Well, boys i have to say, today i aquired the Saucy Lady.....all thirtyeight feet of her stem to stern.
Shes got twin 6-354 Perkins diesels with outdrive stern drives.....
She gots radar and depthsounder with auto pilot and a laptop nav system.
The Hull is fiberglass of two layers with a filler in between...
Shes got a head, shower stove fridge sink, and hot water on demand.
The girl was built for the Deptment of Fisheries as a patrol boat for the west coast of Vancouver Island....
Shes a 1974 vintage baby.
From my preliminary survey, the port engine and outdrive are or were running fine last year.
The starboard engine runs but runs warmer than the port,as well as being weaker....
(This is what i am told by the owner)
The way she floats right now, there seems bery little to do but pressure wash the outer surfaces and wax her/... a small section of mahogany rail base
should be replaced
one winshield sections cracked...the batteries need a charge
she has about 2-3 inches of clean fresh water in her (not enough to come anywhere near the engine room floorboards...
The outdrives are a kelpy mass of hairy growth that obscures them completely...
and the hull needs a good cleaning and copper bottom...
The rest, is just cleaning contacts and making switches and circuits long idle work again....
who knows what shape shes really in, and what adventures await....
My plan is to make her a home for a year or two...maybe longer...
Tomorrow i have to return to pay the moorage and secure a transfer of dockage...
first hurdle....
Gotto meet big Sam.....the warfinger.......if he doent "take to me" right away....ill be out of luck for moorage....
its a hour and a half drive there and i want to be there by 7 am sharp....but im too wound up to sleep yet....
Hoping to make a good impression on Big Sam....
Anyone with any experience or knowledge of such size boats and type of motors
is welcome to give me their take on this because this is only my second big boat, and the first one didnt end well...but thats water long under the
stern so to speak now.....and im ready for another turn at playing pirates.
The first order of business is to try tpo run up the port motor after a stiff battery charging. well see if theres any life left in em tomorrow i
guess...The water intakes have looking glassso ill know if shess plugged her intake right off......dont know if ill get the staroard one to go but i
would like to see it turn over and make a little oil pressure on the guage maybe....
well see.
Any advice dont be shy...i just know theres lots of nautical ATSers who may have a tip or two....im a novice really...
like whats the very best diesel restorer and water eater tp put in the tanks?
Is it a good idea to throw a can of auto tranny fluid in there too....depending on how full they are of course....
ill know lots more tomorrow....
I havent a clue how radar operates yet..or the nav system....lots to find out.
soo far im itno it for a thousand bucks.the first thousand into the ocean....
we made a reciept and i counted out ten one huns and we shook on it....
all i have to do tomorrow is catch up 2000 in arears and the boats paid for...
good deal you think?
i sure feel like i cant lose right now...but things could still go sour i guess.....
any cautions adivice or helpful hints of things to check?
things not to do?
edit on 30-5-2013 by stirling because: (no reason given)
edit on 30-5-2013 by stirling because: (no reason given)