We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at
how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at
8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch
service boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will
return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks 42,
of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat for
that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at how
responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at 8
knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch service
boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak of.
The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major concerns. The
boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will return to tap
the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

Eisboch

Nice to hear the good news. ;-)

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:16:01 -0500, Eisboch wrote:


We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at
how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at
8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch
service boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will
return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

YAY!!!!

Later,

Tom

Eisboch wrote:

We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at
how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at
8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch
service boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will
return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

Eisboch

Lookin' good & what price that grin from Mrs E:-)

Hope the bottom is OK ................errr....the boat's of course:-)

K

"K. Smith" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:

We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at
how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at 8
knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch service
boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will
return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

Eisboch

Lookin' good & what price that grin from Mrs E:-)

Hope the bottom is OK ................errr....the boat's of course:-)

K

LOL!

K. Smith wrote:
Eisboch wrote:


We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was
a wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised
at how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along
happily at 8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large
launch service boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor
will return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the
waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

Eisboch


Lookin' good & what price that grin from Mrs E:-)

Hope the bottom is OK ................errr....the boat's of course:-)

K

Thanks for the clarification! :-)

Eisboch

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:01:13 -0500, Eisboch wrote:

K. Smith wrote:
Eisboch wrote:


We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was
a wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised
at how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along
happily at 8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large
launch service boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor
will return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the
waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

Eisboch


Lookin' good & what price that grin from Mrs E:-)

Hope the bottom is OK ................errr....the boat's of course:-)

Thanks for the clarification! :-)

Dude!!! The "box" just arrived vis UPS.

Thanks - it will work great.

I owe you one.

Later,

Tom

On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:50:32 +1100, "K. Smith"
wrote:

Eisboch wrote:

We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at
how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at
8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch
service boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will
return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

Lookin' good & what price that grin from Mrs E:-)

Hope the bottom is OK ................errr....the boat's of course:-)

Oh nice - bottom talk. :)

Later,

Tom

Subject: Sea trial and and half a survey
From: Eisboch

We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at
how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at
8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch
service boat in a way.

Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns. The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will
return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.


Sounds great. Looks like you're almost a two big boat family.

Capt. Bill

Eisboch wrote:
We had a great day today, a nice little boat ride and the benefit of a
very knowledgeable marine surveyor. His personal boat is a Grand Banks
42, of about the same vintage as the one Mrs.E is buying, so there was a
wealth of information about these boats that he willingly shared.

That's excellent...


I've never been underway on a trawler or any type of single screw boat
for that matter (other than I/O and outboards) and was very surprised at
how responsive the GB 36 is to the rudder. She motored along happily at
8 knots with 6 people aboard. Kinda reminded me of a large launch
service boat in a way.

That's sort of what it is. A bit more topheavy but they compensate for
that with the hard chines.

I'm interested in your comment "how responsive to the rudder." Our boat
had a loose steering actuator bracket when we were driving it up the ICW
to get home- it was very responsive to the helm but impossible to keep
on course.


Learned a lot and so far the surveyor has found nothing wrong to speak
of. The fuel tanks are in great shape, which was one of my major
concerns.

The biggest problem with those old "black iron" tanks is that they rust
from the top when the decks leak. No deck leaks = tanks OK. Why would
the inside rust, diesel fuel is an excellent rust preventative!


... The boat is going to be hauled next week and the surveyor will
return to tap the bottom and check everything else below the waterline.

Mrs.E came along for the ride and took the helm for part of the little
cruise with a big grin on her face.

DANGER DANGER
step away from the boat slowly with your hand clear of your wallet

Fair Skies
Doug King