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This 28 footer belongs to rockit. He docks about a mile upriver from me. The Ursus is in the background waiting to be pulled for the winter. Enjoy Stan
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Scratch my back with a hacksaw..........................
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She's a real beaut!!!!! Nice job!
Al
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What year is it?
 Surface Interval 1975 28' Express, Single Chrysler M360 ('87), Raymarine E120 MFD, HD digital sonar, GPS,
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 that's really a nice cockpit cover. I'm jealous. It sure gives me ideas though. Nice boat.
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Dennis, I’m gunna venture to say it’s a “77"  just taking a stab at it. Might be wrong but AnyWho it won’t be the first time.  Hey Rock-it U have a fine looking  there. Nice to see so many s being kept up & in such nice shape Norm, Big s Live On
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rockit, what work in progress it looks much better that mine now .did you get the overheating solved?man i love that camper top .did you add the rear cockpit windows,are they glass or plexi?can u open them?i have windows like your's the rear half is open and water pours in ,in the rain.
anyone know what the deal is with the windows is .some have windows like these and others have the sliding windows .is it a year thing or option?
tim
72 32' express
"http://www.theboaters.com/boats/Powerboat_Express_Cruiser_marinette_1972_anticipation"
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Thanks everyone.
Yes, she's a 1977 and was delivered by Bolton's in June of that year. Overheating is still a problem. When she was pulled the guys at the dock told me the starboard engine blew black smoke--thankfully, and as you can see, it's not a long way from the slip to the lift. (Of course the guys at the marina didn't listen because I left a message to CALL me before they tried to move her. I'd have towed her over.)
The plexiglass was there we I bought her and the previous owner told me he inherited them it too. (It's in good shape.) The camper top has just a screen for the back window--actually it's a fairly big pain to put up and take down so I've been thinking about replacing it with a drop curtain. (Thinking about both actually.) She has an aluminum aft deck. In my book it's worth the bucks although it it's easy to scratch the paint and could stand to be touched-up.
The hull was painted this spring/summer. The topside paint was done in 2000 but is showing some wear so that looks like the next project. That and I want to change the badges and window frames to Marinette blue--the previous owner painted the boat white with black trim. I took some of the cabinets out of the cabin to refinish them over the winter. (The problem with the starboard engine gave me time to work on the inside.) Cushions have been removed so we can replace some and recover others. I figure when I take the interior apart to remove the deck hardware, I'll replace the now rather drab looking vinyl-covered panels with Plas-Tex panels and replace the headliners. Still thinking about how to deal with the floor--so far I think linoleum is the best idea. (Thanks once again to FastJeff for that one.)
Back to overheating. When I winterized the engines, the port engine sucked up 5 gallons of antifreeze in short order. When I tried the starboard engine it blew bubbles in the bucket so I took the pump off and turned it upside down. (And it was really hard to get the hoses on that way.) Poured about a gallon of antifreeze into the strainer to try to prime the pump and when I started the engine again it drew the antifreeze very slowly. The engine stalled as I fogged the carb leaving about 1-1/2 to 2 gallons of antifreeze in the bucket so I drained the manifolds and got clear H2O. When I pulled the plug on the block the stream was a little pink then ran clear. I took the pump off again and plan to take it apart to check its condition. The guys said it blew black water out the exhaust and I noticed black residue on the ground. I didn't examine it as I had to get the cover on before dark.
To answer the unasked question: "Innamorata" is Italian for "sweetheart".
Joe
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joe ,the black smoke sounds like flooding maybe the choke is stuck.most likely seprate issue from over heating.
i'm going to try the plexi windows whats holding them in ?was thinking of wood trim to hold them in.
tim
72 32' express
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Thanks Tim. And, yes, there is wood trim on the inside holding the plexiglass.
Joe
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I winterize my boat by keeping it in Florida and I recommend that to all.....
However, I have read about the winterizing of the engines that everyone does. Getting the antifreeze in seems to be a big problem.
If you emptied the block and replaced the plugs, then pulled a plug from the top of the engine, you could attach a vacuum pump there and just suck the antifreeze up from the bucket - no running the engine. With the engine full of antifreeze, you could just run it long enough to fog the carbs, then replace the top plug. Or am I missing something here.
I have not done this but I remember my Grandfather telling me about putting coolant into water-cooled aircraft engines. They would suck a vacuum on them (like you do before charging your air conditioner) to test for leakage, then open a valve to let the coolant in. No air bubbles.
As an aside, he disliked water-cooling in airplanes, not needed since you have a guaranteed airflow (if you are still flying).
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I don't even have to work that hard at adding antifreeze to my engines and airconditioning. In both cases I bought a flush valve from West Marine. About 75$ and it is in main raw water intake. All I do is attach a 5 ft section of garden hose to valve other end in bucket with antifreeze and run until system is full of the pink stuff. Takes less than 10 minutes per engine. It also is nice to use a few times during the regular season when I just flush with clean water. " Not that the OHIO river isn't clean" but then I know I have flushed out the small paricles of Junk that get by the strainers
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You know on second thought your idea of just taking boat to Florida is best idea I can think of to avoid winter..... Wish I could... Maybe a couple more years
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Hey by the I’ve been wondering seeing Doug, got us all geek up on wintering in Florida, & next to Jeff, he’s one of the wealthiest swabs on this site NO  wonder if he’d foot the trailing fee’s for some of less fortunate ones up here in the frozen tundra  Norm, Big s Live On
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Guess I should have mentioned this. The factory gate valves scared me (I even had ball valves installed in my house.) so we replaced them with "safety" seacocks that cost just a few bucks more than the regular ones. There is a plug just above the handle--you close the seacock, remove the plug and insert an adaptor that has a male hose fitting on the other end on which you put a hose. It worked great--on the port engine! West Marine sells them too.
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