Damn you Jeff...you love to burst my bubble of hope!
Reality check brotha! Do you REALLY want them racing to get it overboard to then realize they forgot to install the fuel tank?? . She might be fast for a second but a 6 gallon tank on the deck won't get you too far!
Erik at the shop took a few pictures today and sent them to me and it looks like the boat is coming along nicely. They are still waiting on the fuel tank but most of all the floor boxes are in and all the wire chases have been installed. Erik is going to pull the top deck off tomorrow so they can start fitting in the floor. He is also going to start building the walls for the head and the galley so that way he doesn't lose any time.
Overall it looks like good progress is being made, and the good news is the motors are already in and the engine mounting bracket should be there by the end of the month!
I love the $$$ by going with and outboard...I do have to say I slept like a baby on top of that diesel box on Justified!
Yes the initial cost of outboards is staggering. But in the long run they are the way to go. Maintenance is reletivly inexpensive, fuel efficient and you can pretty much get to everything when you need to work on them instead of being crammed into a engine compartment. Not to mention how quiet they are. Although after plying the offshore grounds for so many years there is nothing that sounds sweeter at o' dark thirty than all them diesels being fired up and throttles thrown forward for the run offshore! Yes, real boats do not have spark plugs Jeff! And the fumes, they kinda make me horny!
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