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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Aug 21, 2020 5:58:57 GMT -5
Hell, when I repowered the Roamer back in '90, I bought a 1960 Chris with new (less than 10 hours!) 454s for back storage. Made money off the old 283's, a spare 6KW Kohler and literally tons of brass, plus big chunks of ribbon strip mahogany. Cut that boat into little pieces with a Skilsaw and paid a junker 200.00 to come clean up the debris. He got 100 gallons of 20 year old gas from the uncapped tanks and said his truck never ran better... If theres a will theres a way... This was all before the stoopid inyernet too! ws
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Post by banned on Aug 22, 2020 8:06:18 GMT -5
There is no way it ever makes sense from money perspective but owning a large boat of any kind doesn't make sense money wise. It comes down to what you want but even that can or should have some limitations. Maybe a compromise? Rebuild with natural kits, Good vibration isolation mounts, Rebuild trans, 24 volt conversion. paint and sound insulate engines rooms. Then it will almost feel and sound like you re powered with modern stuff.
Brian
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Post by rsmith on Aug 22, 2020 9:29:55 GMT -5
repowers will cost you a lot of down time when you could be doing something else or using the boat. My dad was not that mechanical for major stuff. And he didn’t have the time. We had this 19’ Old Town skiff with a 90hp Johnson on it. Golden Meteor it was a meteor alright always blown up or wouldn’t start. My dad ran into someone who talked him into repowering with an IO. Yeah yeah no one realized IO problems yet at that time. Donzi was using an Eaton Interceptor Ford setup back then and that’s what he put in. The guy that did it did a beautiful job filled in the transom and made it look like it came from the factory. But we lost an entire season. Every weekend headed to the shore we’d stop to see the progress. Which was super slow. I just lost a friend last month at 55. He was in the middle of building a aircraft kit couldn’t wait to fly it. A little less than 2 years ago he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Gioplastnoma? Something like that. I helped his widow empty out his hangar last week and sell stuff. When we went in his tool cart was sitting next to the plane with a half drunk can of coke on it. As though he left for lunch and never came back. Made a big impact on me realizing the clock is ticking and you never know when it’s going to stop.
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Aug 23, 2020 6:18:13 GMT -5
Those 53, and 71N's last literally forever. I dont know why in the hell they ever went wet liners and turbos, other than to keep up with the likes of Johnson and Towers. 600 HP from a inline 6-71? Great. Shouldve put a nitrous kit on there too and got 1200 HP and 100 hours on a rebuild. Thats nuts. Even the canyon run up here is about 30-40 miles and 800 feet of water LOL. Never a penisis situation whan the brave and hardened crew had to stuff the bow after jumping 30 footers to outrun the perfect storm. That fucker watched too much TV.
Dump the turbos, shower heads , blankets, coolers, and all that crap for a lousy 1-2 MPH? That old sub was up on plane at about 21-22 mph with the 12-71s. After she cleared her throat, ahem, they cleaned up pretty well. ws
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Post by banned on Aug 23, 2020 7:08:03 GMT -5
repowers will cost you a lot of down time when you could be doing something else or using the boat. My dad was not that mechanical for major stuff. And he didn’t have the time. We had this 19’ Old Town skiff with a 90hp Johnson on it. Golden Meteor it was a meteor alright always blown up or wouldn’t start. My dad ran into someone who talked him into repowering with an IO. Yeah yeah no one realized IO problems yet at that time. Donzi was using an Eaton Interceptor Ford setup back then and that’s what he put in. The guy that did it did a beautiful job filled in the transom and made it look like it came from the factory. But we lost an entire season. Every weekend headed to the shore we’d stop to see the progress. Which was super slow. I just lost a friend last month at 55. He was in the middle of building a aircraft kit couldn’t wait to fly it. A little less than 2 years ago he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Gioplastnoma? Something like that. I helped his widow empty out his hangar last week and sell stuff. When we went in his tool cart was sitting next to the plane with a half drunk can of coke on it. As though he left for lunch and never came back. Made a big impact on me realizing the clock is ticking and you never know when it’s going to stop. Exactly you never know when the clock is going to stop or somethings going to happen that will prevent you from being able to do what you want. My dad told me when your getting ready to take your last breath you won't regret the things you tried and didn't like or the things you tried and failed at. You'll only regret the things you were interested in and never tried. This is why I keep adding race cars to my fleet its what I'm into right now but I know I can't do it forever. I've got some very cool stuff just to hard to post pics here. Brian
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Post by skycheney on Aug 24, 2020 20:54:44 GMT -5
All great points. If I did it, I would start now and try to have everything on-hand by next fall, then pull a little early and get started. Hopefully if we worked all winter, I could have it ready to go by early summer. I really think we could do it if we had everything ready to go.
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Aug 25, 2020 6:24:48 GMT -5
Lotsa 12 hour days, then packing up for the trip home with a load of small stuff to blast and paint for the return trip, and every night on the boob tube looking for parts. Dont forget the table saw and permission to make a total mess inside the building. I thought they locked you out over the winter?? ws
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Post by skycheney on Aug 25, 2020 18:22:51 GMT -5
Lotsa 12 hour days, then packing up for the trip home with a load of small stuff to blast and paint for the return trip, and every night on the boob tube looking for parts. Dont forget the table saw and permission to make a total mess inside the building. I thought they locked you out over the winter?? ws I always have access. Normally the buildings are open 9-6, but I can stay later if I let them know in advance. I don't anticipate blasting and painting anything as everything will be new. I will have to clean and paint the bilges. The woodworking could be done after launch if needed. And my mother owns a condo unit that is attached to the storage building so no long trips home; just walk around the corner.
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Post by banned on Aug 26, 2020 6:36:39 GMT -5
I've heard nothing lately about DPF and DEF for boats but it's coming. We got a new forklift recently and it's one it.
Brian
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Post by yachtsmanwilly on Aug 26, 2020 6:45:10 GMT -5
I/we remember the condo. Pretty fortunate you can walk to the boat! I know how clean your boat is, but even after 40 years of DDs marking there spot will be cruddy. Expect the worst; and thing less is better! Crawling around a 12-71N in a TC was kinda rough. A two person job. If the were out, they'd be show room fresh. Everything sealed and painted with awlgrip etc... I had to cut the floor to pull the Allison M20 on the port side. The PO had Dog River do it in place before... I cant imagine that! ws Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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