Gary wrote:
Ok, I've mostly been ignoring this newsgroup for a while. But in the
last
couple day's
I've started or participated in a few off topic threads. To to adjust
my
rec.boats karma
I'll try to start a few boating threads.


Our Chris Craft, which we finally got restored and running last
summer, is a
bit loud. It doesn't bother me much but it seems most of our "guests"
don't
find it annoying. I'm trying to decide whether to put in a muffler or
not.
In the Yes column is the noise reduction. In the No column is the
pain &
expense -- but mostly that we loose the "authentic" and "ogirinal"
feel. ~
We tried to restore her keeping things pretty close to original - but
we
weren't a slave to that. And I really don't care about winning any
boat-shows.

So, what would you do / what do you think?

gary

Pics of the boat:
http://tinyurl.com/spsv
http://tinyurl.com/4coae

Isn't your boat some old Connie at about 58' LOA?

If so, you should be running enough water down your exhaust hoses and
they should be of more than adequate length to "muffle" your inboards.

Adding a muffler is no big deal, however. One of the water "lift"
mufflers will
splice right into your exhaust hoses. If a purist comes along at resale
time and objects to the muffler, no big deal. If the hoses are old
enough his surveyor may recommend replacement and you can jerk out the
mufflers at that point in time.