Folks: Here is a picture of my Hydrodyne when I first bought it. Most of you know that it is undergoing a massive restoration right now and I am going to provide the restoration photos to 2MERCS to set up a restoration section for the website. I am in the process of learning to use the software (finally) to reduce the pictures so I can put them on disk to send to Daniel. Meantime, I thought I'd post this original picture of my boat to see if I actually know what I'm doing (i.e., to see if I actually reduced the photo to a size that will post - my camera is set to take pictures that are too big to post without reducing them so I haven't been able to post my own pictures up to this point. Here goes.... I bought this boat in Green Bay, WI, although the boat actually came out of Missouri and was brought up to Green Bay for purposes of selling it. That is about all I know of its history. MarkBano
While the boat may not be finished yet - the trailer is. It is a rebuilt Eagle trailer - rebuilt from the ground up to match the boat. It was blasted and powder coated, new winch, bunks, wheels, tires and bearings. New wires and lights. New boat guide posts. New striping to match the boat - and new Hydrodyne decals. Check it out..... MarkBano
Sweet job on the trailer <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_mrgreen.gif" border="0" alt="Mr. Green" title="Mr. Green" />
Thanks! I had decal stripes on the trailer but they were clearly not going to stay on so I had to resort to painted stripes, which obviously was a bigger pain in the rear. If my painter would ever finish my boat perhaps I could share pictures of something other than a boat trailer. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_confused.gif" border="0" alt="Confused" title="Confused" /> Having no boat to work on for months has, however, improved the trailer, since that is all I have to work on.
The trailer is beautiful and it looks nice and light, which is good. I have never been satisfied with my trailer, but it does have about 60k miles on it so i can't complain. I want to design a new one and every time I think about it I come up with something different. I need the boat to be as low as possible on the trailer for launching in my yard. jim
Trailer looks sweet Mark! I'm just a little concerned with those bunks being so close to each other. You're gonna have to be careful with that center fin. Greg
Mark, Is it correct to say that the boat has been on that trailer for 33 years? Eagle made trailers for the factory back then I think. jim
Thanks for all the kind words on the trailer. I need to hear it - I've got a lot of time just in the silly trailer! The trailer is a 1976 Eagle. Based on the title history the trailer appears to have been with this boat for 30 years. It is a narrow bunk, although the bunks pivot so when the boat hits them they sort of force the boat into the center. You can't wander much to either side because the side posts keep you pretty centered. I do worry about the fin though. I'll certainly be slow and careful putting it on the trailer. Ideally, the bunks should be below the surface of the water enough that if the fin did hit it would be a modest, underwater impact. Below is a picture that shows the fin in relation to the bunks back before the boat and trailer started through the restoration process. You can see about how much space there is there.
