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Old 12-20-2019, 12:09 AM   #8181
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She almost looks like a Lake Union Dreamboat But her sheer and transom are different.
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Old 12-20-2019, 02:06 AM   #8182
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so beautiful this boat!
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Old 12-20-2019, 06:15 AM   #8183
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Man I love those old raised deck cruisers.
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What a pain in the transom.

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Old 12-20-2019, 06:54 AM   #8184
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Yes, beautiful lines. Reminds of the "rum runners" that plied the waters between Detroit and Canada.
But, all that exterior teak? No thank you.
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Old 12-20-2019, 07:13 AM   #8185
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Mr. OD. Most likely the bright work is mahogany, I'm guessing.
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Old 12-20-2019, 07:28 AM   #8186
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Mr. OD. Most likely the bright work is mahogany, I'm guessing.
Could be but still needs year round attention.

I do hope the 'spotted gun' is the heart wood. If they used sap wood, the job will need to be repeated sooner than later.
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Old 12-20-2019, 07:30 AM   #8187
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If someone had the time and the money, they could use this hull for plug and go into the boat building business.
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Old 12-20-2019, 07:55 AM   #8188
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Mr. OD. Agreed. Both teak AND mahogany need to be kept up but it has been MY experience that mahogany "holds" varnish better than teak so any finish seems to last longer.
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Old 12-20-2019, 10:15 AM   #8189
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Mr. OD. Agreed. Both teak AND mahogany need to be kept up but it has been MY experience that mahogany "holds" varnish better than teak so any finish seems to last longer.
Correct! Varnish does "attach" better to Mahogany.

When young, for many years, in boat Yards of LI South shore in NY and in Maine's Penobscot Bay area... I applied A Lot of Varnish! Sure is beautiful when done. Sure gets ugly with much effort needed to restore if let go too long. Interior last quite a while, remaining in good condition. Exterior life-span pales in comparison; due to the elements.
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Old 12-20-2019, 07:01 PM   #8190
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Old 12-20-2019, 07:48 PM   #8191
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Correct! Varnish does "attach" better to Mahogany.

When young, for many years, in boat Yards of LI South shore in NY and in Maine's Penobscot Bay area... I applied A Lot of Varnish! Sure is beautiful when done. Sure gets ugly with much effort needed to restore if let go too long. Interior last quite a while, remaining in good condition. Exterior life-span pales in comparison; due to the elements.
Yup. In in the 50s and very early 60s we raced a boat named Miss Pepsi, U99. (But that's another story.)
Total mahogany. It was referred to as "the mahogany cigar." Refinishing was infrequent, if at all. It now resides in the
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Old 12-20-2019, 09:22 PM   #8192
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Yup. In in the 50s and very early 60s we raced a boat named Miss Pepsi, U99. (But that's another story.)
Total mahogany. It was referred to as "the mahogany cigar." Refinishing was infrequent, if at all. It now resides in the
https://detroithistorical.org/dossin...al-information
on Belle Island Michigan but, that's another story. It has been refinished once, to the best of my knowledge.
During beginning of my 7th grade [1963]; dad purchased a really cool 38' raised deck sport fisher woodie. Keel laid 1950. Hull, decks, superstructure and interior built for and by the master shipbuilder at Brooklyn Navy Yard [he built it all - with assistance from his yard hands!]. He was the guy that oversaw the building of NY Harbor pilot boats. Construction of the boat was incredible. Joinery was to marvel at. Everything but keel, frame, hull, bottom and sides was varnished Honduran Mahogany. All of the interior, decks, transom, superstructure window frames, flying bridge [inside and out] were "VARNISHED"... Everything!

Well... evidently the builder passed not long after completion and it was sold to a guy who used the crap out of it and while so doing treated it like crap too.

Anyway... when we got it... exterior varnish was in very poor condition; many re-coats with no sanding or other needed preparations done.

We stripped all decks and superstructure and bridge experior, to bare wood. Well painted those areas. Left the bridge interior varnish and made it pretty again. Transom remained varnished too; made that really pretty!

Interior got a good sanding and then several new coats of varnish. Beautiful!

Long and short of it - She became a beauty-piece from lots o' work by dad and me. We also pulled out her 155 hp Nordberg Knight and put in a 185 hp Perkins. Talk about economical to run with marine diesel at 0.19 to 0.21 cents per gallon back then. She had SD bottom shape, cruised easy at 11 to 12 knots all day. 3 +/- nmpg.
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Old 12-23-2019, 09:56 AM   #8193
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Wifey B: The deck of the boat in my avatar is Mahogany. I'm amazed how well it's held up but most of the time we do keep it under roof.
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Old 12-23-2019, 10:04 AM   #8194
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Wifey B: The deck of the boat in my avatar is Mahogany. I'm amazed how well it's held up but most of the time we do keep it under roof.
Boats LUV to be kept under roof!

Especially thems with varnished decks!

Solar heat-rays really do a number on most materials left in the open... not to mention numerous climate vagaries taking their continual toll on exposed surfaces.
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Here is one I am looking at; I have decided that Sb is too small for us to live/work on. This boat has the best layout I have seen so far for a couple who sleep apart (I snore!). She has a get-home engine, large pilot house with berth, and for a steel hulled vessel, not too old.

Balyarta ticks all the right boxes for me. Here's a sunset image:

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Old 12-23-2019, 03:17 PM   #8196
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Very nice. Great lines and looks well put together.
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Here is one I am looking at; I have decided that Sb is too small for us to live/work on. This boat has the best layout I have seen so far for a couple who sleep apart (I snore!). She has a get-home engine, large pilot house with berth, and for a steel hulled vessel, not too old.

Balyarta ticks all the right boxes for me. Here's a sunset image:

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Take a look at MOJO. No get home engine... but good if you sleep apart. www.mvmojo.com



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I will certainly look at MOJO, but it's a long way away from us! The get-home engine on the one I linked to is not a massive plus for me, but the pilothouse with berth and the fact that it is stabilised is. We often have confused seas here on the East coast, and my partner does not like Sb's rapid ("tender" or "lively" are polite descriptions!) roll movement. So, next boat must have stabilisation.

MOJO is beautiful, and a lot of boat for the asking price.
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for a couple who sleep apart (I snore!).
Wifey B: You need to get to a doctor for that, perhaps a sleep study. Snoring isn't always a benign condition and, even if you're found not to have apnea, other snoring can often be addressed with a simple mouth device or a very simple procedure. Don't just live with it.
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Looks fantastic in pictures but so do I. LOL
I'd remove the flopper stoppers and put in a hydraulic stabilizer system, fill the fuel tanks, load all the necessary stores and go for a ride.

Personally, I dont like "wet head" or maybe I am looking at the pictures wrong.
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