Boating season

[peppy]

That looks great.

[peppy]

Originally Posted by peppy

Cracked block No water in the oil. I may JB weld it and fix it over the winter.

A little grinding with a dremel tool and some marine tex and we are back on the water.

[gatotom]

Ahhh, boating season, never ends here







the one in the middle with blue dodger.

[gatotom]

This fourth of July weekend , a 4 dayer, we will entertain my oldest son and wife, daughter and husband and grandson and granddaughter and youngest son. Whew, we will have a boatload.

[Jim Richards]

Nice looking boat, Tom!

[drcoastline]

Originally Posted by peppy

A little grinding with a dremel tool and some marine tex and we are back on the water.

JB and Marine Tex are some amazing products.

[gatotom]

Thanks Jim, it is a honey.

[berettafan]

Spent yesterday on a cobia/red drum charter.

caught about 10 cobia from 40-57" and about the same number of red drum that were around 48"+.

absolutely amazing day fishing. all on lighter duty tackle.



my boat doesn't have a tower but i'm pretty sure we'll be trailering to this area before long to try it on our own.

[VincentVega]

Nice looking fish! Curious where you were, I'm supposed to go out of kent island this weekend. My first time on a charter, looks a little different than catching perch off the pier.

[berettafan]

right above the CBBT. they have an awesome fishery in that area. Every fish caught was spotted at the surface. The drum were in big schools and the cobia were spread out more but still right at the surface. Neat way to fish. we will be back with our own boats to try the flounder fishing when it heats up later.

my fishing group all have boats but it's still fun to charter sometimes to both learn about the techniques and to just relax and enjoy the fishing with no cleanup afterwards.

[911 Rod]

I like the peacefulness of fishing.

[Skillet83]

Getting old, but still trying.

[VincentVega]

Originally Posted by berettafan

right above the CBBT. they have an awesome fishery in that area. Every fish caught was spotted at the surface. The drum were in big schools and the cobia were spread out more but still right at the surface. Neat way to fish. we will be back with our own boats to try the flounder fishing when it heats up later.

my fishing group all have boats but it's still fun to charter sometimes to both learn about the techniques and to just relax and enjoy the fishing with no cleanup afterwards.

Thanks, sounds like fun. The perch I catch go in the crab pot so anything more complicated is new to me.

The skiing looks like fun, something I'd love to watch from the boat!

[berettafan]

A buddy went out further north (somewhere in Md) the day before and murdered the perch.

if you haven't found it yet check out the Chesapeake forum on tidalfish.com. Lots of good info there. fair warning avoid the conservation forum. loaded with holier than thou my way or the highway types.

[Bugsinrugs]

Taken a few years ago when there was water in the lake.

[intakexhaust]

Originally Posted by drcoastline

Hi Richard,

Yes we are living the wood boat dream. She is quite a piece of historical art. She is a 1958 Trumpy Cruiser. Each yacht was custom built to the owners specifications and took upwards of a year to complete. Mathis/Trumpy built approximately 400 yachts from about 1900 through 1974. This is contract #385. Of the 400 yachts less than 40 still exist.

The Presidential yacht Sequoia is probably the most famous Mathis/Trumpy. Some others are Freedom, Innisfail and Enticer. Tireless, Roger Firestones boat, Eleanor, Howard Hughes. My boat belonged to Alfred V. Dupont Grandson to Alfred I. Dupont. Alfred V. was the founder of US airways.

The previous owner did a lot of work himself on the boat and not very good work at that. He was a property manager for small rental properties. Much of his work on the boat followed the, use what you have, and make it work and that's good enough philosophy. I have no doubt he used all the left over materials from the rental properties. When he decided to sell the boat he thought he would spruce up the paint job so he took a grinder to the hull and went at it. It appears he used something in the neighbor hood of 80 grit as all the swirl marks were still in her sides and house. He then proceeded to paint the entire boat with latex. Fortunately there were previous layers of paint as you can see in the photos so the grinder marks did not go into the wood. I made the decision to have the entire hull stripped, repair any rot and damage and start new. If I'm going to do it I may as well do it once and do it right. Over all the hull was in decent shape. I have the log books back to the early 1970's. The owner before the knuckle head was an attorney out of Houston, he spent a small fortune maintain the boat including $85,000.00 for an entirely new bottom in 2005. Everything from the dark blue stripe down including the ribs and two layers of one inch thick Mahogany planking is all brand new.

For the most part Robin is working with her daughter Pam and yes she is using a heat gun. The boat is in a small family yard on the upper Chesapeake Bay. The family has owned it since the 1940's. At that time it was a tobacco port for the surrounding farms. In the 1950's they turned it into a marina. The yard is run by Robins brother JR, he is the shipwright. JR manufactured by hand all new splash rails and as you can see in the photos replaced some planks. Robin runs the paint and varnish part of the yard with her daughter Pam. Robins sister Chris comes and helps out as needed. They tried various methods to remove the paint including chemicals and sanders. The chemicals were worthless. They removed the latex but did nothing to the other layers and the sanders were clogging every few minutes. So they went to heat guns. They burnt out something in the neighborhood of 10 guns.

At the same time the Heads (toilets) are being upgraded from the knuckle heads contraptions and the HVAC systems are being replaced as well.

We purchased her on the 4th of July in 2013 with a five year plan of refitting and bringing her to Bristol condition. We are a little behind that schedule due to a bad winter in 2014 but she's coming along. It is not a full restoration because as I said the attorney spent a fortune in maintenance and upgrades. He truly cared for the boat. Mostly we are undoing the last guys bad work and upgrading some aging systems.

I'll add my compliments and admiration too! You have big soul and dedication going in on this. Quite the story and survivor. Thanks for sharing.

Oh one more, curious but whats her name?

[drcoastline]

Originally Posted by intakexhaust

I'll add my compliments and admiration too! You have big soul and dedication going in on this. Quite the story and survivor. Thanks for sharing.

Oh one more, curious but whats her name?

Thank you intake. Currently she is named Broadview. At some point in the future she will be rechristened Madison Grace.

[tevake]

Ooh she is ready for the water and looking so good.
Thanks for sharing the details of your worthy boat.
And for your commitment to keeping her sound and functioning.

As a former wooden boat owner I really appreciate all that it takes, and also the sweet reward of enjoying the efforts of the master craftsmen and woman that create these beauties.

Hope you get to enjoy some time out playing on the water this summer.
Also realize your efforts bring pleasure to folks you never even meet. It's that nice to see these timeless classics being cared for and kept alive.

Cheers Richard

[VincentVega]

That really is something special, best of luck and thanks for sharing. Hope to see you out on the bay.

[drcoastline]

Thanks again guys for the compliments. If any of you are around the Chesapeake bay and see us, please stop and say hello.

Vincent Vega-Our summer home port is the Hyatt in Cambridge. Stop and say hello.

Here's my project of the week.

Remove this hack mess...



and replace it with something more correct...