Maiden Voyage From Hell

[Freeebird]

Keep fighting the good fight, but for god's sake...in the mean time, get the work done and get her up and running...

That's the plan Stan, but I may have to just fog everything and put the pan back on given my questionable financial future at this point. Maybe I'll just give it to the wife in a settlement and let her fix it.

 

[stormchaser]

Sell the TC to me for $1.00...split the $1.00 with her...that'll sting her good... hahahahahaha

 

[administrator]

At the risk of further contributing to the hijack of Randy's thread...

A half keg fit perfectly in the old fridge in my storage room/wine cellar behind the wall of my new bar I just finished in the basement - so I opted for that instead of a kegerator.

 

[SportFishCruising]

I think we should all meet at Doug's and christen his new bar and discuss Hatteras's!!
(I don't really care what kinda beer he has, it looks like it will be cold enuff).

 

[stormchaser]

I 2nd the motion. I'm on my 2nd pint of Big Foot and feeling NO pain...so forgive if I "drunk post"...

 

[34Hatt]

Sweet!!!!!

Nice Job when the party????

 

[ThirdHatt]

Doug, that is fantastic! All you see from the bar side is the tap, very professional. What a great place to relax at home.

It looks very well stocked. That looks like Margarita mix in the fridge and I see the Crown and GOOSE at the bar. VERY NICE! Perfect for boating discussions.

 

[Bayside Bert54]

Here's a photo of the Bertram 28 taken during a fuel stop and overnight at Gloucester Mass on the maiden voyage from Hampton Bays NY to Portland ME. Weather the whole way. I had no idea what to expect because the biggest boat I owned before this was ... a Kayak!

Fortunately, I had a childhood friend who sails the world ... literally ... and prepped me on things like "toolkits, spares, liferafts and other emergency equipment ... and on and on" and then made the trip with me!

In the 4-6 foot seas we experienced for 1.5 days of the journey, we took water over the canopy many times and lots of the new navigation equipment, stereo etc. got wet and ruined. I learned how to bypass a wet ethernet hub to hook the radar directly to the MFD ... when I really really needed it. And to NEVER trust the Navionics technician who says ... It'll stay dry in here, don't worry!

Fortunately we had spent a good month getting the boat ready, clearing squawks etc. before departure. Still, we got lucky. It wasn't till a month later that I discovered one of the sea water pumps had not worked during the entire trip (shaft had sheared off probably over a year ago) ... still sufficient flow somehow to keep it from overheating in the mild May temperatures.

I'll never forget the trip!

 

[Freeebird]

Ummm, excuse me BB, but you're taking my thread off-topic. We're talking beer here, as in Hatteras beer. Maiden voyage Hatteras beer. Don't make me tell you twice.

 

[Freeebird]

At the risk of further contributing to the hijack of Randy's thread...

A half keg fit perfectly in the old fridge in my storage room/wine cellar behind the wall of my new bar I just finished in the basement - so I opted for that instead of a kegerator.

Nice bar daddy. Thanks for the Goose, that was downright nice of you to stock the bar in anticipation of the Baptism.

 

[Freeebird]

Just an update on this never-ending saga. Went by the boat last Friday, and the oil pan was there. Despite the "mechanic" using the excuse of wanting to paint it before returning it, it had not been. I continued from there on to the courthouse where I filed a lawsuit in small claims court.

I took some video of the bottom end and can't see any evidence of corrosion, but I did manage to find a Detroit certified mechanic with 30 years experience who is going to the boat next Wednesday to check things out. This guy has tons of experience with 1271's and says he can do the rebuild once his current rebuild jobs are complete. Any of you ever hear of a guy by the name of Terry Hosmer? Seems lots of his experience with DD's was in Florida, but I can't remember the name of the outfit he said later became Florida Detroit Diesel.

Oh yeah, got the TWIC picked up while I was in Chattanooga, so I'm just about ready to submit the paperwork for my license. Maybe there will be a happy ending to this story in the next couple of months or so.

 

[dwaynec]

It would sure be great to have someone finally get that engine up and running. It makes maneuvering so much better!!!

 

[Passages]

Another Classic blast from the past.

 

[Jaxfishgyd]

Ah Randy.... the original devel dog

 

[Freeebird]

You spelled devil wrong...

OOPS!!!... wrong thread.

 

[wlharrisjr]

OK, I now feel better about my maiden voyage!

Bill

 

[Freeebird]

Glad I could help.

Hard to believe I have a 10 year anniversary of that trip coming up soon. Maybe I'll load up in the 41 and take a cruise on just the port engine, just for old times sake.

 

[Freeebird]

Well, this has been an interesting morning where memories are concerned. This thread got bumped based on yet another eventful maiden voyage by a new member, and it got me to thinking about my old friend who made this trip with me. I had lost contact with him but decided to call this morning. His wife answered his cell, and my fears were confirmed when she told me Warren had passed away on December 19, 2013. Strangely enough, that was the day after my divorce was final.

I hate that I lost touch with him and hadn't seen or talked to him since 2007, but life has been hectic these past few years. It was good catching up with Nancy, and she was very surprised to hear from me. She said she had thought of me often over the years and had dreamed about me just last night. We got caught up on the past 9 years or so and relived some times we had shared on the 41. She was glad to hear I still have it, and I'm going to get her out on it this summer. I'm sure it will bring back lots of good memories for both of us.

 

[capttonyf]

This is the first time I've ever read this thread. That's one hell of a story, wow! My question is this. How did you end up back at the sellers house? The boat was kept somewhere he didn't live, and then as part of the deal he offered you to stay behind his house on the way home? Just wondering, again, great story.

Tony

 

[Freeebird]

This is the first time I've ever read this thread. That's one hell of a story, wow! My question is this. How did you end up back at the sellers house? The boat was kept somewhere he didn't live, and then as part of the deal he offered you to stay behind his house on the way home? Just wondering, again, great story.

Tony

Tony, the seller lived in New Port Richey on a canal where he kept the boat behind his house. I wasn't planning on bringing the boat home until Labor Day but wanted to play with it down there some before making the trip. The deal was that the boat would stay there until that time.

He made good on that, but I ended up taking it to Riviera Dunes in Palmetto where the plan was to get it fixed, and then take it home. During that time, a barge hit the lock door at Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River and closed traffic for months. In short, it just wasn't meant for me to bring that Hatt back home!

About a year later, I ran into insurance problems with State Farm and had to run it to Tennessee on one engine. Yet another story and another thread. Like I said, it's been an interesting 10 years on the forum.