Spashed the 21
 

We splashed the 21 today thanks to WildlandsJeff and his Duramax. While the truck was up to the task, mechanically, the boat was not (sure looks nice afloat, though) [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] . The motor fired effortlessly and I backed it off the trailer toward the dock. I put it in forward gear to dock but as I neared the dock I tried to slow it down and bump it into reverse only to find the shifter cable unresponsive. :o

Much to my dismay I was very close to an 83 year old skipper's beloved Whaler with a brand new Verado.

I killed it, jumped to the dock from about 7ft away and did every thing I could to keep my bow off the new Verado. Fortunately there was no contact. Glad the fellow wasn't right there or he might have had a heart attack. For me that save made the mechanical failure more tolerable. Jeff busted out the wrenches but after a few adjustments it appeared that maybe a cable or its attachment broke...
I have some time off this week so hopefully this gets resolved w/o taking it to a shop. Hopefully next outing we can give a ride report.

Jeff took this nice promotional pic of San Diego Bay and skyline which I snagged this from his photobucket.

http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/...-07-01_638.jpg

http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/...01106-1313.jpg

http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/...01106-1358.jpg

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Minor set back. Better luck next time Gillie. She does look nice in the water though.

strick

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Awesome Hull and Congrats on the find. Awesome pics of skyline. U will be running soon...
Chris

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Rides nice and high. My Rude loves the new Xtreme cables.

Cheers,
GFS

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It's a Lemon :eek: I think you should put it up for sale immediately :D I am sure some one will take that OLD BOAT ;)

Keep us posted...Did your feet get wet?

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Hey that is a great looking hull, soon you will be on the briny sea

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Yeah Terry,
The wife called it lemon and put it on ebay this morning. I don't know how to access her account to remove it :eek:

You wanna know if I got wet feet???
I dang near kill myself and risk a full bath in 56 degree water trying to save a whaler and you wanna know if I got wet feet??? Why I ought-ta... :D

No but really, not really sure about the scupper height - I put the scuppers plugs in before dipping it, and since we immediately crowded the stern to wrench on it I never really looked. Also found some water seeping in along the shifter cable due to a torn cable bellows so I never thought about pulling the plugs. You can see where the water line came to as we were both along the transom trying to deduce where the water was coming in and how to fix the shifter.

Hopefully get you an answer next time out.

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Well she got her first taste of San Diego bay. First impressions she's a Big 21' boat and if you can't find a place to store something in all her cubbies, you just don't need it. Second Impressions she started on the first bump of the starter and backed off the trailer with ease ( I thought WINNER!)And as I was trying to get my phone in camera mode all the excitement started Gillie did a good job of keeping her off a really nice boat. Lessen #1 With old boats be prepaired for anything and have someone at the dock ready for that aw $#!t moment.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...-01-54_147.jpg
Sadie telling me I ajusted the shift cable the wrong way! There was only a couple more turns the way I should have went so she's probably due a new cable.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...-01-24_506.jpg

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I love the picture of the DOG Yelling at you... she is :mad:

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Yeah....I kinda think she's missing the starboard downrigger that was on the boat!! :rolleyes: :D

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Yeah Don,
I should have bolted things down that morning...The down-rigger, the kicker, the premix for the kicker, etc.

But today wasn't bad for being 15 miles inland. Starting to feel guilty about this boat. Trying to find a nut lock socket for the stern drive I found a Ziploc bag with a canvas in it. I says to myself, "Self, that must be a poncho or some old school foulies." I opened it to find a white cross shaped canvas and says to myself, "WTF?" Then I smiles like Huck Finn playin' hooky:
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Quit smiling and get that beast in the water...vested interest you know :D

You hold off any longer and I will beat you to the sea trial. :eek:

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Everything is so just "very cool" on your 21.....the mild steel bolts rusting, the homemade items, the old steering wheel, dash panel, seats. Reminds me of my Dad's first boat when I was just a kid, I know a long time ago - a very long time ago, I thought it was the neatest boat ever built. Had so much fun on that boat, when it would run.........

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Sour grapes, Don, sour grapes.

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How true!! It's amazing how far outboards have come in power, size and dependability over the years. The old 50hp Johnson we had was the size of a new 150 hp and would run only when it was in a good mood.....heck it even had an emergency starter rope, for a V4?? I can remember many times while water skiing behing the boat it would run out of gas and we would have to change the 6 gallon tanks. Concrete boat ramps?? No way, half the fun was trying to launch and reload the boat without getting stuck in the dirt. That always provided some really good Mom and Dad blow ups! Good memories.