Re: Tri-Hull Club...Yes? No? Maybe?
I'm in! Just bought my first boat a couple weeks ago. I had been around boats in the past (my dad has had his 16' Ranger bass boat since I was a kid, and my stepdad owned a 23' Sea Ray cuddy for a while), but this is the first one I've owned. It's a '71 Delta 16' Trihull, with a Volvo Penta AQ170A inline six and a 270 drive. All original and seems to be in amazing shape for a 40 year old boat. Already took it out 3 times so far, and have had a blast so far. Already made my first couple noob mistakes...last time I was out I tried to load it onto the trailer in a crosswind/current, managed to first get the port side keel over the guide post and scuff the hull, backed up and tried again and managed to get it between the guide posts this time, and goosed the throttle a little too much which made the center keel slide off the rollers to the right, scuffed the side of the keel on the roller bracket, scuffed the bottom of the keel on a trailer crossmember, and slammed the bow into the bow stop :facepalm: Not a ton of damage but knocked off enough gelcoat and 'glass that I'll be doing some epoxy work on it for peace of mind. Also recently picked up an Eagle Cuda 168 sonar on Craigslist that I'll be installing in the next few days. Future plans are a couple rod holders, downriggers, and possibly a stereo install (already has speakers and an antenna, just need to figure out where to mount the head unit).
