BruceK
New Member
Hi to everyone. I'm nervous as a whipped spaniel here. I recently bought a late 80's Seville CC (21 foot?) and dont even know if I get sea sick or not. Thing is, I'm a die hard (shore) fisherman and was looking for a small 15 foot cathedral hull affair when on the third annual fishing holiday I struck out while the boats were hauling them in. And that's where it started. SWMBO said great, but it will need a cabin for when you take the kids with you .... yadda yadda yadda fisherman's widow yadda yadda ... the usual affair... and it must have a toilet on it for me because I'm coming with. :smt101 :smt100
Well bang went my cheap fishing boat and a real can of worms were opened. Because the resulting cost of ownership spilled over into a new car that could tow the added weight legally and a resulting move closer to the sea so we could take advantage of tides and trailer launching. All which cost major $ for this working schlebb and resulted in a very fine truck and house - by - the - sea and unfortunately very little left for the boat itself :smt100:smt101:lol: SWMBO is very adept at manipulating my peccadilloes and ambitions to her advantage. But I guess that's a cross every man must bear and I'm not looking for sympathy on that score, just laying the groundwork on why I have a late 80's boat that I know absolutely nothing about and am forced to trawl the interweb to hopefully get some answers on what exactly I have inadvertently let myself in for.
But I can spin a spanner with the best of them. I have been restoring bikes and cars back to former glory for 20 years as a past time that keeps me out of the pubs and where ever else trouble may brew and under the watchful eye of the Missus. So how hard could a boat be?
And that where the trouble started. The engine and stern drive had so many layers of paint on I couldnt identify what model or parts. Did that stop me taking it apart..... Nooooooo. The more I take the stern drive apart the more horror, but I think I've largely got there with just about replacing every part for good measure. Now the block. How do I go about identifying it. All I can see at the moment is it's a 3 litre 4 cylinder jobby and all other identification has long since passed from recorded or living history. What should I be looking at structurally? So many questions! In the meantime, however, I blagged SWMBO that because tides do not obey her summons, and the slipways is only accessabile at 3/4 flood that a RIB tender would be a good idea to have for her and the kids to be ferried back and forth from the :smt021 barge so she can make good on those neccessary mall visits, kids orthodontist appointments etc etc. She loved the idea. Bingo! I have a fishing boat and the barge sits in the yard getting restored, slowly, but eveyones happy, me most of all. Because a RIB has neither cabin nor toilet. RESULT :smt038
Well bang went my cheap fishing boat and a real can of worms were opened. Because the resulting cost of ownership spilled over into a new car that could tow the added weight legally and a resulting move closer to the sea so we could take advantage of tides and trailer launching. All which cost major $ for this working schlebb and resulted in a very fine truck and house - by - the - sea and unfortunately very little left for the boat itself :smt100:smt101:lol: SWMBO is very adept at manipulating my peccadilloes and ambitions to her advantage. But I guess that's a cross every man must bear and I'm not looking for sympathy on that score, just laying the groundwork on why I have a late 80's boat that I know absolutely nothing about and am forced to trawl the interweb to hopefully get some answers on what exactly I have inadvertently let myself in for.
But I can spin a spanner with the best of them. I have been restoring bikes and cars back to former glory for 20 years as a past time that keeps me out of the pubs and where ever else trouble may brew and under the watchful eye of the Missus. So how hard could a boat be?
And that where the trouble started. The engine and stern drive had so many layers of paint on I couldnt identify what model or parts. Did that stop me taking it apart..... Nooooooo. The more I take the stern drive apart the more horror, but I think I've largely got there with just about replacing every part for good measure. Now the block. How do I go about identifying it. All I can see at the moment is it's a 3 litre 4 cylinder jobby and all other identification has long since passed from recorded or living history. What should I be looking at structurally? So many questions! In the meantime, however, I blagged SWMBO that because tides do not obey her summons, and the slipways is only accessabile at 3/4 flood that a RIB tender would be a good idea to have for her and the kids to be ferried back and forth from the :smt021 barge so she can make good on those neccessary mall visits, kids orthodontist appointments etc etc. She loved the idea. Bingo! I have a fishing boat and the barge sits in the yard getting restored, slowly, but eveyones happy, me most of all. Because a RIB has neither cabin nor toilet. RESULT :smt038