way cool boat jim, cant wait till you work your magic on her. fully detailed report with plenty of pics please

Cool man,nice,enjoy. one day when I grow up I will get myself a nice Wesmac or Northren with monster diesel...
I just bought Mega Lotto $118000000 is the jackpot...
Simong.

now whatcha wanna do a thing like grow up for

good luck my friend,if you win,can ya lend me a million ?

Nice looking rig, always was a fan of boat pics with snow...especially downeast and lobster boats.

SIMONG I am right there with you on the Wesmac. There was a 42 foot beast with twin Scania's in Point a while back with a red hull, nice looking boat. Heard it sold pretty cheap too for what it was.

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now whatcha wanna do a thing like grow up for

good luck my friend,if you win,can ya lend me a million ?


No I won't lend ya,I will give ya...how about that...
Simong.

Jersey Joe,if I'M not mistaken this particular Wesmac was for sale for the past 5-6 years,they said that twins diesel killed the ride of this Wesmac.
Simong.

i would believe that,about the wesmac...lobster boats,these are single engines...

Here is one Wesmac beauty "five Ladies"
http://www.wesmac.com/sportfish_50.html

Is that what's next for you jimmy, gettin into lobsterin'

now seriously,why would i waste the talent and skills i have catching lobsters
i got the boat,for the simple reason,it's a great boat...again,an old school lobster boat like this is probably one of the most sea worthy boats ever built...cheap to run too...
and tell me,what looks cooler than an old school lobster boat answer...NOTHING !!
check out the new beals...WOW !!! check out a wesmac !!! woo woo !!

it's funny,more and more,the lobster boats are gaining in popularity,and it's pretty simple...ease of operation ! single diesel,a low hp diesel,like a 250hp cummins 5.9,a 220hp john deer,these guys are slow reving engines,in line design,these will run well over 10k hours if they're serviced well...fuel efficient well,you're never gonna get an outbaord powered rig to be as efficient...it's called common sense...
this rig is 40' overall length,12 on the beam,and it's weighing in at around 12tons...how's that for seaworthy

so,once again,to answer the question "am i going to be a lobster fishermen"...not today guys...sorry...but,with all the know it alls i've read on the internet message boards,not sure why guys like me are in buisness repairing boats

I don't know why Jim but I got the feeling that one day you will come across a more powerful diesel motor,and you will drop it in her, and maybe you will see 13-15 knots cruse...
the trend lately in lobster boats is to squeeze every knot possible with bigger diesel,people are always in a hurry this days...
Simong.

Wow....sick boat!!! Love it. Keep us updated with pics and your mods.

Jim

[quote=SIMONG]I don't know why Jim but I got the feeling that one day you will come across a more powerful diesel motor,and you will drop it in her, and maybe you will see 13-15 knots cruse...
the trend lately in lobster boats is to squeeze every knot possible with bigger diesel,people are always in a hurry this days...
Simong. [/qu

i've watched the lobster boat races on you tube quite a few times !! good stuff...

for me,nah...

I have a friend with a 42 wesmac. 700 lugger and a 4 blade prop gets her going 24 knts @ 20 gph. Best part she'll run that in 6ft chop.

Do the Math

Allan

you're preaching to the choir !!
man,that lugger,that will run forever...there was a charter guy,i know,he had,in excess of 8,500 hrs on a set of them,never a problem...
those wesmac's,nice set up,real nice !!

Alright, running out to go buy a lottery ticket!

trust me there big joe...i got alot of experience,i can tell you what works and what does not...i can tell you who builds a good boat,and who does not...i can tell what rides well,and what will kick your butt...so...with all that...

if you're looking for a very sea worthy ship,a lobster boat is an excellent choice...

this one,the boat i purchased,the builder is "frank osgood",it's listed as a 36 frank osgood

Jawz, these were my choices when I was looking for a boat. Which one would you of chosen?

2008 Mako 171 with a 90 HP 2 Stroke Mercury
2007 Keywest 1900 with a 115 HP 4 Stroke Yamaha
2003 Mckee Craft 185 Offshore with a 115 Suzuki

cool boat tell me about the boat: it's wood ? what does it have for an engine in it ? what's the round thing next to the steering wheel ? is that pipe sticking up,is that exhaust ?

looks like a really big boat

what's the plan for it ?

it's powered with a 4-53 detroit 2 stroke diesel-very old school !!
"round thing next to steering wheel" ? that's a "pot hauler",it's used to pull lobster traps-it's hydraulic


"pipe sticking up",that's a dry stack exhaust

and yes,it's big...real big...really cool too !!

17 mako with the 90 2 stroke merc...that's what i would tell you to purchase...

Thanks.

What if the Mckee came with radar, GPS, Fishfinder and a trailer for 1/2 the price?

Glad to see your new boat has made the journey safely from its homeland.

hasn't made it yet...the snow storm caused the hauler to reschedule it untill jan4th...

hauler's located out on cape cod-they got 24" snow,he's behind on other jobs he had...oh well...that's how it goes...

Jimmy it is obvious now that you are in love with "Downeast" style boats,so here is a link to a website with good info and tons of discussion about them...enjoy...
Simong.

http://www.noreast.com/discussion/TopicList.cfm?forum_ID=8

thanks simon...you da man !!
said in my best "down east" accent...

You welcome Jim, with my best Brooklyn accent... lol
Simong.

How did you make out, i know Maine got a lot of snow last weekend any luck getting the boat moved.

boat was picked up this afternoon...it's on it's way to cape may...