[natchalkley]

So, a little update on the boat. I came back up to the great white north and immediatly had 10 inches of snow in the boat for a while. needless to say, that put a bit of a damper on the hull work(no inside space to work on it here). as a result I started working on the doghouse for it. I ended up just building the enclosure right on top of the lip that goes around the console ~16" above the deck. the 3 sides are 1/2" ply and the roof is 2 sheets of 1/4" that has been curved and laminated with a sheet of biaxle in between and another on the top. it has a nice little 1 1/4" curve over 34" for the roof. I faired sanded and prime it last weekend, and am waitin on the windows which should be ready on monday. I will cut the hole for the windows and seal the endgrain and sandwich the lexan inbetween 2 frames made of ipe mahogany.

I also molded the transom cap after scibing the curve on the transom and sandwiching 3 sheets of 1/4" inbetween Biaxle. today I put in 4 supports for transom cap today.

as for the engine: I will be putting a 300 suzuki on the boat. right now I have a deposit on one here in MA @ $20k.

a little aside about the 300 at Eds: the yamaha that I have on my parker right now is from eds. that being said: the 13k is for the 300 engine only. it does not include electronic controls(required on the 300) and installation. that costs you another 4.5k. they do not let you take the 300 and install it yourself because it has to be hooked up to the computer in order for them to get the thing running. that puts me at 17.5k plus my fuel, tolls and time off from work to go down there to get the thing installed. this puts me at about 18.5-19k

Also: there is no service at all from Eds and no one likes to work on an engine from Eds. most places put you at the bottom of the list. I know this because I had issues with the ethanol switch the 2nd year I had the motor(2 weeks in the shop right after I took my summer break from my day-job). I am a charter/ commercial guy, so if I have any issues, I need it fixed yesterday! A week with my boat in the shop kills me during the summertime: 3-4 charters and 3 commercial days is a big hit. I made sure that if I bought an engine from them that I would be at the top of the list! for me that is easily worth the difference between the prices.