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'.
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!!!
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.
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.
Top of motorwell
Top of motor: 25hp Yamaha 4 stroke mounted on 15 inch transom, cav plate 1/2 inch below bottom
Tight fit, just enough room for full swing left and right and will clear tipping up (great sigh of relief). Next time I would buy the motor first if I were doing this type of motor well.
Motor just clears, good shot of the splashwell kit.
