Thread: Whats taking up my time? A boat of course!

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Originally Posted by BradC

My first boat was 1964 24' Chris Craft, wood hull that had been out of the water for 2 years before I got it. After replacing the blown 283 with a 327, I trailered it to Lake Erie on the way blew 2 tires, finally made the 2 hour trip (8 hours later). The marina said they would put the boat in the next day. With the boat on a sling and 8 pumps trying to keep up with the water flowing thru the hull, the marina decided to try later that day. We left the boat all night long on the sling with pumps (repeated for 3 nights ). The wood finally swelled up enought the bilge pump could keep up with the flow. Now you know why my next boat had a steel hull......LOL
Bradc

on the wood boats they used to pour saw dust in the water ? from the wood shop and set the boat in the slings they said it help seal the wood boats up?? it been 18+ years that a stop working on boats. i did work on some old wood ones there was a 56 foot Chris Craft that was fun to work on had a engine room and some old steel hull roamers to