Finally Started on 23 Inboard

[RalphD]

The power is a 240 4 cyl Yanmar diesel. As for other details its the usual list plus a few other things I wanted to do. The deck will be raised with oversize scuppers, paint entire boat, new tanks, modifications to the console, livewell in transom, new T-top, etc. I'm actually moving the engine and console forward a little over foot to make more room in the aft cockpit area.

[PipeDreamsMarine]

Your off to a great start.. who's doing the repower work? Down Jersey? Holtz's I can't wait to see the numbers with the Yanmar..

[wendell]

Moving the console forward! Modi and I have looked into that a bit. An extra foot at the stern would be awesome. I'm very interested to see this. Any ball park numbers for the yanmar? cruise, peak, GPH?

[Kmodi9]

awesome!!! what tranny are you using? how far are you from NYC? i would love to come and check it out since i am doing something similar. just cruious but what does a 240 yanmar cost these days?

how rotted was the deck when u pulled it? are you going to recore the transom with wood or something else?

[RalphD]

awesome!!! what tranny are you using? how far are you from NYC? i would love to come and check it out since i am doing something similar. just cruious but what does a 240 yanmar cost these days?

how rotted was the deck when u pulled it? are you going to recore the transom with wood or something else?

Tran is a ZF63 1.5/1. 240 Yanmar is just over $20K w/ gear and instrument panel. Which is really cool by the way, all one unit, just plug it in. It's going to look nice in the console with the GPS and Radar over top of it.

The decks were soft. I don't know how rotted as I just cut through and removed them in sections. If they were anything like my hatches,they were rotted. The transom was wet but not pulp. The inner layer came out easy, the outer layer I scored with a circular saw then it was hammer, chisel, and beer time. Marine plywood and epoxy will be used for the decks and transom.

I live just southeast of Philadelphia around exit 3 of the NJTP. Not much to see now. The boat is going to the boat yard on Feb 1. If you want any specific pictures while I have it apart let me know.

Go EAGLES !!!!!!!!!

[RalphD]

It's been an interesting 9 months. Without getting into details, KATE is in the good hands of Young's Fiberglass in Marmora, NJ finally getting the attention she deserves. The Yanmar is at Holtz's waiting for the body work to be done.

Anyway,I wanted to post some progress pics of how things are going.

Test fit of engine (not going to move it forward, won't work, but it sounded good at the time)



Bottom has been soda blasted, patched, faired, and barrier coated



New transom and stringer risers in place with test deck removed



Test fitting of deck and transom cap. The rear liner is not going back and the ice/bait wells are being removed and covered. The deck will go to the transom on the sides (you can see the skin applied directly to the transom). The scuppers will go directly through the transon eliminating the need for tubes to the liner. The middle area will have a cover to hide the rudder, tank fills, and other stuff mounted to the transom.



Console modifications - extended visor around the dash area (hard to see) and I conerted the flip up storage box to a drawer.



That's it for now but work is moving fast. Will try to update at least weekly.

[Miles Offshore]

nice job, looks like you are doing her up right !!!! keep the pictures and reports coming, im verrrrry jealous of the Yanmar!!!!

[Snookerd]

Ralph-Great progress pics and comments. Was the forward 1 foot idea not feasable? Very nice

[glow]

Nice looking boat Ralph. Can you post a picture taken from the bow overlooking the engine compartment, trans, shaft and the rudder as well as the steering ram area? Also can you get a close up top view of the rudder campartment and steering ram compartment if it's seperate? Thanks for your help. Aloha, Greg from Hawaii

[RalphD]

Don, are you in the office? I'd like to talk to you about an idea for the T-Top and console. I actually called a couple of times but got your machine. Didn't leave a message, I figured you may be on vacation.