Introducing My self and my Egg Harbor boat

[Mikeal67]

HI everyone
I'm Mike from Amityville NY
I purchased my 37' Egg Harbor 7 years ago and have been fixing and improving her over the last few years . My family and I love her and have been having a great time with her . Hope some find the pictures enjoyable
thanks for looking
http://s789.photobucket.com/albums/yy179/mikeal67/?albumview=slideshow

[boatstruck]

Thanks for sharing. The slide show ran in reverse so seeing the boat in her original condition was a real surprise. Congratulations on tackling such an ambitious project so successfully.
I have a '59 Carl Adams sedan cruiser and can see similarities in the lines. Some of the Egg Harbor folks apprenticed with Adams in New Jersey many years ago at his Modern Boat Works.

[Thorne]

Wow - great job!

[62816inBerlin]

Welcome!

Great work : I admire the craftsmanship and the courage in tackling a job like this to save a "historic" craft.
But the aesthetics would be improved if the height of the upper works were reduced (does one really need a flybridge on a flybridge on a ...?). Surely it deosn't help the boat's behaviour under rough conditions/strong winds.

Gernot H.

[Timex]

Fantastic job, on your Egg Harbor!!!!!!!

So what was the ratio of time for work on the boat and working out at Toomey's Tavern?????:D

Tim

[Mikeal67]

Timex ,you know Amityville well. The Boat was hauled out on the Railway at Rovery Marine 2 doors down from Toomey's. I have been to Toomey's, but did spend much more time at the boat yard sanding and scapping. I think I will have to go to Toomeys for lunch on eday this weekend , Thanks for the reminder .
Mike

[Bob Adams]

Welcome aboard. Gee, those "before" pictures sure look familar to me! I'll have to see if I have any Classic Egg 37 pennants left. Good to have a fellow owner here, sometimes us production boat (especially power) owners get dissed a bit on the WBF:p Very nice job, what's her hull number? (Enterprise is 1475)

[Mikeal67]

Hi Bob
Thanks Treasure ll is a 1967 Sedan Cruiser Hull # 1560
Mike

[Timex]

Mike, as soon as I saw the rail, I knew the location.

I tried to get my CC slotted on it, no luck.
There was a death in the family at the time.

I'm in Lindenhurst, over by the Chocolate Factory.

I'm in the middle of figuring out what to do with my small chris, before the big chris shows up.

Well be talking, Im sure.

Tim

[brad9798]

There is only one flybridge on the boat ... and it came that way from the 'factory.'

Great looking boats ... have liked them for years!!!

Good work!!

Looks GREAT!!!

[Mikeal67]

Mike, as soon as I saw the rail, I knew the location.

I tried to get my CC slotted on it, no luck.
There was a death in the family at the time.

I'm in Lindenhurst, over by the Chocolate Factory.

I'm in the middle of figuring out what to do with my small chris, before the big chris shows up.

Well be talking, Im sure.

Tim
Hi Tim
Dwight Rovery ran the Marina , he passed away last year . He was a great guy , he knew everything there was to know about wood boats . I miss him a lot. Sorry you weren't able to get a haul at his yard . They are closed now. I will be looking for a new place to haul next spring. Railways are hard to find . I think I'll be coming out on straps .Good luck
Mike

[Saltiguy]

Those Jersey inlets are hair-raisers for sure. Departing is no problem Entering is the problem. I remember coming into Manesquan (?) in a big sea holding my breath the whole way. The opening between the breakwaters looked like threading the needle. It's not the size of the waves that count: It's the size of the holes in between them. Once you commit, there's no turning back. Get in the trough and you lose your visibility, and also run the real risk of hitting bottom and getting flipped over. South shore of Long Island is the same. I ran all those inlets at one time or another. For a transient like myself, the smart thing to do is wait for a local to show the way.

[Tylerdurden]

I was a proud owner of an Egg quite similar to yours. Fuel costs after the divorce killed it for me. I was lucky enough to have had several boat builder buddys to help with mine and I basically addressed the mechanicals at the time. Great boat for live aboard except to stay warm as I spent a winter on mine in Boston harbor. Is she still gas?

[Mikeal67]

Hi Tyler
She is still Gas . The boat was repowered in the late 1990's
with Mercruiser 260 Hp 5.7 's Fresh water cooled .
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy179/mikeal67/enine/th_pics202.jpg

[Tylerdurden]

Cool, you will certainly enjoy it. Mine I got in great shape except for damage to the salon in the same place as your Rot situation.
She had broke loose during a blow on the Miami river. We fixed that changed over to deisel and I drove her for 8 years out of Lauderdale.
Not really fast as in comparison I was wiring sport fisherman with a minimum of twin 750 detroits. I loved her all the same.
A year after I got her to Ma. I sold her for four times what I paid.
If you can do that with a boat, all is right with the world.

[Bob Adams]

They do OK though Mark, Enterprise does 21 knots on a good day with her 6 53's. I'm kinda sorry I took out her original Cummins, I'm sure she was the only one that ever had them as original. I do enjoy showing my transom to the plastic boats!;)

[Tylerdurden]

They do OK though Mark, Enterprise does 21 knots on a good day with her 6 53's. I'm kinda sorry I took out her original Cummins, I'm sure she was the only one that ever had them as original. I do enjoy showing my transom to the plastic boats!;)

Agreed mine was swift in comparison but the Boats we were building at the time could cruise above 40 knots. we could go out on the Demo boat every couple of months paid for by the company.
It was funny to see the fleet pull out of Palm Beach while we were having breakfast then later to pass them on the way out and be on the grounds fishing before they arrived. One gets spoiled from that.
Problem is one also needs a big wallet to do it.;)