1986 Avanti
My starter boat was a peace of oak door in a creek. You'r doing waaaay better.
01-30-2012, 04:05 PM
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yea i put a down payment on it so once it comes out of storage and i hear run and drive it, its as good as mine, proably just going to leave it alone for a while and just enjoy it. I've grown up on a boat, and used my dad's 96 21ft chapparal with 350 and alpha pretty much every weekend these past 2 summers. But I hear what your saying, and yes i didnt think would be a bad start for being 21
03-24-2012, 07:15 PM
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I started off with a '86 22' Avanti myself back in the early 1990's. It's really a very capable little boat for its size. I should have left it stock. I ended up with a supercharged 355 in it, k-planes and re rigged the whole boat (the stock rigging was pretty bad). When all was said and done it had roughly 420 hp and ran 66 mph on fumes in cool air. The stringer problem at the fuel tank bulkhead that was mentioned earlier got me when all the tabbing let go after a rather spirited run. I ripped out the bulkhead and replaced the whole structure. The bottom was definitely wavy, and you can imagine how long the alpha lasted, but if you leave it stock.....it's a great starter boat! Enjoy it!
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03-24-2012, 10:20 PM
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i live near the place they were built. there are a lot of them on the delaware river near philly. biggest problems i hear about are broken motors. and you can't blame the hull for that...or can you?
03-25-2012, 12:21 PM
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03-25-2012, 01:07 PM
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03-27-2012, 08:52 PM
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You know....with that little hull, that's true! It reminds me of a guy I knew 20 years ago with a 26' Corsa that blew up his Blown BBC's monthly. He said the boat got out of line so rarely (it ran 85 at the time), that he never felt compelled to pull off the power. Any mild small block or even mild big block in calm waters in a 22 Avanti would present a similar issue. The Avanti's no 26 Corsa, but without wild power, it's rock solid in fairly calm waters.
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