AlpineRAM

Some may have wondered why I didn't post as much as usual- I had some other stuff to do, mainly restoring the engines on a 1971 IAG Nautica, a venetian brand mahogany pleasure boat. The first pic shows a moment of suspense for the whole team- after half a year of work:


Everything went well and we were on our way:


We had good luck with the weather for our initial shakedown:



and after that we had some nice evening weather and a lovely sunset:



We arrived a little late in the Croatian harbour of Porec



and did all the customs, registration etc stuff necessary. After a refreshing night on the boat:

(The thermo shows 5C = 41F).
we did some more testing and found all was good, engines running nicely, no water through the hull and only minor stuff that needs to be improved.
A lot of pics can be found here
but beware it's unsorted material and some of them show why you shouldn't apply salt water on a digital camera....

Just thought I'd share these impressions.

For those interested, the boat is powered by 2 Volvo Penta 8.5L I6 Cyl turbodiesels with intercooler, set up for 250hp per pc, original equipment for this boat in 1971.

AlpineRAM

Chrisreyn

very cool, theres something about wood-hulledboats......

AlpineRAM

Yup, there is something to them- they make everybody smile:

DieselDaze

Very nice. I would love to hear those engines!

Rich

AlpineRAM

I'll try to dig up some pics of them - didn't think about getting a sound sample.

satburn

No pictars of the engines???

AlpineRAM

Sorry, didn't find better ones..


and some more:

http://bisanz.have2.com/Engines

AkTallPaul

Nice Boat..............

dssimecek

Nice boat, something about wooden hulls make them classic. You always have great pictures. Thanks for posting.

satburn

Nice! Very cool, great job on the restoration.