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The boat you are thinking of was one of two we built for the NY boat show. It was definitely a Shadow and it had both a notched transom and a step about 60" forward of the transom. We testedit in boath fresh and Salt water to assure that we had a complete understanding of the various step configurations we tried...none of them improved speed...in fact we lost a bit...and the handling was worse than the standard hulls (*slippery" rear ends in hard turns).[ATTACH=CONFIG]529459[/ATTACH]]
If I start looking what years, in your opinion were the absolute best years that you made the hulls ? Next question, 2.5 Mercury, 300 xs, or the 350, what would work best for the 21' weight, horsepower, ect, I want to accelerate hard, top end is important but I want the race over after one or two miles when I am out cruising the ICW in NJ or the Delaware River.
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Do you guys remember building this Shadow. It was built in 1984 but is titled as a 85. I got it from Chris M who has owned it since 1987. I am working on getting it back to mint, although it is already in really good shape as it has always been stored inside and still is. It has a lot of custom work to the transom to handle the twin 260's. Also had twin 2.4's and started life as a single but Chris and Jimmy K did a ton of work on the boat. Cool to see the origin of this wonderful boat. It has a nice garage to live in as well and always will.
I really love the boat. Twin 260 ROS power.
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I really love the boat. Twin 260 ROS power.
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Hope to run it for the first time Friday. It is well over 90. Yust put two new tires on the trailer today as well as a new one on the spare. Going to Charlotte tomorrow for some expert help with it and a hull ding from the drive down fixed. We will see if I can handle it or not soon. If it is not a challenge, why have it?
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It ran the first time in 3 or 4 years yesterday. Hits 80 at the drop of a hat. Less than half throttle 4800-5K RPM with 28 Merc cleavers on it. I have a set of 30's as well. The 260's are singing. Love the boat.
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Hi everyone.. First of all, I'm new here.. And also new to the boating world.. Been curious for a while and found a boat I couldn't let get away.. The lines got me, to me it looks like a small cigarette. But, like I said I know nothing about boats. Anyways, read some of the posts and you guys know ALOT! so here I go.. I believe its a Hammond, was told its a 21' # RRH03198M83J. any and all info would be greatly appreciated..
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