Smeggie

Go woke, go broke. Never touch the crap anyway. But I do share his sentiments

Hey @Mule, yes the boat will be called "Cool Change" Some of the inspiration came from the song Cool Change by Little River Band. Mostly only us old folks that will remember it LOL

Well oil samples came back and were in pretty good shape. The transmissions still had the break in fluid in them at 470 hours. We will get all the fluids changed while on the hard getting the bottom paint done, the port prop recond and a few other things. We settle on Thursday so I guess we will own a new (to us) boat. We are getting close to the graphic to put on the back of the boat. Not sure which font we like best. Any suggestions as to which you like best?

Or Richard Head (a.k.a DICK HEAD)

Great suggestion, and one of my wife's favorites. Although I have not read the book my wife brought this up several times.

Thanks for all of the ideas. We have decided on the name "Cool Change" for the boat if the deal goes through. Inspired by the song "Cool Change" by the Little River Band...most of you young whipersnappers wouldn't have a clue....lol We have bounced many of your ideas off one another and I appreciate all your input. So now we wait....for the oil samples to come in.

Compression test has come back okay. All cylinders on both engines are within 90% of spec of 150psi ranging from 135psi to 150psi Just waiting in the oil analysis to come in.

Well I'll take my chances. It's currently called "Buzzed Gobbler" which is just plain stupid. But I am sure it had special meaning to the current owners LOL

Sellers have countered with a decent offer. We are still waiting on the compression check and oil sample results, but that may not be until next week. If they all look good, we'll likely sign the deal

No captains license required unless you are chartering for money and you are under certain tonnage. Some insurance companies will require captains sign-off, especially if you are jumping into a much larger vessel (which we are) or are first time boaters jumping into a large vessel. I have received three quotes from insurance companies and none are requiring captains training to move up, however, the captain that has been helping with our sea trials on the past two boats is a close friend and will gladly ride along and provide guidance if necessary. My wife and I have been boating since the early 1980's. We are well versed in navigating the river (and beyond), it will just help with some of the onboard systems and how they integrate with each other as much as anything.

@TBB if you're ever in the DC area we'll make that happen.

I shall. Ball is in the owners court. Hopefully we'll know in the next couple of days what direction this thing is headed.

That looks amazing @Shadow, well done!

Well we weren't aware of any water issues with the engine until after we had been underway on our sea trial. Virtually every nook and cranny (short of drilling holes) was explored on this vessel. Every stringer within the bilge and sumps were resonance checked and moisture tested. The thermal imaging camera was also used on the inside and outside of the hull to check for temperature inconsistencies which would have identified any voids in the hull core. This guys is SAMS@ AMS@ certified and a Certified Level III Thermographer. He knows his shit

@Mule did you get that new Larson out on the water yet?

NICE Stripers! I can't wait to hit the Chesapeake Bay and hunt for these! My wife gotta kick out of the name "Deez Knots" LOL

The surveyor does a resonance sound test on the entire hull, top to bottom. He also puts a moisture meter all over the hull to check for moisture in the core of the hull. Leakage around hatches is very common. They repair it by pulling the hatch out, drilling holes in the affected areas. They use heaters to dry out the fibreglass and inject resin into the core where the delamination has occurred. Once that is set and solid (and it is much stronger than the original wood core) they seal it all up, reset the hatch and call it a day. It will last the lifetime of the boat. The engines are 7.4L 454 cubic inch V-8 gasoline engines. Hence there are two exhaust manifolds per engine (one on each side). The surveyor uses a thermal imaging camera on the engine, manifolds, heat exchangers to ensure that things are properly cooling and there are no signs of cracks. The water leaks were found during a visual inspection. They connect OBD diags to the engines and check compression. Other than that no surveyor will go much further than that other than to take oil samples from the engines, transmissions and the generator. They will be sent out to labs for analysis to see what contaminants are in the oil (i.e. coolant, water, particulate, etc). These engines are direct drive shaft engines as opposed to V-drives, Z-drives or stern drives. None of this scares me. It's all fixable. Just not on my dime.

Well we had the on shore and on water survey and sea trial over the weekend. A few things were found, some somewhat significant, some minor. The things we found of concern; 1). Starboard engine is leaking water on both exhaust manifolds where the spacer to the riser meets. Could just need a gasket, but who knows. With water leaking out, it's likely leaking into the engine. Customer will have to fix this (whether its as simple as gaskets or entire engine) before I would accept the deal. 2). The starboard deck hatch on top of the front has some moisture and delamination in the fiberglass. Has to be fixed on the sellers dime. 3). The port propeller has a couple of nice dings in it. Its causing a slight vibration underway, but a prop recondition will take care of that. 4). The generator is in need of a capacitor as it's not putting out enough voltage. That will be fixed this week by the seller. The surveyor was really impressed with the condition of this boat. Other than the delamination near the one hatch on the deck, he said this thing is a tank and in amazing shape for 23 years old. So we will see how the seller responds to the starboard engine issues and the hatch delamination. He either fixes them or we walk away from it. https://rumble.com/v2iqft4-2000-sea-ray-410-express-cruiser-dropping-in-for-sea-trial.html

Nice!

I'll be on later after 9pm EDT

Very impressive!

Good times. Really loved the Pinewood Derby as a scout leader!

Grats on the tags @Intruder !

Agree. The whole situation is bad. I also think you're making a big assumption about going to prison. We haven't seen the details of the video. This person may have legitimately thought he was in danger and was protecting himself. Knowing this punks history and his blatant disregard for rules and law enforcement, I'd have a very hard time convicting the shooter. But in this day and age, I know I would NEVER pull up on someone I did not know and prey upon them like this punk does. He is damn fortunate his luck didn't run out, yet he promises to keep this crap up. He will run out of luck eventually. Some people don't learn from their mistakes.

Welcome @NinjaBazZa!