Some of the floor in my vipers were curved. I believe it was required to fit into the strakes, where the hull begins to curl upward. also, in order to manufacture quickly, i can imagine there would be some differences from one to the next. Grinding the perfect floor shape takes time. Just do your be...

115 should be just fine

Shes running now, and it feels like a race boat

Hippie459MN wrote: ↑Jul 20, 2024 8:25 am Nice! I though about doing that but just went with marine ply.

maybe on the next one... weight savings are HUGE and its more than enough

I want to start a discussion that I find useful for us all here. Using a floor in your boat that is made of a core material... I always wanted to try this, so during the build on Plum Loco, I gave it a shot. I found that a core floor work absolutely perfect for a hydrostream. There is not a wide spa...

more pics for you addicts

Hippie459MN wrote: ↑Mar 24, 2024 8:00 am Awesome! Glad to see you back at it. I love that color combo on that thing. I bet it looks really good all cleaned up and shiny.

it does look real good polished up

sorry a few posts appear out of order, ive been almost done for some time and pictures are mixed up. she has a dual ride guide steering setup, and a ridgeback mid. 2.4 200 powerhead and a 260 cowl. seastar foot throttle is nice, ill have to get a pic of that too.

floor going in and engine on

stringer box was ground down do remove some sloppy glass work. then reinstalled similar to factory. the variable is the stringer is now on top of core, when originally the stringer went to the bottom skin.