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[spareparts]

If you need a parts motor, Ive got a DF115 up here I'll make you a deal on. It was running good, but started making milky oil

[snoozer]

Thanks Spare, and the rest of you all.

When the 5 ft of water came through Marathon and over my dock, most of everything I had went in the canal or just vanished. The rest was salted, even hand tools are worthless after a dunking like we had.
I road it out on my Whitby sail boat. The New Hope got banged up a bit, but made it through the storm fine.
It has taken 9 months to get Emergency rebuilding permits from the Army Corp, (Trump has not got to that part of the swamp yet) but now we are just waiting on the barge to come and put some more pilings in.
So it has taken a long time to get this far.

The old 140 was 20 inch shaft, the new one is 25 and came with a jacking plate. It is also left hand. The boat will now have hyd steering.
I'll be cutting the new floor hatches from a piece of plastic.
She will not look pretty, but never did.
Pretty does not last here in the sun and wear we/I put on a boat. The old motor had 4000 hours on it, and still ran fine.
This new 140 is a year older with less than 500 hr, it should see me through till I am too old.

Thanks for the support, it helps.
I will try to post some pictures as it comes together.

[phatdaddy]

Good news , snoozer.
I was going to put my traps out October the 5th, but there was a little depression in the gulf, so i decided to wait. They cost too much. Well , that turned out to be probably the best decision i made in all this mess. These hurricanes are fun for a week or two , but after that it gets old real fast. We re still in the debris removal stage.

Glad your getting the old girl back on the water.

[Pipe_Dream]

Awesome news!!!

[snoozer]

Well, It has been a long time coming. Weather, doctors, life and times, all get in the way when you want to do something for yourself.

After some bottom paint, the little boat will find its self back in the water, for the first time in almost two years. The saga is a long one.
More later ...

[phatdaddy]

Congrats, snoozer. Got it done in time for stone crab season. Our blue crabs have been pretty good this year and scallops were thick, so maybe the storm last year will help our season.

[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by snoozer

Well, It has been a long time coming. Weather, doctors, life and times, all get in the way when you want to do something for yourself.

After some bottom paint, the little boat will find its self back in the water, for the first time in almost two years. The saga is a long one.
More later ...

That's great to read! It was almost two years after Matthew that ours was back in the water, and we are sure enjoying her now.