THE OFFICIAL ACE-CRAFT FAN PAGE

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BFC

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660 SDV sitting on Rocky Bank on Saturday

This is the Cape in its finest glory when the sea looks like this the whole day.
 

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thika

Sealiner
Congrats BFC!


Here is a pic of a paassnoek posing in a 660 DV during  last week's fever  :first
 

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thika

Sealiner
Some of his friends also dropped in  :)


Seriously, we fished between 100 boats 20 NM from St. Helena...even the trawlers were fishing with handline...you could do this night and day whole week!
 

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BFC

Senior Member
thika wrote:
Congrats BFC!


Here is a pic of a paassnoek posing in a 660 DV during  last week's fever  :first
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Sounds like its going crazy there by you on the West Coast at the moment

Yellow tail , Snoek and seems some of the YFT also migrated a little north .
 
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Tammo Vink

New member
Hi.

How can give me some advice on my boat's deck I want to replace the foam and deck but got a few questions:

1. What is the thickness of the marineply I must use
2. How many layers of fiberglass I must put on the bottom side of the deck and how much on the top side

If any one can help me plese let me know my emaul is tammov@vodamail.co.za and my cell nr is 071 688 5885
 

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McClaw

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Hey Guys

I am looking at buying the attached Ace Craft.

I need a bit of info though, as I don't know ace craft all that well.

How is the handling of this boat?

Anything I should be looking out for before buying?

The Engines are: 2 x 90hp Mariners (they look to be 1990 something models)

Also could someone tell me the model of this boat.

I'll be doing a water test in the next few days.

Is 50k a good price for this boat?

Comes with compass, radio, life jackets, and anchor but needs the rest of the cat c safety equipment.

One of the running lights isn't working.
 

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BFC

Senior Member
McClaw wrote:
Hey Guys

I am looking at buying the attached Ace Craft.

I need a bit of info though, as I don't know ace craft all that well.

How is the handling of this boat?

Anything I should be looking out for before buying?

The Engines are: 2 x 90hp Mariners (they look to be 1990 something models)

Also could someone tell me the model of this boat.

I'll be doing a water test in the next few days.

Is 50k a good price for this boat?

Comes with compass, radio, life jackets, and anchor but needs the rest of the cat c safety equipment.

One of the running lights isn't working.
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Mc Claw

R40-50k is about par for a boat from that era - late 80's /early 90's.

This particular boat is not a Ace Craft and think it may be a Trimcraft.
 
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McClaw

New member
BFC wrote:
McClaw wrote:
Hey Guys

I am looking at buying the attached Ace Craft.

I need a bit of info though, as I don't know ace craft all that well.

How is the handling of this boat?

Anything I should be looking out for before buying?

The Engines are: 2 x 90hp Mariners (they look to be 1990 something models)

Also could someone tell me the model of this boat.

I'll be doing a water test in the next few days.

Is 50k a good price for this boat?

Comes with compass, radio, life jackets, and anchor but needs the rest of the cat c safety equipment.

One of the running lights isn't working.
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Mc Claw

R40-50k is about par for a boat from that era - late 80's /early 90's.

This particular boat is not a Ace Craft and think it may be a Trimcraft.
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Hi BMK, thank you for the info :)

I have done a google image search but cant seem to find a trimcraft that matches this profile.

the only other boats I could find that look fairly similar is the ace craft and cape craft.

While going through the photos of the boat I noticed a logo on the steering wheel.

Perhaps you guys know this logo (And hopefully its for the boat and not the steering wheel) ;)
 

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Al

New member
Just abit of ancient history.

In 1974 I ordered a 19ft Ace "kit" thinking I would just assemble it and go to sea.
It was more a crate of marine ply and meranti than anything that resembled a boat.
Nearly two years later working nights and weekends we launched her in PE Harbour christened "Yellowfin".
Outboards were terrible in those days so we installed a 140hp OMC z-drive outriggers, etc.
For the next decade we ran 50-80kms south of PE in search of yellowfin and caught hundreds, fished Bird Island which was alive with thousands of yellowtail, and many other previously unreachable destinations.
She was hard riding into the wind but never broached in a following sea and always got us to then distant fishing grounds and home safely with more fish than I would care to admit today - including getting caught 30km offshore in the worst gale off PE in recorded history.
It was a big boat in those days and a long days fishing for tuna running and trolling for 12hrs at sea cost us R5.00 each for petrol.
Those were the days.
 
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Snack

Senior Member
Al wrote:
Just abit of ancient history.

In 1974 I ordered a 19ft Ace "kit" thinking I would just assemble it and go to sea.
It was more a crate of marine ply and meranti than anything that resembled a boat.
Nearly two years later working nights and weekends we launched her in PE Harbour christened "Yellowfin".
Outboards were terrible in those days so we installed a 140hp OMC z-drive outriggers, etc.
For the next decade we ran 50-80kms south of PE in search of yellowfin and caught hundreds, fished Bird Island which was alive with thousands of yellowtail, and many other previously unreachable destinations.
She was hard riding into the wind but never broached in a following sea and always got us to then distant fishing grounds and home safely with more fish than I would care to admit today - including getting caught 30km offshore in the worst gale off PE in recorded history.
It was a big boat in those days and a long days fishing for tuna running and trolling for 12hrs at sea cost us R5.00 each for petrol.
Those were the days.
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We ran to the tuna grounds off Cape Point on monday on a 660DV with twin 90 2stroke mariners. The end result was 212 litres used - 800 each
 
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thika

Sealiner
Guys,

I SEE THE ACE CRAFT FAN PAGE JUST MADE 100 000 HITS !!!!

Please all you owners, old or new, carry on posting, even if they are your friend's
boats!

ACE CRAFTS NEVER DIE!

They just get passed on to the next generation!


Thanks to all who have posted and followed this thread

:merm:D:merm
 
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thika

Sealiner
Al,

Thanks for sharing that lovely story

I saw somewhere on our thread that there are still two wooden kit boats running in P.E.

Also that there is one unbuilt kit in someone's garage

Have you any pics?


Have a look at this:

Good Vibes and his dad took this 19 footer ply and meranti boat
 

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