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Thanks for all the great pictures. Looks like nice weather and great times. Wish we could have been there.
Looking forward to G12.

Bob and Katie.

Very nice. Congrats on a great looking boat. Nice to see another Malahini in the water.

Dave,
Congratulations on your build and successful launch. It looks great! I wish we could make the gathering this year to see it in person. Hopefully we'll make G12.

It sure is great when a plan comes together! Congrats.

Mike,
I placed three separate orders from them and had no issues.

I ordered my Faria gauges, fenders, and a sun shade ( A Taylormade square umbrella. ) They had the best prices.

Bob

Another manifestation of SBBD: serial boat builder disease.
Looks great and a lot of fun! Congrats on another successful launch.

I would put the 3/4" plywood on the inside for strength and the thinner oak on the outside for looks.
Plywood is more stable and stronger in all directions.

You also asked about chop. As Peter mentioned, the Ski Tow is a shortened Malahini, (or vice versa). It does OK in light chop, but if the chop gets a little bigger you can get some pounding and wet from spray. Our lake can get pretty rough at times and you cannot cruise on plane in those conditions....

Yes, thanks for the tip. I bought this set on Friday. The shelf price was 19.95, but it got marked down at purchase. Kobalt has odd shaped sockets that work on a variety of different shapes and sizes. Many of the sockets work on SAE and metric sizes and are marked with both sizes. You get many more ...

I had to laugh at the Grasshopper reference. In Wisconsin, Grasshoppers and Pink Squirrels are always thick with ice cream. Oh, and brandy Alexanders as well. And, if you order a Manhattan and don't specify, it will be made with Brandy. I believe Wisconsin is the biggest consumer of brandy in the US.

Congratulations on your successful launch and excellent performance.
I think the extra HP lets you turn a 17 pitch prop. My 70HP Yamaha turns a 15P and I don't think I could go higher.
Boat sure looks good (and a bit familiar Good choices on your part.

The back of my dash is 18.5" from frame #4. It is tilted at a 12 degree angle. Because I built a deck bridge to separate the front and rear seats, I probably moved the dash a bit forward to get two comfortable seating areas. There is no right answer, just, whatever works for you. Your floor ide...

Congratulations! Now the fun begins.. seating, decking, instruments, upholstery, cup holders!

That is one incredible collection. Like the guy I met on steroids.
I did not go to the ACBS show, but looked at their website and remember the mention of this tour.
One wonders what you do with all this.

I guess it is like the saying: " The one who dies with the most toys, wins."

This is last of the boats he had at the house. I did not tour his storage facility. This, he claims, is a one of a kind boat. It is a Larson Thunderhawk inboard. It was being developed by Larson to compete with Chris Craft inboards and was owned by the owner of Larson. However, due to financial issu...