Thanks for sharing CB.
Love your work and maybe someday you I can afford for you to redo my Contender.

Strick, You are a funny guy. I keep trying to match you, but no matter what I do, you one up me. I show you a decent rack and you show a better one. :-)
Anyway, some may think I am trying to boast, I am not, LLL/TM was a nice girl, certainly pleasant on the eyes and good company, but she was no S.Y.T.
S.Y.T was a traveler, LLL/TM was a flyer. Each has their merits.
LLL/TM did two tours over to the Bahamas with me, on the last one, I had some friends come down from up Nort. Now before I go on, let me say------, nah, I'll just tell the story.
Aneyhoo, "Bill and Ann" come down, they are both in their 50's, Bill had gone through his mid-life, divorced his wife (almost but not yet), hooked up with Ann (same as Bill), who's soon to be ex's are home, aneyway------. They come down for 4 days. Now, I had gone through a pretty bad deal with S.Y.T, found LLL/TM, she came to the islands, I was in the islands, life was pretty good. Never in a million years did I think having a pretty 20 something LL Blond (my date) on a boat, (my boat) affect a 50 something good looking girl(Bill's date). Big mistake! Suddenly my my "yacht" became VERY small, j---- the hissing and p-----! Anyway, learned from that one. Oh well------.
Ok, seems Strick has gotten us down the path of game. Now LLL/TM wasn't much for getting "game" although I did get here to hold some, and she wasn't none to thrilled about that.
And we did get LLLL/TM and "Ann" to "Play nice" together every now and then.

Lets see, where are we in boat (re) build land----,

I must be boring people---.
Boat (re) building has become mundane and at least down here, everyone has a story like mine. Ho hum-------. :-)

Not boring me. The sea, a nice vessel and a beautiful woman has been the demise of many a sailor, (not to mention the rum)!. This thread is particularly interesting to me in that I'm crazy about boats, especially the ones you redo, and I've longed for spending much more time on the water. I've been a bilge rat all my life, just never had the chance to build many stories the likes of yours.

Close up of fish box/live well needed :) what is the vertical thing in the corner of it? Nice work Oly!

strick

Be patient Oh Great One!
I can't let all the goodies out of the bag at once. ;-)
The "vertical thing" is the water inlet, custom countersunk in the livewell, so as the little fishes don't bump their noggin. Or in my case, so the conch don't "konk" themselves.
I'll dig up a pic.

"Konkwell" , the best I have before I put the deck on.

Dam Oly that's some serious plumbing you have going on with all the white hoses. I was figuring that it may be something to do with the water level. Did you make the bait tank your self?

strick

First of all, I don't like the flimsy plastic bilge hose. I use Shields Sanitation hose.
Some of the hose is extra length.
Two (2) bilge pumps.
One (1) "Konkwell" pump out.
One (1) pressure washdown pump, can run either fresh or salt washdown.
Yes, I made the baitwell myself, made a "one off" mold and away we went.

Here is the "mess" in the bilge, it got d--- tight in there after all the "stuff" went in. The hardest part was the baitwell drains, wanted it to drain naturally when running and be able to pump out when at the dock, flippin 1 1/2" pipe got tight down there.

Teaser pic.

STOP it!! Quit teasing us! :)

Great pics
 

Love the work your doing I'm electrician and it still surprises me how much wiring we need/cram into these boats

How come the motor don't match? :( :D

Well, it do match, sorta---. Just not the Coral color. And it is supposed to be coral color, the pic makes it look orange.
As for electrical, no s----, this boat doesn't have much and look at dem wires.
Thank all for the compliments. She is getting there, slowly. :-)

Shoulda used one of dem white motors, woulda matched better. :D

I like the motor contrast in color :) this is fun. It's sort of like buying the whole series on CD rather then having to wait each week for the new episode. Cant wait till tomorrow night!

strick

Dude, you got it bad if yer Sat. night is this forum. :D

Ok boys, lets play guess that part, one will be easy, the other two might take a moment.
Strick, I might have to agree with Ol' Herman on this one, especially with a missus as pretty as yours. If this threat is the best you got on a Sat night, you're in as sad a shape as I am. ;-)
And this is weird, the color in person is no way as orange, hmmmmmm--------.

Nice Work OP!!
Coral Color = Coral Reefer II ? What's the bottom match up Navy?

Your heading for that Gucci Stamp Award :)
BTW: I know what dem parts are ;)

Dem the purdiest rubrail end caps I ever seen.

Don't worry folks, I'll be back on schedule tomorrow. ;-)

6 beer holders. Its getting there ;)

Awesome work!

Nooo, Coral Reefer has run it's course, the color was supposed to be the inside (or some part of the inside) of a conch. Though I might name it "Konk", although I am not a huge fan of naming small boats.
I'm not sure of bottom paint color yet, thinking either white, slate grey, or maybe blue, I want to get the boot top painted then will go from there. Boot top will match engine, then I can make Mr. Herman somewhat happy. :-)

Oooooh, gots to show you me new fancy dancy rod holders, they are also good for holding beers. :-)

Saw an ole whaler 13 with two young lads three summers ago. Hand brushed name upside down in int. orange. Send Help!

Where do I get the passenger grab bar on the console? Love the stealth beverage holders under the switch panel. Your choice in wire will last. Love that.

Run n Gun on Sun.
Happy Mothers Day.

Sandy,
I found out a long time ago, using the proper materials for the task, pays out in the long run.
Those handles are made or sold by a Company called Premier products, you would have to see who retails or wholesales them. The Premier Mod # for that handle is #56789 7/8" oval grabrail with studs.
Here are a couple of photo's with the answers to the what are these parts question.

Ok, so where were we. Life-----.
LLL/TM and a I did two tours in the Islands, along with countless other adventures, but like two ships passing in the night, the time had come.
I bounced around in the Internet Dating scene again for awhile, saw a lawyer (she went to dinner to try and drum up more business, I paid), saw a nurse (after she showed me a picture of a cockroach in some person's prostate, at dinner, I paid, I left), anyway, came to the conclusion that maybe internet dating wasn't for me.

Back to the boat.
Got some papering and high build going on.

Here's another of the neat little gizmo's I found and modified to serve my needs.
It is a quick release hold down for the forward stays on my TUUCI Top.

I cant help it :)

I like the scupper idea. Do you have plugs just in case.. :)

strick

Not to high jack this, but GFS check out my post #287 I think my handle I got at Marine Surplus for approx. $15. Let me know if I can help.

CR, I guess I am still perplexed on the covers for the thru hull :confused:

If the corral is the same that I have seen on the Gause Built Boats it will be really NEAT. Hell it is Neat already :D

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...1&d=1368263192

:eek: :D

Ummmmmm, we will be making plugs, just in case. She has been floated already, she does float, and above the scuppers. (thank goodness. :-).

"CR, I guess I am still perplexed on the covers for the thru hull."
IT, what might be your perplextion?

As for the color, it is really weird, in pictures and when I first saw it, it has ALOT of orange to it. But, to the naked eye, it is toned down, very kinda, well Islandy.
I like it, just hope I don't have to match it. :-)

I used that wire on my new livewell and bilge pumps. What is it called?
The other part is for the motah mounting studs to spread the load. Don`t know the name.

I used that wire on my new livewell and bilge pumps. What is it called?
The other part is for the motah mounting studs to spread the load. Don`t know the name.

Thanks for the discount marine tip!

Those handles are on e bay all day long. Check Great Lakes Skipper. Think I've seen them in West marine as well.

Oly- We used to have huge 4" open scuppers on all our commercial boats in Alaska. Whenever we got a heavy load (6 tons or so of fish) and we had to plug the scuppers...but they were screw in plugs. So when you fill your boat up with Girls make sure you got some good plugs ready. Another thing to consider is adding some ballast down low as I see you have been running a little top heavy on those Bahama trips ;)

strick

Hey strick what boats in ak where you fishin on?.

Strick,
Finally some good advice from you, will do. :-)
Will be in Cali in two weeks.