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

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Daffy,
Im with you. It has been so hot some days that I feel like passing out! Good thing there is cold beer only a cooler away!
Don Jr

Alright.
The starboard engine fired up immediately on Sunday. I installed some hoses, rans some new wires hooked up the exhaust and instant V8 rumble
Hearing it run made all of the hard work worth while to be sure. I have a marine crate 350 ready to "uncrate" and prep for the other side. Brad C I agree about the bikini clad women except Taylor my girlfriend would not be happy (I would be though) Finished engine pics to come.
Don Jr.

Ok, Here is a finished engine shot from the weekend. So good to hear some exhaust noise! Don Jr.

Ok Don, Dan and I have our fishing rods all ready!

Talking about bikini clad women, something funny happened at the marina where I work the other day. We haven't been happy with the detail people we have been using because their work has been slipping, so we found another company that we hadn't used before. Two days later they showed up to detail a 38 footer for us and they had two girls doing the work and one guy. The two girls were wearing skimpy bikinis the whole day!

I went out to check on things and it looked like a drive in movie around that boat. All the other workers had their golf carts that we use pulled up in a semi circle around the boat and were watching the girls work. They were the talk of the marina all day and I kept getting calls from people I know asking where I found this company.

We've decided not to use them again though as the job they did really wasn't all that great and the image really wasn't in keeping with the one we like to present. I bet a lot of our workers won't be too happy with THAT decision.

Don

It's a good thing it cooled off down here...

Well Monday night pops and I went to the shop to finally unpack the crate engine I bought for the port side. A nice 260 horse 350 chevy. Good to finally see it out of the crate. I removed all the props and shafts 2 Sundays ago to find two bent shafts (requiring replacement) and two different props! Oh well. Everything in the running gear will be new at this point. Some shots of the crate engine going on the stand for some final painting and assembly.
Don Jr.

Engine looks good, bummer on the wrong parts and bent stuff. Quality control doesn't seem to exist anymore.