Need Help Please Buying a 20' Skippy. What to look for

[Lou W]

Originally Posted by Trayscool

hey lou whats your mpg?

gil thanks man cant wait to get her wet. the boat that is yea starting with a blank canvas for sure. the only hole in this thing is for the outdrive. Going to get started friday...first question:

where should I drill the hole and mount the bait pump??

Mpg is 2, The bait pump pickup was already installed on mine. It is just forward of the steering pump/ alt side of the engine. Clamshell pickup and bronze ball valve. Hose runs from there, to the stern access cover area where there is a shurflow, hoses then run up ,underneath the toe kick storage thingys to tanks on either side of the PH. Overflow is out each side of the boat. This works well, all hoses are out of the way, but when you only use 1 bait tank it takes some shifting of things to balance the boat. Trim tabs would probably help this. Although I do wonder if the added drag of tabs helps or hurts mileage. Hell.....in the end lots of things are a trade off though.

[Bizzy]

Put tabs on it Lou. What you gain is 10 fold over what you give up.

[skipopotamous]

On a 20open trim tabs = World of difference

[MATTY J]

Originally Posted by Trayscool

yea sorry man ill hook up more pics friday when i pull it out. gotta spend tomorrow kissing ass to the girlfriend

Wait till ya get married, just wait til ya get married.... Invest in Chapstick!

[Trayscool]

she said "do you know what kind of ring you could have got me for the price of that boat" .......shit

[skipjack-20]

trim tabs are a must, I wouldn't know what to do with out them.

is that a qjet, it looks different than my old quadra bog. hopefully you don't have problems with that hot air choke, I had to disconnect mine, now I have the edelbrock 1409, it works kick ass. What year is the skippy?

[Crash]

Originally Posted by Bizzy

Put tabs on it Lou. What you gain is 10 fold over what you give up.

WORD

[skipopotamous]

Originally Posted by Trayscool

she said "do you know what kind of ring you could have got me for the price of that boat" .......shit

HA-HA...Sounds like you and I are in the same boat

[Fishbones]

Congrats on the boat,maybe you could name it after her to keep her happy. By the way,update your profile. You have a boat again and you are happy!!

[Lou W]

Originally Posted by Crash

WORD

Once I get some spare $$$$$ I'll put them on. Any recs on what tabs work well on the 20?

[Lou W]

What props are you guys running on the 20?

[Trayscool]

Originally Posted by Fishbones

Congrats on the boat,maybe you could name it after her to keep her happy. By the way,update your profile. You have a boat again and you are happy!!

thanks man! the boat has the OG nasty brown and white cushions and brown shag carpet in the cuddy. Thinking of calling her "doo doo brown"

Originally Posted by Lou W

What props are you guys running on the 20?

The guy told me that the prop thats on there now matches the speed to RPMs IE 35kts is 3500rpm.