Getting out of the big/fast boats.

[Way2slow]

Never thought much about this day but it's looking like it has come, my body is giving out on me.  I've already sold my best 325hp modified motor.  It's now pushing an Allison 103mph with very little setup.  Now trying to figure out how to get rid of the rest of the stuff.  Some great high performance blocks, but not ready to build and doctors say I probably won't be the one finishing them.  One is a 3.0L Johnson that will make over 300hp and another is a 3.3L etec that with a set of Dave Bush pistons and his heads, is capable of making over 450hp. 

I've got all kinds of motors and stuff I think is about to go, even my 20' Javelin.  I go back to the doctors in several weeks depending on what the they say this time determines how I will proceed.

[Dwight Hottle]

Good luck going forward. 

[YoTone]

good luck as well. maybe this is a wake up call  and its never too late to start introducing a better lifestyle that will enable you to do the things you love.

 

btw whats physically wrong with you?

[Way2slow]

OLD AGE and putting my body through h*** all my life.  I have a degenerative bone disease in my back neck and ribs, plus some pretty troubling arthritis in my hands and major joints.  A few months ago they had to take a bone out of my left hand at the base of my thumb to relieve the pain there, and they say that's a 12 month recovery.  As soon as I get enough use back in my left, they are going to do the right.  I've got a deformed vertebra in my lower back that's causing some major pain now and pinching the nerves going into my legs and they are talking about surgery on that also.  So, my hands are almost useless, I can't sit or stand for any length of time and I refuse to take anything stronger than Aleve or take any more cortisone shots. 

Doing the mods on these motors require as much as 100 hours of standing bent over a block on an engine stand with a die grinder vibrating your hands the whole time.  The standing and bending over is rough, and I can't even hold a die grinder, and they say a my never be able to hold one again with the strength and precision I need to do this stuff. 

Right now and for a while to come, I can't even use a bait caster fishing, and not sure I will be able to either.  Plus I mostly have to go fishing by myself and it's getting very difficult to load and unload the boat off the trailer.  Like I said, my body is just to frigging worn out.

[Fishing Rhino]

Sorry to hear that.  Time and tide wait for no man.  

 

How 'bout training some young buck to continue your legacy?

 

I recently divested myself of all my fiberglass molds, materials, and equipment.  I gave it all to a young fellow who started making bodies for a couple of divisions at the local tracks.  I helped him get started.  Showed him what I used, and how I did it.  He told me that he would not compete against me for the two divisions I supplied.  But when I retired, then he'd market his product to them.  

 

When, after discussing it with my wife, I decided it was time to quit.  I called Lee and asked him if he wanted the molds, stands, etc.  He asked how much I wanted.  I told him just come and take it away so I could have my garage back.  

 

I kept a bucket of resin, and two rolls of material, mat and roving, just in case.  No sooner had he hauled the last load of gear away, a neighbor asked me to make some repairs to his Boston Whaler.  I started a thread showing the process/progress of the restoration from start to finish.

 

Just a few weeks ago, Lee's wife (36 years of age) passed away in her sleep.

 

Whatever the future holds for you, I wish you well.

 

 

 

[Siebert Outdoors]

Good luck Way2slow.  I hope it gets better.

 

 

[Al Wolbach]

We all must face getting old and realize that some projects in the garage are not going to be completed. Decisions have to be made as we face reality. I wish you well and peace with your decisions.....