SEABUDDY
ON BOATS

Some nice sail boats, paddle craft, and Power boats….

….including this Cobalt looking more than OK  if you can get a replacement V-6 engine and  Alpha drive it needs. All are up for final auction to the highest bidder starting at 1 PM on Sat at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum off Talbot (the main street) Street, in St, Michaels, MD.

This speedster is a sanding night mare right now but should get you to where the fish are biting after that work is done.

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The new Grady-White Fisherman 209 is an exceptional 20′.

Highlights include a cockpit that is every bit as big as most 25-footers, a clever removable cooler that doubles as forward seating, access to the bow all at deck level, and a handsome, well-engineered optional T-top integrated into the console structure.                

“Our focus in re-engineering this center console was first and foremost to add a useful-sized head area,” says Joey Weller, vice president of sales and marketing for Grady-White. “But that was far from all. Grady-White builds a complete line of ten different center console models from 18 to 36 feet in length and we wanted to integrate some of our bigger center console features into this good-looking 20-footer including the optional T-top. Plus, we’ve made it ready for the new generation of highly efficient Yamaha engines coming to market. We think that a lot of things come together in the Fisherman 209 to create a terrific choice in a smaller Grady-White center console for young families.”

                        “The new Fisherman 209 is designed, of course, to be powered by a single Yamaha four stroke engine and the super-efficient new generation 200 or 250 HP engine is a great match for this boat,” continues Weller. “Combine this efficient power with Grady-White’s exclusive SeaV²® hull, and you really have a wonderful, safe and solid ride at almost any speed and condition.”

                        “We looked to our new 23-foot Fisherman 230 when we worked on creating the head area on the Fisherman 209,” says David Neese,

LOA without outboard 20’ 4”, beam 97”, Max Hp 250,  82 gallon fuel tank

Chris Craft has been …OMC Chris Craft, Murray Chris Craft, Chris Craft Industries, Inc., NAFI Chris Craft, Chris – Craft Corporation (the longest time-30 years-), Chris Smith & Sons Boat Co., Gar Wood / C. C. Smith Boat & Engine Co., C. C. Smith Boat & Engine Co., Smith – Ryan Boat and Engine Company, Smith – Ryan Boat Co., C. C. Smith & Co., C. C. Smith Boat Builder, Smith Bros. Boat Builders

Although Chris Smith started building boats as a business along side his duck decoys business in 1874, it was not until one of his kids (his young son, Hamilton) said “Chriscraft”. that the two words were tied together. Page 20 and page 33 of the new book…ISBN 978-0-7603-3592-5

There are businesses that let you glaze your own pottery, cook your own steak or pick your own strawberries, but when it comes to the hands-on experience, a new offer from General Motors has them all beat. If you order a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1, you have the option of traveling to GM’s Performance Build Center in Wixom, Michigan, and hand-assembling your car’s LS7 or LS9 engine. It’s called the Corvette Engine Build Experience, and is believed to be the first program of its kind (if any readers would like to dispute that claim, please do so). If you don’t like the idea of providing GM with your mechanical expertise for no cost, don’t worry – you’ll have to pay an extra $US5,800 for the privilege.

The cars will come completely assembled and painted (less engine & transmission). Custom paint jobs will also be available. Vehicles can be purchased directly from Tasca Ford in Cranston, Rhode Island, or from Factory Five Racing, in Wareham, MA.  

The new program and professionally-built cars will be unveiled at the 13^th Annual Tasca-Mustang and Ford show this coming Sept 11, 2010, at Tasca Ford in Cranston, RI and at the 2010 SEMA show in Las Vegas this coming November.  

“This program brings together two great New England companies.  Tasca’s legendary history with Ford and their unquestioned racing/automotive expertise is a perfect match for our modern engineering and performance-based chassis designs.  It is such an honor to bring manufacturing jobs to New England and to do so with an exciting and global-reaching product like our new ‘33 Hot Rod built with the professionals at Tasca Ford.  

                                                                                                Dave Smith, President Factory Five Racing

The QL Neutra-Salt Engine

Flushing System is now available

for installation on all gasoline

inboards and sterndrives.

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photo not of this event

13th Annual Boat Auction

Get a great price on one of 75 plus boats

Saturday, September 4, 11am to 3pm
Boating experts and novices alike have the same opportunity to bid on the boat of their dreams! Offering everything from wooden rowing skiffs to classic sailboats and modern power cruisers. Included with Museum admission. Food additional cost.

  Help support the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum             

                                            and your new boat makes you feel better 

                                                           ——More boats and motors every day!——-

NOTE:   Please feel free to have your choice of boats inspected by a third party or yacht 

               Surveyor if you wish as all sales are “ as-is “.

Please check our web site www.cbmm.org

Please see Lad Mills for details

410 745-4942

lmills@cbmm.org

8-30-2010 LAM

Figure on a hand full or two  of power runabouts and cruisers, about fifty sailboats, a few jet skis, a few outboards, and about ten of so row boats. All need some tender need attention and if you are handy it is a great way to get out on the water.

I used Richardson’s chartbook, Florida Keys and Bimini, as well as Maptech’s Florida’s East Coast Chart kit for navigation. Both had pre-printed course headings overlaid on their charts.

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