On Mar 23, 6:30*pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in messagenews:jluko6p2jbob4ovk7thkphuud27v0rs6pt@4ax .com...





On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:50:18 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Joe" wrote in message
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Now has a new paint job, 1000 ft+ of newly calked hull seems.
2 like new 327 chevy small blocks, Westerbeak gen set.
Zero wood rot.

Not to shabby for a 1966 Owens Aruba.
She faster than greased lighting.

Nice floating office until I get my new sailboat.

http://community.webshots.com/album/...host=community

Joe

What a big POS! Probably makes a wake five feet tall. Talk about throwing
good money down a rat hole! That's exactly the kind of rat boat that ruins
any anchorage as explained in some of my posts elsewhere.

Wilbur Hubbard

And there speaks the owner of a small, yellow, anchor buoy.

Ah but jealousy is terrible.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Like, I'm REALLY jealous of Joe! Bwahahahahhahahahahahha. You've GOT to be
kidding. The Rube goes out and manages to sink his sailboat in a Gulf of
Mexico cold frontal passage and ends up with some old, rotten, soggy-wooden
1956 Owens. He slaps a coat of paint on it to try to hide the rotting
topsides and he thinks he's got something people will be jealous of.
Hohohohohohohhohhohoohoo! Oh, my aching sides. Then he goes to a junkyard
and salvages a couple of 357 Chevy motors and installs them. They will last
about two months in the damp and rank bilges of that rotting hulk. My gosh
but the man is pitiful.

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In such a tizzy Nellie. Let me correct you.
There is no rott. Had a couple of planks that were replaced. BTW the
whole boat is double planked Phillipino mahogany, The wood will last
for 100's of years.
The engines are 327's not 357's. Light weight and close to 400hp each.
You will not find one at a junk yard, hot rod collectors snatch them
up for Corvettes and Cameros.
The 327's are original equipment for the boat, one has less than 100
hours of use, a crate motor from the local Chevy dealership. They cost
about 4X's what your boat is worth each. The boats a 1966 not 1956.

Joe