the Lenco??

Lenco is fixed and re-installed, everything fits back together like someone knew how to rig a boat(thanks).
May try to run it next week. I'll call if it is gonna happen.

 

[Marko]

Those are some serious motor plates !! Turned out sweet Dave! :thumbsup

 

[Deleted Account]

That baby is beyond stout! Very nice work.

 

[westair]

How is it you live in O'side and we have never met??
Cocktails start flowin about 1:30 on Saturdays...you need to come by!!

Sounds good Dave! .... if I see you at Irvine next week I'll stop and say hi

 

[RiverDave]

Sweet Jesus!! I'm in love!

RD

 

[Dave Sammons]

Lenco is fixed and re-installed, everything fits back together like someone knew how to rig a boat(thanks).
May try to run it next week. I'll call if it is gonna happen.

Great...Just remember to use the Down Pedal!!! :thumbsup

 

[Dave Sammons]

Those are some serious motor plates !! Turned out sweet Dave! :thumbsup

Yeah I had to go up and grab the holes up around the water ports.
Probably going to mount a River Rat or like pump to the plate and run a Gilmore belt off the dampner...never seen a RR pump mounted remote, but I think it will work and sure look a lot better than say a mercruiser pump.
After that I'll do a little trimmin...

 

[Dave Sammons]

Sounds good Dave! .... if I see you at Irvine next week I'll stop and say hi

Sounds good...Today was Strawberry Vodka smoothy day...my wife says I need to eat more fruit!!

 

[djunkie]

Sounds good...Today was Strawberry Vodka smoothy day...my wife says I need to eat more fruit!!

LOL. We think alike.


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[Marko]

Yeah I had to go up and grab the holes up around the water ports.
Probably going to mount a River Rat or like pump to the plate and run a Gilmore belt off the dampner...never seen a RR pump mounted remote, but I think it will work and sure look a lot better than say a mercruiser pump.
After that I'll do a little trimmin...

Thats definately thinkin outside the box!! So the pump will be turned around backwards I'm guessing and you will make a pulley to fit the drive? That'll be interesting! :thumbsup

 

[Dave Sammons]

Thats definately thinkin outside the box!! So the pump will be turned around backwards I'm guessing and you will make a pulley to fit the drive? That'll be interesting! :thumbsup

That's the thought exactly...mocked one up there and it otta look kinda cool!

 

[Dave Sammons]

Had the tank built by Brian out at "Tank It" in Lake Havasu City(thanks Roaddogg for the delivery to Long Beach).
He did a Great job on it.
I would highly recommend his company for any custom fuel/oil tank you may need.
Should hold right at 16 gallons.

 

[randyjet]

How do you know where to set the engine I see them sometimes further back and sometimes mid boat I was wondering how it is determined.

 

[ductape1000]

The wood deck boats are amazing!! I would love to know how to build those!!

Stunning!! :bowdown::bowdown:

 

[harlanorrin]

Classes start tomorrow.
HARLAN ORRIN

 

[DtB]

Classes start tomorrow.
HARLAN ORRIN

More info please

Cool Beans on the boat Dave.

 

[Gelcoater]

More info please

Cool Beans on the boat Dave.

He's in Fallbrook,and a master of his craft.!!


This thing is pure art!! Wood,rigging,paint,engine,all of it, pure art.

And,looking at these pics gives me a bit of a chubby.:boobeyes:

 

[Dave Sammons]

Time to start bolt'n the bling on!!!

 

[YoPengo]

Absolutely bad ass.

 

[westair]

Sure makes it hard to work on my boat when I see things like this

 

[RiverDave]

Gonna need more pics and detailed Pics Dave!!

RD

 

[Dave Sammons]

Gonna need more pics and detailed Pics Dave!!

RD

Will do Boss!:thumbsup
Soon as I get a little more done...
Been a little busy with the new full time Job! After 30 years of selling Miller/Coors, I started 2 weeks ago with.....Hard to Believe.......

ANHEUSER-BUSCH!!!

So...RD, from here on in...forget about that MONSTEROUS guy here on the Site...I will line you up with the Bud Light Lime Schwag as needed!

 

[Monstrous]

Will do Boss!:thumbsup
Soon as I get a little more done...
Been a little busy with the new full time Job! After 30 years of selling Miller/Coors, I started 2 weeks ago with.....Hard to Believe.......

ANHEUSER-BUSCH!!!

So...RD, from here on in...forget about that MONSTEROUS guy here on the Site...I will line you up with the Bud Light Lime Schwag as needed!

Real nice......hey newbie, stick to the shallow end of the pool, before you play with the big boys in the deep end.

 

[RUNNINHOTRACING163.1]

paint is Wicked :thumbsup and power is'nt bad either :thumbsup:thumbsup






ROCK ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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ITS A SKATER NATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :champagne :champagne

 

[fmo24]

This is such a beautiful boat.
Question: is there any issues from encapsulating the stringers? Can you make stuff too stiff and will it work against the movement of the hull?

 

[OGCroz]

Billy B is the man!

 

[Dave Sammons]

This is such a beautiful boat.
Question: is there any issues from encapsulating the stringers? Can you make stuff too stiff and will it work against the movement of the hull?

Pretty standard these days on the Circle boats. They typically have a much shorter/narrower stringer than most hulls and actually the rigid rigging helps keep the boat true when slowing down and accelerating through the corners. That is one of the reasons the Carbon Fiber SS80 works so well...very little flex...

 

[RiverDave]

Will do Boss!:thumbsup
Soon as I get a little more done...
Been a little busy with the new full time Job! After 30 years of selling Miller/Coors, I started 2 weeks ago with.....Hard to Believe.......

ANHEUSER-BUSCH!!!

So...RD, from here on in...forget about that MONSTEROUS guy here on the Site...I will line you up with the Bud Light Lime Schwag as needed!

Welcome to the dark side! I might take you up on that swag.. Need some sweatshirts, it's getting cold out here!

RD

 

[Dave Sammons]

Gettin a few more parts bolted in.
Engine will come out one more time for starter placement and bellhousing.
Also have to polish a few parts and strip off color Ano.
Will be hard lining most everything.

 

[Dave Sammons]

Got rid of the bell crank assy. and was able to run cable direct.
Made a billet mount for the fuel pump.
Mike Leach was by today to measure for custom headers.

 

[Dave Sammons]

Mike Leach brought the headers down on Saturday.
We wanted something custom that would keep the heat away from the lumber in the deck and be unlike any other header out there.
We will be running a Dan Olson Square Sided scoop on the engine as well.
With the Shorty Headers and Scoop I wanted to salute the Master of the Unblown Hemi...Somewhere up in heaven, Dandy Dick is chompin' on a Cigar and smilin!
Beautiful job as always Mr. Leach!

 

[Dave Sammons]

Got most all the hard lines done.
Spark Plug wires are gonna need some tidying up since we tried to tuck the headers in as close as possible.