1986 Tournament 27 projects

[Ed]

Thanks Strick. Yes, with the Honda's i can and will go lots of places. The Mercs while powerful, were definitely not reliable and had me always worrying, what if?

[Ed]

Here are more pictures, Capt Chuck.

1)Scuppers are about two inches higher than with old bracket.
2)Seastar Power Assist steering
3)Dual Seastar Tournament Series steering rams
4)Honda HD4 gauges on abs carbon fiber panel
5)Original console

[hillcharl]

Man your repower turned out well!

[Ed]

As it drops down to about 10 degrees tonight and I begin my winter hibernation, I started to think about summer and thought I would share some pictures of my newly repowered 1986 27 Tournament taken from the drawbridge during a stopover in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine.

Strick can you fix the second photo, please?

[uncleboo]

That thing is a beast!

[strick]

Nice boat Ed...shes a big mamba jamba

strick

[Ed]

I was going through my phone today and found more pictures of the bracket job. The first shows a wood template that was created to make sure the bolt pattern lined up with out any interference. The second shows the custom bracket with an extra wide 6 inch flange on the inside of the tub. This allowed the bolts to fall between the stringers while still providing significant displacement with a 48 inch wide tub.

[DonV]

Very nice! Nice move on the Hondas!

[Ed]

Thanks DonV

[jorgeinmiami]

That would be the perfect Bahamas boat