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#1 ·
can anyone give me any further insight on this boat?
i have it regestered as a hallet, but many people dont think so...


 
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pontiac 354, 030 over, 2.11 and 1.66 valves, 9.8:1 cr heads flow about 260 cfm. .488 lift cam, peformer rpm modified intake, with a spread bore holly 750 DP
13" 15 prop underdriven on the 10 degree cassel, dont know the percent of gears, i havnt goten in to the box yet.

im also working on a 383 small block'd 66 wesco 16 footer v-drive flatbottom
 
#13 ·
Sorry, no offence, but that would not fly in the SF bay. Any V drive boat (especially a 16? footer is a calm lake boat) hitting waves in a fiberglass boat will destroy that V drive, in a fiberglass boat when hitting any waves have you ever seen the hull flex??? I have, they flex like crazy. Many years ago I ran a 21' deep V hull jet boat in the bay, 455 olds with a Berkley jet.
It took 2 years to make it bay worthy!!! I had to sort out everything, the first problem was with the body flex-the cable steering would short out the ignition switch and kill the engine. Spending the night out on the bay was no fun. Did it twice and hated it both times. The first time the engine died just at dusk. We floated along SF almost to the Gate and ended up just south of the san mateo bridge the next morning. The Tides are strong in the bay. The second time I knew what to do on the 21 deep V jet. Crawl into the bow and when the water hit my feet I would turn on the bilge pump.

Enough of that. Bought a 40' corsa with twin big blocks so I coluld cruise out in the pacific, the 2 engines never left me stranded again. Bought it in LA and piloted up to SF. That was also scary,
 
#17 ·
Sorry, no offence, but that would not fly in the SF bay. ,
i wouldnt dream of taking it on the salt water. it is a lake/delta boat.
but, the sacremento delta does reach to the bay!
ive ran this boat for 4 seasons.
ive grenaded 1 engine so far, but that was an operator malfunction.
the trick is... never go out alone ;)

nice boat richiehd!!! outboards can be tough!

thanks for the input guys!
 
#21 ·
RichieHD -- so that's your jersey skiff? Cool. I've always had the desire to own a crackerbox, but I suppose it'll never happen.

Hotr0d -- the left hand drive seems normal to me. My brother had a Ford FE powered Hallet back on the early 70's. Hallet used to build boats for "Bruce" of Bruce's Tires fame. All the boats were named "Big bite". My brother's boat had been one of these go fast ski race boats before he bought it. My brother was the third owner, so I imagine the boat was built back in the mid-sixties. The story we got was that Bruce owned the building on Hagenburger Court, and used to trade building rent to Hallet in exchange for one boat a year. . . .

Anyway, pilot was left, observer was right.

PatM
 
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