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On Fri, 31 May 2013 14:38:04 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I'd never trust a single engine for the kind of
cruising that you guys do.

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That was our thinking when we bought the boat and it has paid off.
We've experienced more than a few single engine shut downs and none of
them were more than a minor inconvenience (aside from the problem
resolution). We have two generators also, and that has paid off more
times than I can remember. There are still a few single points of
failure like the anchor windlass and autopilot but we have work
arounds for most contingencies.

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Yeah, the one we had had quite an interesting log book. The
previous owner had taken it everywhere imaginable, even to the west
coast via the Panama Canal. I never ventured more than a few miles
offshore with it because the engine had over 7000 hours on it. It
always ran though and never had a problem with it.

The only problem I ever had with diesels was with the Navigator. It
was the first season I had it and was on the way to Florida. Pulled
into some marina in Delaware somewhere due to a heavy thunderstorm and
after we tied up I couldn't shut one of the engines down. Both the
flybridge control key and the pilothouse control key did nothing.
Engine just sat there idling. After about an hour and a phone call
to the dealer who then had a Volvo rep call me, I learned about the
manual fuel shut off lever mounted on the side of the engine. That
finally stopped it but the troubleshooting began to determine why the
key wouldn't shut it off. Turns out turning and holding the key to
the hard left powers a solenoid in the fuel line that stops fuel flow
and kills the engine. There was a "resettable fuse" on the control
box that had popped. Reset it and never had the problem again in the
9 years we had the boat. Guess that's how you learn.

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On May 31, 9:00*am, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:
On 5/31/2013 7:58 AM, True North wrote:

..yet you and your MiniMan clone add so much to the newsgroup, Jackass. *SNERK!

There you go again... *Now tell us again why you can't post a picture of
your boat? Maybe it's because of posts like this one.

Anyway Wayne. As you all know I am interested in building my own. My
daughter has started to ask about building a river cruiser, maybe it's
time to whip up those plans I was finishing before I moved up here. I
had just run them by a Naval Architect friends' drawing board, he added
one inch to the transom at chine two and I faired it into the rest of
the hull, and it was ready to go... Then my dad called.

I also have a planked Whaler clone type 20 footer that would make a
great bass boat.. Might just build that one too.

Right now we are consolidating and paying off a couple bills, then we
are selling both homes and moving to the woods to do our own thing. For
me, that may just be building boats again...

Excellent idea, Scott. I've seen pics of your finished work and
remember some of your graphic hull designs you've posted in the way
past. . I really think you should get back into it...

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On May 31, 10:31*am, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:53 AM, Wayne B wrote:









On Fri, 31 May 2013 10:03:00 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

Right now we are consolidating and paying off a couple bills, then we
are selling both homes and moving to the woods to do our own thing. For
me, that may just be building boats again...

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Cool. *I hope it works out for you. *I used to enjoy seeing the
pictures of your strip planked canoes in the "BackYardRenegade" days.

Strip planked canoes were all the rage 10 to 15 years ago. The
"rec.boats.building" group used to be full of posts from people who
were building them or thinking about it. * I once saw a nice one on
top of a car up in Maine.

Yup, looking at a piece of property over in the eastern part of the
state. 100 yards of frontage on a local trout river with a public right
of way boat launch in the corner of the property. The river leads down
about a 100 yard run to a huge lake.. The other side of the property has
20 acres of cleared meadow for the horses. And the next "Property" over
happens to have a 50 acre motocross track (from the air views) but I
don't know who owns it, and then off to hundreds of acres of state
forest...


Anyway, we could sell both homes, pay our bills off an afford
it but it would leave us with less than 50 grand and there is no house
on the property yet...

Houseboat, dude!! Tie to the dock and live aboard!

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On May 31, 10:38*am, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:46 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 31 May 2013 09:51:05 -0400, Hank
wrote:

At cruising speed,my boat gets 6.7 GPH towing a dingy.

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Gas or diesel, what kind of boat?

We use about 8 gph towing a dinghy in flat water/no wind. *That's with
twin diesels running at 8 to 8.5 kts. *In rough water we hoist the
dinghy up on deck.
9.3 L 570ci 350 hp 1150 ft-lb International single straight 6

* *cruising at a modest 52 kts.
* *37'4" long, Beam 8' 4", Approx 15t, and towing 3700lb dingy. In rough
* water we will sink.

That's more information than some of the scaredy cats in rec.boats are
willing to reveal.

Cruising at a modest 52 knots and a 2 ton dingy???

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On 5/31/2013 10:18 PM, Tim wrote:
On May 31, 10:38 am, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:46 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 31 May 2013 09:51:05 -0400, Hank
wrote:

At cruising speed,my boat gets 6.7 GPH towing a dingy.

===

Gas or diesel, what kind of boat?

We use about 8 gph towing a dinghy in flat water/no wind. That's with
twin diesels running at 8 to 8.5 kts. In rough water we hoist the
dinghy up on deck.
9.3 L 570ci 350 hp 1150 ft-lb International single straight 6

cruising at a modest 52 kts.
37'4" long, Beam 8' 4", Approx 15t, and towing 3700lb dingy. In rough
water we will sink.

That's more information than some of the scaredy cats in rec.boats are
willing to reveal.

Cruising at a modest 52 knots and a 2 ton dingy???

I'm sure you'll figure it out, Tim.

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On May 31, 9:34*pm, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:18 PM, Tim wrote:







On May 31, 10:38 am, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:46 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 31 May 2013 09:51:05 -0400, Hank
wrote:

At cruising speed,my boat gets 6.7 GPH towing a dingy.

===

Gas or diesel, what kind of boat?

We use about 8 gph towing a dinghy in flat water/no wind. *That's with
twin diesels running at 8 to 8.5 kts. *In rough water we hoist the
dinghy up on deck.
9.3 L 570ci 350 hp 1150 ft-lb International single straight 6

* * cruising at a modest 52 kts.
* * 37'4" long, Beam 8' 4", Approx 15t, and towing 3700lb dingy. In rough
* *water we will sink.

That's more information than some of the scaredy cats in rec.boats are
willing to reveal.

Cruising at a modest 52 knots and a *2 ton dingy???

I'm sure you'll figure it out, Tim.

LOL! Yeah, I actually did before I posted...

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"Hank©" wrote in message
eb.com...

On 5/31/2013 10:18 PM, Tim wrote:
On May 31, 10:38 am, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:46 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 31 May 2013
09:51:05 -0400, Hank
wrote:

At cruising speed,my boat gets 6.7 GPH towing a dingy.

===

Gas or diesel, what kind of boat?

We use about 8 gph towing a dinghy in flat water/no wind. That's
with
twin diesels running at 8 to 8.5 kts. In rough water we hoist the
dinghy up on deck.
9.3 L 570ci 350 hp 1150 ft-lb International single straight 6

cruising at a modest 52 kts.
37'4" long, Beam 8' 4", Approx 15t, and towing 3700lb dingy. In
rough
water we will sink.

That's more information than some of the scaredy cats in rec.boats
are
willing to reveal.

Cruising at a modest 52 knots and a 2 ton dingy???

I'm sure you'll figure it out, Tim.

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My lips are sealed.

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On May 31, 10:19*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Hank©" *wrote in message

eb.com...

On 5/31/2013 10:18 PM, Tim wrote:







On May 31, 10:38 am, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:46 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 31 May 2013
09:51:05 -0400, Hank
wrote:

At cruising speed,my boat gets 6.7 GPH towing a dingy.

===

Gas or diesel, what kind of boat?

We use about 8 gph towing a dinghy in flat water/no wind. *That's
with
twin diesels running at 8 to 8.5 kts. *In rough water we hoist the
dinghy up on deck.
9.3 L 570ci 350 hp 1150 ft-lb International single straight 6

* * cruising at a modest 52 kts.
* * 37'4" long, Beam 8' 4", Approx 15t, and towing 3700lb dingy. In
rough
* *water we will sink.

That's more information than some of the scaredy cats in rec.boats
are
willing to reveal.

Cruising at a modest 52 knots and a *2 ton dingy???

I'm sure you'll figure it out, Tim.

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My lips are sealed.

Too bad the handymans hull work wasn't as efficient!!

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On Fri, 31 May 2013 23:19:51 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



"Hank©" wrote in message
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On 5/31/2013 10:18 PM, Tim wrote:
On May 31, 10:38 am, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:46 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 31 May 2013
09:51:05 -0400, Hank
wrote:

At cruising speed,my boat gets 6.7 GPH towing a dingy.

===

Gas or diesel, what kind of boat?

We use about 8 gph towing a dinghy in flat water/no wind. That's
with
twin diesels running at 8 to 8.5 kts. In rough water we hoist the
dinghy up on deck.
9.3 L 570ci 350 hp 1150 ft-lb International single straight 6

cruising at a modest 52 kts.
37'4" long, Beam 8' 4", Approx 15t, and towing 3700lb dingy. In
rough
water we will sink.

That's more information than some of the scaredy cats in rec.boats
are
willing to reveal.

Cruising at a modest 52 knots and a 2 ton dingy???

I'm sure you'll figure it out, Tim.

------------------------------------------------------

My lips are sealed.

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Land yacht.

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On Jun 1, 6:09*am, Wayne B wrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 23:19:51 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Hank©" *wrote in message
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On 5/31/2013 10:18 PM, Tim wrote:
On May 31, 10:38 am, Hank© wrote:
On 5/31/2013 10:46 AM, Wayne B wrote: On Fri, 31 May 2013
09:51:05 -0400, Hank
wrote:

At cruising speed,my boat gets 6.7 GPH towing a dingy.

===

Gas or diesel, what kind of boat?

We use about 8 gph towing a dinghy in flat water/no wind. *That's
with
twin diesels running at 8 to 8.5 kts. *In rough water we hoist the
dinghy up on deck.
9.3 L 570ci 350 hp 1150 ft-lb International single straight 6

* * cruising at a modest 52 kts.
* * 37'4" long, Beam 8' 4", Approx 15t, and towing 3700lb dingy. In
rough
* *water we will sink.

That's more information than some of the scaredy cats in rec.boats
are
willing to reveal.

Cruising at a modest 52 knots and a *2 ton dingy???

I'm sure you'll figure it out, Tim.

------------------------------------------------------

My lips are sealed.

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Land yacht.

yepper...