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Steve Day

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Wow!

I had not been seeing much reaction to my pictures and commentary and now there have been several comments. PAR is right. That is a water cooling/lubrication line that leads from the pressure side of the raw water pump to the seal. This is one of the "Lasdrop" seals and is quite nice looking. Certainly better than the old stuffing box design.

The engine turns in excess of 3000 RPM, but the transmission turns the prop at about 1500 - thus the estimate for a 14" pitch. This estimate comes to us from two different propeller shops and has been given a "sanity check" with the other Rescue Minor builders at the last show.

I think we are on the right track and we're making headway.

Eric, I met a Rotary Exchange team from Brisbane several years ago in York, Nebraska, where I was the local Rotary Club President. Great folks!

More to come in the near future.

Steve

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Raw water heat exchanger.

We haven't had much time to work on her since I was out of town all week last week and I have been working a lot over at West Marine this week (vacation time, y'know).

I should get enough time tomorrow to get over and take a few pictures. Wally was able to get the deck done around the engine box and steering console.

The steering and engine controls should be in this Friday. I have started the console and will have it "framed out" this week (hopefully).

Sorry I haven't been able to give you your "fix," but there is always tomorrow.

Steve

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Hey Y'all,

I finally got out to the Rescue Minor to work on the console and some other things and took a couple of pictures. These show the start of the console with the uprights on the starboard side and the deck around the console roughly in place. I also added the exhaust hose from the muffler to the transom.

Wally and I both think we will stay off the water for the most part this weekend due to all of the folks that are going to be out there. I think we may be able to get something done on the boat(s) this weekend in lieu of "battling" the crazies.

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We got a lot done this weekend. :grin: :grin: We were able to get the console into its final configuration and epoxied together and we got the engine box framed out and the first piece of plywood on that.

Here are some pictures of the boat taken today.

Steve

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Hey Guys,

We were able to get a lot of work done on the boat this weekend. We got holes cut into the console for instruments, controls, and the helm. The edges of the console were rounded and a final coat of epoxy was applied to the fixed portions of the console and engine box. The next steps for that area will be primer and paint, then installation of the things filling those holes.

We epoxied the engine box together and it is curing as this is written. We also epoxied the bulkhead on frame 10, which helps define the area where the helmsman will sit/stand.

Here are several photos of the boat as she sits today:

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We were able to work on the boat all day today and got the following completed. We installed the shaft coupling (finally came in from England), aligned engine, made the connection, and bolted the engine down in position. The propeller was put on earlier this week, so the drive line is in place and ready to go. We also got the console primed, the engine box epoxy coated, and the deck panels cut to accommodate the console and after bulkhead panels.

As the day came to a close, we trimmed the after deck and dry-fit it in place. We also spent a lot of time discussing access hatches and what we would like to do on the after deck.

All in all, it was a good day and we got a lot done. An observation we both made was that it is a whole lot more complex to make an inboard than an outboard. However, we both think it is well worth the effort (and a heck of a lot of fun!!  :grin: :grin:).

Steve

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We got some more stuff done today! :grin:

After deck is epoxied in place, second coat of primer is on the console, epoxy coating is on the engine box, after bulkhead is epoxy coated, and we cleaned off the forward deck and sanded it in preparation for paint. It is beginning to look like a boat!! :cool: :D

Here are a couple of shots of the boat as she sits now. BTW, these photos were taken with my new Motorola Droid. The quality is comparable with my Kodak.

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I was able to get out and do a few things today after the dentist put a temporary cap on one of my teeth. Why not sand and paint while my jaw regains it's feeling?

We're getting primer on the engine box and console back panel and I put the first coat of color on the console.

Here is a picture of the console:

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Neither can I, PAR. Neither can I.

We got a few things done this week, but we were both busy with the outside world. Status today is as follows:

Throttle control is installed.

Shift cable is run. We need to fabricate a bracket to get shift working.

Steering box and cable are installed.

Engine box has finish coat of paint.

After deck is installed and holes cut for access hatches.

First lamination of gunwhales is scarfed together for installation.

Main fuse for electrical installed.

Here are a couple of pics taken today:

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We were able to get the following done yesterday:

Engine box placed in its final position.

First strip of gunwhale epoxied in position on starboard side.

After deck epoxy applied in preparation for paint.

Holes drilled for bow towing and trailering eye.

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