I'm back...Bimini top and many upgrades

[81venture]

You'll never pass "President Bush loves Macgregors" .....

I will die trying


3rd coat is on the Kells

Cut the plywood for the pop top cover and stained it
Washed the topside and taping it for paint tomorrow

Found a 4hp johnson for $80 I think will go on the back of it

Cheers

dave

[81venture]

Bad News: The $80 Johnson 4hp was missing the pull start assembly....manually wind a rope around it

Good news: Brought it home for $50 (and he threw in a nice coleman white gas lamp- worth easily $50 by itself and a 5 gallon gas tank)

Fresh gas, 2nd pull....fired up and run smooth as can be, and pumping water

Bonus Dance

[81venture]

80 degrees yesterday

Got the blue finished
and the first coat of topside white



Made a motor mount (wood piece was missing) and mounted my $50 Johnson 4hp as well as the rudder assembly



A dry fit of the plywood trim piece for the pop top




And then got absoloutly S**t-faced last night watching the sun go down with the admiral and my neighbors....in shorts

Then this morning, it's raining and about 40 degrees

I'd like to get another coat of topside white on it, but looks like next painting window will be about Wednesday next week

However she is just about done....

Any thoughts on what I might get for her at market?
I put the porta-pottie that came with the 27' buccaneer in this one, so future admirals will approve the purchase....dude, the potty seals the deal I learned


Cheers

Dave

[dlandersson]

I dunno what you MIGHT get, but let me know if you are in a selling mood and I will let a friend in NC know.

[81venture]

I dunno what you MIGHT get, but let me know if you are in a selling mood and I will let a friend in NC know.

I was thinking when I finish I was going to ask $2200 obo and try and land $2k

But if wishes were horses......

[dlandersson]

I will pass it on.

I dunno what you MIGHT get, but let me know if you are in a selling mood and I will let a friend in NC know.

I was thinking when I finish I was going to ask $2200 obo and try and land $2k

But if wishes were horses......

[Russ]

80 degrees yesterday

And then got absoloutly S**t-faced last night watching the sun go down with the admiral and my neighbors....in shorts

Cheers

Dave

You suck!
Woke up to -24F yesterday. No boating for a while yet.

[Catigale]

Frozeman, MT

I do miss it....

[81venture]

Ha you can keep that temp. I'm originally from Upstate NY (going up for Christmas) and I don't miss the snow or the cold temps, or what the rock salt they spread on the roads does to the cars....eats em alive

We got high 30's now and rain and 50's for the next few days

I cleaned out the shop and am about to drop the mast on the kells so I can at least get the ass end of it in the bay so I can finish sanding the fiberglass work for the hatch hinges (I had to cut em out and rebuild em from scratch they were so damaged)

And my neighbor is supposed to come help me out with the cockpit floor trim piece

Good times


Cheers

Dave

[81venture]

This was not easy





But not going to wait 3 days for the rain to stop

[81venture]

An AMF 16 came up on CL today for $200 with trailer and titles....missing some hardware/rudder

I will find out at 1:30 if I got it

oh, somebody stop me

Cheers

Dave

[Jeff L]

An AMF 16 came up on CL today for $200 with trailer and titles....missing some hardware/rudder

I will find out at 1:30 if I got it

oh, somebody stop me

Cheers

Dave

I am beginning to think there is no stopping you...

[Russ]

An AMF 16 came up on CL today for $200 with trailer and titles....missing some hardware/rudder

I will find out at 1:30 if I got it

oh, somebody stop me

Cheers

Dave

I am beginning to think there is no stopping you...

+1

Time to start a showroom for used boats.

[81venture]

I didn't get the AMF16

He sold it for $200....told him I would've given him $300 for it....his loss

No showroom....the boats don't stay here very long...I am almost done with the Kells23
If the weather hadn't been so crappy these last 2 weeks I would've been finished already

dave

[81venture]

The Kells is Done...for sale on CL...buyer coming to have a look in a few minutes






And the VN23 now has a new grill




merry Christmas mates

dave