DCB Mach 26

titanpb27 · Nov 10, 2014

Does anyone know the history or any info on this DCB Mach 26 ??

Enen · Nov 10, 2014

I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd guess someone hit something and put a big hole in the boat.

Bigbore500r · Nov 10, 2014

I would imagine that thing would have sank pretty quick unless it didnt happen in the water? Thats a big hole

Boat211 · Nov 10, 2014

Yep. Belonged to a friend of mine. Was on a family vacation when the damage happened. Coming into a beach and hit a tree stump under water.

BajaMike · Nov 10, 2014

Boat211 said:
Yep. Belonged to a friend of mine. Was on a family vacation when the damage happened. Coming into a beach and hit a tree stump under water.

A tree stump under water did not do that!

RiverDave · Nov 10, 2014

BajaMike said:
A tree stump under water did not do that!

What makes you say that?

BHC Vic · Nov 10, 2014

Coming into a beach would lead me to believe it was a slow speed hit. Not saying it's couldn't have gone down that way but seems like a lot of damage. Maybe a rock?

titanpb27 · Nov 27, 2014

How fast is a DCB Mach 26 with triple 280s ?

Ive only seen them rigged with twins

Does anyone know any history on this boat?

ONE-A-DAY · Nov 27, 2014

Sell the middle 280 and fix the hull with the $$$. With two they run 115 ish.

Boat211 · Nov 27, 2014

titanpb27 said:
How fast is a DCB Mach 26 with triple 280s ?

Ive only seen them rigged with twins

Does anyone know any history on this boat?

That boat ran 110 at 8k rpms

JRS1939 · Nov 27, 2014

Try a new prop 😂

Boat211 · Nov 27, 2014

ONE-A-DAY said:
Sell the middle 280 and fix the hull with the $$$. With two they run 115 ish.

That would be the fastest mach 26 ever. Typically 101 on kill. At least the ones I've been around.

titanpb27 · Nov 28, 2014

Boat 211

you seem to know some history of this boat
If you dont mind Id like know more about it
please e mail me at:

[email protected]

Thanks

Stainless · Nov 28, 2014

ONE-A-DAY said:
Sell the middle 280 and fix the hull with the $$$. With two they run 115 ish.

I agree, triples make it a pain to get back in the boat. I would keep the center power head though, we all know why. [emoji27]

DLow · Nov 28, 2014

Stainless said:
I agree, triples make it a pain to get back in the boat. I would keep the center power head though, we all know why. [emoji27]

Yeah. New rings every hundred hours would get a little tiresome. This would be a boat I would sell all 3 280s and replace with two 300xs. It's all about the right combo.

titanpb27 · Dec 3, 2022

It was repaired....

lots of rebuilding.....lots of custom part fabrication...lots of carbon fiber work
new interior.... new trailer......new fuel tanks.....

has (3) 300XS on it now.

Third motor doesn't add much on top end ...

but the acceleration is AWESOME !!!!

will run 116 with fuel and (1) 175 pound driver and (4) 220 pound passengers on board

attitude · Dec 3, 2022

titanpb27 said:
It was repaired....

lots of rebuilding.....lots of custom part fabrication...lots of carbon fiber work
new interior.... new trailer......new fuel tanks.....

has (3) 300XS on it now.

Third motor doesn't add much on top end ...

but the acceleration is AWESOME !!!!

will run 116 with fuel and (1) 175 pound driver and (4) 220 pound passengers on board

Awesome, any pics?

Dog · Dec 3, 2022

8 year update, awesome.

OldSchoolBoats · Dec 3, 2022

All of that work and it still is a triple.....

titanpb27 · Dec 4, 2022

I tried to talk him out of triples.
I told him twins would be enough.

His reply to me was: If you can put 4 on the back -- put them on there.

3 was difficult enough.

Had to recalculate the CG on the boat and relocate the fuel tanks further forward. I also lightened the boat alot. lots of vacuum bagged composite parts. Vacuum bagged most of the interior, including the floor. Very little wood left in the boat.
I had built a different Knee brace system to the transom for the 3 heavier motors
carbon fiber battery trays
Carbon fiber dash
Carbon fiber battery switch covers (4)
Carbon fiber seat mounts (removed the heavy stainless steel ones)
carbon fiber custom built Trim Pump mounts (3)
carbon fiber rigging tubes to cover wires and hoses
Vacuum bagged composite carbon fiber sun deck/rear hatch
custom carbon fiber switch panels

lots of other custom parts

ChrisV · Dec 4, 2022

Pictures!!!!

titanpb27 · Dec 4, 2022

It didn't take 8 years. Its been in the water for about 4 years

My health situations and difficulties slowed the process alot agreat deal of that time I was in a wheelchair.

Its difficult to workon a Mach 26 froma wheelchair.

Kct11 · Dec 4, 2022

I thought Wally Lampkin bought it off the ebay auction and repaired it.

titanpb27 · Dec 5, 2022

Wally did buy it off E Bay from the insurance company who totaled it.
Sold the 280s off it then started to repair with the intention of rigging with all new stuff and put twin 300xs on it for himself but sold the boat to one of his previous customers, then the customer paid him to repair/rebuild it and put the triple 300xs on it

Justsomeguy · Dec 5, 2022

Did I miss the pictures?

RiverDave · Dec 5, 2022

Would love to see the end result and build pics!

titanpb27 · Dec 5, 2022

I will have to dig through (2) computers and at least one phone to see what I have that I can share pic wise
I have not been on this site in quite a while
but Ill put some thing up.
To everybody that has seen the boat.....and or ridden in it...They have all loved it.

Just remember we are on the East Coast and things are done a little bit different than the West Coast....
(But I personally have loved West Coast boats all of my life.)

And remember this a 2000 year model boat.....so it is almost 23 years old
and all of this work was done on a boat that was renderd as a TOTAL loss BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THAT PORT REAR CORNER WAS EXTREMELY DAMAGED all the way under the sponson and delaminated quite a bt of the fiberglass contruction

titanpb27 · Dec 5, 2022

there are still few cosmetic parts (carbon fiber) I need to do for the boat but health problems have kind of held me back
Hope to get them made right aftr the first of the year

RiverDave · Dec 5, 2022

titanpb27 said:
there are still few cosmetic parts (carbon fiber) I need to do for the boat but health problems have kind of held me back
Hope to get them made right aftr the first of the year

Hopefully you are feeling better