1987 Sea Ray 268

Am I looking at an engine mounted raw water engine c ooling water pump?

 

Figured it out, thought it was converted.

 

Just woke up on the old 268, mammas cooking up some breakfast, kids eating, life is good.
Going to need a gimble bearing, some mattress toppers and a proper head but all in all our first weekend went really well. Went for a ride and boat performed great. Took me a minute to figure out the trim tabs but I quickly got the hang of it. Its a whole different ride coming from a little sport boat. Didn't go to far just to Gas Saver Beach and won't go far until we replace the gimble bearing. I'm having a custom transmission built for the Cummins so have to wait to haul it out of the water.

Can't wait for next weekend and we haven't even left yet!

 

We are in Lake Mead on the Nevada side.

 

Yes, drive trimmed all the way down, get on plane and trim up a little, heard rpms increase and stopped trimming just before porpoises, seemed to run great.

Trim tabs were interesting. Right after leaving the marina for the first time got on plane as above and had a starboard list mostly due to the generator and not a full tank of fresh water. Pushed the starboard trim down switch and woah!!! Listed hard to port so pushed other switch and listed hard to starboard. Tried to correct it and as we did had to make a hard right turn. Watched my daughter sitting at the dinette as we turned and it looked like she was 15 feet above me. Scared the crap out of me. Got it slowed down and finished the turn and we beached it at our spot, 5 feet off the shore it drops to 20 feet deep and let my white knuckles relax.
On the ride home trimmed the drive again and this time tapped on the trim tab switch and let it settle then tap again, settle, to get it where I wanted it. It worked much better that way. I'm a driver, converted almost all my vehicles to manual transmission, race desert motocross still so I enjoy driving a lot and I can't wait to get the boat out again and learn how it wants to be driven and fine tune the ride.

 

I would like to turn the bench seat area into storage and go with two deck chairs.
I was able to tighten up the two rear facing fold out seats so they can be used though not very comfy, they now work.

 

I was a total noob
Ride back went much smoother.