So we just picked up a 23' Huntsman powered by a 350 chev over the weekend. Needs a bit of work but once finished it should make a really nice family fishing boat even if we don't catch anything!
Photos below when it was in better condition
Work to be done
- Unfortunately due to the storms in late Jan the boat was slammed against the jetty and created a nice hole.
- Some work will need to be done inside to freshen things up a bit (new uphostery and a good clean)
- Motor has hydro-locked (leaking risers).
- New covers
+ anything else that we find!
Current condition on the trailer being towed by the NJ (first time on the trailer that we built for it, the winch on the NT was handy in moving the boat so it was centered!)
The NJ did a great job towing it from Lake Macquarie to Sydney until we got to Berowra... Radiator cap fell apart and we think that caused the top radiator tank to crack all the way round! We ended up nursing it home by filling the engine with water and joining the top and bottom radiator hoses with some hose from the boat. Every few K one of the hoses would blow out and we would have to repeat the process, letting it cool as we went. What should have been a 90 minute trip ended up taking 5 hours arriving in Sydney at 2am!
Let the fun begin!
Photos below when it was in better condition
Work to be done
- Unfortunately due to the storms in late Jan the boat was slammed against the jetty and created a nice hole.
- Some work will need to be done inside to freshen things up a bit (new uphostery and a good clean)
- Motor has hydro-locked (leaking risers).
- New covers
+ anything else that we find!
Current condition on the trailer being towed by the NJ (first time on the trailer that we built for it, the winch on the NT was handy in moving the boat so it was centered!)
The NJ did a great job towing it from Lake Macquarie to Sydney until we got to Berowra... Radiator cap fell apart and we think that caused the top radiator tank to crack all the way round! We ended up nursing it home by filling the engine with water and joining the top and bottom radiator hoses with some hose from the boat. Every few K one of the hoses would blow out and we would have to repeat the process, letting it cool as we went. What should have been a 90 minute trip ended up taking 5 hours arriving in Sydney at 2am!
Let the fun begin!
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