ScottiE 174 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 So I need to get the boat from her mooring about 400m to the haul ramp at the Panmure YC. Can't get the old o/b off the transom - motor still belongs to previous owner and I don't want to start it as it has sat for a while. Can't move the transom studs - they are very heavily corroded. Doused them over fours hours with 556 today and will have another go with a crescent tomorrow. Bit worried about just how rotten the metal actually is! Another option is to hacksaw them off though they are very very close to out full travel. Any clever ideas out there as to what to do? Got another o/b ready to go if I can get it off the transom. Failing that, anyone know anyone who could tow the boat that far for me - 1800kg cat. Looking to haul 7am Wednesday but could get towed to the jetty on Tuesday avo. Will be talking to the club tomorrow but - you know - crew.org is just such a wealth of knowledge! And finally, failing that, looks pretty calm for Wednesday morning so perhaps shunting her with the rubber duck and 3.3hp might just do the job. Any other bright ideas also greatfully received! Cheers, ScottiE (aka Anthony) 021 521 013 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 guess easiest would be a tow from a hard dinghy with outboard also you could probably tow it with a hard dinghy and long oars recently did this, against a light wind, to a 1000?kg motor boat that had died 100mt off the dock at okahu or kedge it with any dinghy and 2 anchors Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 You can do it with the OB. Tie the dingy alongside (or between the hulls aon a cat? ), set the motor straight ahead, cord to the kill switch. Use the cat rudders to steer. It will work ok if it is calm, but of course you have limited maneuverability, and no reverse! It's way better than trying to tow it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 yeh - I think that'll be the plan. Just need to convince my brother-in-law to drive across from One-hunga to meet me for 6am on a fresh May morning as a backup! It's a cat and I think I'll put the dinghy alongside the inside of one hull - easily accessible from the transom step gets the o/b much closer to centre. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 More important than is, and having seen euphoria for sale, is what is the new boat? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 you don't miss a trick eh! All in good time Ken. gonna try heating the thrust bracket and freezing the stud this afternoon - one last "crack"! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Job done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Which boat Anthony...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 the new one! okay then . . . after a decade of so of Euphoria, its time to go Ballistic (she doesn't look that good at the moment!) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Very cool. Turrissimo 9 with stern extension? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Yeh - pretty much. From the stern she looks a bit like Energiser/Fully Charged which I've always liked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Hey Anthony, check your PM's. I'm keen to take the old one off your hands. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 Hi Aaron, Replied by email! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Thanks. Starting to feel a bit Euphoric already! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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