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Cam, I have been coming to the same conclusion as you.... Do basic maintenance on this one, fuel filters, water pump impeller, new spark plugs and run as is for the year. Whatever happens is what is going to happen. as you suggest break down the 2nd motor and see what that motor needs to run again, ...

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I wanted to get to figure out what was going on the with the motor so I built an engine stand https://photos.app.goo.gl/yhdS8VXErUG6UqWz6 and one of my buddies came over and we got the engine on the stand, some redesigning was needed as the cherry picker I bought wouldn't lift the motor up high enou...

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Highs in the 30s????? I wouldn't risk it If it were highs in 70s, lows in 40's and I could put heat on it, I would go after it if you could get it done earlier in the day and have a few hours of the high temps before it dropped at night. I may be conservative here - I am worried and am going to be a...

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thoughts on how cold could I go with fast cure 4200? https://doc.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/pdfs/3M/3M_Marine_Adhesive_Sealant_Fast%20Cure_4200_Rev2.pdf - Do not apply at temperatures below 40°F (4°C) or on frost covered surfaces. Do not apply at surface temperatures above 100°F (38°C). co...

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news on the project front - I got fed up waiting on the Suzuki and I purchased a pair of 2017 250hp 30" shaft Honda outboards, one of which needs a rebuild. I am only planning on running one motor so the second motor is purely for parts at this point in time. documented in this thread - https://bert...

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Projects, who needs more projects??? I run 15+ concurrently at work, many at home, what's one or 2 more? BTW - the wife did give me the go-ahead if the zuki comes in to pull the trigger on that if I get any hint that I will not be on the water with Honda this year. The box of goodies, harnesses, shi...

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Well..... the "good" motor did not exceed my expectations but it is something I think that I can work with I got there and the one motor was in the shop on a stand and we hooked it up to water, fuel and battery and it fired up immediately. At first no water came out of the pee hole but the mechanic ...

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I don't want to get my hopes up but I have a 1/2 day off scheduled for tomorrow to go up and get to see the "good" motor test run and perform a compression test on it. I have a bank check on hand and a u-haul trailer reserved to take the motors home if all goes well. I talked with the seller tonight...

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Tony, I've seen pics of them on beaches on most of Cape Cod, the audobon field guide says that the overwinter down to Virginia https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/snowy-owl I took @200 shots the 1/2hr I could stand freezing by the road side 75% were the bird looking on the other side of the dun...

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Bruce, If we need another update, I can help out..... The last time I setup a sub domain to allow us to test the upgrade while the main site was still running. We could leverage that and backup the prod database to test and promote the new version. this week will be a little rough for me, time wise,...

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Hi All, coming back from checking out the motors today I drove through Hampton Beach, NH and there were a bunch of people on the side of the road with binoculars and cameras so I pulled over to check them out. The folks pointed out a Snowy Owl on a dune and I went back to the car and got my camera. ...

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I am further along :) Today I went to what I thought, was going to be Portsmouth NH but ended up being southern Maine. Any which way the seller had a pair of 2017 Honda 250 HP 30" shaft motors. He advertised one as parts as it ingested water and is siezed and the 2nd as a fully running and operation...

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Dug,

I let you know on Monday, I have an appointment to look at a motor tomorrow morning at 10am in NH, if that works out I will give up on the Suzuki

Matt

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I'm guessing that fuel tanks and the grid system under the deck were improved as time went on. The pic you shared of your single tank looked an awful lot like my pic of the "46 gallon" fiberglass tanks that were in my boat. Here's a pic of the grid system with the tanks out - https://photos.app.goo....

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thanks,

I've got another lead on a motor closer to home, I am going to check it out saturday morning.

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is your portable tank below the height of the boat's tank? I've emptied tanks at a faster rate with siphon alone

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the 250 yammie fell through, the guy sold it to a local person in NJ

the person selling one in MD, it was a 25" shaft

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Thank you, I emailed the person but I think it is a 25" shaft and I need a 30"

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I have sailed on a Concordia yawl - designed by Ray Hunt

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quite a while back I had a lobster boat and the previous owner had it setup with a riding sail. It got in the way of casting so I took it down and stored it in my shed (Still there). Maybe I could install it on the roof of my doghouse and use that for power? While I am at it, I also have auxillary p...

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I am thinking the same way as you, the boat does nothing for me sitting in the driveway. Could I use it for 2-3 years and get a few bucks back on a trade? probably I talked with the guy, he's got a local buyer interested, he says I am 2nd in line. If it is around this weekend I'll take the trip to g...

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Hi All, I have had a 300hp suzuki on order since last Feb, the dealer can't give me any info what so ever and I really don't want to miss another season. I have found a person selling a 250 yammie with 900hrs on it and am thinking about pulling the trigger as I should be able to keep that motor runn...

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based upon the title of this thread - I am wishing for warmer days.... Days spent on my Bertram fishing and enjoying the sun and sea with my family. my wonderful project has taken way too long all the BS in the world is too much, most of it limited by my skillset and time available to do project wor...

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Yannis, your statement about the population autocorrecting is what I am worried about it. Carl skipped one of the other major ways population "corrects", when Politicians and their Policies fail they reach to pull the WAR lever to change focus. what would happen if bombs started dropping and Russia ...

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some funds are on its way via paypal

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not to be a contrarian, but how many people can say that chicken tastes like chicken anymore? the stuff that has been showing up at the grocery stores SUCKS!!! chicken breasts that look like the size of turkey breasts and stringy as all heck. I don't mind paying a bit more but don't know how to figu...

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yeah the foot or so part noaa has us in the 12-18' belt one of my buddies is a weather nerd and he was showing me a model that was 3'

Here's NOAA's view
https://www.weather.gov/box/winter

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Don't rub it in.......... Its a balmy 11 degrees Fahrenheit where I am

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I may have been a bit under the Rona and had my brain scrambled by too much nyquil and over exaggerated that she actually writes the stuff down.......................

a little comedy doesn't hurt

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Am I the only one who's wife watches the "48 Hours" type murder shows on the weekends with a notebook writing down what works and what doesn't?

I don't discuss options to take care of my body after I go with my wife, I don't want to give her any good ideas

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My work blocks access to content on dropbox so I can't see via my work PC.

I looked on my personal laptop and I have to say that your B31 with that tower is one fine looking boat

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Is there a rear tower leg that turns into the side of the flybridge? if so are you re-doing the pipework too? This is my opinion but I would be reluctant to take that on based upon my skillset and my experience. My brain is not the greatest when dealing with curves and what I see is that there are a...

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that makes sense

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I did a cheeseball drawing to show what I tried to describe in the last post. The drawing isn't exactly right as the line depicting the side on the new width should end further back than the original side line.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oH5z3XTMtGCvyz8a8

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Just a thought.... It seems like the front is curved and if one were to draw a line perpendicular across the top of the cabin roof, the very front of the curve in the flybridge and another line where the sides of the flybridge turn backwards, there should be some distance between the 2 lines. If one...

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Rick,

maybe I am not understanding you....

are you trying to make the cabin roof wider or the flybridge top which sits on top of the cabin roof?

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I've modified a bunch of parts during my project, I agree with Cam in that it adds a lot of work. What took me the most effort and time was making the deck 22" longer by removing part of the cabin, I effectively shrunk in one area and had to build up in the gunnels. The thing that caught me off was ...

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one more question I don't have an answer for, why does the slope of the line change at a different speed? the new style prop seems to want to plane 1.6kts earlier, I would have thought the hull design would determine when the boat planes?

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I originally thought the same as you, if it can't hit max RPM, the prop has a higher load on the engine, watching WOT it bears out as the new design prop is spinning less WOT RPM and burning more fuel which seems to me to be an overloaded situation. lower RPMs were different, I concentrated on the b...

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ok further comparisons trying to do apples to apples, comparing the boat at the same speed in kts, it does seem to be more efficient in cruising speeds. What is interesting is that most of that efficiency gain has eroded by 27kts the sparrow at 23kts /5.0GPH / 3500 RPM vs standard prop 23.9kts / 6.2...

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I'd want to do a bit more research on this I watched their videos and what was done on boattest.com and the props do seem to be more efficient based upon what they are saying but I don't know if the whole story is being told. https://boattest.com/Sharrow-Engineering-Propeller about 1/2 down they do ...

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Merry Christmas to all !!!!

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I watched the video that Beachbum posted about the boat and those guys put quite a bit of effort into making a really nice boat. Stylistically it doesn't match my tastes but it they appear to have done an amazing job building and finishing it. My boat definitely won't come out anywhere near as nice ...

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Interlux 2000e , 4 coats, 1st bottom paint coat applied when 4th coat wasn't fully cured
https://photos.app.goo.gl/iCeKAyrorGuzYWWc6

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I am curious............ Cam's boat, as reported in posts here before the T-Top was 48mph and after the T-Top 45mph or 39kts and that is with a single 300hp motor, another person here with a 300 zuki and a sport convertible had similar speeds to Cam before the T-Top. What does putting 2 x300hp get y...

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I'm not going to go there on the boat, any nice stereo I've ever had in a car has been temporary, installed, enjoyed for a period of time, then stolen. My plan is to stay low key put a the set of speakers which came with the radio up underneath the gunnels on my main bulkhead. I am more interested i...

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Snipe - did you grind and then buff the bolts on your helm?

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Email to Marina where I've had an engine on order since Feb 2021 Hi , I've not heard from you all summer... I've called and left messages repeatedly Are you still in business? Matt They finally responded today for the first time in forever: Matt I'm sorry but I haven't received any of your messages....

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Yannis - I've watched a few of the Tally Ho episodes Pete - Been to http://lowellsboatshop.com/ quite a few times, rented the Amesbury dory and rowed on the Merrimack River. I couldn't talk my parents into taking over their garage to build one since I lived in an apartment at the time so I bought a ...

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I can't say if it is a good sign for the stripers, I didn't catch a slot fish this year, all were 30# or bigger or sub 24". It seems like there is a gap in the year classes.

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