tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82230148900417162662024-03-13T16:38:39.997-05:00The Nautical OfficeMichael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-70235125003745486272008-09-17T10:57:00.001-05:002008-09-17T10:57:17.159-05:00Update...Someday<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Someday, sometime soon, I am going to get back on this project. I will post information when I do. Sorry for the lack of progress.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-42589224004179674152008-04-28T08:52:00.001-05:002008-04-28T08:52:13.059-05:00Getting Back To Work<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>After several weeks of no activity, I hope to be able to get back to work on the boat this week. Since my last post, I have been to </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Missouri</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Illinois</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wisconsin</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Texas</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Alabama</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Georgia</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>South Carolina</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>. I haven’t had much time to work on anything else. I expect to work on it some this week and I am going to take several days off in the next few weeks to work on it.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>The next course of action involves destruction. I am pretty good at that. I plan to remove the motors and gut the interior. I hope to have this done before the middle of June so I can start building everything back by mid-summer.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I’ll post some pictures of the destruction later this week if all goes well.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-76704129591517548142008-03-23T16:42:00.002-05:002008-03-23T16:45:00.544-05:00No Progress... Again<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Last week was pretty busy so I did not get anything done on the boat. I am going out of town this week so nothing will be done until I get back.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I am going to Weslaco, TX (between McAllen and Harlingen) to install some software, then over to Rockport, TX to update their software and install some additional software they just purchased, then up to Austin, TX to meet with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation about possibly purchasing software for their investigative team.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">If I get back by the end of the week, I hope to get something done this weekend, otherwise, I may be in south Texas over the weekend and won’t be back to work on it until the middle of next week.</span></span></p></div>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-25455663252995037132008-03-16T23:07:00.002-05:002008-03-16T23:08:51.840-05:00Weekend<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">My brother Mark and I connected a hot battery and tried to start the motors on Saturday. They didn’t start (which we did not expect them to) but they did turn over which we took as a good sign. We were also able to tell that the gauges seemed to work for both engines. That was good news also because the wiring for the motors seems ok.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span> </p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">We cut a hole in the floor to check if there was any water in the hull at the back of the boat and there did not appear to be. Most of the stringers we could see seemed to be in good shape except for the one in the middle. It will definitely need to be replaced but the others (two on each side) seemed to be in pretty good shape. There may be areas that need to be fixed but I don’t think they all will need to be replaced.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span> </p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Mark is going to put a trailer next to the boat so we can start tearing stuff out and putting it on the trailer to haul off. Hopefully, we can start doing that later this week.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span> </p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I’ll post some pictures of the destruction when we get started. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p></div>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-20107637272294083092008-03-12T10:40:00.005-05:002008-03-14T21:28:25.143-05:00Latest<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I have not done much to the boat in the last week or two. As I posted before, what I thought was going to be a structural problem and was causing a major leak turned out to be a very minor hole. It was covered with about 2 tubes of caulk from the previous owner, so it looked worse that it actually was. </span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It seems the water was actually getting in around the hatch in the front storage area. There are 2 ports that drain water from area around this hatch and both were clogged and did not drain at all. We got these cleaned out and I think we have the water problem resolved. I removed the depth finder transducer from the bottom which left a one inch hole that allows the water to drain, so either way there will not be any water collecting in the hull for a while.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The next steps should be the easiest. I plan to remove all the light fixtures, switches, outlets, cabinets, etc. Then we will be ripping out the wall coverings and floors so I can get to the stringers in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">the</span> floor which I expect to have to replace. From there I can start building the interior back.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I found an operator’s manual which provides quite a bit of information on the original <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Nauta</span>-Line boats. There is a link to it on the right if anyone is interested in looking at it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p></div>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-76862318012318993222008-03-05T09:40:00.001-06:002008-03-05T09:40:50.071-06:00Update<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have been out of town again and haven’t done any work on the boat since Saturday. The rest of the week will be pretty busy also so it will probably be this weekend before I can do anything else. When I get back home, I’ll post the remodeling plan for the work from this point on.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-70652997216720031282008-02-29T16:36:00.003-06:002008-12-10T08:13:19.334-06:00Transport Crew<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jasi3LGRLi8/R8iI5xRgfSI/AAAAAAAAAEM/_XFtqe0Xbh4/s1600-h/transport1.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172534698095705378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jasi3LGRLi8/R8iI5xRgfSI/AAAAAAAAAEM/_XFtqe0Xbh4/s200/transport1.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Here is a picture of the transport crew. Mark McNeil and Bennie Chastain are on the ground and Howard Bagley and I are on the boat. Keith Bagley is talking the picture so he is not in it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I really appreciate their help.</span>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-13379359106849775932008-02-29T16:06:00.006-06:002008-12-10T08:13:21.195-06:00Loaded and Ready<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jasi3LGRLi8/R8iIixRgfRI/AAAAAAAAAEE/_KPW_LpgLuo/s1600-h/transport2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172534302958714130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Jasi3LGRLi8/R8iIixRgfRI/AAAAAAAAAEE/_KPW_LpgLuo/s200/transport2.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Here is a photo of the boat behind Mark's truck. When we got to this point, I think we were wondering if we were getting into a little more than we bargained for. Mark and Bennie won't admit it, but I know they were thinking the same thing.</span>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-71311946040579966272008-02-29T15:57:00.004-06:002008-12-10T08:13:21.415-06:00Hole Patched<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jasi3LGRLi8/R8iAwRRgfKI/AAAAAAAAADM/eJclig0M7ws/s1600-h/Hole1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172525738793925794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Jasi3LGRLi8/R8iAwRRgfKI/AAAAAAAAADM/eJclig0M7ws/s200/Hole1.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I think we have the hole temporarily fixed until we are ready to do some more fiberglass work on the hull. I still think the rain water may be coming in from other places also. It seems like a lot of water for such a small hole.</span></span><br /><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"></span></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:12;"></span></span></p>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-89559566645809830102008-02-29T09:10:00.003-06:002008-02-29T16:13:43.508-06:00More On The Leak<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">When we removed the putty and sealant that was put on by the previous owner, we found that the hole was only about the size of a quarter. Strange, because the “patch” covered about 3'. It should be easy to temporarily fix with a little caulk until it is time to get the fiberglass work done.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It is good to know that the hole is not nearly as bad as I thought, but now I am a little concerned that maybe it is leaking somewhere else. I guess we will see what happens when it rains again.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:12;"></span></span></p></div>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-18299478652322340912008-02-27T08:29:00.000-06:002008-02-27T08:36:49.744-06:00Progress This Week (Maybe)<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>After being out of town from Wednesday of last week through Sunday morning, and leaving Sunday evening to install an update to a customer at Olive Branch, Mississippi on Monday and Tuesday, I finally got back home yesterday and I hope to be able to work on the boat a little this week.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Conner and I are going to pump out any water that is in the hull and then take a closer look at where it leaks. Maybe we can get that fixed this week (or at least patched a little better). </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I’ll post our progress later.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-87296930939850411852008-02-22T12:58:00.001-06:002008-02-22T12:58:35.343-06:00No Progress<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I have been out of town this week so nothing has been done on the boat. I am going to try to find out a little more information online today about the outdrives. I’ll post some more information if I find out anything.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-82903105245158004662008-02-19T08:21:00.001-06:002008-02-19T08:21:50.200-06:00Hull/Outdrives<div class=Section1> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Yesterday, I received some cleaner that I had ordered to clean the hull. I tried it in a couple of places and it worked pretty well. It looks llike it is going to do fine cleaning the fiberglass hull but I still need to get something to clean the algae and other marine growth from the bottom. I found some stuff called <a href="http://www.auroramarine.com/aurora/catalog/01150/index.html">Algae strip</a> I think I am going to order.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>Also based on some research I did yesterday, the outdrives may not be a complete loss. If I can just have them rebuilt instead of having to replace them, I will save a few thousand dollars. I will be checking a llittle further into that this week.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>I leave in the morning for </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Breckenridge</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Colorado</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. A couple of my friends/business partners and I make this trip every year. Usually we go in December but we waited a little later this time. The three of us go every year and we also invite at least one other person along that would be a good business contact for all of us. This year a guy from </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mississippi</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> that sells computer and technology services is going. He is interested in selling my software to some of his existing customers so I think it will be a good trip. We do a little business, a little skiing and a lot of eating. Although I didn’t ski last year at all and I don’t think I will ski much this year. </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p> <p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial'>If I find out anything this week on the outdrives, I will post it.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'> </span></font></p> </div> Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-11261256533853310522008-02-18T13:01:00.005-06:002008-02-18T19:17:32.376-06:00Monday Update<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I went out of town and was not able to work on the boat last weekend. I checked it today because we had a lot of rain over the weekend and it leaks from where the crack is on the aft starboard side of the cabin. The pictures to the right show where the previous owner had tried to putty it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">There was some water in the hull so I ran the bilge pump and got most of it out. I did not realize how much water would get into it when it rained because it had been in a covered marina slip. I would have to cover the entire boat to keep it from leaking because the crack is toward the back in the trough that carries the water off the back of the boat from the front and top. </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Fixing the crack had always been part of the plan, but it looks like I probably need to move it higher on the to-do list. </span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">I probably will not be able to get to it this week because I am going out of town on Wednesday and will not be back until Sunday. If I get a chance, I may try to remove the rail and the walkway near where it needs to be fixed so I can get to it easier. If I do, I will post some pictures of it.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p></div>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-49271378659193818312008-02-15T15:49:00.004-06:002008-02-15T16:37:25.823-06:00The Trip Home<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">My brother, Mark, went with me to look at the boat several months ago. He took a few measurements came back and over the last few months built the trailer we hauled it home on. He was not sure how it would fit, but when we put it on there, it fit perfectly.<br /><br />Mark, Bennie Chastain and Keith and Howard Bagley went to help me bring it home. We used Keith's bass boat to tow it around to the boat ramp. Howard and I piloted the houseboat while Mark and Bennie waited at the trailer. The only problem we had towing it to the trailer was we got a rope tangled up in the prop on Keith’s boat. We drifted across the lake (it was pretty windy) but when we got on the other side, Keith was able to stand in knee deep, very cold water and untangle the rope. Once we got it to the trailer, we were lucky enough that it went on perfectly the first attempt. We pulled it out of the water, raised the outdrives, tied it down and headed home.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Mark and Bennie were in the truck pulling the trailer, Keith and Howard were the rear escort and I was the front escort. We came all of the way home (about 250 miles) with no major problems. A wheel bearing went out on the right side rear axel of the trailer when we were about 25 miles from home. It was getting dark anyway so we parked it in a parking lot and the next day Mark, Howard and I went back and brought it the rest of the way home.</span></span></p><p class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p></div>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-91598865569288136132008-02-15T09:35:00.004-06:002008-02-15T14:40:45.717-06:00Background on Boat<span style="font-family:arial;">After looking for quite some time, I found this boat at Huxley Bay Marina on Toledo Bend Reservoir in Huxley, TX. I bought it in March of 2007 and it remained at Huxley Bay until last week. The boat is a 1973 Nauta-line. It is 14' wide and 43' long. It sleeps 6-8.<br /><br />The man I bought it from had started remodeling it and was about half finished. He had rewired and re-plumbed it, but had done so with the intention of it never leaving the marina. The wiring is 110 and the plumbing bypasses the holding tanks. I am going to completely redo the whole thing- new wiring, new plumbing, new walls, and new floors. It’s going to be a lot of work, but I wanted something I could fix the way I wanted.<br /><br />It has been in the marina at Huxley Bay and has not been started in several years. I am not sure what we are going to get into with the motors. It has twin 225 HP Mercruisers. I expect to completely replace the outdrives, but I am hoping we can get the engines running without too much trouble.<br /><br />There is a little bit of fiberglass work to do on the aft starboard side of the cabin where it is cracked. Other than a few other scratches and scrapes here and there, the hull seems to be in good shape. There is a little rot in the transom that will have to be repaired. The outside will also get repainted and the hull will be gel coated.<br /><br />I am anxious to get it completed and in the water, but I am also looking forward to working on it to get it like I want.<br /><br />In the next post, I will tell about getting it home.</span>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223014890041716266.post-51509848834764045062008-02-13T18:00:00.002-06:002008-02-13T18:03:29.324-06:00The Starting Point<span style="font-family:arial;">I created this blog to track and publish the work I do remodeling my houseboat. The pictures to the right show the starting point of the boat. In the next few days, I will be posting additional information and more pictures as well as the "plan" for remodeling the boat.</span>Michael McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01755415839617975117noreply@blogger.com0