Rehab SportCraft 222 1983 deep V hull cuddy walkaround

[kcassells]

Still progressing with the wiring. Working on nav lights, front/back helm lights etc. It's a mess at the moment. Very cool to see the lights coming together.

 

[kcassells]

 

[kcassells]

@chevymaher ...........Thanks for Standing by for me! You and alot of others have been my strength to carry on.

 

[chevymaher]

@chevymaher ...........Thanks for Standing by for me! You and alot of others have been my strength to carry on.

Your welcome buddy. Float that Yacht.

 

[kcassells]

Your welcome buddy. Float that Yacht.

The freaking front helm lights were amazing. Went 30' wide, up my driveway and across the sreet onto my neighbors front house @ 60'
I was looking for a flying saucer to land.

 

[jbcurt00]

Any chance 1st splash of 2021?

 

[kcassells]

Any chance 1st splash of 2021?

JB I'm shooting for the Spring! Fingers Crossed.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Never been up the C&D Canal, but used to go fishing with my Grandfather in the Delaware Bay. He slipped his boat just outside of Wildwood NJ at a campground. He’s a NE Philadelphia native, so that part of NJ was an escape to get outa that city. He worked for Fairmont Park. He would boat the Bay and ocean long before GPS, using a compass and dead reckoning. Not once did he ever miss the creek his boat was moored in even after all day of catching weakies and blues. Lots of memories out there.

All that to say someday I’d love to navigate the canal. I’m not too far from the Susquehanna River. I doubt my boat would be the proper vessel for such a crossing. Might be looking at an old cuddy at some point.....

 

[kcassells]

Never been up the C&D Canal, but used to go fishing with my Grandfather in the Delaware Bay. He slipped his boat just outside of Wildwood NJ at a campground. He’s a NE Philadelphia native, so that part of NJ was an escape to get outa that city. He worked for Fairmont Park. He would boat the Bay and ocean long before GPS, using a compass and dead reckoning. Not once did he ever miss the creek his boat was moored in even after all day of catching weakies and blues. Lots of memories out there.

All that to say someday I’d love to navigate the canal. I’m not too far from the Susquehanna River. I doubt my boat would be the proper vessel for such a crossing. Might be looking at an old cuddy at some point.....

Love the Del. bay for fishing.......15 years ago. Now it's like the dead sea. Hence moving over to Chesapeake area where action is still good.
And of course there is the intercostal highway which is part of the CD canal.
The canal is @ 14 miles with a speed limit of 30mpg. Your boat should be fine. It's a highway for freighters, tugs, sailboats etc.

 

[kcassells]

Love the Del. bay for fishing.......15 years ago. Now it's like the dead sea. Hence moving over to Chesapeake area where action is still good.
And of course there is the intercostal highway which is part of the CD canal.
The canal is @ 14 miles with a speed limit of 30mpg. Your boat should be fine. It's a highway for freighters, tugs, sailboats etc.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Love the Del. bay for fishing.......15 years ago. Now it's like the dead sea. Hence moving over to Chesapeake area where action is still good.
And of course there is the intercostal highway which is part of the CD canal.
The canal is @ 14 miles with a speed limit of 30mpg. Your boat should be fine. It's a highway for freighters, tugs, sailboats etc.

The Chesapeake Bay is ok for Rockfish, (strippers). It certainly was better years ago. VA put a moratorium on strippers and MD has tightened the regs, but we still catch a few every year. Have been out recently doing some bow fishing for cownosed ray. Now that is a fun time!!!

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Fun!!

 

[kcassells]

Nice skate!
Pretty cool!

Cownose Ray | Chesapeake Bay Program

The cownose ray is a brown, kite-shaped ray with a long, whip-like tail. It is a highly migratory species along the Atlantic Coast that visits the shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay in summer each year to give birth and mate.

www.chesapeakebay.net

 

[dingbat]

The Chesapeake Bay is ok for Rockfish, (strippers). It certainly was better years ago. VA put a moratorium on strippers and MD has tightened the regs, but we still catch a few every year.

Never had much luck with "strippers" on the Bay either...

Plenty of Stripers if you know where and when to look. Caught several nice ones (30"+) yesterday jigging with light tackle.

Lots of bait and fish between Solomon's and the VA. line right now.

 

[kcassells]

Never had much luck with "strippers" on the Bay either...

Plenty of Stripers if you know where and when to look. Caught several nice ones (30"+) yesterday jigging with light tackle.

Lots of bait and fish between Solomon's and the VA. line right now.

I hear they are killing em off the beaches in NJ. Little bit in the rips. The bay used to be a wonderland for varieties of fish. Like they say " A bad day of fishing is better than...…. :}

 

[mr300z87]

Glad to see you back, Now that the boat is on the hard haven't been around much. My friend has been out off the NJ beaches and caught few large stripers. Of course if I had gone with we would have caught nothing. Boat is coming along nicely. Wiring looks great, better than some of the pros I work with. LOL Keep on keepin' on.

 

[kcassells]

Thanks Mr. Z, always good to hear from you. I'd be the same as you..."what did you catch?" Get em next time...lol

 

[mr300z87]

I usually just catch a BUZZ, that's about it. I am not into fishing and usually bring bad luck when I go. My friend keep promising a large Striper but few times I have gone (not this year) we catch nothing. This was last week off the coast of Belmar on my friends boat.

 

[kcassells]

I recognise those guys! The fish I mean.

 

[kcassells]

Lets see if this works. Wire management.