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Sea trial and and half a survey
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 |
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 |
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