Carpediem44DB
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- Aug 18, 2015
- 3,230
- Boat Info
- 2000 Carver 506
2006 44 DB Sedan Bridge
- Engines
- Volvo TAMD 74 P
Or you could name the boat "Livestrong". He only had one, but the mention of his name usually results in some sort of steroid joke.
At 53, I am starting to feel the aches and pains of getting older, but as a pencil pusher, I shouldn't complain. I do agree that the engineers at Sea Ray must all have been 5'3" and 120 pounds to believe that a human body can squeeze into some of the areas of my engine room. I had to replace the impeller on my generator which is on the back or aft side of the unit. I contorted my 6'2" 220 pound body every which way I could and finally gave up. I called upon my trusty mechanic who just happens to be Vietnamese, around 5'3" and less than the 120 pounds required for the job. I try to do most of the maintenance, but it is good to have the little guy around to bail me out.
Funny, each new semester at the school, ( I teach Aviation Maintenance at the local JC) I scan the new cohort of students to find a scrawny little guy with a spark in his eye towards bending wrenches. Its worked out well a few times. The kid gets to hang out on a Yacht and I get a particularly difficult job done the way I want it done. One guy, a rather large Guamanian actually parlayed the experience to a lucrative side gig polishing hulls.
Carpe Diem