Hari & Belinda here.
Quick history of the last 25 years, Grampian 24', Columbia 26 MKII, Cal 35 Cruiser & Macgregor 25'.
Now we are the proud owners of a 1970 Ranger 33 powered by an A4.
She is hull #50 originally named Viper, she must have been raced quite a bit, there are more winches (all old style Lewmar) on this boat than you can shake a stick at.
Sadly the original engine was locked up, looks to be the aux drive mostly (won't be the first I have rebuilt) but the cylinders look awful from the spark plug holes so I have pulled it out.
Before I could start the disassembly I luckily found a good running engine from a freshwater boat and bought it.
We are going to use this while I rebuild the original then reinstall the original and overhaul the spare.
Oh Joy!!!
We have done quite a bit to this boat, updated the rigging, new standing rig, 2 Lewmar 44s for primaries, 2 Maxwell 23 for secondary's and 2 Barients on the coach roof, we also installed a coach roof bridge and moved the main sheet from aft to mid boom sheeting, full batten main and a great suite of sails.
Yes we are going to sail the keel off this cruiser/racer
Any fellow Ranger 33 owners out there?
Fair Winds and Following Seas all!
Hari & Belinda
SV Tabula Rasa
1970 Ranger 33
Quick history of the last 25 years, Grampian 24', Columbia 26 MKII, Cal 35 Cruiser & Macgregor 25'.
Now we are the proud owners of a 1970 Ranger 33 powered by an A4.
She is hull #50 originally named Viper, she must have been raced quite a bit, there are more winches (all old style Lewmar) on this boat than you can shake a stick at.
Sadly the original engine was locked up, looks to be the aux drive mostly (won't be the first I have rebuilt) but the cylinders look awful from the spark plug holes so I have pulled it out.
Before I could start the disassembly I luckily found a good running engine from a freshwater boat and bought it.
We are going to use this while I rebuild the original then reinstall the original and overhaul the spare.
Oh Joy!!!
We have done quite a bit to this boat, updated the rigging, new standing rig, 2 Lewmar 44s for primaries, 2 Maxwell 23 for secondary's and 2 Barients on the coach roof, we also installed a coach roof bridge and moved the main sheet from aft to mid boom sheeting, full batten main and a great suite of sails.
Yes we are going to sail the keel off this cruiser/racer
Any fellow Ranger 33 owners out there?
Fair Winds and Following Seas all!
Hari & Belinda
SV Tabula Rasa
1970 Ranger 33
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