New Boat 2015

It's official - on Monday May 4, Steve and I traveled to Mobile to meet Ken and make the transfer and purchase. Ken gets the old Cap'n Pappy & the Kids and is going to replace the engine and promises he'll have it running in a month or so. I hope he does because she's a good boat but more mechanical issues than I can handle.

In exchange and with some $$$, we acquired the "PDQ" - a 1984 Sea Ray 340 SF Sportfisher. SHe runs great and has been totally redone by Ken and his wife Terri. Amazingly, the boats are stern to stern in their slips at Grand Mariner Marina so the transfer of our stuff was easy.

We got everything stowed on board, have contacted Signs Now to get our name on the new boat - trying to decide between the same name (Cap'n Pappy & the Kids) or Cap'n Pappy II.

Here's pictures - one taken by Ken of the boat on the water and the other in her slip.

Going Back - August 2013

This is the first of a series of posts in which we'll go back and begin to catch you up to where we ended up - the point of trading the Capn Pappy & the Kids for another boat, the PDQ (which we will rename the Capn Pappy II).

August 9, 2013

After the holes were patched and Capn Pappy splashed into the launch slip for a second time, Keith from Eastern Shore Marine attempted to start the engines for the first time since we got the boat. With a little coaxing and finger crossing by Steve and I, the starboard engine coughed, fired up, and began pumping water from the exhaust port - not bad! Keith then cranked the port engine and cranked and cranked to no avail. Descending from the fly bridge, he opened the engine hatches and borrowing tools from the cabin, went to work.Finding that the distributor cap was aligned wrong and there was an electrical issue of some sort, he spent almost an hour in the blazing August heat buried in the engine. Finally, the port engine coughed to life and seemed to be running in a semi-normal fashion.

Keith from ESM working on port engine

OK -all kidding aside - it has been quite an experience since our launch in August 2013. Since that first trip from the launch to the slip, there were 5 more ventures into Mobile Bay with the last being in November 2013. Then a series of mechanical woes finally being rust in the engine cylinders stopped the Capn Pappy in its tracks. I will detail those incidents in future posts soon!

In August 2014, absolutely frustrated with the service and other things, we had the Capn Pappy towed to its new home, the Grand Mariner Marina on Dog River. Everything took a turn for the positive after we arrived there. Although the Capn Pappy is still not running, we are excited as we may soon be cruising on the Capn Pappy II - a 1985 Sea Ray 340 Sportfisher! Details to come, I promise! ........Capn Pappy H

TowBoatUS across Mobile Bay

New Home at Grand Mariner Marina

Empty slip at Eastern Shore Marine - Bye Bye