Boating season
 

I should have snapped a pic, but I put the battery back in my ski boat and cranked it for about a min, and guess what? It caught, fired and ran like a top! I'm sure what now to do with money I budgeted for annual boat repairs?

(it's a Correct Craft with a Chevy 350)

Not mine, but same exact boat.

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Anyone else prepping for Memorial Day Weekend?

Bust
Out
Another
Thousand

Duck season!

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Just put this on the water today for the first time. 28ft Bennington with a 300HP Merc Verado hanging off the back. Water temp was 72F, tubes and skis were out.
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Still in break in phase, but hit 42mph trimmed 1 click. Can only run wide open 1 minute every 10 mins for the first two hours. Thinking might get close to 50mph when settled in. Not bad for a tritoon.

Winter just won't go away around here, we've barely had any 80s. Water temps are low 60s at the moment, and the heat isn't coming any time soon. I'm doing the impeller, new carpet, and adding a sub to the stereo system in my 23' Monterrey next weekend, c'mon summer!

Just (as in last week) sold our bought new '97 Tige with 220 orig hrs :( Tons of family memories, but sadly didn't get more than 10 hrs on it in the last 2 years. That's what happens when kids grow up and out. No better summer family memories than boats and water life. Moved to a small hp restricted lake community so bought a used Bennington pontoon. Now making new, different memories with my beautiful wife (of 3 decades!)

I've had several boats over the years the current one is a used 17 ' Hydra Sports center console I bought 2 years ago. I like the fiberglass floor/inside it's very easy to keep clean. I have a fresh rebuild on the Yamaha 90 two cycle triple that only has .5 hours on it ! Just installed a bimini top and had the upholstery redone. Installed all new gauges including a compass, hour meter and VHF radio. All I have left to do is install the 12 volt trolling motor and 2nd battery and she's good to go. Looking forward to getting her in the water over the holiday if the weather plays nice :D

I don't have many action shots, but here's mine when I bought it.

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[QUOTE=Scott R;9130299]I should have snapped a pic, but I put the battery back in my ski boat and cranked it for about a min, and guess what? It caught, fired and ran like a top! I'm sure what now to do with money I budgeted for annual boat repairs?

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I wouldn't tempt fate by saying that......rest assured, that boat will find a way to spend your budget, and more.

Nice boat Matt.

Cool classic rig you have there gecc.
That boat with all the tumblehome in the rear must be from the 50s/ early 60s.
Is it an aluminum hull?

Cheers Richard

It's a '57 Feathercraft Ranger III with a '59 Johnson 35hp

This was my only boat, a 14' Valco on my way to Costa Rica. I think this picture was in Nicaragua close to the lake, just north of Costa Rica.
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and this one was in Guatemala.
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But, next Saturday I am leaving for Sitka to spend a week on my friends 64' Elliot.
He shipped it up to Vancouver Island then flew up to get it and for the last few weeks has been having a great time. He has posted some fabulous pictures of Salmon. I hope to do the same.

My boat doesn't go near the water on holidays. Too many inexperienced idiots out there.

This is true. In Colorado they are harsh about handing tickets out I suspect due to our limited boating options.

I had to learn the hard way though. My Hobie was totaled. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/cry.gif

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We had smaller, inland lake boats for years and had alot of fun (before kids and pets). Our favorite time to go out was fairly early on a Monday, or Tuesday morning,.....beautiful sunrise, with flat water, and virtually no other boats.

Holiday weekends were too wild for us, like you said, too many drunk idiots.

After this terrible spring, we finally were out on the water this past weekend. Tooled around on the waverunner, and got in our first couple slalom and wakesurfing sets.

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I changed out the alternator in the starboard engine and replaced the bimini on the Bert
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And fixed the NAV lights on the Bay Boat
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ready to roll this weekend -

Been boating for a couple months already in the South Puget Sound, had the carb rebuilt this winter, running great now.

1991 Olympic- original 350 with Volvo-Penta duo-props

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Fished last week. Felt good to be out and now my living room is covered in various tackle that i'm getting organized. Re-lining reels and such has begun.

Don't have any pics yet.

OP the comment about not knowing what to do with maintenance money you don't have to spend is hilarious! Wondering what will greet me this year.

Arima 17, trolling for Kings off Point Defiance.
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Splashing mine this week. Very late start. I'm normally in the first week of April. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1464185366.jpg

Scott R- Give that extra money to me I will put it to good use.

Waiting to go into the shed.
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This is Robin the queen of gleam "strippin the b!tch" as she says.
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Robin working her magic. The first of six primer coats. Only to have most of them sanded off at a later date.
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And so she sits faired and re-primed waiting for enough dry days in a row to apply the top coats and varnish to the wood work. Were shooting for July 4th to get wet.
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My three girls. the one in white is far less maintenance than the other two. Scott I am sure one of them needs a new pair of shoes or three.
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Cracked block:mad: No water in the oil. I may JB weld it and fix it over the winter.

Ah Drcoastline, you really are living the wooden boat dream there.
Nice old cruiser. Is it a 50s Mathews?
Good series of pics, going deep on the refinish.
The real gem I see there is your Queen of Gleam! Was she stripping with a heat gun?
Big job taking all the paint off an old girl like that, is Robin doing that job on her own, caulking and all? Keep her around.

I cracked up at your comment about "your three girls"

Notfarnow, just wondering how far you have to back your truck in to get that sailboat off the trailer?
Use a good length of chain?

Cheers Richard

I finally dropped 'er in last weekend....

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...boating season has officially begun in western Canada too!

I miss boating. Great looking ski boats. I have a RADAR slalom ski for sale if anyone is interested.

Productive weekend, I did the impeller, oil change, fuel filter, serviced the trailer, installed new carpet, and detailed inside and out. Hopefully it stops raining long enough to make next weekend our first of the season.

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My Weekend on the boat...

I have a long extension, but honestly I usually just unhitch the trailer and walk it out. If I can get a buddy to help, we each stand on a tire and walk it out. The launch there is super gradual and smooth

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.

Posting to help out my pops, because it's for sale. . . .hope you all don't mind.

1987 DONZI 22 Classic
DONZI 22' Classic
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The queen of sheen has completed the finish coats. Now the old girl shines. On to the brite work.

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Wow, that finsish turned out looking like a high sheen gelcoat....just beautiful. And probably another good 20 years of service....well done.

Thank you. The queen of sheen is amazing, and she did it with a roller and brush.