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07-18-2018 08:45 AM #1Senior Member
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Couple Pics of the 'ol gal
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Re: Couple Pics of the 'ol gal
Love those flags.
Fred
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07-18-2018 09:00 AM #3Senior Member
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Re: Couple Pics of the 'ol gal
Got the grill mounted up to the rocket launcher. Made the mount out of square aluminum so that the grill slides into the rocket launcher and then secures with Aviation pins.
Will be adding another set of mounts in the bilge for grill storage when not in use.
Pls excuse the dirtyness in the pics, had been drilling/cutting/cleaning the grill and cleaning the cockpit bilge compartments.
Last edited by rustybucket; 07-18-2018 at 09:03 AM.
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07-18-2018 09:10 AM #4Senior Member
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Re: Couple Pics of the 'ol gal
Boat, wife, dogs and sausages on the grill.
It doens't get much better than that!!!
Beautiful boat and love the American flags!!!
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07-18-2018 09:17 AM #5
Re: Couple Pics of the 'ol gal
What boat do you own. Looks almost just like my 55C even down to the blue striping and bottom paint
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07-18-2018 09:23 AM #6Senior Member
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07-18-2018 09:34 AM #7Senior Member
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Re: Couple Pics of the 'ol gal
Thanks for the compliments guys. The last year has been a whirlwind getting this boat ready. Almost 1 year ago exactly we went and looked at her for the first time. She had been sitting in the boatyard for almost 7 years!!! The freshly rebuilt engines were sitting on pallets beside the boat under tarps. There was a tarp over the cabin back wall. The door, window, galley floor, island... all that crap was stashed in various places throughout the boat.
It's been a long road and many hundred dollar bills have died, but man, we are starting to really get to enjoy the boat now and the memories we are making are putting things into perspective.
Sure, I thought we'd be done quicker, and cheaper, but everytime I get a little down about it, I look back and see how far she has come over the last year and it really amazes me.
We pretty much did all the work ourselves. My brother, my stepson, my amazing wife and I have all put in some major hours. Lots of weekends and holidays over the last year have been spent sweating in the bilge.
Hard to believe this was her a year ago... most all locals had completely given up on her and thought she would just be chopped and parted out.
For 7 years she sat here.
She was a mess!! This is her right before going back into the water after the engines were dropped in and the bottom was done.
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07-18-2018 09:39 AM #8Senior Member
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