Matthew claims the Pipe Dream

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bradford

Insurance man got ya any money....

http://keys.craigslist.org/boa/5873012915.html

That's a lot of money and a very small engine for such a large boat. Looking at the hull lines it looks more like a Downeast Lobster style boat than a planing hull. And truthfully, I wonder if it's fiberglass or wood? What about a trailer?

[bradford]

Pipe likes dem kinda boats.

[Pipe_Dream]

Stop, evil tempter!


I do like the downeast style hulls, but that one looks like too much compromise to me.
http://easternboats.com/inventory/22...220-bass-boat/

What on earth is she doing in the Keys?

[bradford]

Originally Posted by Pipe_Dream

What on earth is she doing in the Keys?

Probably bragging about how great things are up north, while *****ing about the locals and the relative humidity.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Pipe_Dream

Stop, evil tempter!


I do like the downeast style hulls, but that one looks like too much compromise to me.
http://easternboats.com/inventory/22...220-bass-boat/

What on earth is she doing in the Keys?

Yup. I have to agree that the "downeast" style is right at the top of my list for beauty and functionality if you're a fisherman, crabber, lobsterman, of diver. The only problem I have with them is they are displacement hulls, which severely limits your speed... (especially if you're trying to outrun an approaching storm and you're miles out to sea). If they would make a downeast style deck with a deep V planing hull like a V20's at a reasonable cost I would be all over it. And yes, I know that Shamrock and a few others do make somewhat similar boats, but they are mostly inboards and I/O's.. and they cost way too much for this poor retiree.

[inaforty]

That's a sisu. They had two different molds. One was a hard chine and the other a soft chine. Peter Brown built these boats in NH for a number of years.
The hard chine model was built/modifed by Rosborough in Nova Scotia. Well built boats but tender side to side kind of like a sail boat. When weather get rough you have to slow down. However they can go through a lot of bad weather. I'd rather have the V 20 myself. If you get serious about any of these downeast hulls be sure to run them in a following sea (esp quartering following seas). I loved our downeast hull for many things (economy, pilothouse, etc) but after buying a V 20 I sold the downeast hull and bought a Bertram to replace the downeast/novie hull. That being said many people love the semi displacement hulls.

Here's a few photos of new Sisu's with pilothouses being rigged in Nova Scotia.

[Pipe_Dream]

2/26/18 update. Here we are 16 months later and the PD is still on the hard. You may recall that all the large shops were inundated after Matthew, and that a local guy who runs a one man shop was going to take on her repairs. He came well recommended, said he thought that the engine was repairable. Checked it out, it turned, and had it running in short order, but said it was going to need relays, some wiring components, and so forth. "Next week." That was the month after Matthew, November 2016. By March he was finalizing parts for the engine, was going to re-wire the boat and work on cosmetics "next week." All this time I was stopping by his shop a couple times a week, but he was typically not there, out on dock calls. My boat was always "next week." Personal things (mine) took up the majority of my attention, but I kept checking on the boat and nothing much was getting done and I was having difficulty running him down ("next week"). When I did, it was yeah your engine is good and I just have to find time to do the other stuff. In October (1 year) I connected with him and tried to get him to commit to getting the work done by Thanksgiving. He said yes. At Thanksgiving we agreed that it would be done by Christmas. I guess I should have specified the year... In January I told him I wanted to pick up the boat, and could he put the engine together and get it ready to roll. I picked her up a few weeks ago and took her to a dealer, Yamaha certified and seller. I got the report from him last week that yes, the engine will run but he hears ugly sounds from inside and it would need a wiring harness and more and recommends that I put no money into the engine.

So, now I'm looking at repowering, rewiring and cosmetics. And starting to look at boats for sale advertisements. I'd like to bring her back to life, but don't know how smart it is to sink a lot of $$$ into her versus another boat. Beginning to read up on what's available in new engines.

This is my tale of woe. First world problems, I know.

[bradford]

Hate to hear it Pipe, gone down that road myself, times change and I don't know if I'd do it all again. A new engine I think would be a wise decision.

[spareparts]

Pipe, I can sell you a new Suzuki if you are interested. Ive got a deal thru one of my suppliers and getting certifyed. Let me know what HP you are thinking about, 20 or 25, what color. Mechanical shift or electric and I'll work you up a price

[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by spareparts

Pipe, I can sell you a new Suzuki if you are interested. Ive got a deal thru one of my suppliers and getting certifyed. Let me know what HP you are thinking about, 20 or 25, what color. Mechanical shift or electric and I'll work you up a price

Thanks, spare! Would you install it? :-)