Is anyone into boating?

[Cannonball]

I don't usually refer to it as 'boating'. But, yes I'm on the water on my boat working 5 or 6 days/week 52 week/year. Right about now, a charter in FL would be a paradise (or good 3' dumping).

 

[jrmagic]

Bastid!

This is something of a sore point for me.

That boat was custom built for me. It splashed in late-July the first season and wasn't rigged correctly until August. Over the winter, I had a teak cockpit sole built and that dragged into July, too. I got 3 good seasons and then things started failing in the turbodiesel. ...right after it went off warranty, of course. Mercury abandonded the diesel line and had Cummins take it over. My boat lived at the Cummins service center in South Portland, ME about 50% of the time for 3 years. I had the TowBoatUS guy's home phone number and cell phone number programmed in. What a disaster.

The whole point of repowering to an outboard is to run with a 5 year warranty and then repower as soon as the engine becomes unreliable. With an outboard, that is a 1 day project.

I need a paint job and a pile of dollar bills to buy an outboard & have it rigged. At the moment, my kitchen re-do is taking precedence.

You can get a LOT more than 5 years of reliable service out of today's outboards. I have twin Suzuki 4 strokes and they are now heading into their 7th year. granted I had problems with the shaft but that is uncommon. A lot of the local baymen by me run them and have 1,000 hours plus with no real isuues. Good luck when you do get around to it.

 

[jrmagic]

I don't usually refer to it as 'boating'. But, yes I'm on the water on my boat working 5 or 6 days/week 52 week/year. Right about now, a charter in FL would be a paradise (or good 3' dumping).

A lobsterman I assume?

 

[Cannonball]

A lobsterman I assume?

Oysters

 

[WakeboardMom]

Freakin' awesome vaca!! It was cold. Still had tons o' fun. : - )

It was a somewhat "non-traditional" vacation. I'm a good navigator and excellent first mate. There wasn't anything I didn't do. ; - )

Because we have to vacation at this time of the year, the next time we book a boat for a charter, it will be further south to try to guarantee good weather. Might be sail instead of power next time. This was a great way to cut our teeth. Now we know we can do it for a longer period of time and we can bring another couple with us.

Got into Logan at midnight and drove to the lake, arriving at 2:30 am to a house that was 45 degrees inside. Now we're painting; more teamwork. Amazing. We're livin' the dream.

: - )

 

[ctenidae]

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.rogers/BoatPics#

Random renovation pictures.

 

[Marc]

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.rogers/BoatPics#

Random renovation pictures.

And you had enough money left over for a digital camera?

 

[ctenidae]

And you had enough money left over for a digital camera?

We had the camera already. We're running out of film, though.

So far, have done all the work ourselves. Would it have been worth it to pay someone $300-$400 to paint it? Probably, but where's tehe fun in that?

 

[Marc]

We had the camera already. We're running out of film, though.

So far, have done all the work ourselves. Would it have been worth it to pay someone $300-$400 to paint it? Probably, but where's tehe fun in that?

Well it certainly cuts out the fun of the argument how to tip or roll correctly. And then flinging paint at each other. Not saying I've done that, specifically...

 

[rocojerry]

http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.rogers/BoatPics#

Random renovation pictures.

Nice work. My girlfriends (parents) Oday DSII needs some love, maybe I'll give it a shot this spring. My current project is a 9' Dyer Dhow restoration, and once thats good to go I'll be out in Gloucester harbor on an old Pearson P22.

What months do you guys get the most boat work done in?

-Jerry

 

[ctenidae]

What months do you guys get the most boat work done in?

-Jerry

Sadly, it's all been done between October and now, mostly on weekends. At teh expense of skiing (which probably would have been cheaper).

My wife and I have gotten pretty good at coordinated roll and tip. We've also managed to paint the boat together...

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Having grown up on Lake George where my family owned a marina for 20 years I have gravitated from fast boats to rafting out west to now kayaking in the northeast. Love the fact that it requires very little maintenance and prep......load it on the roof and your good to go.

A quiet section of the Lemon Fair River about 20 miles southwest of Middlebury

 

[ctenidae]

Almost done

 

[WakeboardMom]

Almost done

Wow....looks great. You must be very pleased.