'74 Chris Craft Roamer Fuel Valves and Main Engine Strainers

I own Shelley and she is in Chattanooga.

I would like to see a couple of pics of your hydraulic mast system. I am in the process of rigging something like that.

Thanks man... shes come long way and there is still PLENTY to do... this was todays work. ws

Time frame

YUP! My 36 Roamer took almost 2 years for a "medium" job in 1985 and been going on since then. No rest for the weary... Lemme see... quit drinking, gambling and chasing women. Been married three times and still have the same boat! ws

You just don't get between a man and his boat.

I remeber your boat when it was in Chicago a while back. I really liked the green with gold stripe! ws

Gary,

Thanks for your response. I have something to add to the whole seacock deal. I thought that I would share it in the thread so we can all learn something.

First of all, make sure you have plugs and a mallet handy when fooling with these. Sure all surveyors like to pick on this but with good reason.

I am going over all the through hulls and seacocks when I pull it for bottom paint as well. We had one crack during the water trial and it would have probably sunk the boat. It was one of the main through hulls for the engine. Another had been repaired (this came out during the survey) in a way that I would view as temporary.

That is two busted through hulls in a boat that is a sister ship of yours. It will cost but I would recommend a close inspection/repair of all of them.

I have a few plugs and a mallet handy. Can anyone tell a novice where I can get my hands on a whole mess of plugs? I would not mind wiring a plug next to each through hull.

Oh yeah, I have a slight listing issue when full. Where is the shut off valve so I can pull from one tank to level it somewhat.

For bottom work, I talked to a guy in Goose Pond. I have his info. He seemed to have good knowledge but maybe a little high on the price. I have not made my mind up but heard good things about the folks on Pickwick too.

I have been happy with my dealings at Goose Pond so far and it is a 5 hour ride from Hale's Bar so I do like that.

Very pretty work.

I would like to see some more pics of your work. I will shoot you a pm.

Hi,

I seem to remember seeing bags of a few assorted sizes hanging up in places like Hopkins Carter and other Marine Stores.

Thanks for the info.

My father has a Jefferson and the prior owner did not like the fuel delivery system so he custom built a manifold. It is pretty slick. You can feed fuel a number of ways and it also has a homemade filtration/polishing system. You can have it transfer fuel from one tank to another and filter it at the same time. Ahh the things I could do with some time on my hands.

Yes, it does get a little frustrating but fun. Now if I could only consolidate all the time and money that I have spent on other boat projects over the last 5 years and focus that on the Roamer.....well I would have one heck of a boat. Oh well, too bad it does not work out that way.

Supplying fuel from one tank

Gary's explanation sounds like the system my 58 had too.

Remember about the return lines. I don't think my 58 had any selection on the return lines, especially if both tanks are full or nearly full.

If you draw both engines from one tank, but leave each engine returning fuel to it's 'normal' tank, it can over fill that tank and send fuel out the vents. It might be best to experiment with 1/2 full tanks and watch the fuel levels.