Mollers reminesces...

[cosworth mirage]

just joined forum tonight from the mighty penryn

[Kernow Buoy]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

just joined forum tonight from the mighty penryn

welcome Cozzie You've just quadrupled the I.Q. of our current Penryn contingent

[Mollers]

Hey, the old purple Vagabond with the Cozzie lump that never ran. I've not seen that boat in years. It was put together during the last months of Vector Marine.

Those Vector ribs and the current Osprey hulls share a bit of history.

Who are you then?

[cosworth mirage]

had boat at least 10 years now
took 2 years to hit water
spent 2 years melting pistons and other parts
got engine running sweet got up to 45 knots
had lots of time on the water though some good some bad some very scarry
boats wicked in the rough
been to sillys in it
then started ripping teeth from sterndrive legs
on the third leg know hopefully this might last bit longer
had a couple of years of for other comitments
just finishing knew trailer
fitted larger intercooler this years
fitted second hand volvo e drive looks like superspeedmaster very thin gearbox and runs close to surface has twin pinnions in gearbox hopefully stronger

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Kernow

welcome Cozzie You've just quadrupled the I.Q. of our current Penryn contingent

Cozzie, ignore this idiot from the china clay country. He's addled his brain on shit St Austell ales.

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

had boat at least 10 years now
took 2 years to hit water
spent 2 years melting pistons and other parts
got engine running sweet got up to 45 knots
had lots of time on the water though some good some bad some very scarry
boats wicked in the rough
been to sillys in it
then started ripping teeth from sterndrive legs
on the third leg know hopefully this might last bit longer
had a couple of years of for other comitments
just finishing knew trailer
fitted larger intercooler this years
fitted second hand volvo e drive looks like superspeedmaster very thin gearbox and runs close to surface has twin pinnions in gearbox hopefully stronger

Yeah, that leg might do a bit better. The standard Volvo Penta leg was never gonna stick it. The problem with that rig always was that the Cozzie lump is too small capacity. It only produces its power through a narrow rev range which is not much use on a boat as it has no gears. That's why inboard boat engines usually have big capacity and lots of torque. The Cozzie could be shock loading the transmission when the turbo spins up and trying to power it up in big sea must be hardwork. I wouldn't mind a run in it if it is going. Where is the boat now?

She's about 15 years old I reckon.

[cosworth mirage]

Originally Posted by Mollers

Cozzie, ignore this idiot from the china clay country. He's addled his brain on shit St Austell ales.

my boats the hard nose xr24 not vagabond
but we used the vagabond race console with a bit of an extension to lift height to cover
engine and get seat height up

[cosworth mirage]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

my boats the hard nose xr24 not vagabond
but we used the vagabond race console with a bit of an extension to lift height to cover
engine and get seat height up

should be ready in next 4-6 weeks
running about 300 hp in current set up power is from 2200rpm -7000rpm
so power band is fairly wide but power below that is kack
prop selection is critical and generally needs bit off hacking up to get just right
ps didnt realize if been doing the boat that long i still see damian about

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

my boats the hard nose xr24 not vagabond
but we used the vagabond race console with a bit of an extension to lift height to cover
engine and get seat height up

Ah, I didn't remember it being a hardnose. If it's an xr24 it is essentially what became the Osprey Viper hull.

Were you involved with it when it came out of Vector Marine?

[cosworth mirage]

Originally Posted by Mollers

Ah, I didn't remember it being a hardnose. If it's an xr24 it is essentially what became the Osprey Viper hull.

Were you involved with it when it came out of Vector Marine?

yep me and another guy pete may brought the bare hull from them and they let us work on it there intill they closed then we moved it to my workshop and carried on
the hull had been in gib and came complete with bullet holes for 1200 quid

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

yep me and another guy pete may brought the bare hull from them and they let us work on it there intill they closed then we moved it to my workshop and carried on
the hull had been in gib and came complete with bullet holes for 1200 quid

Yeah, the Vector Vulcan hardboats were mainly used for smuggling in Gib, it was good business for Vector. A friend of mine whom you might of known, was out there flogging the smugglers hulls and engines to replace the ones that were grabbed by customs.
Vector were in trouble around then and everything was being flogged off. Alastair Heane was up there fannying about about that time.

[cosworth mirage]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

yep me and another guy pete may brought the bare hull from them and they let us work on it there intill they closed then we moved it to my workshop and carried on
the hull had been in gib and came complete with bullet holes for 1200 quid

in the day im eastwood garage
you might of seen me about ive got big black chevy american wrecker truck and racy red alfa

[Bigmuz7]

wow the 'off topic' doctor will be along in a minute

[cosworth mirage]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

in the day im eastwood garage
you might of seen me about ive got big black chevy american wrecker truck and racy red alfa

harry used to work out there sorting out the neccesary
i had a run in abig 32 they built with twin 300
also pete built a couple more specials in sulcombe
a steped hull 26 and a big twin jet drive fack type cruiser for running the amsterdam route
he then went to malaysa to built boats for there gov i think

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

in the day im eastwood garage
you might of seen me about ive got big black chevy american wrecker truck and racy red alfa

Yeah, I know the one.

James Perry- JP Autos is a tennant of mine down a College Garage.

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

wow the 'off topic' doctor will be along in a minute

Calm down, this'll all be cropped off and chucked in the bilges later.

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

harry used to work out there sorting out the neccesary
i had a run in abig 32 they built with twin 300
also pete built a couple more specials in sulcombe
a steped hull 26 and a big twin jet drive fack type cruiser for running the amsterdam route
he then went to malaysa to built boats for there gov i think

Damian is working as a naval architect in this country I think, I don't know about Pete Kidd. Again, Cookie might know.

[Mollers]

Here we are, at home in the Bilges.

[cosworth mirage]

Originally Posted by Mollers

Calm down, this'll all be cropped off and chucked in the bilges later.

what sort of speed do you get from your boat
and how do you find it compares

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by cosworth mirage

what sort of speed do you get from your boat
and how do you find it compares

Around the 50knt mark, have a run in it sometime and see what you think. The Etec is an awesome engine.