The Cape Cod Crusader

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by NoBones

It must be the week for new additions!!
Picked up a project Hewes last Sunday...
It is only 17!!

A rare Lappy.

[Blue_Heron]

Congratulations FishStretcher, nice find. Once you get her in the water, please share your performance numbers. I'm running the same engine with a Bravo 1 drive, and I'd love to have something to compare it against.
Dave

[hallburg]

Good for you. Nice boat!

[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

[DonV]

Originally Posted by NoBones

It must be the week for new additions!!
Picked up a project Hewes last Sunday...
It is only 17!!

No matter how much I kid around with Ken, you have to admit he has good taste in boats!!!

Congrats NoBones!

[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.

[FishStretcher]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

She`s a 26. I know the feeling.

Sorry, didn't mean to shortchange you!

I haven't keeping up with your thread as I have spent so much time either shoveling snow, or trying to line up the inspection and tow home.

[strick]

Congrats Fishstretcher on that boat. Make sure you check the fuel tanks out if they have not been replaced? Show more Pics

strick

[cdavisdb]

I had no experience at all in taking a boat apart before I pulled my tanks and was astonished at how easy and fast it was. Assuming yours is done like the original, its worth pulling those tanks. That will also give you plenty of room to inspect the bulkheads, stringers, etc.

Pics, pics pics!!! purty please!

[Bushwacker]

Fish - congrats on finding that rare gem! Should be a nice rig with modern engine and new outdrive! I've seen both Connor's and Blue Heron's boats - they know that model well, have put them to good use, and can give you some great advice! I love that layout and hull design. It appears to be one of the most sea-kindly of all SeaCrafts and should allow you to fish in some really nasty stuff!

The early Bravo 3's had a bad rep for corrosion/electrolysis problems and poor customer support from Merc, but I'll bet Pelican knows what the fixes are! Denny