Big Money in Small Boats????

Posted by Skip Turpin (skipperf33@…>)

I agree with everything Dave just said,(Freedom 25)he is right on!

However when it comes to smaller boats with all the bells and
whistles, some times the value is in the eye of the owner. Case in
point:

The boat I was sailing before I got my F33 CK was a Coronado 27.
This was a sweet little boat! She had roller furling, wheel steering
with a nice captains chair mounted behind it. All lines ran aft, so
I could sail her and never get out of my seat.

The very best thing about this boat was that nice little two cylinder
Yanmar pouring down below. It used so little fuel that I could
afford to ran 100% Soyabean oil. If you have never used Bio Fuel you
can’t even believe how nice that is. There is no stench of Diesel
aboard. Noone gets sick while motoring down wind. In fact, the
smell tends to make folks very hungry as it smells like pop corn or
french fries cooking! If you spill a little of the fuel, there is no
smell at all and the spill will whip up quite easily. This type of
fuel is completely biodegradable so a little inadvertently getting on
the water is not such a big deal.

Well, anyway, the point of this post is that sometimes the coast of
fixing up a small boat into one that you are in love with
is “priceless”! To illustrate this point, when I bought my F33, I
hauled my Coronado and put it on a steel cradle and there she still
sets, out in the middle of one of my pastures! I just could not
bring myself to part with that little boat. She looks a little funny
sitting out there 50 miles from the coast, but when I am finished
cruising, she will be waiting for her Captain to return to her. Next
time I will have a trailer built for her, if I can find a way to make
her keel into a shoal draft instead.

But, Dave is right, I will never get the money out of the boat, but
who cares, by the time it comes to sell her, I will have one foot in
the grave and the other in a puddle of Soyabean Oil! Maybe when the
time comes I’ll just give the boat to some young would be sailor.
I’ll bet that would just make their day, Ya?

Skip

Posted by mike cunningham (seychellois_lib@…>)

Skip,

Perfectly said. When it comes to small boats that you
have lavished care on, and that you can just sit and
stare at for hours it seems, money means almost
nothing. Its all about love. Corny I know, but true as
hell.

Mike

— Skip Turpin <skipperf33@…> wrote:

I agree with everything Dave just said,(Freedom
25)he is right on!

However when it comes to smaller boats with all the
bells and
whistles, some times the value is in the eye of the
owner. Case in
point:

The boat I was sailing before I got my F33 CK was a
Coronado 27.
This was a sweet little boat! She had roller
furling, wheel steering
with a nice captains chair mounted behind it. All
lines ran aft, so
I could sail her and never get out of my seat.

The very best thing about this boat was that nice
little two cylinder
Yanmar pouring down below. It used so little fuel
that I could
afford to ran 100% Soyabean oil. If you have never
used Bio Fuel you
can’t even believe how nice that is. There is no
stench of Diesel
aboard. Noone gets sick while motoring down wind.
In fact, the
smell tends to make folks very hungry as it smells
like pop corn or
french fries cooking! If you spill a little of the
fuel, there is no
smell at all and the spill will whip up quite
easily. This type of
fuel is completely biodegradable so a little
inadvertently getting on
the water is not such a big deal.

Well, anyway, the point of this post is that
sometimes the coast of
fixing up a small boat into one that you are in love
with
is “priceless”! To illustrate this point, when I
bought my F33, I
hauled my Coronado and put it on a steel cradle and
there she still
sets, out in the middle of one of my pastures! I
just could not
bring myself to part with that little boat. She
looks a little funny
sitting out there 50 miles from the coast, but when
I am finished
cruising, she will be waiting for her Captain to
return to her. Next
time I will have a trailer built for her, if I can
find a way to make
her keel into a shoal draft instead.

But, Dave is right, I will never get the money out
of the boat, but
who cares, by the time it comes to sell her, I will
have one foot in
the grave and the other in a puddle of Soyabean Oil!
Maybe when the
time comes I’ll just give the boat to some young
would be sailor.
I’ll bet that would just make their day, Ya?

Skip


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Posted by mike cunningham (seychellois_lib@…>)

Skip,

The soybean oil sounds like a fantastic idea. I don’t
burn more than 20 to 30 gallons of fuel a year and the
smell you can never really get rid of no matter how
meticulous you are. Can you just go to soybean oil or
do you need to convert the engine somehow??

If you do go soy can you go back to diesel in an
emergency?



Mike

— Skip Turpin <skipperf33@…> wrote:

I agree with everything Dave just said,(Freedom
25)he is right on!

However when it comes to smaller boats with all the
bells and
whistles, some times the value is in the eye of the
owner. Case in
point:

The boat I was sailing before I got my F33 CK was a
Coronado 27.
This was a sweet little boat! She had roller
furling, wheel steering
with a nice captains chair mounted behind it. All
lines ran aft, so
I could sail her and never get out of my seat.

The very best thing about this boat was that nice
little two cylinder
Yanmar pouring down below. It used so little fuel
that I could
afford to ran 100% Soyabean oil. If you have never
used Bio Fuel you
can’t even believe how nice that is. There is no
stench of Diesel
aboard. Noone gets sick while motoring down wind.
In fact, the
smell tends to make folks very hungry as it smells
like pop corn or
french fries cooking! If you spill a little of the
fuel, there is no
smell at all and the spill will whip up quite
easily. This type of
fuel is completely biodegradable so a little
inadvertently getting on
the water is not such a big deal.

Well, anyway, the point of this post is that
sometimes the coast of
fixing up a small boat into one that you are in love
with
is “priceless”! To illustrate this point, when I
bought my F33, I
hauled my Coronado and put it on a steel cradle and
there she still
sets, out in the middle of one of my pastures! I
just could not
bring myself to part with that little boat. She
looks a little funny
sitting out there 50 miles from the coast, but when
I am finished
cruising, she will be waiting for her Captain to
return to her. Next
time I will have a trailer built for her, if I can
find a way to make
her keel into a shoal draft instead.

But, Dave is right, I will never get the money out
of the boat, but
who cares, by the time it comes to sell her, I will
have one foot in
the grave and the other in a puddle of Soyabean Oil!
Maybe when the
time comes I’ll just give the boat to some young
would be sailor.
I’ll bet that would just make their day, Ya?

Skip


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Posted by Skip Turpin (skipperf33@…>)

Mike,

Thanks for the acknowledgment on the other two points!

As far as what you have to do to run soybean oil in our small
engines, the list is LONG! Dump the stuff in!!! Keep an eye on
your fuel supply line from the tank to the engine. On mine, after
about 6 months the hose began to get sticky on the outside. This was
happening because the fuel hose was CHEEP!(not installed by me) I
changed to a Coastguard approved “A1 SAE J1527” hose. Trident has it
as do lots of other marine outlets. Not to worry, this condition
will not happen over night. You will feel the stickiness log before
the hose fails. The “A1” hose has an inner lining that keeps the
fuel from permeating to the rubber part.

You can still use the same Fuel Stabilizer you are now using, and if
you are the least bit paranoid as I was, you can add some Cetane
buster too. This may not be needed, but what the hell, my engine now
runs like a stripped A… Ape! If it works, don’t fix it, right?

I started with a 50% mix and worked my way up to 100%. Don’t
bother! You will see an instant improvement in starting. No more
black smoke nor the stench that comes with it. When you run her in
the slip, your marina neighbors will love you rather than wish ill
will on your mother!

The only downside was the cost. It had been running about $5.00/
gal. With today’s fuel costs, that is not so hard to take. As you
pointed out, you don’t use a lot of fuel per year! Here in Southern
California it was sold under the name “Soy Gold”. Check the fuel
docks.

Oh yes, when you get that uncontrollable urge to have some French
Fries, and you will, just draw a little soy out of the tank and fry
them babies up! It got so bad with me, I had to install a small
spigot in my fuel line for just such emergencies!!!

Let us know how this works out for ya Mike. Good Luck!
Skip


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