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08-10-2012, 05:44 PM | #751 | |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
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08-10-2012, 10:23 PM | #752 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
What is the inside dimensions of you overhead cab ?
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08-11-2012, 09:11 AM | #753 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
John- I'm going to assume that your question was directed to me? Not sure of the exact dims but...... the boat itself has a beam of 6' 6", so the photos should give you a good approximation of the interior sizing? I'm 5' 11" tall, and standing up inside the cabin, the cabintop clears the top of my head by.... a half inch.
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08-11-2012, 02:06 PM | #755 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
I believe the standard is to build them as low as you can. It helps to keep the lower center of gravity. Like Skiffs, mine just barely clears my head if I am standing straight with my knees locked. Build the boat for you, unless selling it is in your immediate future. In that case you might want to make sure it will fit a person of a slightly larger stature, wouldnt want to exclude potential buyers.
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08-11-2012, 02:49 PM | #756 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
Skiff- That old picture of that small camo radon jagged with urchins is an awesome photo!
Had some nice weather up here and during the dive week we heard the sport guys were slaying the salmon. So after 24 years of growing up and my dad taking me fishing on his radon I was able to take him out on mine. We had 4 takedowns; I was so jazzed to catch a fish I lost the first two one of them was a big fish too burned line and then ran at the boat. Landed the last one though. My dad got to land the first salmon on my boat and was just stoked he didn't have to pay for gas! |
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08-12-2012, 10:29 PM | #758 |
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MDGB- Yeah, I love that photo, classic Pt. Arena, all the way. I wish I had more photos of the boat in its earlier incarnation, but that's the only one I have, so I cherish it. Stoked you had such a great time with your Dad. Mine is gone, and like all guys that have watched their Dad pass on, we all we wish we'd done more and created more chances for stuff like this to happen. Keep it up.
John-CitoRat is absolutely correct from everything that I've ever heard. You want that cabin to be as LOW as you can physically make it; for ride, for aesthetics, for weight distribution, and for windage. On Maui? ESPECIALLY for windage! For my little boat, and even for yours with the larger beam, designing and building that cabin as low as possible will be KEY. The art of it for my boat, and for several ones that have been done 'after', was to create a lower space to stand in when driving the boat. I had seen a small 17' Radon out of Oregon that fished urchins there at Albion in NorCal, and I saw that he had built a 'step down' area which gave him the opportunity to 'lower' the overall cabin height. It seemed genius. When I showed it to Bill and Ed, they liked the concept, and (*though the actual naming of it is a long story that I won't bore you with...), 'Bandini Lake' was born. That BL is the single thing that helped them lower the cabin profile. I've included a few photos here of the build that you may find useful? Take a look, then design the thing so it fits you plus an inch or two, and voila, that will be your inside standing height. Side to side? Just give yourself 'enough' of a walkway around the cabin on the caprail... mine is 'tight', but guess what, EVERYTHING IS TIGHT on a boat this size, so it's how you best design every single square half inch that will prove the success of your design. Good luck with it, and please post up the photos of the build, I know everybody on here would really dig seeing it as it comes together for you. |
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thanks for throwing those up......
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Took my little 20ft Radon out to the islands for the weekend with my gal and snapped a few pics. I love this older Wilson that is slipped near the launch ramp (Solera). There's just something i dig about the mid cabin setup...must be a nice ride too. Had the CG cutter on my flank the entire trip across the channel, pretty impressive boat to say the least...huge exhaust, tons of horsepower. It was probably cruising at 18 knots. Ran into the orange 26 on my way out. I spotted this boat from MILES away, not hard to spot if someone was searching for it. Cruised up on my buddy's 18fter right when he was landing a nice flatty. It sure was a nice weekend out there..only bummer was the crack i found in my outdrive when i got back and was cleaning off the boat . I'm repowering this great little boat in the next few years so i just wanted a quick fix for this issue. I decided to swap the lower cracked Bravo 2 with a newer Bravo 3 lower unit. Hoping to get a little better fuel consumption and maybe gain a little top speed as well. She'll be in good hands with Greg and Ken at Channel Islands Marine and back on the water pretty soon. Last edited by sbsurfer; 08-15-2012 at 01:06 AM. |
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08-14-2012, 03:38 PM | #762 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
Just got the Sea Wolf back from Anderson's today and dropped it off at Hendrix Mfg. to get the kelp knife and swim platform put on.
While I was there I got a chance to check out the 19' Radon Henry is selling. It's a pretty sweet little boat. If anyone is thinking about jumping into the market, but doesn't have the cash for a bigger setup I would check that thing out.
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08-15-2012, 10:10 PM | #763 |
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Cito- I bet you're stoked to have her back! Seems like a fast turnaround, always a good thing!
Have I missed Henry's posting on his 19' Radon? Love to hear more about it...? |
08-15-2012, 11:49 PM | #764 |
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Skiff,
The turn around was really quick for both shops. The kelp knife is absolutely tits! Razor sharp and should make my lumming quite a bit easier.
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08-17-2012, 01:42 PM | #765 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
Just came across this 21ftr on craigslist, looks like a turnkey rig if anyone was looking. I dig the walk around pilothouse setup on this thing.
Also, has anyone out there replaced a bravo 2 with a bravo 3, if so what did you see as the differences in the two? I'll be doing this next week to my Radon since my B2 lower unit is toast. anyone looking for a stainless prop for a bravo 2 (19 pitch i think) i'll be getting rid of mine shortly. |
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