The Cape Cod Crusader

[FishStretcher]

Originally Posted by cdavisdb

Congratulations!!!! That is about the perfect power/drive combo for that boat.

It sure looks like the pic of a boat posted in a thread(see below) I started in 2006, when I was looking for mine. Is it the same??

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...ad.php?t=16317

Connor

The timing is right for the I/O replacement, and they look identical so I can't see how it is a different boat. I was in denial at first, but I think this is the case. He said it was in Chatham before he got it.


On the plus side, there is a detailed maintenance history. It needs some mechanical work I can perform. On the downside, hull maintenance was perhaps based on the presumption of the invulnerability of fiberglass to the elements. In the thread above, there is a picture with snow on the ground and no tarp. I never saw it with a tarp on it. (But this seems to be the norm out on the Cape- and it rarely snows lots that far out.) Even so, it looks OKish up close, save for some interesting user modifications. I will be paying attention to the bulkheads, as they are an issue even in a pristine boat, and this one has seen it's share of rainwater in the bilge thru a hole in the deck at the helm. There is also a section of deck cut out and screwed back in with a 2x4 backer so they could work on the engine without pulling it. I think that is a serious hack, but I can fix that.

I never got a scan tool on the engine. I was told 150, then 200 hours on the engine. As an injected engine, it starts and runs better than my carburated outboard, so I don't know.

I got no sea trial with a mid-winter purchase, so it is a "pig-in-a poke" in some ways. I am sure there is more to be done I don't know about, but so far I think it won't take that much work to splash it.