Chip & Debbie Willis on s\v Elegant'sea: Honda Motor mount welded on at Benchmark Custom Welding

OK we have a really nice Honda 9.9 hp outboard motor. As it turns out we have no place to mount it! It will not fit where the Mercury 4 hp two stroke sat on the stern rail.

October 2012 - Currently at Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA

Now what?

Well we called Mathew at Benchmark Custom Welding and he said to bring the boat by his new location as there is a public dock there. We motored over in the boat and there was already a small motor boat docked at the L shaped dock. Debbie worked her docking magic and parallel the boat into the tight space like a true Captain. Lots of folks watching from Jimmie’s Barbecue and Pizza Nova and the dock masters office. After a high five we walked up to Mitch’s Sea Food (small place on the sport fishing pier) which is probably what Point Loma Sea Food was before it got big, expensive and not all that good in my HO

Doing the figuring.

Then we marched into Benchmark Custom Welding and brought Mathew down to the boat. He made a template of the stern section for a new mount.

We then decide that the two 6 lb propane tank setup for the barbecue grill was going to be in the way and one tank had to go. Dam this is\was a sweet setup! When one tank went empty there was a red flag thrown by the regulator and it automatically switched over to the other tank. The first choice T bone steak never knew the difference. We could go months without a propane tank run. Oh well it had to go.

Of course this is crunch time for the fabricators\welders as there are a lot of boats trying to get last minute things built.Mathew was in the middle of building and arch promised for the next day.