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I've been on a kick lately listening to Mark Knopfler, just got his latest album One Deep River on vinyl today. He puts a bit of the Zydeco in his music.

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My wife loves it and orders it all the time. Me not so much, I can't stand it. I've never come across biscuits and gravy that I liked.

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I need some of your problems

up my way, the osprey's have shown up and I did see one flying with either a pogy or herring. Fishing should be starting soon for me.

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Welder is almost done, just needs to add some tabs for spreader lights and get the cushions from the shop he outsourced that to. side https://photos.app.goo.gl/bRcZq7fxndetH3xW6 back https://photos.app.goo.gl/1X47EDyNdNw82dVq7 I'm happy with how it came out, it should keep rods out any spray while r...

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my 25 goes quite nicely with a single 300hp outboard. cruises 25kts at 10gph will top out at 40kts. I am guessing the 26 with the Napier hull is more of a sharp v and a bit heavier and thus would require more power. I am not sure how to do an apples to apples conversion to power required for inboard...

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I've got my timeslot with the pipewelder, going to drop off the boat this saturday. I am not 100% sure what the final setup will be as I want to get the boat in front of the welder and let him be creative. https://photos.app.goo.gl/LxJoRhpR8idbprW28 I've got a price for the back legs and 2 rows, I a...

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mike,

if you need any help, let me know.

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I had thought about the height problem, but not as much about quantity... the height issue is two fold as you mention, too high and it gets interesting getting rods out, too low and you can hit your head on them. My old house had steam heat and a low basement, I don't know how many times I hit my he...

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been working with a fabricator, to get some pipework done to go from my leaning post up to the doghouse roof here's what he has done for another owner, I am not sure that the bends in the vertical pipes will be exactly the same as my roof extends 4" out further than the leaning post does. I like the...

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I agree with wanting to hold one to see how it feels. I haven't yet found a place that carries them.

one person's advice to me was to just buy one on the jungle company's website that can be returned easily.

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Hi Folks, winter web surfing has got me down a rabbit hole and been looking at Japanese knives. They have an interesting style knife for breaking down fish called a Deba. It is single beveled and the back side is hollow ground. The blade has significant heft to it and it seems like it could act as a...

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looks like some type of combination of Bertram 25' (stern) and bertram barron 24' bow

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different use cases for different people.... I grew up with the parents owning a big blow boat, left home on friday night stayed on the boat till sunday. While there, If there was no wind they stayed at the dock, if there was too much wind they stayed at the dock, if there were just the right amount...

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to me the variable is engine load and what the engine can do for WOT based upon what it is pushing for a hull and what it has for a prop. If one setup, the boat combo with prop, the engine can hit well above WOT PRM and is under propped vs another rig that the engine hits the same RPM and burns more...

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Peter, I have a similar need for gaffs, etc what are you using to pretty up the hole that allows the but ends to go into that panel?

I have an area under the gunnels and I was thinking 0 degree rod holders
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LJwkpPqbBtd66Hgy7

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you all are crazy who's boat is better

The 25 is where it is at, with 300hp, I get an honest 25kt cruise at 2.8mpg

and to boot it rolls like all heck
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1XY5TTgzyGvbxWz98

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Cam, I had no idea that you could voice control a go-pro. That sounds like a good application for what I want, bolt some type of permanent mount to the hard top and install the camera when on trips. If I could yell Hookup and it would start recording that would be amazing. I'm definitely rusty, It s...

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Hi all, Been looking through photos for the summer and came across a short video while hooked up. https://photos.app.goo.gl/KJ5XLxFeoBnWrAQX9 I obviously couldn't video the scramble to clear the spread and then position the boat down sea and settle in which happened before grabbing the phone. I'd li...

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We have an area like that just around the corner from me, a few miles out of the west end of the cape cod canal there is a stony dike which runs for several miles and controls errosion and the current of the canal. This area is at the head of of Buzzards Bay and regularly in the afternoon Buzzards b...

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It does seem to me that compared to standard props, these are more efficient at lower speeds and then equal at higher speeds as Cam reports good improvements down low and same WOT speed. It almost seems like they are effectively slightly lower pitch than his previous props at top end, mid range lowe...

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When I was out hunting in the snow last week, I had a buddy texting me that there was a pretty good bluefin bite going on off the cape.

I may try to bag out a day from work and go look before my trailer plate expires 12/1

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We got about 8" today - Started the morning off at Katahdin Iron Works
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1M2Hb1HZyDR6qzww7

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This morning it was warm and the wind was nice and calm, so I did the right thing and drove 6hrs north so I can see what is going on in northern Maine. Weather forecast for Wednesday has snow and I am looking forward to it.

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how are you doing fuel burn wise? I am wondering if there is a case for being more efficient by having more HP and running it at a lower rpm?

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Pete

Watching the video with you doing a test run, it seemed like the engines effortlessly increased speed as you moved the throttles forward.

must be a fantastic feeling after all the time you've put into it!!!!

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Prior to my B25 Project I got myself into a mess with a Hiliner 222 Gypsy. It is a Ray Hunt hull that is very similar to the B20. I bought the boat knowing the deck was soft in a few spots and thinking I'd re-do the transom and put down new marine ply for a deck and convert to outboard and then when...

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I have 10 currently and it isn't enough. My main issue isn't active use rod holders but storage ones.

My last boat config, I had 4 in my leaning post and 2 per side in my radar arch, it made it easier to get a rod out of the way.

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side track, What are your plans to add more rod holders? I am trying to figure out how to get more so I can store rods when not in use or to get them out of the way during a hookup. It will be one of my more important things to address over the off season. Carl seems to have quite a few, I am curiou...

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a Nice Day on the water and plenty of fish around is icing on the cake

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Yesterday was mild and 60 so we took the boat out for a ride. My wife had read about Wicket's Island in Onset harbor so we headed over to check it out. It is a small island which sits in the middle of onset harbor and used to have a home on it and has a small dock that you can tie up to and explore....

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Sorry this will be photo link intensive but I am glad that I did the experiment. Poured about 16oz of not so fresh gas (but it was in a sealed gas can that had no vent) and did a measuring cup with 7.5 ml of water https://photos.app.goo.gl/2KMES2cQB71BjdQw6 put the cap and mixed for about 1 min - cl...

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Pic of vent hose during build - I had it long so I could eventually get it to go to the highest part of the thin hand hold portion of the gunnel. I used 3m sticky pads on the inside of the gunnel cover I eventually put in and zip tied the vent hose up high. I have validated that that system is intac...

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I am not thinking right, basic math and units of measure count, 16oz bottles are 8 to a gallon so I only took out a gallon of cloudy gas which would be in line with condensation building up in the tank prior to my thursday fill-up. I had only tested the drain on the fuel filter at the 20 hr service ...

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did some googling

https://www.daybreakfishing.com/boating/ethanol-fuel/

says 4 teaspoons of water per gallon before it phase separates. So 130 gallons x 4 teaspoons = 520 teaspoons or roughly 2 gallons. Thats if all the gas was completely separated.

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Carl, I am not sure what happened here and have 3 theories. 1. I didn't fill my tank after my 2 previous trips and was roughly 70 gallons down and the temps have been up and down a lot as well as raining very frequently. Condensation could have caused it. 2. I filled up thursday and put in 62 gallon...

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One of my friends Fontaine was with me on the trip friday and took some photos and shared them with me today. Dragger https://photos.app.goo.gl/3yZzJNhoqGZFMwT37 Gunnel view https://photos.app.goo.gl/PdtuZ5iCZXd3UQJH8 Porpoises cominng to check us out https://photos.app.goo.gl/b1ADyfBTqMtAVUiv5

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this morning I disconnected the fuel line coming out of the fuel filter and then ran it into another I/O sealed racor fuel filter and then to an electric automotive fuel pump then the output side of the pump went back into the tank. I ran it from 8am till 10am and in the mix emptied out the racors e...

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but a Zero.... The Ramp at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal was closed so they could pull boats so we had to launch on the west end, and that added 7 extra miles each way. At least the tide was going the right way in the AM and we ran through the canal at 30 kts boosted by the 4kt current. We head...

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haddock regs are now 15 fish >18" per angler, and 1 cod >22" this may turn into a freezer run

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Carl, Sounds like you had a good night anyways!!! Sunday might be a bust wind wise but I managed to move my meetings around and am taking friday off. The guys coming with me are reliable and we are going to launch out of the canal before dawn and head towards Ptown to load the livewell with macs to ...

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Friday is a bit iffy but have crew lined up for it, still looking for crew on sunday

gonna try run and gun on spinning gear but will bring gear to troll a 6 rod spread

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Long Range forecast for Sunday looks good wind wise.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zZvHsKTjDY9jsWE8A

I've got calls out looking for crew. looking to run out of Cape Cod Canal and head towards Provincetown and then go around the backside

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at least you are getting out.... I have a love / hate relationship with trailering. I love the flexibility to fish different locations and reduced cost of fuel tanking up at local gas stations but on the flip side it isn't always worth it to hook up the trailer and go out for an hour or 2 after work...

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Please don't rub it in :) NOAA TonightN winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers. TueN winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers. Tue NightE winds around 5 kt, becoming SW around 5 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. WedSW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Scattered showers. W...

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on 12v a ground back to the battery is good enough.

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The forecast this past weekend was not friendly with 20+kts winds and 4-6' seas for offshore fishing. Inshore the seas seemed fine even though it was going to blow 15-20kts, gusting higher. A friend had been hearing reports of Albies/Bonito along the elizabeth islands out to sw corner of the vineyar...

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no chartering.... the guys that went on beat down trips or I was doing repairs on the water with, they returned the favors to me on their boats. a view from a friends boat. https://photos.app.goo.gl/rcbzC7bSgAkZKyyE8 - all I have to say, if your boat engine has an idler pulley you need to have a spa...

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Carl, No problem with the side step. I see a lot of posts on the forum for folks working on their boats and not so much of them using their boats, the majority of my posts are of me fixing my boat up. Since I've got the boat running, I want to try to make a shift to more content of using a Bertram f...

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these work?
https://gemlux.com/collections/boat-hinges/products/147

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Yannis, I would order them in my preference 1. Big-eye, 2.Bluefin, 3.Yellowfin when it comes to sushi. Albacore aren't bad but I tend to make steaks out of them or mason jar pressure-cook can them in good olive oil to make an improved canned tuna. my opinion on price comes down to my boat's range, I...

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