Recent content by Scratchnsaw

I was involved with Tom in the original inception. The original engines were junk. Aligning any model and keeping them aligned was also a bear. They were a bit ahead of their time when cruising boats began to increase their speeds and use core materials to reduce weight. The downsides of the...

These are Rybovich. But Buddy Davis built the strip planked versions of similar sportfishers and were put to the test on a daily diet. Therer is an entire fleet of similar hulls fishing year round along the banks.

This is a 1958 hull, built with frames and solid mahogany. Its still going strong. There is many more on the water that's withstood a lot more than many of the cocktail type cruisers built in the same era.

Be afraid, be very afraid of wooden boats. They have lasted longer and has stood the test of time and the sea than most of the folks on here.

Heck I don't know which is perceived to be worse, being censored or being ignored. ;) But that rarely if ever bothered me. Either way its just an online forum which is full of opinions anyway. So thankfully for me I can take it or leave it. Life is too short to let time wasting minutes on the...

Back when the toilet systems for boats began to be regulated and enforcement of black water bladders, three way valves and holding tanks were being installed in new boats, right off the beaches of North Miami and Ft Laud, there was outflow pipes for sewer from the towns along the reef line...

You do trawl with your trawl on your trawler. ;) But seriously a full time life on the sea can yield an entirely different perspective when others use the name in vain. This has always been a bega-boo for me. While joining this trawler forum to follow some of the ventures here, I quickly...

Sorry but its time to add the true meaning of Trawler, which is a noun and trawl as a verb and noun depicting, what a trawler does in the water. I doubt that anyone on here with their plus air conditioned, generator assisted and finely polished chrome and varnished teak does a lot of trawling. ...

I don't know if you are interested in something thats not a stock type boat. But I have had mine to the borders of Maine and almost to Key West by trailer. I launch it for day trips to Ocracoke and tow it with a half ton truck without a problem. Shoot me a PM if you wish . We are local and it...

I may have missed it, but I would surely use at the minimum 1/2" foam board insulation, especially on the top. This will keep some sweating down to a minimum in temperature changes. Since you speak about framing houses, the blue or pink board works great. Create furring strips around the...

Now this is a cool upgrade. Great work.

What a pleasure to visit , chat and view the job of transforming the hull into a comfortable and workable cruising hull. That cockpit is a place that I could spend hours if not weeks in just watching life go by without leaving it. ..safe passage on the rest of your trip..

Great job, the stars were surely aligned for you both for a successful trip and frankly appears for you to continue to own that boat too.

I think he may have been referring to the Tohatsu. When the two stroke engines were the norm, the Tohatsu engines were the go to for commercial guys. Sadly the dealers have aged out as with the older style ones. Honda is now producing the newer and larger Tohatsu engines now. I don't know of...

For sure the longer into the fall and winter season you wait, the more prone to the northeast winds you will encounter. If you are looking for some sort of "insurance" for making the crossing, maybe contact one of the tow boat outlets and see if they are doing any trips across with any of the...