$821.00 Turn Key Tsunami !!

[strick]

He He you guys are funny.....I have Bigshrimpin to thank/blame for being the first in alerting me about the e-bay listing. Then Mcgillicuddy sent me a PM about it as well. Since I had never bid on an e bay listing I had no clue how to go about it so I consulted E-bay and Craiges List Pro staffer "Bigshrimpin" who coached me through the whole process. The last 5 minutes was very exilerating and my knees were shaking as I watched the computer go crazy those last few seconds. Some poor bastard in Florida lost out on a nice boat...all he had to do was bid a little more. But it would have cost three time the sale price to have it shipped there...I know the position he was in... been there before.

Hermco- while we were cleaning out the boat we found about $21.00 in small change so I think we are right at the $800.00 mark as we speak

Gill- It really is a nice solid boat. We are going to do more cleaning/polishing. so far all we have had to do was put in 2 new batteries and and electric fuel pump. We put some points and a new condenser on the engine as well. I got in touch with the previous owner who had donated this boat to the auction company and he told us that the rebuilt engine has about 10 hours on it...it really does purr like a kitten.

PS Biglew eat your heart out!

strick

[NoBones]

Some poor bastard in Florida lost out on a nice boat...all he had to do was bid a little more. But it would have cost three time the sale price to have it shipped there...I know the position he was in... been there before.

strick

I just figured you would let me keep it at your place
till I got out there...

Nice score Chuck!

See ya, Ken

[bigeasy1]

Awesome,it's bringing back memories of my tsunami,all the same,even the glove compartment door.
I'm looking forward to the thing crapping out ,only because I can't wait to see how great it will look after your craftsmanship.
I hope you'll keep us all up to date,when that time comes.I'm looking forward to the restoration.

[seafari25]

Nice pick up.

The 327 is a heck of a hard motor to blow up. I think I've got a few more than 10 hrs on mine. Looks like she's pumping lots of oil up top.

Does this mean the Seafari is on the backburner?...Man I'm looking forward to that restore

[eggsuckindog]

If you need any questions answered on the OMC stuff feel free to call our resident OMC guy Mike at American Marine - he'll even ship you parts and give tips - I;m sure he;s seen a million those 727 938 9798

[BigLew]

If we know Strick, that OMC is not long for this earth. Karnak says, "OMC outdrive", The question is, "What is the newest addition to the local DUMP?"

BUT, I think there might be a 25" Tsunami with a 327 CID engine pushing out 350-375 HP in Strick's future, or there SHOULD be! Talk about a balanced "Wave Crusher!" Wait a second, I think there may be an appropriate boat name in the making.

[BigLew]

Maybe the 327 pushing through a Volvo Duoprop drive with "Wave Doc" arching across above it!

[strick]

Does this mean the Seafari is on the back burner?...Man I'm looking forward to that restore

The 25 has been sitting neglected under some eucalyptus trees. I did manage to pull the old motor, out drive, and fuel tanks last Summer, before I got started on some other projects which has left me too busy to do anything with boats for the last 8 months. If you keep posting pictures of that gorgeous boat of yours then I am likely to get fired up and start work on the 25. My biggest delima with the 25 has been what to re-power it with. Still kicking around the twins on a bracket thing vs big block/duoprop.

Collecting leaves



Last couple times I went fishing were in November 08 but the 20 has proven to be a very capable fish raiser.







strick

[BigLew]

I don't know! The pictures of the guy with a stocking cap on doesn't look like Strick. The last picture with the guy in the ball cap does! Let me see, that big striper looks to be held by a guy with a stocking cap on.

Strick,
I would talk to someone who is going to be able to tell you if two big of boards on the back of the 25 might be a little too stern heavy. I don't know what the tankage looks like on the 25, but my 23 scepter with 140 gallon tank and 1200 pounds of motor and outdrive seems pretty heavy in the stern. I haven't looked at a stern lifting prop yet.

When I get it back up and running, I plan to split the single 140 gallon tank into two tanks in line fore and aft. The rear tank will remain empty unless I plan to need a lot of fuel on board in for a long run. I figure my range is 3 to 400 miles now and I don't need that much fuel on many, if any trips. A full day out 50 miles and a lot of trolling might burn 70 gallons. However, if I was going to do a trip down to New York and didn't want to stop, I might put all 140 on board. At about 7 pounds per gallon, 140 gallons is around 1000 pounds and that's a lot of weight to be pushing around if you don't need it.

You might want to think about the same issues. Further, a Duoprop is about 10% more efficient, but at the cost differential at purchase and 1200 dollars for a set of props in case you ding something, you'd have to burn off a lot a gas to justify the cost. The Volvo Penta AQ 290 outdrives or very reliable and last forever. I plan to call Volvo and ask what the Max horsepower those 290 drives can handle. I think it's probably 350 or more. That would be more than adequate for me. Further, if you are thinking two new big outboards, you might be able to find a decent used diesel, maybe even new NOS in today's market.

Just my 2¢!