I had a Nautaline 1972 model for 4 years, on the Chesapeake Bay. I started to replace the rear cleats and ended up replacing the whole back back end. When I got done I had put $800 of mahogany beams into the rear deck. When you went into the engine room it looked like a church ceiling. When I took the railings off I found the ants had made a nest and it was like mulch because of the way they encased a 2x4 in the gunnels. My friend who changed engines like we change socks wanted my 318 and offered me a 327 Corvette engine. He change the cam around to give me more tork and less rpm's and then added a 19" prop. It was like having my own ditch digger on board. I f I went aground on the Chesapeake ( read not if but when) I could dig myself out. My son recently moved to Corning ,Ny to work at the Corning Glass Museum and I am looking for a vessel to dock at Watkins Glenn so I can cruse the Erie Canal in the summer and winter at my place in Lewes, Delaware in the winter. I know the amount you have spent in this rebuild and appreciate the price you are offering it at. If The Tax Man does not leave me destitute I would offer a fair cash price.
I had a Nautaline 1972 model for 4 years, on the Chesapeake Bay. I started to replace the rear cleats and ended up replacing the whole back back end. When I got done I had put $800 of mahogany beams into the rear deck. When you went into the engine room it looked like a church ceiling. When I took the railings off I found the ants had made a nest and it was like mulch because of the way they encased a 2x4 in the gunnels. My friend who changed engines like we change socks wanted my 318 and offered me a 327 Corvette engine. He change the cam around to give me more tork and less rpm's and then added a 19" prop. It was like having my own ditch digger on board. I f I went aground on the Chesapeake ( read not if but when) I could dig myself out. My son recently moved to Corning ,Ny to work at the Corning Glass Museum and I am looking for a vessel to dock at Watkins Glenn so I can cruse the Erie Canal in the summer and winter at my place in Lewes, Delaware in the winter. I know the amount you have spent in this rebuild and appreciate the price you are offering it at. If The Tax Man does not leave me destitute I would offer a fair cash price.