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[gran398]

Hi , my name is Shamir, I own a 1987 aquasport 222 orprey, and I'm from the island of Aruba.

Welcome aboard Shamir!

Please keep us posted as to questions, etc.....you have a sweet ride

[RickK]

Welcome aboard Shamir  
I sent you a link to the user groups and there is one for Aruba.  We have another member (Bluesbrother) from there but he hasn't been around much lately.  Has a 19-6 Osprey.  Do a search on the username and look through his posts and you might recognize the boat.

[FreedomII]

I am new here!
I have a 1976 ( I think could be 1974) 246cc . Love the boat its a beast but takes the waves better than any other boat the same size of been on!  Its lives on Cape Cod. Have already had the transom redone and new tank and I have done all the teak over myself last 2 years. next project is the hand rails as they are falling apart, then the soft spot in the bow, then the windshield then who knows? I could keep going on!

I'm sorry I can't get my boat pictures to load here. I put 2 pics in the gallery. need to figure out how to post right into message.

[seabob4]

Welcome Freedom!  I use photobucket exclusively, just works great across the board...

[Capt. Bob]

Welcome aboard FDII





 That's a beautiful boat

As always, first one's  (or two) is free.

PS... I'm sure someone will come along and give you directions on how this was done. He seems destined to do this in life.

[seabob4]

Good one there Bob!

[gran398]

Welcome aboard Freedom!

Hopefully our Photogallery expert can assist you in posting pictures

He'll be here...it is his "Manifest Destiny" to help others

[Capt. Bob]

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10343

I think I did it.  


Samsung. The next big thing.

Edit: Yep, I was able to link back to a thread with my smart phone.

[gran398]

http://www.classicaquasport.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10343

I think I did it.  


Samsung. The next big thing.

 :flower:

[slvrlng]

Heck, 1/3 of my recent posts are done talking into my galaxy pad. Like the first part of this one. No more typing, well not as much. Talk into it then edit where it didn't quite understand you and post. Pretty freakin cool! Period.

[Capt. Bob]

Lewis, the Geek Squad God.
I'm not that far advanced but I was workin' it last night on my Galaxy III.

FDII, you have the hard  (not really) part down in using the Gallery. Read the linked post above from Gran. About halfway down he explains how I moved your gallery pics to the post. Photo Bucket is more robust in editing and sharing your photos on the web but the Gallery has one great advantage in that you load your photo (as you did) full size and the Gallery automatically sizes to fit the post. I still use PB and I posted a pic from there in a recent post. You can't go wrong either way.

That stated, how about some more pics on the inside of your 246?

[Tx49]

Hello all. Been lurking as an unregistered visitor and think this site will be very helpful to me. I had a 5-7 year plan for owning a small 16' skiff or runabout and a larger boat.  I had been planning to build a 25-27' cabin cruiser/sportfisher from glen-l. These are excellent plans and nice boats if you have any skills at all and a lot of perseverance. But then I came across a 1970 240 CC with outboard hull. It needs a lot of work, but I love the lines and what I think is the versatility of the hull. I'm getting it for 175 bucks. I just have to figure out how to get it to my house and get it cradled up. This is still going to be a multi-year project, but I think I have found a hull that will be a great foundation. 1st let me start with what I think i know of the 240
1. 12 degree deadrise hull.
2. Massive foam filled glass trap shaped stringers
3. About a 1500 pound shelled hull (Minus motor, deck, console, fuel tank, and motor well)
4. can handle up to 250 HP
5. can accept up to 1100 pounds of inboard

is that all correct.

Now for what I want. I want a 27 foot cabin cruiser/sportfisher with a fly bridge. Yes its ambitious, but the cabin and deck stuff I can handle. What I am wondering first. Is this boat one that can be taken off shore on mild days? Would I be able to take off around the gulf coast and go from Padre or Galveston to the Keys. This will be a trailered stored boat for the first several years of use. I will use it on lakes here in texas and take it to the gulf for fishing and day tripping. The seas that it is capable of handling will decide my cabin layout and sizes.

The basic hull restoration though is something that will need to be done before I even start to think about power and boat building. I want to extend the hull 3'-0" like I saw in a couple of places on this site. (Well one was actually a mako link.) After extending the hull, I want to replace all stringers and put in a stern drive or an I/O. I would like to do the floor like the one I saw where the young man went with a strung and bulkheaded floor of his own design. I really liked that. But i am wondering if I could actually lower the motor stringers and raise the floor amidships and put in a small twin inboards.  May go with the european transom like the mako and use 2 outboards. I just feel more comfortable going out off the coast with 2 engines. Am i being overly pessimistic. Is that too much like belt, suspenders and safety pins. Anyway, sorry for the long first post. I am just stoked on this boat and wanting to get started. I am trying to get it, design it, build it and use it all at once. I will be slowing down my noodle, but for now I have a ton of questions. By the way I am not a noob to boats, but this is my first go-round with restoring/building one and my first salt boat. Be patient with me and I appreciate any help in advance.

[gran398]

Congrats and welcome aboard!

1 thru 4 are spot-on...not sure re #5, inboard weight.

The 240 you have is a honey. Basically a larger 22-2, with cap change/interior configuration options.

Not to rain on the extension thinking, that is, turning her into a cabin sportfish...but these boats are narrow in beam.....certainly nowhere near legal trailerable beam today. If you were to lengthen her....would leave her as an open CC.

The 240 has the same low freeboard as her sisters. A heavy, high rise cabin etc. could be dicey in a seaway.

[Tx49]

If i just kept it to a cuddy type cabin would that make it a little more sea worthy. I'm not wanting an ocean going ship, LOL. I just want to be able to go out and have a shot at some fishing that's borderline blue water fishing. this is intended to be my RV on the water. What kind of money doea a fully restored 240 go for. i can get it restored on the cheap side between my free labor and a lot of bartering and trading I can do.

[gran398]

It would be ideal like that. Check out some old pics online of a Cabo Cuddycon, or Biddison 22. They both are similar....walkaround cuddy, but without the side "wings" .  Always thought that made a really neat boat.