Headless hula
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If someone were to commission nordic to build the modern version of this boat, how would the current merc 6.2's compare to the scorpions that Dave has?
EDIT: or would you rig one of the high HP small blocks that wakeboard boats get these days?
The current Merc 6.2 350HP small block would run about the same as the scorpions I’d wager.
Dave can you provide the details on the LED Lighting/Drivers/Control etc you are using for the strip lighting?
Have you stretched her legs yet? Should run 75-78 I would guess.
We should be able running neck to neck with our boats then. I would be hoping for rough water though, that's when my boat runs best, breaking up surface tension. Is the 27 a 24* bottom?Current setup with six people and 3/4 tank it ran 67. Should run upper seventies maybe 80 when it’s done
I think they actually have more mid range, but less top end.
I just picked up those drain plugs. Super stoked now that they are cracking down at Windsor. I chased a leak for years in my boat. Fixed/ silicone everywhere and no use. Found out it was from when I removed the internal flappers on exhaust and went with external flappers. The holes that the pin was mounted in was the culprit. Drank a lot of Coors over that sum bitch!Ok so we ran the boat twice and right now in time it’s right before my birthday weekend..
The boat leaks.. I don’t know where the water is coming from and my fat ass isn’t gonna find out. So it’s going to Barrett Custom Marine so they can fix it.
Steve also informed me the drain plugs weren’t dealing 100% but this is more water than that.
Barrett changed the drain plugs to the new bad ass Wddie Marine ones and yanked the ski pole for me.
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If someone were to commission nordic to build the modern version of this boat, how would the current merc 6.2's compare to the scorpions that Dave has?
EDIT: or would you rig one of the high HP small blocks that wakeboard boats get these days?
Those square bases for the bimini go behind the fiberglass so you don't see them?
Fuel fill is nice, I need one of those for the ski boat.
With the struggle it was to tighten the prior nuts, will it be equally impossible to "find the hole" and get the bolts threaded into that new plate?The square brackets will go behind the gunnel and the bolts will screw into them. It used to have nylock nuts on the backside, and one was lose. It was "almost" impossible to tighten it. This kind of takes care of that problem, and it puts the stress of the bimini over a wider area.
Normally if you could get to them you'd just run the plates with nylocks on the back side of them (better). I'm doing this because you can't get to them, so it will be alot easier to tighten them if one ever does come loose.
RD
With the struggle it was to tighten the prior nuts, will it be equally impossible to "find the hole" and get the bolts threaded into that new plate?
Dave, what made you tear out the floors, were they soft?
Yikes on the wiring. Did someone ruin Hallett's factory rigging or was this par for them?
Has to be aftermarket...Halletts are the best thing since sliced bread and were rigged by the gods and Nordic is going to ruin them!!!
Mine looked very similar before Brian at B&D cleaned it out and re did the rats nest.
With that said...you ever climb around and check out a standard production 70's/80's Schiada?? They weren't much better....lol
70's and 80's isn't 1998. I'd happily show ya the wiring in my 03 Schiada.. It's all factory and nice.
To tell you the truth, back then the best wired / rigged boats were probably Cole's, and DCB coming on scene.
RD
Got a question to both Daves. DKahn turns his props outwards [ I'm too ] Riverdave turn inwards. What toe settings you guys have and did you experiment with it?
With weight as a consideration on how it impacts performance, how much total weight is being added to the boat with this supreme set up?To put granite in a boat I'd have them mill it down to a 1/4 inch thick (thin). They then put that on a stainless steel waffle board, and then they'd glue that to a piece of stainless, then you glue that to a counter top.
The granite itself is extremely weak and will break under it's own weight if it's not supported correctly. Just seems like a pretty fragile deal. Not saying we couldn't pull it off, but if someone slams a big bottle of Tito's down on it and it cracks? Then I'd be screwed, and would have to rip half the boat apart trying to unfuck that program. So I skipped it and went a different direction.
Little bit different then "flex" on a gunnel for a little tiny 2 inch square.
RD
Hate to be devils advocate here but this is a builder we have respected and patronized for decades. Makes all wonder how many others were built with this attention to detail. In retrospect, I believe a few more proud owners may benefit from your example and transparency. Thanks for the education.Got an update from Chris Drew tonight. He pulled the cabinets out of the Hallett. When he pulled the cooler cabinet out we discovered the drain was never sealed correctly from factory so it had been leaking the whole time. .
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He took it home and was going to replace a couple portions of it, but ended up just rebuilding the whole box. Freshly resin’d!
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Damn, that wiring looks like someone butchered it.
My 95 210 looks 100% better than that and apparently has never been touched since it left Hallett.
My wiring looks nothing like that. Somebody’s been in there “fixin shit”.
My 99 210 was nothing like that either. Looks played with.
With weight as a consideration on how it impacts performance, how much total weight is being added to the boat with this supreme set up?
Schiada and DCB were for absolutely ahead of the wiring game compared to most boat mfg.
I don't remember my 84 Cole being all that special in the wiring dept...lol
My boat is a 1998 and the wiring is freaking gangster. No freaking rats nest at all. Super clean. Would post a pic but the cover is on and I am drinking my coffee.70's and 80's isn't 1998. I'd happily show ya the wiring in my 03 Schiada.. It's all factory and nice.
To tell you the truth, back then the best wired / rigged boats were probably Cole's, and DCB coming on scene.
RD
What are you going to use for a glass dash? Garmin screens or something more engine specific like a racepak? Not sure what type of ecms the scorpions use and if there are any interfaces for them to NMEA 2000.
https://www.navstore.com/noland-eng...Z0CJ6o1wz8KlkyVfdXKYl41nQEByXtSRoCoGEQAvD_BwEThere are adapters.. I haven’t gotten that far yet and have just started looking into it.
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There isn't anything specific to the "mefi" series of ecu's that I've been able to find. The type of converter that I posted the link to, ties into the 10 pin, or the wiring that would normally run to the analog gauges.What are you going to use for a glass dash? Garmin screens or something more engine specific like a racepak? Not sure what type of ecms the scorpions use and if there are any interfaces for them to NMEA 2000.
My 270 is a 2000 model and there is no ice chest, but there is a shelf there that exactly fits a small Iglo that I put in and take out. Works well as I just dump the water from the melted ice overboard.Hate to be devils advocate here but this is a builder we have respected and patronized for decades. Makes all wonder how many others were built with this attention to detail. In retrospect, I believe a few more proud owners may benefit from your example and transparency. Thanks for the education.