Re: '72 Winner Viscount 21' Cuddy
GSPIG!
Great to find you! 2 months ago, I bought a 1972 Winner Viscount, and Like yourself, have looked high and low and couldn't find any information about the boat. My boat has sat for about 10 years, and wasn't running when I found her in Utah near my buddies house. I am an avid sailor and this is my first motor boat so I'm learning as I go. I hauled her back home to CA and since I plan to use her in the Mighty pacific as a Scuba/fishing boat, I want to make sure she is seaworthy and won't leave me stranded off shore, so I've been going through everything! Here is what I've done so far:- Dumped half a cup or Marvel Mystery Oil in each cylinder and let it sit for a week New Starter (old one was dead)- New 100amp Alternator- Rewired the Dash, and replaced all the gauges- New Polyethylene 40Gal Single Gas Tank (gas tanks where missing when I bought her, but it looks like there were two of them.
- 2 new 760 West Marine dual purpose Batteries
- New Prop (Michigan Wheel Vortex 992004), except it Hits the anode, Not sure what I'm going to do with that yet... it's a 14.5 dia 19pitch. What prop do you use?
- New fuel line and all filters
- Holley Factory rebuilt Stock Holley Carb
- New Trailer Brake Actuator
- New Plugs, Wires, and cap/roter/points
- New Starter Selenoid
My two current problems are, the old prop is beat, chunks missing all over, New prop fits, but hits the Anode. Since I'll be using the boat in the Salt, I would like to keep the anode, I figure I'll just trim it down. I am still having an ignition issue. I only get current from the coil when the starter is turning. I copied the original Wiring exactly, but, still haven't figured it out yet. I'm replacing the Starter solenoid in the next day or two since the last one wasn't getting signal. Hopefully that will fix her.
The boat has a Mercruiser 888 302 I/O. The hour meter was missing, but I get over 100psi in each cylinder, so I'm hoping that the motor has just sat most of her life. The boat doesn't look like she got used much. She has just been sitting.
Some questions for you, What prop do you have? What engine? How modified is your boat? What kind of Gas Mileage do you get at what speeds? What is the recommend Throttle Wide Open RPM? What is your top speed? We'll have to get in touch via email. Here are some pics I took when I picked the boat up.