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Mary and Lorena

Are you available to answer a few questions about my new boat, or do you know someone who is knowledgeable about the Cruise A Home's? thank you,

Mary and Lorena

-- Half Creek Farm Bickleton, WA www.HalfCreekFarm.com

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Hi Carl. Our's are twin gas engines. I'm including a few of the pictures we just took. We pulled all the carpet out and had to empty out the entire boat. The fellow who had it moved out and left everything so food in the cupboards, etc. The pictures are pretty scary here but are better now that the carpet and garbage is gone. I think its a 1977 but don't have the title with me right now.

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 2:26 PM, CARL TENNING wrote:

Rotting of the bulkheads was a typical CAH problem, but we never had the problem in our boat. Owners who have replaced the bulkheads replaced them with marine grade plywood. I suppose you could also treat the replacement plywood with a rot preventative coating like that green copper stuff. Probably not a bad idea. Removing the fuel tanks during replacement helps. It's a good time to inspect the fuel tanks. They're fairly easy to remove. We replaced ours with aluminum and had them treated with zinc chromate and covered that with silver paint. Really looked nice. Coastline Equipment, Inc. 2235 Bakerview Rd. Bellingham, WA 98226 (360) 734-8509 made our replacements and did a really nice job.

Do you know whet year that the River Queen was manufactured? Our hull was in 1983 and they used steel gasoline tanks. Of course they eventually rusted out and had to be replaced. Is your gas or diesel?

Carl

On 7/20/2017 1:03 PM, Mary Wilson wrote:

Hi Carl, and thank you so much!My daughter and I bought a 40 ft. Corsair (The River Lady) that is in pretty marginal shape. It was in the Astoria marina and we are getting ready to have it moved to dry dock for extensive work. The floors are rotted and we are replacing them, re doing the windows, painting the bottom, zinc's, electrical and mechanical inspections, all the usual things. The previous owner built a shelf unit in the front of the cabin, about 4 ft from the front windows and added a long beam going from there to the bathroom wall, right down the middle. I've seen many floor plans for the Corsair, but never noted any that needed a center support. My brother had my daughter walk up to the top and noted that the roof seemed to "shake" and thinks that beam is load supporting. Do you know how much weight the top holds and what its made of? Would there be some problem up there that I should consider before removing this annoying beam? Also, the propane was on the bridge (and of course the tanks are a rusty mess). Is this the proper place for the propane? It just doesn't seem likely. We don't like the dark wood paneling and wondered if it can be removed from inside the cabin and replaced. The baffles in the bottom of the boat are all rotted. The wood looks almost like chip board.....is that what it was originally? I imagine this might be a consistent problem, so do you know what other people use when they repair it? Maybe marine plywood? thanks so much for your time

Mary and Lorena

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:24 PM, CARL TENNING wrote: Hi Mary,

I am the publisher of "The Cruise-a-Home Owners Page". My wife, Gloria. and I owned a 31-foot Crusader that we cruised between Olympia and Queen Charlot Strait. I'll answer whatever I can.

Regards,

Carl Tenning

On 7/18/2017 4:43 PM, Mary Wilson wrote: Are you available to answer a few questions about my new boat, or do you know someone who is knowledgeable about the Cruise A Home's? thank you