Saving a McKee

[phatdaddy]

i haven't messed with mckee's, but on whalers and other foam cored hulls, i've drilled small holes and hooked up a vacuum pump(like the ones to evacuate a ac system). i never got a lot of water, but always got some water.

[randlemanboater]

Dave is leaning toward an open cockpit and tiller steer.

[tsubaki]

Dang, that thing is real clean looking!
Really it do look good!
40 horse and bigger tiller is usually a booger to find everything for it.

[tsubaki]

Now that you've gone that far you gotta put a sump/bilge in it, just for the meanness for it.

[spareparts]

I don't think he'll like it in a tiller, those boats don't like the weight aft. Later models had the driver seat up front, where the passenger bench used to be. I had to move a lot of things around to get mine where I liked it.

[phatdaddy]

spares right, a tiller puts too much weight in the rear. my whaler was a bare hull and i ran a tiller for 3 years before i made a console.

[randlemanboater]

Good info...I will pass it along to him.