Bought Sight Unseen - Can we get her running and make it 1400 miles home? - MA to CT great loop

Vice grip garage style rescue. Can we get this 1979 Bertram 28 that we bought, sight unseen, running again and drive it 1400 miles on the water back home to Florida?
Doing part of the great loop in a boat I bought sight unseen across the country. We take this 1979 Bertram 28 from Massachusetts down to Fort Lauderdale, the boating capitol of the world.
This first trip for episode one is from Mattapoisett MA to a small harbor near New Port CT. We ran slow in complete darkness and freezing temperatures but made it safely.
We encountered trouble with one of the 270 Crusader motors which is basically a marine small block Chevy sbc. Found a new distributor cap and got her going.
Follow along as we make our way across the country North to South and pass many ports and beautiful cities and towns on this section of the great loop by boat.

[@RonRussell-sj1zf]

Driving blind at night in an unfamiliar boat ... hey, what could go wrong?! You guys are nuts!

[@everythingreviewsandnews1229]

Snacks, beer, 16 knots blind, in the dark, f this f that. What could go wrong? I gotta party with these guys.

[@bertram46]

I just can't imagine jumping on a boat that you didn't know in starting a trip like that talk about some balls I give you a credit

[@BobHGarage]

Appreciate it but you’re right. It’s certainly not recommended.

[@bertram46]

@Bob H Garage I emailed you on another episode. My first boat was also a 79 28 Bert. Back in 86 I was 26. On Lake Erie. I'm in Naples Florida now

[@BobHGarage]

@@bertram46 very cool! My mom and a bunch of my friends live in Naples. It’s great over there!

[@pulehushortribs157]

wishing You all the best. Good Luck!!!

[@joerectifier]

This is one of those trips where my 61 year old ass would be fantasizing about my chair in my warm house with my dog next to me….im not sure if I would have had the patience and balls to do this 20 years ago, but definitely not now. Respect, or maybe admiration of the madness? 😂

[@BobHGarage]

@@joerectifier 😂 glad you approve

[@jerimahjohnson8698]

You guys😀are way braver than me.... I dont like traveling at night but i will run in daylight.

[@CoastalBoating]

Looks like an awesome adventure! hope to do it someday!

[@davidbuckalew5371]

Enjoying the series and the adventure. On my 1975 28 the outlets only work when on shore (a/c) power. Unless you have an inverter. It does look like the electrical system on that boat did undergo an upgrade for sure compared to mine as I still have the tube fuses. On the Great Lakes, we don't see as many gremlins with the older electrical systems - but an upgrade is on the list for this coming winter layup. Thanks for taking time to video and then edit the footage so we can live vicariously through you!

[@BobHGarage]

David you’re correct and I felt like an idiot when I plugged in to shore power for the first time. Now that she’s home I’m working on solar and electric upgrades to hopefully have power all the time. Thanks for watching and I’ll start adding videos again soon. The transmission repair has taken much longer than expected so I haven’t had much to film… plenty of time to daydream about getting her back on the water

[@davidbuckalew5371]

@@BobHGarage Do you attribute the transmission failure to "Barking" the engines when running hard in rough seas ? I wondered if maybe the soft groundings had more to do with it...and perhaps, even if the engines had only 3XX hours on them, was that original or since a rebuild? The reason I ask is that Last season was my first with our boat - but it has rebuilt engines and transmissions with 100 hours (when I bought it)...put about 110 hours on them last summer but did have the occasion in a rough Northern Lake Michigan chop to briefly cavitate the props on two or three occasions.

[@fuumanstucando903]

Good God gents! This is awesome.

[@nigelscott331]

Legendary 👍

[@jakejohnston5780]

Bro so sick!

[@seahalk1]

Good luck.

[@Micington]

Nice backing up lol I would’ve taken it lol

[@evanbridges4005]

It’s a Bertram. They bounce off rocks

[@ZoneTelevision]

Need to get you guys some Diesels for that Berty 24.

[@BobHGarage]

Maybe one day!

[@JohnBraman413]

what's the info on that truck driving company? looking to get a boat hauled myself.

[@BobHGarage]

I don’t have his number anymore and wouldn’t recommend him anyways. He broke my flybridge windshield and then concealed it so I wouldn’t notice until after he got payment and left

[@JohnBraman413]

@@BobHGarage oh wow, that's fucked up. thought it all went well transporting.

[@justinthaw-bolton7200]

Yeah it is creepy. You on a boat in January or February.

[@BobHGarage]

We from Florida big dawg, we live by different rules 🤣