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Funny story. Old friend and dock mate had one in his Carver. It quit cooling so he pulled it out, laid it on it's side in his car trunk. Took it to an RV dealer who plugged it in and it worked fine. He put it back on the boat and it worked for a year before it quit again. This time instead...

How funny is that. Pic snapped at the right time for piling/marker.

Originally Posted by LWW View Post ($54 bucks in 61? You were living large! I thought I was rich getting $205 with free room and board in 72) (Seem to remember the twice monthly payday of about $75 back in 68) Old age is hell. That could have be monthly. Started as E1 in June 68 ended...

($54 bucks in 61? You were living large! I thought I was rich getting $205 with free room and board in 72) Seem to remember the twice monthly payday of about $75 back in 68

carabelle Be sure to check on Janice on Seaweed.Larry

I was reading through the first part of your blog and it seems you are having to custom make a lot of the external parts on the tractor engine. Would or could a Yanmar engine be more economically marinized. I know you are vested in this tractor motor but I know of a 2 cylinder Yanmar that can...

Use to be a product called "Oileater" you could get at Costco. Used it on my bilges all the time. I think you can get it at HD in a small Qt size.Larry

Don't feel like you're the only one to have those problems. You'll learn from them and next time it'll be a piece of cake.Larry

I sure hope you have good luck selling her. She'd beautiful. My brother and I tried to sell our 41' baybuilt and ended up cutting her up and burning. I didn't have the heart to go to the bon fire. Larry

I always thought the weight of a ferro hull would make a good trawler. There is a 50' sailboat in the marina where I used to keep my boat which fell into disrepair after the second owner died. The hull was built and sailed around the world and when the orginal owner got to old to handle the...

Just to let you guys know you're not the only one following this build. I'm a fan of the stich and glue method and I want to build something similar, the 23' houseboat at Bateau. Keep up the good work and please don't stop posting the great pics.Larry in Virginia.

Any news on the engine problem.Larry

When I started putting everything back after getting it to run the tach lead was either shorted or bad. Let me regress here for a bit. The engines were in my 38' 1956 Chesapeake Deadrise. I had put in 2 complete 228 mercruisers, used take outs, and all I had hooked up were oil pressure and temp...

Boy does this sound familiar. Back in the late 80's I had a boat with twin mercruiser 228s. I could start the motors and as soon as I tried to give it the gas from idle one would die. Pulled my hair out. After all the fiddling with every piece of the fuel and Ignition circuits I finally...

Go back to post number 43 and go to the site Firefly has listed. It's about halfway down the list. It had gone down and the raising was noted in the list. Look for YP 678.Larry

Thanks Firefly. Took me a while to find it but there it was. Hate to see such a neat boat go to waste. Larry

It's probably pickled for preservation of the engine, not flooding. They probably keep one on the ready in case it needs to be moved. More than likely one of the gen sets are pickled to. If I were interested and wanted to see it I'd call and go look at it. It's just a little fun time for...

Maybe they just wanted it to be still so the roulette wheels will work.

WifeyB "Oh and for you men, one other reason not to come to South Florida. Girls wear incredibly skimpy bikinis with triangle tops and thong bottoms and then even worse, in some areas you'll see model types topless. Only thing worse would be if you ran across a nude beach accidentally" I knew...

Mark. Did you see IRONY this morning before Bill pulled out for his cruise north. He called me this morning to report you were behind him as he pulled out a 6:30 am.Larry

Wow. What a mess. Makes me glad I quit PMM years ago. To many articles on systems and boats that I for one couldn't afford anyway. There's the boat dream that most of us average Joes have and then the ones that are meant for the guys with big money. So anything PMM had to print after 2007...

If he keeps his in salt water I'd be willing to bet that after 2 years his bottom is nasty. Growth and barnacles really slow a boat and that's why most will at least clean the bottom every 6 months.Larry

I see it now. Looks like just be back deck full of gear. I gotta get me some better glasses.Larry

I don't see any mine sweeper gear. Maybe PG's. Patrol gunboats from the look of all the deck guns and torpedo tubes. Just my humble opinon. Larry

You don't see many using the Northill anchors, they look a little cumberson to store. That being said I do have two of them, one is a 50R which is quite large and the other is small enough to be a nice lunch anchor. I had planned to use the big one as a storm anchor which thankfully never...