On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:53:34 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:


I told him the boat was from the Great Lakes and he said, "Oh, no problem.
In that case, it's a great engine and should be almost as good as new. You
should get 15 more years out of it easy."

That's about right, and a very good argument for freshwater cooling
via an exchanger. Even in lake water, it can't hurt to run clean
coolant instead of whatever you happen to be sailing in, which can
have goo, poo and/or mussels in it.

BTW I'm a former sailing yacht and tall ship designer still designing
commercial power boats. Feel free to pick my brains about any boats you are
looking at.

Thanks..as time progresses I'll need all the other points of view I
can handle! I can't always count on guys like Skip Gundlach being
online G.

A good friend is debating parting with his Goderich (Huromic) 41 (Bob
Wallstrom design that looks a lot like what his then-partner Ted
Brewer was designing). I've also liked the Kanter 45 Atlantic (which
is a like a stretch version of the Goderich), and I've personally
checked out a Subrero-Prince 40, a 1980 French boat that showed,
sadly, a lot of sub-deck rust. Too bad, as it was a CC pilothouse
cutter-ketch, which I think when combined with a NACA foil and
skeg-hung rudder, is just about ideal for safe world cruising with
plenty of stowage and yet not hopeless at pointing.

Of course if I win a lottery, I'd love to get a Brewer Alaska 43 (old
school!), a Shearwater 45 or an Amel SuperMaru...sigh...so I haven't
ruled out fibreglass! G

R.