84rzv500r Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) ok here's my 2005 2300DV i picked up almost a year ago... long story short it's an old FWC boat that they ran for 11 years... still has the asset tags on the boat trailer and engines... it was repowered in ~2015 with F200XB I4's and 17 pitch props.... I believe these replaced the original 200 HPDI's though I haven't been able to confirm yet... It was in very good shape for a 20 year old boat... it had 680 hours on the engines and all the electronics in the photos.... I ran it for a few months and it was ready for its 100 hour... it was a rocket with 17 pitch props and would tag 58-59 MPH at 6200 RPM... however the motors were set too deep. I put seastar Xstream 4" set back jack plates on it had a set of 19 pitch props re-cupped and balanced... the rpms came back to 5800 or so and the jack plates let me get the engines up 2-2 3/4" at cruise. Totally different boat. yeah I lost 4-5 MPH on top but its still fast enough and with the twins its like hold on outta the hole.... what i cant get over is how good the thing is on fuel 2.8-3.2 MPG at cruise. I can pull the motors up 6" for the skinny water here in the keys... mostly just maintenance items i put new lenco trim tabs on it as well... Im adding my radar Furuno to the panel, putting in the Fusion stereo head unit and garmin VHF and a LiFePO4 200ah house battery for the audio power amps and inverter and running it off the F200's Isolated house charging lines, Edited March 28 by 84rzv500r spelling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadd Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 NICE! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 Wow that’s a nice sled! I wish there were more of those around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 MOD 1 "Marc" on here has a 23DV and I believe it was the last one made. Great boat! MOD2 Bubba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84rzv500r Posted March 29 Author Report Share Posted March 29 yeah Im really happy with it... I wasn't aware that the 23DV was such a unicorn but I quickly learned as it draws a crowd every where I go with it... it does 80% of what I wanna do with a boat here in the lower keys and for the other 20% I have an old 21' Yamaha twin Jet boat that I repowered with 160HP 4 strokes for the really skinny water outback... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Seither Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Great numbers with those motors ! You will love that boat in the lower Keys. Great platform for all kinds of fun. I throw most fish in the livewell rather than the fish boxes. So much easier to clean and it keeps them alive and fresher. I’ll drain it and throw bags of ice on them on the way in. I asked about the Government boats when I was building mine. They built 4 or 5 of them with twin 200 HPDI’s, and they were quite fast. About 80 total DV’s were built over their cycle. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84rzv500r Posted April 2 Author Report Share Posted April 2 On 3/29/2024 at 8:32 PM, Moderator said: Great numbers with those motors ! You will love that boat in the lower Keys. Great platform for all kinds of fun. I throw most fish in the livewell rather than the fish boxes. So much easier to clean and it keeps them alive and fresher. I’ll drain it and throw bags of ice on them on the way in. I asked about the Government boats when I was building mine. They built 4 or 5 of them with twin 200 HPDI’s, and they were quite fast. About 80 total DV’s were built over their cycle. Marc yeah actually i dont have the leaning post built in livewell on my boat... it has drawer storage instead... I do have the bait wells in the transom... I have replumbed the system so that i have a stainless hose bib on the transom gunnel so that i can use a 30 gal "portable livewell" when needed with just a short piece of hose and moved the raw water washdown bib over to the starboard side of the transom gunnel out of the way. I dont fish I just drive the boat... Blond Beach Barbie does the fishing and she has requested a fresh water washdown so im looking into self contained systems for that and thinking about capacity and location... likely gonna be in the storage locker in front of the center console and plumbed out of the center console with a retractable hose but its still a work in process... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGolz Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 Sweet rig. Is this the original transom plate? I’d love to figure out where to get one like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84rzv500r Posted April 9 Author Report Share Posted April 9 nope the originals are under those and they are cnc routed aluminum.... i found those cast ones on ebay NOS at a dealer in FL for $69 for the pair and used a sharpie to color the relief black... when I put the jack plates on the bolts were a fraction too long so i pulled the original ones glass beaded them hit them with zinc chromate and the put a coat of black deck enamel and a dab of 5200 around the holes and in the center and wala... CENTRAL FLORIDA MARINE 1021 N Orlando Ave Maitland, Florida 32751 United States 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGolz Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 11 hours ago, 84rzv500r said: nope the originals are under those and they are cnc routed aluminum.... i found those cast ones on ebay NOS at a dealer in FL for $69 for the pair and used a sharpie to color the relief black... when I put the jack plates on the bolts were a fraction too long so i pulled the original ones glass beaded them hit them with zinc chromate and the put a coat of black deck enamel and a dab of 5200 around the holes and in the center and wala... CENTRAL FLORIDA MARINE 1021 N Orlando Ave Maitland, Florida 32751 United States Appreciate the info! Unfortunately I can't find them anywhere.. I'll have to try giving them a call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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