Our first boat is a 36' 64' Challenger...
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:56 pm
That's right, first boat. Go big or go home is what we decided. We purchased this little diamond in the rough in May this year and have been having a great time exploring the California Delta. Very short trips as our confidence is still budding in both our abilities and our boat. Now that she has actually gotten out of her slip Shenanigans is showing her age and the fact that she hasn't been out of the water since 2009. She is dry except for the water brought in through the prop shafts when we are underway. Our biggest challenge is finding someone to work on her willingly. It seems that we have to twist arms just to get someone to look at her. She needs some work and we knew that going in but we never figured that finding someone to take our money and perform repairs would be so difficult.
Are there any folks from California in this group. We really could use a reference out this way. We are birthed at the Delta Marina in Rio Vista, CA.
We have been told that she was built using the same hull design as the Connie of the same year with the major differences being in trim and finishes. As the Mariners Museum is closed through next year we don't really have much to go on as far as what we are looking at with regard to the actual engines and transmissions we have. We were told either 283 or 327 gm but can't tell one small block from another.
Regardless, here we are and what got me to writing this was the fact that a search for a solution to a particular problem that came up led me to your site. We are glad to have found this resource, too bad we didn't live up near the great lakes, seems to be where most of you all are and from the looks of the boats, there are people who know how to work on them up there!!
Cheers!
Chris and Darby
Are there any folks from California in this group. We really could use a reference out this way. We are birthed at the Delta Marina in Rio Vista, CA.
We have been told that she was built using the same hull design as the Connie of the same year with the major differences being in trim and finishes. As the Mariners Museum is closed through next year we don't really have much to go on as far as what we are looking at with regard to the actual engines and transmissions we have. We were told either 283 or 327 gm but can't tell one small block from another.
Regardless, here we are and what got me to writing this was the fact that a search for a solution to a particular problem that came up led me to your site. We are glad to have found this resource, too bad we didn't live up near the great lakes, seems to be where most of you all are and from the looks of the boats, there are people who know how to work on them up there!!
Cheers!
Chris and Darby