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Wood boat came home. New photos 8 years 10 months ago #119424

Hugh Long
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Lake Tahoe is 1 1/2 hrs from my house but 7 hrs to get it home. Had to put my spare on before hooking it up, made it 5 mi to Stateline, NV and the other tire let go. Had to drop it off and find a tire ( Tahoe, Ca price

)but glad to get it.
It is a home made boat. Sat in the Garage since 1973 and belonged to his dad. It is solid all the way through, so that is good. The Aqua paint is new. The deck needs to be redone, but at my age, I am going to run it with just a coat of poly on the deck. My other boats will be done this spring and next winter I will be ready to do the work on it. I am too old to wait on putting it in the water. I sat my nice original 350 Merc on the kinda nice original boat and I am liking it.

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Re:Wood boat came home. New photos 8 years 10 months ago #119428

Nautilus Offline Contributing Member Posts: 1579 Karma: 87 Thank you received: 58	Hugh...how old is too old? I'm 67 and I do this stuff every day. "You're only as old as the woman you feel." - Groucho Marx Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Wood boat came home. New photos 8 years 10 months ago #119434

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Well, I'm about to be 72 in June. Just old enough to want to hurry up having fun. So as far as this boat goes, I just want to have some fun with it this summer, work on it later. My wife asked me if I needed another project and I told her the other boats will be all done soon, so Yes. She understood. Winter could be boring without projects to work on.
I was just able to get it in the garage with my other projects.

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Re:Wood boat came home. New photos 8 years 10 months ago #119448

Doug Reeve Offline Senior Boarder Posts: 240 Karma: 13 Thank you received: 31	Very pretty boat. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Wood boat came home. New photos 8 years 10 months ago #119467

Robby321 Offline Contributing Member Posts: 902 Karma: 42 Thank you received: 10	Hey Hugh? On Tahoe, my brother lives Grass Valley CA, about hour out Tahoe. I KNOW you have done the "Wooden Boat show" there and DAMN!......... some simple gorgeous old restored boats! Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Wood boat came home. New photos 8 years 10 months ago #119472

Waterwings Offline Contributing Member Posts: 4887 Karma: 107 Thank you received: 100	Yep the Merc looks great on there Hugh! Bob Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Wood boat came home. New photos 8 years 10 months ago #119479

Hugh Long Topic Author Offline Expert Boarder Posts: 261 Karma: 8 Thank you received: 2	I think with a little work it will be pretty enough for this summer for me Robby, I have never been to the boat show in Tahoe, but it is on my list for this years. I have heard it is fantastic. Yes Bob I like the Merc on there too. I have a few sets of Ride Guide steering gear to go with it. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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