On Aug 30, 11:36*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:24:36 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
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On Aug 30, 8:03*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:23:51 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

ah, it's GREAT to have a boat again. *nice old sedan cruiser...spent
saturday cleaning her up; wiped the cabin, cleaned the vinyl seats at
the helm station, etc.

weather man screwed up. *he was calling for 6' seas and 2" of rain on
saturday...the bay was actually a sheet of glass and no rain until
after midnight...a gentle shower.

sat on the flybridge and watched the sun go down...felt the soft
breezes from the sea....retired to the cabin and listened to the gulls
getting ready for the night. *turned in and slept a very, very sound
sleep until the sun rose and filled the cabin with light (having a
sedan cruiser is nice).

didn't get a chance to take her out since i haven't registered it yet
but that's next....

boy is it GREAT having a boat!

Congratulations on the boat.

It is nice. *My second Contender, a 32 Fisharound, I used to love to
go to the marina when storms came up - I'd just sit in the Captain's
chair and watch the wind, listen to the sail boat rigging chime and
watch the rain and waves. *I could do that for hours - wonderful. Turn
in for the night in the cuddy and get the rest you can only get on a
boat.

I'm sure you will have some good times on that boat.

By the way, I know you got a Tollycraft - how about some details?

nice old '77, 26' sedan cruiser. new engine, fresh water cooled. *i
had an express cruiser several years ago and really like the open air
feel of the sedan cruiser. *single screw inboard which, the guy i
bought it from, says it's a real bear to back down....trying to
prepare the wife to grab the lines when i back it up against the
pilings at the dock....so we'll see *how it goes next weekend....

Ah yes - the old back and fill. *I've never had to screw around with
that being an outboard type - vectored thrust is my friend. *:)

That's a classic boat. I like the open sedan type small pocket
cruisers like that - personally, I think you get a little more room
that way. *Pheonix made a similar boat for a few years modeled after
the Tollycraft.

Solid boats.

Now that I'm temporarily boatless (at least here in CT), I've been
looking around for something to either restore or work on this Winter.
I found a Uniflite Salty Dog in Stonington - siezed engine, but the
interior is in good shape - couple of blisters on the hull that need
attention, needs new canvass and eisenglass enclosure and the
electronics updated.

I don't know - we'll see. *Gotta figure out what I'd do with it after
I finished it. *Just what I need - another boat.- Hide quoted text -

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i didn't realize how much i'd missed having a boat until i got another
one. even with all the work, the expense, the travel time and traffic
to the shore, it's worth it!