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ernie
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Username: ernie
Post Number: 2260
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2016 - 06:50 pm: | 
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Once again working the fantail. No it didn't sell.
I had to open up the aft bulkhead to get into the fantail area for steering maintenance. Once I did this I needed to make a hew removable bulkhead cover. This lead to other cosmetic work. In the first pic the light color behind the aft seat is a cardboard pattern. I now have the cover cut and need to stain and varnish it.
Once this was done I decided to put strips of wood on the seats to get rid of the painted plywood. The bow seats are done and just need a few coats of varnish.
Also the boat finally has a name. My Grandmother's name was Minnie Belle. The 8 inch dia bronze plaque is from my Grandfather's boat. He had a 75 foot Coastguard cutter. This plaque was on top of the aft towing bit. Gramp's boat didn't make it through the 38 hurricane. I have the anchor lantern and this plaque. Hopefully it will fit in the center of the new aft bulkhead.
Yea I know the cockpit sole and ceiling to hide the fiberglass on the sides... It never ends,
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doug11k
Senior Member
Username: doug11k
Post Number: 86
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 07:57 pm: |
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Nice!
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miro
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 859
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 10:04 pm: |
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Ernie - a boat is never done - you just keep on having fun with it. I suspect that in a year or two, you'd regret selling the thing. All that you would have is money ( an old Dutch proverb)
I like the plaque - great that you have it to share.
Miro |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2261
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 18, 2016 - 09:01 am: |
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Yes it is neat to have the plaque and anchor lantern.
From the few pics I have this is what she looked like. When he bought her at auction she was complete less engine/s and armament
Photo courtesy of the Jefferson Historical Society |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2262
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 07:02 pm: |
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My Dad had a habit of writing on things if there was more info. So I wasn't really surprised when I found additional info on the back of the plaque pictured above when I took it off the wood my Dad had mounted it on so I can mount it in my boat.
It reads
"Recovered by Ernest E. Darrow April 1st 1951. This plaque is the nameplate from the top of the stern towing bit of my Dad's (Clayton B. Darrow) boat which was lost Sept 21, 1938 During the Great Hurricane. This boat was a 75' Cost Guard Cutter (retired)"
From the information above I am guessing the wreck or at least part of it laid on the beach for almost 13 years. Interestingly enough the wreck was on Mamacoke Island in Waterford, CT right across the Thames River from the Submarine Base which in Groton, CT.
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ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2266
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2016 - 06:36 pm: |
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Here is the plaque installed. I am picking up the wood for the aft seat and cockpit sole tomorrow.
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narrabay
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Username: narrabay
Post Number: 92
Registered: 02-2016
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2016 - 11:01 pm: |
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that wood is a huge improvement ernie |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2280
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 11:45 am: |
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Next the cockpit sole/floor |
jb_castagnos
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Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1159
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 07:13 pm: |
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Improving all of the time Ernie, it's looking great. |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2355
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2017 - 07:30 pm: |
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After getting some grief from family members about taking the plaque that my Dad made from my Grandfathers boat I removed it from the fantail launch.
A friend at work made the "Thyme" plaque for me.
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raa
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Username: raa
Post Number: 148
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2017 - 09:21 pm: |
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One very sharp looking boat. A real credit to your workmanship Ernie.
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rbprice
Senior Member
Username: rbprice
Post Number: 568
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2017 - 05:49 pm: |
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A really fantastic looking boat Ernie - it must be very very hard to give up such a boat that has so much of your family history attached to it. |
kayak
Senior Member
Username: kayak
Post Number: 94
Registered: 06-2016
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2017 - 05:56 pm: |
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I think Ernie is keeping the fantail after all! |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2357
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2017 - 06:09 pm: |
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If someone waves enough Franlkins it is a gonner. |
rbprice
Senior Member
Username: rbprice
Post Number: 569
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2017 - 04:55 pm: |
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Maybe 5 or 6 of us could form a consortium and purchase the boat and travel around taking folks for a ride for a fee to recoup the cost. |
robert
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Username: robert
Post Number: 821
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 09:50 am: |
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"Thyme" is a nice play on the word too. |
kayak
Senior Member
Username: kayak
Post Number: 99
Registered: 06-2016
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 01:04 pm: |
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yeah as in "Don't sell it Ernie, by summerthyme you'll be glad u kept it." |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2418
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 06:21 am: |
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I had her out on the lake for several hours just before winterizing. Most of the time running dead slow.
I am always amazed how good and easily these old engines run.
I had run her so long at dead slow I was wondering if the spark plug was going to foul. It didn't!
When I winterized her I took the plug out just to see how it looked. Much to my surprise it was light tan everywhere.
I will say though that these Gray engines with a rotary timer do NOT reverse as easily as a Detroit with a swing handle timer. NO I did NOT run into anything. Unless you count lily pads out in the middle of the lake.
When playing or practicing reversing the engine I usually just pick a patch of lily pads or throw a life jacket in the water so I have a reference point to know how well, or not I am doing stopping the boat where I want to. |
miro
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 942
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2017 - 06:21 pm: |
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Nice to hear that you've been out in the boat - nothing quite like being out, on the water in a small boat, putttttt- ing along . . miro |
