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Thanks! I've got this little boat on a cradle in my garage now and should work on it and get it running but probably won't. Would like to have the garage space again.
I think the engine is worth about $600 to sailboaters.
Going to toss the whole rig on Craigslist for 500 bucks.
you said it can self bail, is it set up for that? i havent spent much time on one of these but i know the 13 whalers and similiar boats i have been on were not even close to self bailing. have there been modifications to make it do this?
have you seen it in the water? does it ride bow heavy or is it pretty level?
how wide is it at the bottom? the bunks on my trailer are 5' wide, will it sit on there?
shoot me your phone number when you get a chance, i would like to discuss samsslagle@yahoo.com thanks.
-Sam
Last edited by croakerpoker; 09-15-2009 at 07:54 PM.
You dad was an impressive man. What a cool little ride.
Thanks man, appreciate it. He was a cool guy. Everything on the boat was custom made by him. Had a lathe and machine shop at our house. The rub rails are either stainless or bronze half round, the hand rails are welded stainless.
Forward hatch is welded aluminum. Shift handle is I guess bronze shaft turned down. It had a teak swim platform, but I took it off and am going to keep it.
The decks are solid, but were over-foamed so are not flat. When the foam expanded it lifted the fiberglass some, so they have a small upward curve. The stringers the form the engine compartment look like roving woven to me. I'm pretty sure that any wood in the hull is fine knowing the way he did things.
He left the inside of the forward anchor locker and the stern bilge the original Mckee blue.
The engine box and boxes over the clutch and steering quadrant for some reason were not glassed on the inside. I'm somewhat baffled why he didn't do it, but the result is that the core is rotted where it sat on the deck. The outside layer of glass is delamed on them.
The gray decks (probably awlgrip but not sure are flaking/checking in places. Come to think of it, I think the old cans for the paint are still in our garage. I know the Imron activator is still there.
Oh, yes it does self bail. You can see the scuppers on the stern shot. The decks are way high, that's why the hand rails are so high. It floats level, where the old bottom paint water line is.
Responded to PMs. Thanks for the interest. Hope it goes to a good home that someone can get it going again. Until a month ago it was on our backyard railway. Yes, a railway that extends into the creek complete with a cradle fit to the hull and electric winch at the top of the hill. Don't see many of those either. We hauled our own boats when we were kids in the back yard.
Yes, has a clutch, that is what the bronze shaft/handle is in the lower part of the console. Push forward for forward, pull back for reverse.
Is a real stable boat that glides right along on a few quarts an hour, I guess. It was countertop engineered, and the balance is good, but will not plane off. It needs more lift and the CG and tunnel probably don't help with that.
Maybe a higher reduction and extended squat boards/tabs would get it on top and plane off?
Guy that bought it is a true boat guy/tinkerer that has himself a winter project now.
Oh, the boat's name was "Sow's Ear." Think my mother gave it that moniker.
SOLD/Delivered Mckee 14 Inboard conversion Atomic 4 engine Tugboat 
