Air Dog

I agree, I have never seen a notched transom banana. Didn't know they were doing that back in 1983 either.

Wonder if it was modified after the original build?

Pasta, how fast does your boat go?

pasta

To slow
During the test run the gps said 40 mph on flat water.
Didnt rely on the engine and drive and didnt test more than i thougt was nessesary. Didnt want to end up not getting home.
Probably the top speed is around 45 mph?
The seller said that the modifications done was repaint, replacement of the gas tank and new interior.
Dont know if this is 100% true.
Difficult to check the history of the boat.

It felt rely nice and stable but slow during the test drive.
See a short fim clip of the test drive.

pasta

A quick update,
We have removed the engine and transom etc.
Havent had time to look closer to the notch on the inside to see if it is original or not.
Next step is to have a look at the wiering. It seems it needs to be replaced after some 25 years of duty

sorry for bad quality of the pictures...

Air Dog

I think you could safely add 5 mph if you removed the bottom paint.

What is the density altitude, (height above sea level), where you live?

pasta

Stockholm, Sweden, is 1,64 meters above the sea level

pasta

Some more updates.
The bulk head was not healthy. I knew this when i bought the boat.
Didnt know that the "stringers"? was just as bad...

pasta

As the Bananas arent to common here in Sweden we dont know "to" much about them.

I have also shared pictures of the work in progress on a Swedish boat forum. Highly appreciated!
Some people have been asking friendly questions about the construction of the boat.

What seems to be different on the Bananas from many other boat is that the "stringers" in the engine compartment and the stingers that goes forward in the boat is not at the same building level. They "hull stringers" that supports the gas tank and goes forward the boat is narrower than the stringers in the engine compartment.

The humble question is, why was the boat construced like this?

If my English is not good enough i hope you understand what i mean by looking at the picture below.

Top Banana

When we built the boats, we used the exact same building layup sequence that Cigarette used in the 70's. The men trained at the Cigarette plant....look on the banana boat co site and you can see factory photos from both Banana and Cigarette, that show the boats under construction.

To answer your questions, back then the stringers all used the same type of wood...the width was the same.....the engine stringers were just doubled in size for strength to hold the pounding the engine and drive would take.

The stringers forward by the tank were cross supported by side supports and further forward by the bunk area, so they didn't need the same strength as the engine suport stringers.

The stringers that are for the engine have to be a certain distance apart so the engine can fit between, the stringers on both sides of the gas tank have to be wider so we could get the max size for the tank under the floor.

I just reread the whole thread and understand that this is a Port Edgewood, 1983 Banana.

Sorry I can't tell you more, but they changed the layup schedule and I have no idea how heavy they made them with their own schedule. If I were you, I would take out as much of the wood as you can and replace it with composite. Also clean the bottom of that bottom paint.

The notch transom is something I never saw before either.

pasta

Many thanks for your very quick answer.
I have been visiting your excellent site for some time now
From what I can see on the pictures on your site and comparing them with my boat, the lay up looks, to me, as it is done exactly in the same way.

Len S

Hey Trojan man would love to see some pic's of the race boat thats you have as you pic

Its your boat