Thanks Fred Thanks Fred. I am digging around for the student manual now and I'll also look for the transmission manual. After doing some...
Post to ongoing build thread. Thanks for the help I just wanted to thank everyone for their great input. If you would like to follow the...
Yes true. 100% true. That survey will occur when she comes out of the water next month. However, that would also be a good time to do whatever I...
Thanks Daiquiri, I have requested the hull drawings from the museum and they appear to have the originals. Would it be safe to say that they did...
Well they (the engines) are coming out one way or the other. The engine room is so filthy that a frame in rebuild would be a waste of money, as it...
The boat in post number 1 is the Andy Bell. That's my boat. The boat in post #27 is Zanzibar, as you noted. Zanzibar and Andy Bell are...
Good advice, but it sort of defeats the purpose of buying the boat. I wanted a platform I could learn on. Not that I expected to become a marine...
Good advice, and the way I am leaning; more and more every day in fact. I'll simply drag the runabout behind her and use that for speed thrills...
Heads pulled. Pictures. Evidence??? So I spent my weekend on the boat pulling the head off one of her engines to see if the motor might be...
Better Picture of the hull. This is a better picture of a sister yacht to mine. Her name is Zanzabar. She was built the same year, same builder,...
Thanks for your clarification. Yes those old sterns do look great. I am pretty sure that if it was not for this boat's stern that she would have...
I take it that your use of (sic) means that the boat was not really planning, or is "planning" spelled wrong, or was the tumblehome not actually...
You can not see it in the two prior pictures I posted, but when I sight down the hull from bow to stern I can see the hull curve in toward the...
I believe that the 53's turn a bit faster than the 71's but not by very much. The transmissions are 2:1 if I recall correctly. I am headed to...
Yes that's the boat, though i paid a lot less than that for it. Actually the hull is not in bad condition. I spent four hours on hands and...
