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Cam, what engine have you got on the back?

Nice work!

Yannis where do you put your B28? I was in Ay Cosmos for 2-3 months (in 2011) and Flisvos in 2014 & 2017.

What do you think is the best marina in Athens?

Took 6 hours just to clean the bilge to a reasonable level then another 6 hours to degrease it totally, sand and paint. Notice the addition of a freshwater flush point! https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/IMG-20210208-WA0042.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds Next week, the en...

New riser really is a thing of beauty https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/DSC_2268.JPG https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/DSC_2287.JPG Then the finished product: https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/DSC_2384.JPG https://hosting.photobucket.com...

Turbo and riser couldn't be saved so new ones were ordered (took the turbo to a specialist who said that it was losing absolutely loads of boost and wouldn't have been doing much, vane was quite wobbly, corrosion all over the place): https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/DSC_2104.JP...

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/IMG-20210208-WA0040.jpeg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/DSC_2075.JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds Gave the h/e a bath first: https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/D...

She arrived at the start of December and I put her straight into the yard. To be honest, she was a bit more of a state than I remember but as it's a quiet time of year for me, I was gagging to go. Started off just generally tidying up - throwing away all the old cr*p on board, cleaning inside the ca...

Hey Ktm.....been a while, anything new to report?

Thanks all.

Yannis - yep I suspect so! We might well be off to Greece & Turkey next season on the Pershing, hopefully before or after the bulk of the meltemi. My boss did enjoy Aigina a lot in 2014, sat stern to the rocks for days.

Now purchased.....

Should arrive from France next week. There will be a lot of questions from me, I'm sure.

It's been modified a fair bit. The stbd side deck hatch is a live bait well. It's anything but original, this boat. Hull 254 - 1422. I went to see it and we're negotiating at the moment. According to the owner, everything is in order. According to me, it is not - there is a lot of work to do on this...

Yannis - I've done the Aegean a few times - we ended up running for cover from the meltemi most of the time but the islands around Athens (Aegina etc) were also fantastic. Regarding the transport - I'm thinking of making an offer then when the offer is refused and a counter offer proposed (if we get...

Same here - all the dimensions I find are different! All the local ones for sale are well out of my budget - the owner wants, well, considerably less for this one. Anyway it looks like, all going well, I'll just be bringing it back by sea and taking a decent selection of tools / filters etc with me!

Just following on from this - anyone know the height from keel to top of flybridge?

Thanks all Ktm, I've been following your project, that's some serious work you've done, fair play to you. Regarding the engine - it was reengined in 2017. I don't know much more than that at the moment. There is a livebait well in there too. In any case I'd want to stick an outboard bracket on there...

Hey Yannis, I have my doubts as to whether this engine is actually 320hp. When I go to see it, I have a list of the model numbers and respective hp so I can verify fairly quickly. I also thought it was a bit too low (consumption) to be true, to be honest. Then again, it's a litre every 2.5 mins at c...

Hey Cam - thanks - this is her: https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/6881154_20181019055004596_1_XLARGE.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/r587/Beach_bum_/6881154_20190225004809850_1_XLARGE.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds https://host...

Dear all, Long time lurker but finally looking at purchasing a B25 Sportfisherman 1968 build. Got my eyes on one with a single Cummins Mercruiser (VM) 4.2l diesel, 320hp, 500 hours, from 2007. I'm yet to visit the boat (I'm from the UK but based in Italy, boat is in France). It's s mess judging by t...