Well as many know last year we bought a small scale lobster boat, only 32 feet.

Better than lobstering from I skiff as I have seen at times! Good for you Tugger, Ill be up for the 'feed'
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Lemme know when your comming :thumb:

 

some cold dangerous seas up there,you guys take care!

 

I wont be wondering to far off shore this year as I want to get a feel for the boat and fuel range. My cousin has a program for my laptop that I can tie my GPS into and it shows all deapths and location as well as a plotter, so I'm excited for that part.

Thanks for the well wishes.:thumb:


BTW, spent my honeymoon in vegas and wanting to go back some time:thumb:

 

I've never had any luck with a rebuilt carb. wether is was on a lawn mower or a 79 chevy pickup, and for the cost to pay someone to rebuild it, cheaper to buy new replacement. Is anything really sea worthy? Seem like the ocean can destroy anything.

 

I will give it being rebuilt a try as I have had some good experiences with it in the past with respect to my old jeeps, if that fails I promise to come back and let ya know so you can give me the "I told you so" razzing lol

The motor is actually an old Chev motor from a "dump truck" from my understanding. Its a 292ci that has been converted for marine use wich is very common around these parts.

By marine conversion I mean that there is no rad used for cooling but rather about 20 ft of pipe run under the hull of the boat and it uses the sea water to cool the antifreeze as its pumped thru, it also has the starter mounted on top as well as the alternator, quite a neat set up.

You may be right about anything 'really" being sea worthy but I think she is seaworthy as seaworthy can be argued lol

My uncles who have been Cod fisherman and now lobster fisherman their whole lives know this boat well and I had them go thru it with a fine tooth comb before I bought it.

 

congratulations Tugger
RRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr there Mate

 

B.O.A.T. bust out another thousand. ahoy matey!

 

I'm slowly thinking ..........Aint that the truth lol

 

make sure the carb is running top notch before heading out too far, ensure all your communications are working good so you can call for help if needed,
i don't trust gas engines in marine applications, diesel motors (detroit 6-71) is where its at
good luck

 

Absolutly no worries there my friend....

The boat has many electronics all in working order and I have been going over all the manuals since we bought it.


The carb will be mint before I go further than 100 ft off shore, the whole boat will be mint mechanically for that matter. The carb and the plugs and wires, distributor, fuel filter and an oil change are things I do to all motors when I first get them ( reffering to cars ofcourse and now boats) just so I know when its done and its cheap preventative maintenance.

I agree on the diesel motors, but not in the budget right now and The previous owner never had probs with the motor even in rough seas so I will give it the oppertunity to prove itself to me lol

 

congrats Tugger!

boats are fun :thumb: :thumb:

 

boats are fun

Does....um....my kayaks count? If I put them inline I can claim a 34 footer!
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a new boat and a new wife. life is good tugger

 

My wife aint new, we've been together for forever plus a day lol....

 

Is it a cape islander?

How about those pics you promised?

 

working on the pics, Just went out to bring some stuff to it today as I am redoing the electrical this week. just home for lunch and will go back and take pics and post em tonight......honestly I forgot the camera :taped:

 

sorry guys no pics, about 20 mins after lunch we had a crazy thunderstorm and its still raining hard.

 

Well!.....guess I'll go to bed then.
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Not sure why but I'm having issues posting the pics

 

get a newfoundland dog and it can tow you in if you break down.

 

Tried to add pics again, but no luck....

I'm not doing anything different than when I have posted pics of my BOB or my jeep.

Do I have a limit on how many pics I can post ?


help anyone.

I can e-mail them to some one : to post fer me lol

 

 

A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel on his crotch. The bartender looks at him and says, "Hey, pal, what's with the steering wheel on the ol' crotch?"

The pirate replies: "Arrr.. It's driving me nuts!"

Congratz on the boat...PICS OR IT DIDN"T HAPPEN!!

 

PM me with what you are doing. I can try to help.

Send me the pics and I will see if I can post them. My e-mail should be in my profile... if not, PM me so I can fix that.

 

okay so just posted some jeep pics so gonna try the BOAT pics and see if I get lucky

 

I obviously did something with the saving of these pics....gonna send em to Macumazahn...thanks bro

 

hey Macumazahn
sent ya an email.

thanks

 

some random pics from the past week on the boat........if this pics don't work then the dang thing only exists in my mind lol.....

 

funny thing ...we bought the baby a barbie spin cast rod and reel (cheap) she caught 3 mackrel (sp) with it her biggest being about 14 inches and about 3-4 pounds.

In total we caught about 16 fish

 

Wow congrats on the boat man! I've always dreamt of moving out East and trying to find work on the water. However I'm sure a construction boy from the city would have a hard time finding a captain that would take him on. Someday perhaps!

 

Wheres the compass?
Is it a woody?
Which motor in it?
I like those east coast style boats.
We don't see those designs on the Great Lakes.

 

Good luck Tugger. I wish you the best.

Caseyboy

 

Thanks Casey
keep your eyes peeled Casey, you might just see me cruising in it around Costa Rica lol (just kiddin)

 

The boat is, from what I was told recently, built in 1954 locally, it had taken part in every lobster season up until 8 years ago.

For a compass I use my Silva
The boat is fiberglass over wood.
The motor is an inline 6 292 ci chevy engine with a marine conversion running to an acadia velvet drive tranny