NEW Florida Fast Electric Club

[obrien]

I can get the trolling motor from hippie this week, that way mike doesn't have to get with him too.

[sailr]

Thanks Jeff. That will help a lot!

[bill34207]

I'm going to take a chance and stray away from topic for a minute here.
If anyone has some knowledge of the Swordfish 240 HV ESC I'd appreciate a PM with whether it's any good or not.
I'm looking for something to run an old Neu 1527/1.5Y that's been on my shelf for a while.
Thanks
Bill

[sailr]

I believe the Swordfish is made by a company called Heifei. If so, it should be an excellent controller. They made our aircraft controllers for us and they are the BEST in my opinion. I have no direct experience but some of the comments I've read here on OSE are very positive.

[sailr]

I looked at the boat today that rchippie sent me a link to. It would be great but the guy has no title so you can't register it. If you can't register it, you can't put ANY KIND of power on it. I went to the tag office and they ran the serial number and said there IS a title for that boat but not in the name of the seller and ONLY the person whose name the title is in can request a duplicate. The boat's probably been sold several times. Haha. Who knows how far back the titled owner goes!

Will keep looking. Need something that will go on top of anybody's van or SUV with a rack on top. Couple of 2 x 4's and some straps or rope and it's easy. Just have to be sure the boat doesn't weigh a ton!

[bill34207]

I looked at the pictures on craigslist too but didn't go any further. It looked like it might have been glass instead of aluminum and figured it would be too heavy.
PS thanks for the info on the Swordfish. I found the thread in here after that.

[sailr]

Actually it is a heavy plastic. In great condition and I think two people could put it up top a vehicle. Granted a really lightweight aluminum would be better but don't seem to see those anymore. Most of the aluminum jon boats are pretty heavy.

[sailr]

Check this one out. Is 7' boat tooo small? Sure would be easy to handle and he wants to trade for a canoe!!

http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/bar/1724759031.html

[RayR]

Looks perfect!

Ray

[bill34207]

I'll go along with Ray. Looks ideal.

[sailr]

No answer from the seller. Probably already sold.

[bill34207]

Being a day late & a dollar short seems to be the story of my life.

Looks like a 50% rain chance forecasting for Sunday but at least it's for the latter part of the day. The morning should still be good.

[sailr]

Yeah, me too! Maybe it will be cloudy in the morning and make it a little cooler! We can only hope!

[rchippie]

Yeah, me too! Maybe it will be cloudy in the morning and make it a little cooler! We can only hope!

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/boa/1809560176.html

[sailr]

Thanks Hippie. I looked at that one yesterday. Heavy boat. No title. Can't register. Went to the tag office to see if a title could be obtained and they said no because it is already titled in somebody's name. Hard telling how many times it's been sold and where the title is.

Since we run in a county park, it would be just our luck that game and fish or a deputy would fine us if we don't register. You have to register a boat to use any kind of power, electric or gas.