1985 champion 184 super v

[mixermarkb]

Yep! The 184 is a fantastic hull. Turns on a dime, handles rough water better than a lot of current 20' hulls. You did good!

[fishinwrench]

Sounds good !

[Codywskeeter1521]

Thank you mixermarkb. That is one thing I noticed was I can run wot around corners there's not filling of slipping or like it's floating. I'm running a 25p tempest at 5600 rpms at about 59.2 mph on gps. didn't think that was to bad. I was on pomme the other day and wind was blowing she did good with some decent rollers. I figured the more seat time the better I'll get.

[motoman]

Nice lookin boat there Cody. I always liked that hull design myself.

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I've heard nothing but great things about ulrich; thankfully I haven't needed them yet.

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Here's the posted pic of your boat in case someone couldn't get it to pull up.

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[mixermarkb]

That's pretty good. The 90's EFI mercs are as dependable as you can get. Thirsty, and smoky, but turn the key and they run.

If you haven't already, close off the front livewell. It kills fish from beating them up, and kills performance. Makes a good storage box for light things like life vests and throwable cushion. Check your propshaft to pad measurement, assuming you have a jack plate on the old girl, somewhere real close to 3.5" shaft below pad will be the sweet spot. Make sure ulrich sealed the bolt holes when they mounted your motor, as the transoms in the 80's champs were a layered composite of fir plywood and fiberglass. You don't want water intrusion to deal with. Otherwise, enjoy your rig. Elements of that hull design have been used in lots of boats over the years. The 184 is a seriously ahead of it's time hull, that lots of new $50,000 rigs can't match, performance wise.

Here's a YouTube video showing what I mean...

[mixermarkb]

Pay special attention to the breech stop maneuver at around the 8 minute mark in that video. I've never seen another boat pull those kind of G's and stay upright...

[balsabee]

The famous Demo ride video!!!

[Hammer time]

That's a gem for a 85 you got a great looking boat and them old champs flat handle.

[Codywskeeter1521]

Wow thank you guys. Mixermarkb thank you for the info that video is just flat amazing. this group of men and women never seem to surprise Me. Thank you guys again.

[Codywskeeter1521]

O yeah any of you guys out and about and see us fishinG please don't hesitate to stop and say hi. I'd love to meet some Of the great people on this page face to.face.