Hello All! I've been lurking for some time on iboats and finally decided to join the fray, both as a contributor and as a boat owner! After years of thinking of buying a boat and searching on-line I finally found something that I thought would be a good boat for both the price and the type of boating I want to do. So here goes, last month I purchased a '85 CC-191. I didn't know much about the boat or brand but after doing a lot of research here on iboats I'm pretty excited for the project and to get her on the water. I knew I wanted a center console and I'm a fan of tin boats so this seemed like a good fit. I live on Cape Cod and we are lucky to have a wide range of waters to fish, from deep kettle ponds, back bays, sounds protected from open ocean swells by Martha's Vineyard and of course open water beyond the Vineyard and north of the Cape, towards Boston. I've never done a boat resto but with the plethora of info found on this site I think this project boat is well within what I'm capable of doing. The hull is in fantastic condition, she's never been in the salt and upon meeting the PO he stated that the decks are soft but that I could re-power her and use the boat for this season and then tear into it. After bringing her home I quickly decided that I was going to tear right into this project, I knew the decks would bother me all season so I dove in head first. I'll be starting a restoration thread in the appropriate section but in the mean time, I just wanted to introduce myself, say thank you for all the information that you all have posted and I will post pics as soon as I am able to. I'm currently at work on my "other" boat, a 208' fisheries research ship, 200 miles offshore so my picture loading might be a bit slow but I'll do my best!
Cheers!
Acpics80
