Christofer
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for the add and a great looking forum and community!
I picked up probably the only Allison in my country - Norway (Europe, that is) a couple of years ago; an older XTB21 that had been brought here and restored a few years back after having originally "seen better days" and been laid off to rot for some time outside somewehere back in the US. Having known about these boats since my youth from forums such as screamanndfly.com etc. - once I saw the boat advertized for sale here and never having seen one first hand - I just called the guy and said I'll take it!
I bought it with no engine and in a condition that caused me to do quite some work on it, but wasn't too bad to have a project during the pandemic anyways... So it was actually just shy of two years form buying it before finally hitting the water last summer. The interior has been modified by former owner so might look a bit different than most XTB21's out there, with a center console. Former owner here had a Merc 200XS on it and owner before that a stock merc. 150 hp I believe. Having read the WavetoWave article about the Allison Grand Sport with Mercury 150 Pro XS, and with gas prices here a little above twice US prices I finally opted for the Yamaha 175 Vmax SHO, 4 stroke engine, however modified with Bobs nose-cone fitted on the lower unit and engine fitted on Bobs lift.
I haven't got around to experiment with a lot of propellers yet, but ran the first 30 hours or so on the engine last year before winter mostly with a Lexor Solas 14 1/2 x 25" prop just to get started. So far I've seen 77 mph, but hoping eventually to break into the 80's with a proper propeller. Hoping to get some pro(p) tips from here on the forum eventually, and perhaps help in sourcing one from the US market probably, as Hydromotives are few and far between around here... What I will tell you is the boat runs great so far, and basically at any speed on plane up to 65 or 70 mph the mileage is between 9 and 10,5 mpg - no kidding!
Posting a few photos of the process and end result so far, I'm pretty happy about it!
And now - spring is not too far away!
Christofer
Thanks for the add and a great looking forum and community!
I picked up probably the only Allison in my country - Norway (Europe, that is) a couple of years ago; an older XTB21 that had been brought here and restored a few years back after having originally "seen better days" and been laid off to rot for some time outside somewehere back in the US. Having known about these boats since my youth from forums such as screamanndfly.com etc. - once I saw the boat advertized for sale here and never having seen one first hand - I just called the guy and said I'll take it!
I bought it with no engine and in a condition that caused me to do quite some work on it, but wasn't too bad to have a project during the pandemic anyways... So it was actually just shy of two years form buying it before finally hitting the water last summer. The interior has been modified by former owner so might look a bit different than most XTB21's out there, with a center console. Former owner here had a Merc 200XS on it and owner before that a stock merc. 150 hp I believe. Having read the WavetoWave article about the Allison Grand Sport with Mercury 150 Pro XS, and with gas prices here a little above twice US prices I finally opted for the Yamaha 175 Vmax SHO, 4 stroke engine, however modified with Bobs nose-cone fitted on the lower unit and engine fitted on Bobs lift.
I haven't got around to experiment with a lot of propellers yet, but ran the first 30 hours or so on the engine last year before winter mostly with a Lexor Solas 14 1/2 x 25" prop just to get started. So far I've seen 77 mph, but hoping eventually to break into the 80's with a proper propeller. Hoping to get some pro(p) tips from here on the forum eventually, and perhaps help in sourcing one from the US market probably, as Hydromotives are few and far between around here... What I will tell you is the boat runs great so far, and basically at any speed on plane up to 65 or 70 mph the mileage is between 9 and 10,5 mpg - no kidding!
Posting a few photos of the process and end result so far, I'm pretty happy about it!
And now - spring is not too far away!
Christofer
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