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Thanks, Good to be back! I'll get some pics and more out next week. Like the Blog you have. Some great places you are seeing. Cold weather - mmmm - Jen not to keen on that! But one day. Alaska is a dream away. Capstan

Thanks RT It is an automatic system which is also hooked up to ignition etc. Smaller portable are available outside the Engine room. Capstan

Hi Lou tribal, We purchased a 43 - 73 last year and if you go to General Discussions - A Bad Monkey Tail - you will find a list and pics of the work we have done on our boat. It was bought knowing that we needed to do a lot. At least with it you will be able to get an idea of the condition the...

It has been a while since I last posted, this was due to work commitments and unexpected trips back home to Australia. During December and through to March hardly anything was accomplished on the Monkey, however,with the time change there is more time in the late afternoons to accomplish more...

I have 6-354s on our 43' Mark 1 GS. If you look for "A Bad Monkey Tail" in General discussions you will see all the work we have done on the engines. Latest is that one of the fuel pumps has a failed O ring So they will both be removed and taken to be serviced. (Not just because of the O ring...

Interesting as we have been thinking of the same. Yes pricing looks very low. David what would be your basic requirements for a boat, if you were looking at chartering?

Congratulations Gordon and other. We are not liveaboards but have been doing a restoration for the last 11 months on 43' Gulf Star. Now Bad Monkey. My #1 tip is make a list of what you want to achieve for the week. #2 don't worry if you don't accomplish. Just put the ones you don't do on the...

Am interested to hear what it is like as well.

Thanks Marty, It certainly helps that I can finish work and be starting whatever project I have on the boat straight away. Also on the weekends my house is 1 minute walk away and the workshop is where the boat is docked and air conditioned. One of the other guys boat was up to 3 hours away...

Hi, In case you guys haven't seen it I am doing a restoration on a Mark 1 43' GS and have been posting in "General discussions" under "A Bad Monkeys Tail" Lots of pics and list of work completed. I am hoping that it will help anyone thinking of undertaking a project with what is involved and...

Hull colour Awlgrip - Stars and Stripes Blue The hole has been dug but they have not started anything else on the Marina at Normans yet. The McDuffs restaurant is open and the staff are very nice, food very good, Be warned it is expensive. Merry Christmas to all you good peoples and loved ones...

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Our 1st real trip out on The Bad Monkey after 10 months of rebuild.:dance: a small 3.5 hour trip to Normans Cay and back with a stop at the newly re-opened McDuffs for a burger and salad. No issues with the engines:) Got the Autopilot to work, Gauges and radios and inverter all worked. Not...

More from the Monkey. Work has been slow but that’s OK. Trying to get the A/C and aft Cabin done so we can spend a night out on the girl but with the change in time I don’t get to spend the hours in the evening on the project that I was before. Realistically I will only get to spend another...

As you can see we are still moving along. It is coming to the end of 9 months!! Have found some dry wood termites in a couple of the drawers. Not too bad - it's that horrible particle board that all the cheap furniture is made out of, they love it! Thankfully these critters are the slow eating...

Week 33 Cut out, repair and glass Port deck crack Remove last of aft cabin panels Vacuum aft cabin, engine bays and main salon Remove batteries and Racor fuel units to ready area forpainting Spanish wells unable to do survey on hull and engines!! Strip and sand 3 x interior ladders Week 34...

Nearly the 4th quarter! Nearly 8 Months that the girl has been under the knife. Hard to believe. More mistakes and more progress below. Week 31 Remove existing Inverter and replace with pure sign wave 3,000 Watt inverter Remove old wiring from engine room. New wiring for inverter for shore...

This posting will bring us up to September 12, 2015 which is today. So moving forward the postings will be monthly. Week 26 Cut new exhaust elbow gasket Port engine exhaust elbow in place. Replace 1st section of wet exhaust hose. 4 gallons of antifreeze. Prime engine. Run / stop Raw water...

Hi DS Do you have any pictures of the interior and also the Windlass you could share? About to post more here. Capstan

Hi Newbie, I would suggest you and your wife charter for a few weekends on a boat around that size. Maybe with a couple of people around your age and in the area your thinking about. They will be able to teach you a lot and you will also be able to define the type of boat will best suit you...

Peace to your wife John. I hope the water brings some easing of your sorrow and your boat a way back to finding happiness. Of course you also have friends to help when you need it:) Capstan

Nothing that involved! It is just the framework that is in the main salon from the floor up to deck level and ply sheeting/skin goes on it up to the overhead. Some in picture attached. Capstan

Thanks Brian, What is the Florence A? Is she an old lobster boat? How old is she? Capstan

Pictures as promised. The exhaust mixers - Thanks to Eugene! Interior war zone! The bedding, cushions etc. are being recovered and will come back on the boat in stages. New flooring is ready to go and will be put down as each area is completed. So there is a rough plan of how it will come...

A little time off the rock to visit friends in Wrightsville Beach:) The boat now registered and with the name on the stern. For the 1st time I was getting a little cramped for time, and feeling I needed to get the stbd engine running. I didn't want to tow it back to the mooring the next time...