My 1978 Master Angler Refresh

[natecert]

My motor is a 1995 OMC and I do most of the work myself, for one K it may be worth a gamble ( in just over 4 yrs. I put at least 2 K into it ). But have owned since new. Really your call, if there is $$ for new power good, if not buying used has a lot of danger as well.


Best of luck

Ed

[Topflitegraphics]

Originally Posted by natecert

My motor is a 1995 OMC and I do most of the work myself, for one K it may be worth a gamble ( in just over 4 yrs. I put at least 2 K into it ). But have owned since new. Really your call, if there is $$ for new power good, if not buying used has a lot of danger as well.


Best of luck

Ed

Yeah, I may just roll the dice and fix it. My goal all along was to use it this summer and over the winter months, save up and repower. I need to get out on the water

[Topflitegraphics]

Well, crap. Tried to get the motor going with a "new" cdi and it turns out the one on it is less than a year old and basically brand new. So, I don't think that is the problem.

Then, I decided to pull of the swim ladder and sell it since it was useless to me. Pulled it off and removed the mounting brackets and that was when curiosity got the better of me...I figured since I was going to have to patch the holes anyways, I may as well take a look at the transom by using a hole saw to cut out a small section of the fiberglass. Bad idea but guess I am glad I did before I hung a new(er) motor on the back. The wood is like wet sawdust

SO, time to pull off the old Yamaha and get busy replacing the transom. Unless I can seriously bust some ass over the next few weeks, I guess my summer is shot

[Topflitegraphics]

[Topflitegraphics]

Eventful couple of weeks for me.

On July 24th, we closed on our new house in Port Saint Lucie

On July 30th, the movers moved out big stuff in to the bi house

On August 6th, I had a pretty major heart attack and subsequent live saving surgery.

Now, I have to relax and wait for the doctor to tell me when I can get back to doing things. Not allowed to pick up anything heavier than a gallon of milk. Not allowed to drive. Basically, not allowed to do anything. This sucks but I guess it is better thN pushing up daisies.

Trying to decide if I should just pay to have the transom or wait and do it myself. Thought about selling her for the past couple of days but realized it would not be worth much and I would really lose my ass. I just want to get on the water again and enjoy the second chance at life the EMT'S and Doctors have given me.

[Basketcase]

First off, sorry to hear of the health issues and congrats on not being dead! lol. Don't sell it. You'll instantly regret it. If you are well enough to use the boat, then just throw down some dough and get it done! I'm getting lazy in my old age, and am finding that its just nice to go boating instead of work on boats.

I have been working on restoring a 20' for a number of years. Just this year I bought a fully operational 20' sceptre with 175 optimax and I have to say I've had a great summer on the boat that would have otherwise been spend itching while working on the other one. Life is too short. Fix the boat and go boating!

[dirtwheelsfl]

Damnit man just saw ya saturday!!

I agree, fix the one youve got.

Heres to a speedy recovery

[Topflitegraphics]

I have pretty much decided to keep her. If I can find somebody reasonable to repair the transom that can also do it in a timely manner, I will go that route. Been verbally quoted 4k for coosa rebuild and 3500 for plywood. Both said it would be about a month
Seems kind of high to me.

Is that what the going rate is for this type of job? Also, seems like a long time for something that can probably be done in less than a week...

[Capt Terry]

Hey Topflite-
Real sorry about your situation man- but you are still here, thank the Lord for that. Moved to PSL huh. I grew up in White City. My dad had a precast concrete business on the site where the fireworks store on US1 is. Used to run a very much used 14' Lyman from White City Park to PSL. Skied there too, until my mom say me trying to pick oranges off the trees and knew there were gators. So started skiing in salt water near FT Pierce inlet.

Pending the money situation I think I would want the boat ready to use when my health was restored instead of working on it. And that's from a guy who would rather work on a boat or car than the house or worse yet the yard!

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery.

[FLexpat]

Glad they put you back together. Since it seems like both you and the boat might be able to go out together in a few weeks, it seems like paying a 'boat doc' would be a good use of time & money. Otherwise you would not get to start it until after your docs clear you and then you would discover that any 1 week job on your own boat blows up into several weeks and, at an unreasonable $3-5/hr for your time, will cost the same.