Haines Signature 1850L Rebuild and Refurbishment on going project.

[burleygu]

Brand spanking new aluminum fuel tank Thanks to James from Origin Boats!

Motor was fired up today running good pumping water no alarms etc. Windscreen and a bit more boat fit out tomorrow then possibly a Monday arvo test run!

[Spaniard_King]

I've always wondered how those boats perform with that strange rear end. John Haines moved away from them to the variable dead rise of today. He certainly liked to experiment to find that ideal of easy planing, good ride and stability at rest.

Just late night pondering Tim. He did a similar thing to that pole with the 21ft HH ski boat.My mate had the mould and couldn't get the boats work well until he put in a tube between the bottom and the transom.

JJ the HH did never have the stepped back it was the 21 Signature ski boats with the tunnel from the bottom to the transom, I know this because we used to reg 3 boats every 18 Months for Sea World and I had to cut the holes out double the size from how they came from the factory

Tim I would channel that tube outside the hull some how??

[Swanie1975]

My old signature 1950 had the same tube and when backing down the water was impressive and very unnerving to watch as it boiled up the tube and rapidly entered the boat! I did it a few times to freak newbies on board out - used to get a good laugh out of it.

Taped it up once from underneath and then couldn't get on the plane at all. Tricky bit of thinking.

It's been awesome watching this rebuild progress and will no doubt be an awesome rig when finished. Thanks for taking the time to post it all up.

Cheers Ryan

[burleygu]

Guys the tube is getting extended eventually up through the back deck and will be incorporated into the bait board for a berley and scraps shoot. Its there so I may aswell utilize it. Picked up a furuno 620 today and a hds 7 aswell as a lowrance sonic hub which should arrive in a few days. The hardest bit Is going to be getting a shine back into the old girl! not looking forward to the polishing!

[Chimo]

Looking really good. One question tho, did you fit teflon spacers under the tank to sit it up off the frp base> If not consider doing it IMHO. My ss tank in the Vagabond didnt get them fitted when built and holes did develop in the bottom. Tank now has teflon spacers, much more better!

Cheers
Chimo

[burleygu]

Thanks Chimo The tank was sat on 3 strips of thin rubber matting running parallel with the boat so that water can still drain out from under the tank.

[tropicrows]

Tim,

Can you empty the fuel tank if needed. I fitted a threaded plug to the top of mine, so if needed it could be removed and the fuel siphoned out easily. The floor was fitted with a plastic screw cap over the top of the tanks threaded plug.

[burleygu]

Bruce if I need to empty the fuel tank Ill just remove the filler hose and drain fuel from that. Hopefully I wont have to remove it for sometime. No fuel sender in this tank Ill be running a fuel flow meter through the lowrance

[burleygu]

Well Its pretty much a boat again! Only needs the wiring electronics and new seats installed. Unfortunately I did not have time to take it for a run this afternoon as I went for a drive and picked up some new second hand seats to replace the bulky seat boxes that use to be in there. Just have to order some seat pedestals. Boat is still covered in dust and still needs a polish but I have been avoiding that!

[cobiaman]

Sweet tim, cant wait to see it!

[burleygu]

Unfortunately! I did not receive my seat pedestals this week, So seats will have to wait until next week. I still need to fiber glass bases on for the seats but need to wait for the pedestals to arrive so I know what the bolt pattern is exactly. Did all the wiring today dual batterys all new cables terminals etc. The only thing I re used was the dual battery switch and guess what? Its stuffed! Doesn't work in some positions so will have to change that out. Installed the Lowrance Hds7 It is a combo unit however it will just be used as a gps. Also Installed the furuno 620 I picked this unit up second hand for a steal! with a brand new 600kw Airmar transducer. The only thing it didn't come with was a mounting bracket as it was flush mounted. So I made up a rough bracket and flow coated it not overly pretty but it does the job for the time being. Don't think I could get a much bigger sounder under the windscreen either. Also through in a Lowrance Sonic hub. I debated about doing this or Installing a separate stereo Both have there Pro's and Con's. But I am really impressed with the speed of the sonic hub through the Hds and the sound it puts out. IT PUMPS!!! The only thing I dislike atm Is the Perspex cabin door. The thing is going to rattle and shake like no tomorrow! Would love a nice stained timber one? Anyone know anybody who is in that line of work? I don't have the patients for good timber work.

[Jarrah Jack]

You did all that in one day ? Sheesh it would've taken Murf and I a week. The perils of bio.

I do timber work but you're a bit far away although I'll be coming through soon. Do you have any plans drawn up?

[burleygu]

Don't have any plans drawn up as such Jack But I am dam certain this boat would of originally had a timber door in it as all the other 1850 and 1950l's I have seen had timber doors. Id say the one in this boat rotted out and they got a Perspex one made when the windscreen was replaced as it seems to be the same material.

[Jarrah Jack]

Those slats are a real bugger to do well. Where's Finga with his cnc when you need him?

[burleygu]

Well took the boat for a test run today! What a bloody nice day! To flat to really test the boat out. Unfortunately the rpm gauge had stopped working I must have knocked a wire off of it yesterday. But the boat did 58klms top speed. (gps speed) Didn't sound like it was revving to hard. Was a very quiet motor in the water. We ran the motor non stop for 50 minutes pretty well at speed everywhere. Which in turn used around 20ltrs of fuel. As I only had a 25 ltr tank off my tinny hooked up to it. Boat was very stable with 2 guys standing on 1 side etc. The boat also got onto the plane effortlessly did it with ease Also never looked like any water was coming up the tube or anything silly like that. I also noticed the springs on the trailer are to light, the previous owner installed these but they will have to be upgraded before I tow the boat any distance. Very happy with its first run. Only problem was the rpm gauge? Which is not a big deal! Very happy the boat has gotten to this stage in the amount of time it has. All I need to do is try and get the trailer RWC and then registered. And she's useable! WOO HOO!