rjtrane
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2013
- Messages
- 268
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Sunshine
- Vessel Make
- Island Pilot DSe 12m Hybrid
I love this thread! I find the concept intriguing and possibly viable with serendipity!
I had a 30 foot wooden boat years ago with an ailing gas motor. I picked up a Perkins 4-107 dirt cheap. The boat was docked on the Gables Waterway behind a house - access was through the property owners boat house.
We pulled the gas engine and got it to the street. Got the Perkins to the boat. And then the project stalled. Other demands were made on our time. We ended up selling the boat and the new motto as is, where is.
Another time, I had a wooden sloop that needed both reframing and repowering. I got a single cylinder gas motor at a yard sale. We parked the boat in my friends back yard. Steam bent frames in place. And... halfway done, the project lingered till his wide said to get rid of it. Sold, as is, where is, too.
Last story: my wife's 18' Donzi needed repowering. I purchased a bench tested Volvo 5.7L, virtually new. The bell housing nor the exhaust manifold mated up to the original transom shield. Hater much cobbling of old parts from the original motor to the new, we finally got the motor installed. Success! This fall I went through the same machinations with the stern drive.
Moral to these stories? If you start off with a doable project AND have the skills, resources and most important, the will, you can finish the project before your wife calls the trash removers!
I had a 30 foot wooden boat years ago with an ailing gas motor. I picked up a Perkins 4-107 dirt cheap. The boat was docked on the Gables Waterway behind a house - access was through the property owners boat house.
We pulled the gas engine and got it to the street. Got the Perkins to the boat. And then the project stalled. Other demands were made on our time. We ended up selling the boat and the new motto as is, where is.
Another time, I had a wooden sloop that needed both reframing and repowering. I got a single cylinder gas motor at a yard sale. We parked the boat in my friends back yard. Steam bent frames in place. And... halfway done, the project lingered till his wide said to get rid of it. Sold, as is, where is, too.
Last story: my wife's 18' Donzi needed repowering. I purchased a bench tested Volvo 5.7L, virtually new. The bell housing nor the exhaust manifold mated up to the original transom shield. Hater much cobbling of old parts from the original motor to the new, we finally got the motor installed. Success! This fall I went through the same machinations with the stern drive.
Moral to these stories? If you start off with a doable project AND have the skills, resources and most important, the will, you can finish the project before your wife calls the trash removers!