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Bad news. The surveyor didn't show as scheduled. He eventually contacted me to let me know he's in the hospital with heart problems. Priorities, right?!?! lol We may have worked out a path forward that (hopefully) will involve an associate of his checking the boat out tomorrow. I checked out the las...

It certainly was, nuhobby! Big News! The surveyor comes tomorrow. If he signs off on splashing the boat, I'll pass his report on to the insurance company. If they approve splashing, the boat goes in the water as soon as I can get the tent out of the way. Should happen this week. But, backing up a bi...

I was so excited about the starboard engine lighting off and running perfectly that I posted the video of it a bit out of sequence. I wanted to go back and explain what's happened since November of last year as I dealt with leaking fuel that had to be fixed before I could try another test run. When ...

I've been making progress on the refit when I'm not swamped with case filings in my various employment-related lawsuit and other claims. I haven't had time to post anything recently but thought I'd give a quick refit heads-up. After a bunch of nonsense with the fuel system that I'll cover in more de...

I've been working on the sliding helm doors off and on for three years. Finding hardware that will work in this application has been far more challenging than I thought it would be. After two false starts, I finally found slider tracks that will work. They're linear motion tracks from PCB Linear. Th...

Chris Craft started installing Engelhard Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Systems (Cathodic Protection Automatically Controlled, or CAPAC for short) on all of the Roamer metal boat models in the 1960s. When I started this refit, I had no idea that these systems even existed. So when I saw the b...

The windshield on this boat has been an ongoing source of frustration since I first started the refit back in 2008. I thought all my problems were solved when I installed the custom units from Motion Windows. But when I washed the boat in preparation for some paint repairs in October last year, a bu...

Thanks, RF Guy! I'm still clearing out my camera's memory card with things I finished a while ago but never posted on because...well...life got ugly for a while (and it's still ongoing). Anyway, today's article is about the positive crankcase ventilation system I came up with, which should help keep...

Way back when the Boatamalan paint crew was priming my hull, they oversprayed the helm dashboard. I'd already removed the gauges and chrome switch knobs, but the black plastic switch plate that runs along the bottom of the dash from port to starboard ignition switches got dusted with primer. The pai...

I'm still clearing out pictures from my camera's memory card of stuff I did a while back. Today's post covers final installation of the salon entry door. A surprising challenge popped up when I tried to get new keys made for the original Schlage lockset. None of the brick and mortar "locksmiths...