Welcome to Boat Restoration by Ben! Formerly known as Makin Motor Moves... This is a channel based around all things boat and yacht restoration related. I was formerly a large tractor and diesel engine engineer at John Deere but now I work full time in the marine industry. When I'm not at work I an very busy with my family and working on boats. I am now on my 13th boat project! From $100 boats to 60 year old relics, I started small and worked my way up. Despite my best judgement, I buy boats that need A LOT of work and fix them up myself. I grew up boating at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, went to school to become an engineer, worked at John Deere for 5 years, and then decided to give it all up to pursue my dream to work in the recreational boat industry. Now having since moved to the Chesapeake Bay area, my mission is to share with the world my love and passion for mechanics and wrenching through my marine projects all while teaching you how to enjoy boats on a budget. Enjoy!
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did not see the searay run ???
Sorry. 150 miles, not once you consider pulling into any marina and filling fuel before risking be stranded at night? just no.
Low on fuel ? Slow down ! The least you could do is top off, with some new fuel in with the old. Trusting unknown fuel senders ? That stand alone Furuno gear is good stuff. Always use that depth sounder when underway, and that radar could save your life.
Break one tap, then go to Plan B ?
So u fixed the stern side 🤔 Lesh GO . We want long videos not shorts . (That's what she said 😂 moment
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This video was a surprise pop up, and I'm glad it was!! I'm hooked and along for the journey. New subscription , too. I love these resto videos, let's do this lol
So you bought a boat that gets leas than 1mpg at 20 kts, you need head phones to not go deaf while running and you.think you got a great deal!
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I bought a 1983 26 Carver Monterey I checked everything out before I bought it going to need any motor but there is no delamination of Rod nowhere on the boat sorry this happened to you buddy the fountain 32 is an awesome boat
Why you didn't check the boat out before buying it
All those seats in the cockpit it's very crowded I would get rid of half of them
this happens when you use wood as structure.....coosa is they way to go, but a good survey would have told you the issues, you were not scammed, you didnt do your due diligence
Assuming it was 3/4 full, you had 200 gal and went 150nm. Is 1+ gal a mile good fuel economy for a boat that large? Thats a beautiful boat, up keeping that boat has to be very very expensive.
We have a 50' or so Sea ray Sundancer in a marina here- 14 yr old boat with less than 1000 hours, was a "floating condo" for the original owners- two years ago went on a service call for a complaint of stb engine running rough, low power/smoke. Cummins QSM 11's. Stb engine has scored two cylinders, rust all over rocker arms, pulled injectors and bore scope verified. Gave an estimate to pull the head, evaluate further. Took six months to get the owner to pay for the diagnostic, then he thought he had hung up the phone- was loudly telling someone how we "just wanted to rip him off" so we brought his parts removed to do the diagnostic back, set them in his cockpit and said "have a nice day" It's still there, he bought a boat he can't afford to fix. Nobody else in town will touch it, it's like he expects an experienced diesel tech for five bucks an hour or something.
Not Scammed. I buy old vehicles and equipment all the time. Fully expect to do repairs. Older stuff is built far better with few exceptions. Most new stuff is overpriced garbage. Engineered to fall apart and need constant maintenance or replacement. You could have discovered this problem, then negotiated the correct value and worked out a deal. Seller wins and you get an expensive education.
I wouldn’t say it started right up, but it started none the less. Good looking boat.
Turttle wax and STP gas treatment . You should be good to go !
Cracking stuff. Love the noise it makes. Amongst the trillion armchair boaters, you could've knocked the revs down to half earlier on ? Not.sure of speed.vs.efficiency on beasts like this though. Love ot though. 👍
Dude, I feel your pain I went way down in the southern Kentucky way back in the hollers bought a bass boat. Everything supposedly worked. We brought all way back up here to Northern Ohio and another damn thing worked in the floor was rotted out, fixed it up sold it With the Akron bought 93 Sunbird you were supposed be perfect had replaced the whole freaking floor replaced the fuel tank replaced the seats. The motor had a crack 12 inches long freeze plugs were missing but the guy said he just headed out on Lake Erie impossible I got the motor all put back together and put it back in and then now I found water in oil. I am so depressed. I can’t find anybody to show me how to adjust the shifter cables manually. It goes reverse forward, but with the cables it doesn’t do anything, so I’m stuck. I don’t wanna part it out my wife upset. Have a blessed day.
80k crap shoot ,B.O.A.T Bust Out Another Thousand,this case several thousand
Why not hire a marine surveyor for several hundred dollars, before investing money,it's logical. A marine surveyor saved me from a $20k rip-off involving a lawyer on the front lines.
Lots of shorts
Love your passion, your a honest young man, I once owned a marina on lake Gaston NC and VA borders, I know about the love for boats, it seems to me you have did everything you said you would do and have taken care of all concerns the next owner will have, if something has slipped by you and I highly doubt it wasn't done on on purpose I believe, I just can't understand the negative comments but they do turn into a positive when KZread counts views and comments for their logarithms process, remember keep being the honest person you are
Damm if , real-life comments aren't screwed by UT ALl go's. ❤ , fix that side slit, stubborn (😂) side. POLISH HER UP. pursuit That dream, it's worth every moment. Annapolis blow boats and those that ruined eastern shore. Will dis heart you. KEEP LOCAL. LOGO FOR LOCAL .
D.amned man. Your living my dream
Should have changed the oil before you left.
Why didn't you do all that work on the hull BEFORE you put in water? Seems as if that would be the better choice..
This is a beautiful boat.
Good way to learn things is fuckup littlebit. I have work in boats 20 years and still all funny things happening to me. KZreadcaptains in comments seem never make mistakes. Keep making these videos. Greets from Finland.
Thanks brother!
Get it buddy!!!
Love the green
Only time you go there for vacation is when you want to double your money🤑
You should talk about your upbringing about that area. The changes that happened so quick. AND THE FOOLS , THAT WANTED to escape to peace, but than built Starbucks etc. Wtf bro❤❤❤ love you vibs
Lived in Kent narrows , 1998 2003 When it was NOT what it is now❤ IT was , no Starbucks lol, one lion grocery store. And one he'll of a fisherman's crabhouse.
Bro seriously.. 😂 we have boats bro.
Where is thst pursuit ❤❤ lets GO!!!!
Thought the music was lil peep !!
Very clean boat. Goes to show a how a relatively small problem can cause a huge problem
Keep up the great work. Don’t forget to fill up😮
This happened in the 80s to my dad. His friend owned the dealership and when we went to look at this orange Nova. Nigel was digging around in the engine room with his key and found it rotten. We were so disappointed. Cheers bro.
Congratulations Ben
Replacing that transom and middle stringer with coosa board and glassing it in is way less work than parting it out lol
I wish I would’ve had the time to do it. It was a sweet boat.
Solid bones on that one. Not terrible at all.
Did you bring any Flex Seal or extra fuel?
Lots of lessons learned here.
That repair added no strength.
Stitched the hull back together. Been holding strong for 3 months now!
Your price is ridiculous and you know it.
Learn to talk and make videos without waving your hand everywhere…. I’m tuning out because of that annoying factor…. 👎🏻