New D boat

[daveracerdsh]

Here is a pic of my new Tohatsu D boat in front of shop. Ran a hose to a tank under lower unit and test fired motor a few minutes after pic was taken. So far so good....testing everything in less then 3 weeks.

[blueskyracer]

looks nice Dave..Blue is always a fast color..The folks should be able to see you till they chop you

[mercguy]

Here is a pic of my new Tohatsu D boat in front of shop. Ran a hose to a tank under lower unit and test fired motor a few minutes after pic was taken. So far so good....testing everything in less then 3 weeks.

new name for ya...........Rainbow Brite!!!!!! DSH should be fun this year in Reg10!!! Bought time you get it done............good job!

[daveracerdsh]

New Tohatsu D boat

Well...if nothing else...it is bright. It is so freakin hard to pick colors out at the paint store....but it came out ok. The way I keep wrecking boats I did not wanna spend tons of time on the finish work....thus there are quite a few flaws in paint. But for a novice painter I think I did allright.. All I need now is a new steering wheel (thanks Aaron) and the cables hooked up and I am ready to go. Numbers are going on Monday, just a few minor details left and I am ready to get cut off!!

[Aussie Steve]

Very cool Dave .

Colors are very retro looking if you ask me ...I like .

Yes R10 is going to be good for the spectator and racer this year .

[daveracerdsh]

New Tohatsu D boat

Yah...I was sorta going for the retro look...I saw paint job like this on an old ski jet boat from the 70's....I thought...hey...that's kinda cool. I was a major pain to get the curves done right....I bet there is a trick to it that I do not know....

[daveracerdsh]

New Tohatsu D boat

I took the dimensions of wrecked boat and tweaked them a little bit..I was very happy with the way rig handled...but it did sorta want to "swap ends" when driven hard into a corner, so I made the right sponson slightly wider as well as making the left airtrap just a little deeper then the right.....hopefully it will not want to can up and will turn a little better. Lofted up plans for it in late October....first time I have used honeycomb for bottom and cockpit sides...a new experience for me to say the least. I have somewhere around 125 hours into construction, not counting design time. Aaron Salmon was supposed to help my build it....but for whatever reason he never showed up or contacted me..I have to say I am a little dissapointed, but I did get it done on my own. Going testing 3 weeks from yesterday (feb 18th) hopefully everything will work ok....had motor gone thru as well...not sure if I should rebuild the carbs....they seem to be ok. I also have some new props coming...out of the 9 or 10 props I own I have only found 2 that work well....I think the Tohatsu is harder to prop for then the 44XS....we will see.

[Team 12R]

steering wheel

Well...if nothing else...it is bright. It is so freakin hard to pick colors out at the paint store....but it came out ok. The way I keep wrecking boats I did not wanna spend tons of time on the finish work....thus there are quite a few flaws in paint. But for a novice painter I think I did allright.. All I need now is a new steering wheel (thanks Aaron) and the cables hooked up and I am ready to go. Numbers are going on Monday, just a few minor details left and I am ready to get cut off!!

boat looks really nice dave. just dug out a steering wheel i had in the garage. it's nicer then i remembered. if you want it i'll send it up to the meeting this weekend with the smelt farmer. consider it a peace offering. lol

[daveracerdsh]

Steering wheel

Send away.

[Larry Darneille]

Wow, that is color! Nice job Dave.

[daveracerdsh]

Paint

Yah,....it does hurt my eyes when I see it in shop.....But I do have some cheap sunglasses to cut the glare down. Just need to find a name for new boat...any ideas out there?

[pops67g]

Blue = Speed

Quite a bit of history for fast and blue. Donald Campbell had his "Bluebird" on water as well as land. Richard Petty had the "Petty blue" Plymouths. I think Mickey Thompson's 400mph+ streamliner on the Salt Flats was blue as well. But then I guess I just like blue.

[KG4]

Awesome!!!!

[daveracerdsh]

Paint

Oh yah...blue paint is for sure faster then that maroon junk that racer X puts on his boat....bwahahahaha......

[mercguy]

Oh yah...blue paint is for sure faster then that maroon junk that racer X puts on his boat....bwahahahaha......

maroon junk?????? That $1000 maroon paint is going to be flyin right past you!!!!!

PS: with that paint job you sure as hell are not going to try and sneak on the inside of me!!!!

PSS: my boat wont be painted for awhile, so am going to enjoy being the first to damage that new paint job of yours!!!!!!