Drilled Six More Holes in BUNKY's Motorwell Cover

Because she was gasping for air I realized that she needed more ventilation. Hopefully the new holes, two 2 inch in the back and four 2 1/2 inch (two on each side) will do the trick. I am opposed to any holes near the front of the cover as they might defeat the purpose of the splash well in the event of getting pooped by a following sea. Actually don't think there is much possibility of that happening. Onward and upward!! Excelsior ;)

BUNKY AT WOT

At last we finished the 2 hour break in period and were able to give her full throttle (WOT). No idea how fast she went but SWMBO said, "Slow down!" I will try to post pictures of her at speed and take the GPS with us so we get some idea of how fast she goes. Very satisfied so far.

BUNKY's Flagpole/Allaround Nav Light

I needed a flagpole to be at least three feet or more high to carry my all around light and have it be one meter higher than the red/green nav lights. While at the town dump I found the bottom half of a beach umbrella pole. It was nearly four feet long and made of mahogany. I took of the brass ferrul and it fit right into my flagpole holder with a bit of sanding. Then, since it was too big for my lathe, began to rotate it in my vise as I worked it into a taper with my block plane. Finally got it pretty good and then sanded until all plane marks were gone, tapered the top end to fit an all around that I had taken off another boat, ran a kerf through my table saw for the wires. cut a piece of mahogany for a filler, assembled the lot and now have a pretty classy pole/light combo that is sitting in the shop while a saturated coat of epoxy cures. Should look real pretty with a 20x30 American flag.

I will post a pic when all is together and on BUNKT.

BUNKY Has Trouble Breathing

We took BUNKY out for her first cruise after the launch and found that we had a problem. She would not run smoothly, kept getting rougher and rougher and then would stall out. Finally figured it out quite by accident. She was chocking on her own exhaust. The vent and three holes on the back of the motorwell cover were not enough. we adopted the two sneaker approach to the problem and she was fine after that. Put a full hour on the motor so we are halfway through the break in period. Yea! If only all problems were that easy to solve. Now to the catalogs to find some more vents for the sides of the cover.

On a lighter note I was abel to see the flow of water through the transom and was pleased to see that it was smooth and without turbulence. i am looking forward to being able to run at WOT to see how she performs with the stock prop. SWMBO, the original Bunky, really likes her. I was hoping we could sell FESTIVUS but she wants to keep both.

BUNKY GETS WET

BUNKY at the dock with her namesake
Wow, here she is again
Tied off with some temp dock lines, heading for the hardware store as soon as I finish this...
BUNKY's port side, she sure is pretty
Getting ready to leave the town dock to head over to the marina. There was one empty slip at the marina and I will use it til the end of the season... three more weeks, pretty sad but better than nothin'.

BUNKY SEES THE LIGHT AT LAST

here are a mess of pics of BUNKY finally out of the shop. A bit dicey getting her out as there was very little room to swing after clearing the doorway. Still need to finish the aft around the lower part as there was just no room to do it inside. Yea!!!

BUNKY SEES THE LIGHT AT LAST

BUNKY Sees The Light

BUNKY Gets an HIN

An inspector from the DMV arrived one day last week and brought my registration and a plate indicating the HIN. The state has no requirement as to the location of that plate so I put it just above my electrical panel and will put the full number on the transom as required.
I still have to find a couple of round head brass screws to hold the plate in place, but for now it hangs there by an adhesive backing. There are fewer and fewer excuses for not launching!! BUNKY should splash some day next week.

Almost Ready for the Lake

Here is the remaining problem in rigging the motor. Because it does not have tilt trim I have been told that I cannot hook up the harness that would carry tilt trim, oil level and temp to the multi function tachometer. However the off white connector in the very front of the motor, jut above the lower cowl looks like it would mate with the harness and it presently connects to the oil level light between the two rubber knockouts in the lower cowl. What to do, what to do. Have received several good suggestions, just need to choose the right one.
I gave up and bought a brass plated piano hinge for the cuddy door. I will eventually replace it with an all brass one but it will do for now. I really want to pull BUNKY out of the shop and needed to have that door in place.
The leading edge needed to be planed off for a good fit and so I have given it a coat of epoxy to seal it and will paint tomorrow.
Need to add oil to the brand new F25 and maybe put the battery in place. Nav lights wired except for the all around light.
The shifter in place, functions nicely, access door is ready to go on, jut have to hang it in place.

I am anxious to see how she trims and might do a launch and retrieve some day next week just to see where the waterline should be and to make sure she will be self bailing.