Hey Everyone!
I've been a sailor all my life on the lower Chesapeake Bay. I enjoy cruising the bay and princilally use my motor to 1; motor out of my slip, 2;motor back into my slip and 3; motor off sandbars. Actually, my primary motivation for mechanized power, is to motor off of sandbars. Of course, I'm a really great sailor and I never run aground when I stay in the middle of the channel, but somehow, I occasionally manage to find the bottom at the most inopportune times. Thus years ago I resolved to always have a sailboat with a good solid, dependable, trusty, faithful engine.
I just bought a '74 CAL 3-30 with no engine in it. The price was "really good" and me, following the path of least resistance, figured I'd put another A-4 (is it politically correct to say "A-4"?) back in. I've had a boat in the water for about the last 20 years and having a boat with an inboard gas engine will be a first. The last boat I bought 7 years ago, a '69 CAL 2-30 had just been repowered from an Atomic 4 to a Yanmar diesel. Actually, all of the machinations to fit that particular motor in place seemed a bit much, especially since I had to finish the install. All of the Atomic 4 literature came with the boat and I put it on my technical literature shelf. And here I am today, planning on reinstalling a gas engine, reviewing my literature in hand and looking at as many pictures as I can (I'm a visual learner). I look forward to "sharing" another learning experience with everyone, and will try not to ask too many dumb questions.
Chris
I've been a sailor all my life on the lower Chesapeake Bay. I enjoy cruising the bay and princilally use my motor to 1; motor out of my slip, 2;motor back into my slip and 3; motor off sandbars. Actually, my primary motivation for mechanized power, is to motor off of sandbars. Of course, I'm a really great sailor and I never run aground when I stay in the middle of the channel, but somehow, I occasionally manage to find the bottom at the most inopportune times. Thus years ago I resolved to always have a sailboat with a good solid, dependable, trusty, faithful engine.
I just bought a '74 CAL 3-30 with no engine in it. The price was "really good" and me, following the path of least resistance, figured I'd put another A-4 (is it politically correct to say "A-4"?) back in. I've had a boat in the water for about the last 20 years and having a boat with an inboard gas engine will be a first. The last boat I bought 7 years ago, a '69 CAL 2-30 had just been repowered from an Atomic 4 to a Yanmar diesel. Actually, all of the machinations to fit that particular motor in place seemed a bit much, especially since I had to finish the install. All of the Atomic 4 literature came with the boat and I put it on my technical literature shelf. And here I am today, planning on reinstalling a gas engine, reviewing my literature in hand and looking at as many pictures as I can (I'm a visual learner). I look forward to "sharing" another learning experience with everyone, and will try not to ask too many dumb questions.
Chris
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