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Post by Kiwipushrod on Apr 7, 2010 14:10:33 GMT -5
Breaking water.
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Apr 7, 2010 17:59:06 GMT -5
That pic underway is da bomb! Wayyy better than those arial pics! Which L&D are you in??? ws
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Post by bigbill on Apr 12, 2010 12:53:01 GMT -5
hey bill, in the the pic of the strut and prop, it looks like the zinc is too close to the strut. they should be at least six inches ahead of the strut, so it does not block the water flow to the cutlass bearing. bigbill
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Apr 12, 2010 14:14:01 GMT -5
I knew it slid back. I had an old woody CC years ago. We were waiting for the lock here and the bilge pump kept running steady. The shaft had worked its way out of the coupling and dropped just outside the stuffing box. Hmmm. On this one, I use it as an impromptu safety thrust bearing. Thanks again for that coffee... I am enjoying a cup of Comunity Coffee as we speak! Ahhhh....... ws
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Post by Kiwipushrod on Apr 20, 2010 21:40:05 GMT -5
After 2 months of looking, I finally found the vhs tape of the crane and divers, bringing the Seafarer up from the locker. I think it's worth watching, but I cant convert it untill tomorrow. I plan on putting it on My photobucket video album and linking it here. Plus I need a free de-shaker program..Any ideas?.
Kiwi
EDIT: Your prop and shaft, is supposed to hit Your rudder before it leaves Your shaft log.
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Apr 21, 2010 20:11:38 GMT -5
EDIT: Your prop and shaft, is supposed to hit Your rudder before it leaves Your shaft log.
Ya shoulda told Fritz that at Algonac after that lunch hour in 1939! That was on a 1939 or '40 CC barrel back with a 350 chevy. Who knows what the shaft length was/supposed to be etc. Fucker was fast tho! It had a converted car engine that turned standard. The original K model spun the opposite. So we put a RH prop on it and away we went. The torque of the motor and helm on the right caused the boat to roll about 30 degrees to the starboard while on plane. Pretty neat! Had to slide all the way over to the port side and reach to the right to steer it. I traded my 1976 FXS stroker for it, then traded that for a NICE 1964 Impala SS 409/4 speed car. That was original down to the bias tires with hub caps. Wish I had them ALL now! ws
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Post by Kiwipushrod on Apr 22, 2010 12:52:17 GMT -5
So here is the video of bring Seafarer up in Kentucky Lake. They had to move the boat to shallower water before they made the lift. The strut hole was patched underwater with a steel backed rubber plate, then pumped out when the gunwhales cameup. Kiwi
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Apr 22, 2010 17:18:17 GMT -5
That makes the old pucker string snap into place, thats for sure! Did the diver find the hardtop or the other davit? Ive been there too, and when shits happenin' its kinda hard to focus, but couldnt you have grounded the boat? Or did you run out of time? ws
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Post by Kiwipushrod on Apr 25, 2010 12:39:26 GMT -5
The first leg of the trip, Trempeleau Wi. to Hoppy's just south of St. Louis, goes well. A little chilly at times but good water. We average about 80 miles a day, You're either trying to get ahead of a Tow or laying back so you don't have sit still waiting for a tow to lock thru.
The Seafarer's galley is putting out the most excellent dinners that I've ever had on the river, under the direction of Mike's wife Jay. On the Trojan, the galleys putting out peanut butter and jelly's, with My boys playing nintendo down in the cabin on the coldest days. But every night wherever We end up, the crews line up at the Roamer for dinner. We're all having a great time and the boats are running well.
We tie up and leave the boats at Hoppy's for 3 weeks, Denny leaves 2 week later for the Key's, so for leg 2 it's just the Roamer and the Trojan and leg 2 is where the trouble begins.
For those of You who are not familiar with this route, this is how it works, You travel down the Mississippi to Cairo Ill, then You turn up the Ohio river for about 35 miles to Paducah Ky, then down the Cumberland river to the Tennessee river which becomes Kentucky lake. Than becomes the Tenn-Tomm waterway that comes out in Mobile Al, Gulf of Mexico.
After You get south of St. Louis the river becomes almost all commercial traffic. No more marinas and fuel is hard to come by, the last gas before the Ohio is a fuel truck that You have to call in. The truck meets you on the road and pulls out a few hundred feet of hose, down to the river and charges for it. After that, no fuel until Paducah Ky. on the Ohio.
It's the first or second week of December when We get back to the boats and take off for the rest of the trip, We hear that the Ohio is high and fast, which is no surprise to me, every time I get near that river its a challenge and I really don't like it at all, a pleasure boater may as well be in the middle of the desert, as be on the last part of that river. We're still on the Mississippi near Cairo and decide to pull into a small cove for the night, then get an early start for the 36 mile run up the Ohio to Paducah.
Early the next morning We pull out of the cove with Me and the Trojan in the lead, two minutes later Mike calls Me on the radio and says, He hit something coming out of the cove with the starboard prop and has a vibration. I ask, how bad? A few minutes later He comes back on and says, "It ain't good, I'm going to run it idle only". We have extra props and shafts for both boats on board, We consider looking for a place to do the swap ourselves but it's just not safe in this water. I start looking thru the Quimby's river guide for the nearest pullout and come up with what I already know, Kentucky Lake is the nearest full service marina, up river or down.
We putt down to the Ohio and it's not pretty.
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Post by 34Hatt on Apr 26, 2010 8:04:59 GMT -5
Oh sure get us all pumped up then leave us hanging
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