Waiting Game

No word back from the shop about the Sea Ray.  I was expecting a call on Wednesday to get an idea of price and timeline.  The rough estimate was one week.

I'm going to wait until Monday to call if I don't hear anything before then.  Trying not to be impatient but the appeal of having a boat that will actually run is quite exciting.  Looking forward to the interior work with mixed emotions.  Excited it will be usable but nervous about potential delays and problems.

Engine Shop!

Been busy the last few months visiting family, Christmas, and a week long ski vacation.  As it had months ago, reality set in that I wouldn't be able to devote the needed time to finish the boat motor in a reasonable time frame.  The boat was purchased early 2009, the transom was rebuilt at the end of 2011, and the motor has been an on again off again project most of that time.

I loaded up all the parts and dropped the boat off with my marine mechanic.  Can't remember if I mentioned him before or not but he did the rebuild on my ski boat motor which had some freeze damage like everyone had here recently.  My guy said he did about 30 motors alone!

The prep work for loading up the trailer was very interesting and thought it might be worth sharing my insights.  I literally took everything out nailed down in the boat and moved it to the garage.  It is amazing how much stuff was sitting in there.  With everything out the interior project looks much less dubious that it did previously.  I will try to do a better job of photo/video documenting some of the work from here on out when possible.  It seems like I get started on a project with that intention but get side tracked doing the actual project at hand.

In writing my notes for the finishing parts of the restoration I'm realizing some parts for these Sea Rays cannot be bought readily.  Some I will fabricate and some I may need to find a boat junk yard to salvage some pieces for.  I'm sure they have such places but no idea where.