gerryhebear
Member
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2016
- Messages
- 19
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Swan Song
- Vessel Make
- 1985 Grand Banks 42' Classic
Old boater new to trawlers. We've owned various vessels and recently sold a 68' that we had for 12 years. Keep a 32' Trophy in Portland Oregon and a 28' Mako in Palm Coast. Wanted a smaller cruiser that could easily manoeuvre the Bahamas and found a nice 1985 GB Classic that had been lying dormant for over 10 years. Needs lots of work and we're about 20% of the way. Installed new windows all around, tore off all the teak decking (major task), repaired some minor leak issues and will be installing composite decking over re-fiberglassed decks ( trying to get the vessel less labor intensive). Changing out all electronics to Simrad (finally making the move from Raymarine), installing new holding tank and Thetford electric heads. The vessel is lying in Palm Coast Florida and we have 2 low fixed bridges to our house on the Intercoastal. Am installing a 3-5' 12V piston to lower the mast for bridge transit. Vessel has twin Cat 3208's, 12KW jenny and the interior is a 9 and we just finished a week's work cleaning up the engine room. Fuel tanks don't leak and we are cleaning and surfacing with POR 15 in the hopes of staving off the known fuel tank leak issue for awhile. Painting the engines red ( a fetish I've wanted to do for years since seeing it in a vessel owned by Roger Penske). Still deciding on a tender addition and am considering a hydraulic aft platform since my rebuild is coming in lower than estimated and it would make life easier when travelling the Bahamas. I promised my wife this would be the last boat and so we are naming it "Swan Song". Coincidentally, I shared this thought with a friend in Asia and he subsequently advised he had seen a vessel named "Swan Song II" so there's always hope. Having some questions about the build and will share this as we go along