Another day of...
 

On Jun 1, 7:52*pm, D K wrote:
wrote:
On May 31, 7:42 pm, D K wrote:
jim78 wrote:
HK wrote:
...boating, something the majority of posters here don't do.
Right, fellas?
:)
You must be proud as a peacock.
Yep. *Two more hours on the LT Parker. *He must be getting close to his
10 hours service on the Yamaha.

We went out on the new boat this morning... Pulled out of the slip at
9am, picked up a friend at his lake house at 10am, the went to
Spinners for brunch.
http://spinnersresort.com/

Ate brunch there, then cruised the lake, checked out a couple of
marinas up the river, messed around until late afternoon. *Dropped him
off about 6pm, covered the boat up back at the slip about 7:30pm.

Saw an old Starcraft boat... all aluminum, it was pretty cool. *Also
saw another Premier pontoon with a Yamaha 350 on it (!).

A 350? *Damn! *Can they be fitted with twins?

The local dealer has one... a 10' wide deck 28 footer... that has twin
225s on it. It seems like it was $72k. Pretty cool, it doesn't have
a swim ladder. It just has maybe 4 foot wide"steps" in the center of
the "transom" that lead down to the water.

Another day of...
 

On Jun 1, 4:12*pm, Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 31 May 2009 18:12:40 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Saw an old Starcraft boat... all aluminum, it was pretty cool. *Also
saw another Premier pontoon with a Yamaha 350 on it (!).

I have an 1979 Starcraft 22 foot cuddy with a big 226 inch four. No
corrosion, the paint is shot. It has been outdoors the whole time.
I remember when aluminum and fiberglass were considered a no
maintainance *miracle. Fifty years has proven that true. Back then,
most boats were wood.

Three grand with a new head gasket. I would take it from Iowa to
Halifax, through the Lakes, if it had some V to the bottom. Damn near
flat which is fast and non tippy at anchor. Just what you want for a
fish/ski.

Casady

That's what we saw... it was the cuddy, don't know what year. Either
they had stripped the paint, or there was a model without, because
that thing hurt your eyes. It looked like an old airstream trailer
with pretty much all bare aluminum. Gleaming, and way cool.

I remember my dad having an aluminum boat when I was a kid. It had a
Mercury 115 "tower of power" on it, an open area under the front of
the boat (windshield forward), and the cables that ran from a "pulley"
attached to the steering wheel that ran down the sides of the boat to
the motor. This was in the late 60's, but he sold it when I was less
than ten. After seeing some pics of some on the net, I'm wondering if
it was an old Starcraft? I'll have to ask him next time I talk to
him. He'll be 82 on the 11th of this month. :-)

Another day of...
 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:07:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 1, 7:52*pm, D K wrote:
wrote:
On May 31, 7:42 pm, D K wrote:
jim78 wrote:
HK wrote:
...boating, something the majority of posters here don't do.
Right, fellas?
:)
You must be proud as a peacock.
Yep. *Two more hours on the LT Parker. *He must be getting close to his
10 hours service on the Yamaha.

We went out on the new boat this morning... Pulled out of the slip at
9am, picked up a friend at his lake house at 10am, the went to
Spinners for brunch.
http://spinnersresort.com/

Ate brunch there, then cruised the lake, checked out a couple of
marinas up the river, messed around until late afternoon. *Dropped him
off about 6pm, covered the boat up back at the slip about 7:30pm.

Saw an old Starcraft boat... all aluminum, it was pretty cool. *Also
saw another Premier pontoon with a Yamaha 350 on it (!).

A 350? *Damn! *Can they be fitted with twins?

The local dealer has one... a 10' wide deck 28 footer... that has twin
225s on it. It seems like it was $72k. Pretty cool, it doesn't have
a swim ladder. It just has maybe 4 foot wide"steps" in the center of
the "transom" that lead down to the water.

I am thinking of adding a fold down ladder, at the transom, to my 22
ft cuddy. Like to be able to fall over the side without having to die
for it.

Casady

Another day of...
 

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:07:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 1, 7:52 pm, D K wrote:
wrote:
On May 31, 7:42 pm, D K wrote:
jim78 wrote:
HK wrote:
...boating, something the majority of posters here don't do.
Right, fellas?
:)
You must be proud as a peacock.
Yep. Two more hours on the LT Parker. He must be getting close to his
10 hours service on the Yamaha.
We went out on the new boat this morning... Pulled out of the slip at
9am, picked up a friend at his lake house at 10am, the went to
Spinners for brunch.
http://spinnersresort.com/
Ate brunch there, then cruised the lake, checked out a couple of
marinas up the river, messed around until late afternoon. Dropped him
off about 6pm, covered the boat up back at the slip about 7:30pm.
Saw an old Starcraft boat... all aluminum, it was pretty cool. Also
saw another Premier pontoon with a Yamaha 350 on it (!).
A 350? Damn! Can they be fitted with twins?
The local dealer has one... a 10' wide deck 28 footer... that has twin
225s on it. It seems like it was $72k. Pretty cool, it doesn't have
a swim ladder. It just has maybe 4 foot wide"steps" in the center of
the "transom" that lead down to the water.

I am thinking of adding a fold down ladder, at the transom, to my 22
ft cuddy. Like to be able to fall over the side without having to die
for it.

Casady


Well, then, it's probably better to fall into the water than onto an
asphalt or concrete driveway... :)

Another day of...
 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:38:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

remember my dad having an aluminum boat when I was a kid. It had a
Mercury 115 "tower of power"

Neightbor has a aluminum boat since 1970 or so. Has a tall Merc 100
hp. I am pretty sure he pull starts it. I have started a 109
Graymarine by stomping on a crank stuck in a nut on the front of the
crankshaft. Started first kick every time. We trashed the starter
when the key stuck at start. Got a cream separator crank at a
junkyard, and put a cross pin in the end of it. We swapped in a Buick
V-6 and lost that capability. A friend had one of the first of the
Land Cruisers and it had a crank, as did my Land Rover. Why don't all
the smaller cars have one?

Casady

Another day of...
 

HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:07:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 1, 7:52 pm, D K wrote:
wrote:
On May 31, 7:42 pm, D K wrote:
jim78 wrote:
HK wrote:
...boating, something the majority of posters here don't do.
Right, fellas?
:)
You must be proud as a peacock.
Yep. Two more hours on the LT Parker. He must be getting close
to his
10 hours service on the Yamaha.
We went out on the new boat this morning... Pulled out of the slip at
9am, picked up a friend at his lake house at 10am, the went to
Spinners for brunch.
http://spinnersresort.com/
Ate brunch there, then cruised the lake, checked out a couple of
marinas up the river, messed around until late afternoon. Dropped him
off about 6pm, covered the boat up back at the slip about 7:30pm.
Saw an old Starcraft boat... all aluminum, it was pretty cool. Also
saw another Premier pontoon with a Yamaha 350 on it (!).
A 350? Damn! Can they be fitted with twins?
The local dealer has one... a 10' wide deck 28 footer... that has twin
225s on it. It seems like it was $72k. Pretty cool, it doesn't have
a swim ladder. It just has maybe 4 foot wide"steps" in the center of
the "transom" that lead down to the water.

I am thinking of adding a fold down ladder, at the transom, to my 22
ft cuddy. Like to be able to fall over the side without having to die
for it.

Casady


Well, then, it's probably better to fall into the water than onto an
asphalt or concrete driveway... :)

Well now, that depends.

Another day of...
 

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:38:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

remember my dad having an aluminum boat when I was a kid. It had a
Mercury 115 "tower of power"

Neightbor has a aluminum boat since 1970 or so. Has a tall Merc 100
hp. I am pretty sure he pull starts it. I have started a 109
Graymarine by stomping on a crank stuck in a nut on the front of the
crankshaft. Started first kick every time. We trashed the starter
when the key stuck at start. Got a cream separator crank at a
junkyard, and put a cross pin in the end of it. We swapped in a Buick
V-6 and lost that capability. A friend had one of the first of the
Land Cruisers and it had a crank, as did my Land Rover. Why don't all
the smaller cars have one?

Casady


Because a crank wouldn't start a modern car, even a small one, without
significant changes under the hood?

Another day of...
 

jim78 wrote:
HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:07:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 1, 7:52 pm, D K wrote:
wrote:
On May 31, 7:42 pm, D K wrote:
jim78 wrote:
HK wrote:
...boating, something the majority of posters here don't do.
Right, fellas?
:)
You must be proud as a peacock.
Yep. Two more hours on the LT Parker. He must be getting close
to his
10 hours service on the Yamaha.
We went out on the new boat this morning... Pulled out of the slip at
9am, picked up a friend at his lake house at 10am, the went to
Spinners for brunch.
http://spinnersresort.com/
Ate brunch there, then cruised the lake, checked out a couple of
marinas up the river, messed around until late afternoon. Dropped
him
off about 6pm, covered the boat up back at the slip about 7:30pm.
Saw an old Starcraft boat... all aluminum, it was pretty cool. Also
saw another Premier pontoon with a Yamaha 350 on it (!).
A 350? Damn! Can they be fitted with twins?
The local dealer has one... a 10' wide deck 28 footer... that has twin
225s on it. It seems like it was $72k. Pretty cool, it doesn't have
a swim ladder. It just has maybe 4 foot wide"steps" in the center of
the "transom" that lead down to the water.

I am thinking of adding a fold down ladder, at the transom, to my 22
ft cuddy. Like to be able to fall over the side without having to die
for it.

Casady


Well, then, it's probably better to fall into the water than onto an
asphalt or concrete driveway... :)

Well now, that depends.

On what might be lurking about in the water.

Another day of...
 

HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:38:07 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

remember my dad having an aluminum boat when I was a kid. It had a
Mercury 115 "tower of power"

Neightbor has a aluminum boat since 1970 or so. Has a tall Merc 100
hp. I am pretty sure he pull starts it. I have started a 109
Graymarine by stomping on a crank stuck in a nut on the front of the
crankshaft. Started first kick every time. We trashed the starter
when the key stuck at start. Got a cream separator crank at a
junkyard, and put a cross pin in the end of it. We swapped in a Buick
V-6 and lost that capability. A friend had one of the first of the
Land Cruisers and it had a crank, as did my Land Rover. Why don't all
the smaller cars have one?

Casady


Because a crank wouldn't start a modern car, even a small one, without
significant changes under the hood?


What kind of changes?

Another day of...
 

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:07:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 1, 7:52*pm, D K wrote:
wrote:
On May 31, 7:42 pm, D K wrote:
jim78 wrote:
HK wrote:
...boating, something the majority of posters here don't do.
Right, fellas?
:)
You must be proud as a peacock.
Yep. *Two more hours on the LT Parker. *He must be getting close to his
10 hours service on the Yamaha.

We went out on the new boat this morning... Pulled out of the slip at
9am, picked up a friend at his lake house at 10am, the went to
Spinners for brunch.
http://spinnersresort.com/

Ate brunch there, then cruised the lake, checked out a couple of
marinas up the river, messed around until late afternoon. *Dropped him
off about 6pm, covered the boat up back at the slip about 7:30pm.

Saw an old Starcraft boat... all aluminum, it was pretty cool. *Also
saw another Premier pontoon with a Yamaha 350 on it (!).

A 350? *Damn! *Can they be fitted with twins?

The local dealer has one... a 10' wide deck 28 footer... that has twin
225s on it. It seems like it was $72k. Pretty cool, it doesn't have
a swim ladder. It just has maybe 4 foot wide"steps" in the center of
the "transom" that lead down to the water.

Last summer, I had to get a replacement fuel filter for the ETEC - I
had sucked up some crud off the bottom of the fuel tank - I had run it
lower than I normally do.

Anyway, the Evinrude dealer over in Ballentine (I think it was
Ballentine - off of Dutch Fork Road) had a Bentley (again, I think it
was a Bentley) 28 footer with twin 250 ETECs on it.

Very tempting. :)

I saw a Bennington up on Webster Lake yesterday that had a 300 Verado
on it.