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In Memory of Vicroy

Well, CX just put out a press release on the Max Wax with pix of a big prop that seemed to endure 6 months of salt water with no growth. The release is not on their website (corrosionx.com) yet, just came out about an hour ago. I have an email in to the sales mgr. to see if it comes in bulk vs. the ...

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Just heard from the sales manager at Corrosion X that their big customer in New Zealand (think its the Port of Auckland) has discovered that Max Wax is a highly effective antifouling coating on hulls and running gear, including props. Not its intended use, but whatever works works... Anyone wanna be...

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Bruce - I did some research on lithium batteries (for my digital camera) and learned that they have a life of about 5 years whether you use them or not. Has the car model beat that rap?

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My view is if the place is owned by the local government, we need to raise hell with the politicos about Mike's screwing, after all he was there. If it's private, raise hell too. Someone let us know who is in charge and an address and/or email. Boat owns the slip rather than the owner? Bulls**t I sa...

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Hope ya'll had a big time, wish we coulda been there. I spent the weekend cleaning up AJ and taking the dinette table out, which I realized once I did that it had never been off the boat. What a huge improvement just taking the table off makes. No remodel plans now, just new cushions for the seats a...

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Ray - that's a nice sounding Coonass Navy you got there.......

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Sure the garden hose will work, just make sure it's on the intake side of the raw water pump or the impeller will burn up in 22.7 seconds flat. Just don't run it much more than an idle - those raw water pumps put out about 5 times what a garden hose does.

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Rhan-doll - glad they came out good. I was perusing the TSL site and the recent fishing reports, and see that your surfing buddy Achelles the waiter is making it big time. Some guests from TX took him out fishing with them on their last day and he caught his first sail and a tuna. Great guy - I figu...

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Welcome home, Commander. I'll take you up on the tour offer soon. From all of the Faithful, thank you for your service.

Gimme a shout, 800 260 9908 and let's catch up.

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Jimmy - congrats. Great pix. Did you cut the pix out of a video? World class pix.

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Damn, Walter, our recipes crossed in cyberspace and they are sure similar. Rhan-Doll, see, you got one of them things they call a 'consensus'. Can't miss. Coonass and famous yankee chef agree how to do Mahi Fingers. I hear Hillary & El Presidente' Billy are gonna appoint Walter the Chef General of t...

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OK Senor Rhan-Doll, here is how you do it. First cut any red stripe out of the fillets, they taste a little strong. Then slice the fillets longways (fore & aft) into about 3/4" strips, then cut them sideways to end up with strips about 4" long and 3/4" wide. Wash them good under cold water, lay them...

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Fewest I've had in 45 years. One B31, two flat boats, one life raft (un-inflated) a pedal boat that washed up in the yard of the camp during Katrina the Bride is growing pot plants in. I used to have 11 boats, someone asked me why I had 11 boats. Thought a while, then the answer was "I just sold one...

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Gail - that is sure interesting info. For those of you that don't know him, Gail Culp is the proud owner of the rocket ship "Fun Ticket" that Garry Jordan has been talking about, the pretty green Bahia. I never really thought about the water flow affecting the back pressure, but guess on the hi hp v...

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Tommy, yeah, but still a bargain at twice the price. And do bring your own bar of soap. She musta found a deal on bars of Ivory that are about the size of the mints they leave on your pillow at a fancy hotel. Oh yeah, and no phones, bring your cell. But the restaurant next door, the Casa Blanca, is ...

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I just talked to the Bambooshka (aka Elizabeth) and made my reservation for Wed. Oct. 25 thru Sunday Oct 29, departing Monday the 30th. She has "oodles" of rooms still left. Ocean Holiday Motel (Resort?) 954.761.9933. She will need a credit card # to reserve. Didn't ask the price but it has been 65 ...

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Yeah, I'd do that, he will know. I don't think I've ever seen any B series Cummins rigged like that. Did you look at your elbows real carefully? There are about 3 different ones made from different materials. The cupro-nickel ones are the most expensive and seem to last the best. I lucked up and hav...

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Gas (and diesel) eats teflon. Use the blue plumber's stuff or Aviation Permtex is my favorite, never gets hard and seals good. It's another of da Judge's potions, also great on bolts in the wet parts of the engine like manifolds and heads. Speaking of potions, the "U" bracket that holds my Garmin 20...

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Prof - that is a dead ass hansome boat. It be's you. Who's white hull B31 in the background of the last pix?

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Mikey - don't have a clue why they set it up that way. On mine all the water goes into the exhaust elbow right downstream of the turbo. The only reason I can thank of is that the water injection holes in the elbow were partially clogged and the bypass was to increase water flow. The setup you descri...

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Put about 65 gal of diesel in AJ this morning to fill her up, $2.59 gal.

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Skyking - no, the CX won't hurt anything, you can spray it anywhere. Sure, you can order it from me, just email my office, VLR@RKKDLAW.COM with what you need, name, mailing address, & a phone # (DHL wants one) and I'll ship it. An invoice will be in the box, just mail me a check when you get it. The...

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Sure thing, I'll get it out Monday. Please email your mailing address and phone # to my office, VLR@RKKDLAW.COM Heading to the camp to play with AJ and re-seat a damn commode that's leaking. Anyway, here is the complete line of CX stuff I have and the Faitbhful prices: 16 oz. CX aerosol: 10.69 6 oz....

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Walter, I thought the same thing when Gale's Bahia came in the harbor at Port Eads last year, but that color scheme sorta grows on you. Good eye, my Fren'.......

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Randall, not too late, ya'll combine what you need into one box and shipping is cheap. Work on it over the weekend and I can ship it early next week. I have a lot of the CX stuff, including the RejeX, and at prices you will never see again.

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Harv, it's not gonna hurt, but probably not something you just have to do if the engines have been run recently. Now, if the engines had benn laid up for a while, a good idea. Remember, the CX original (in the red can) is a super penetrant and lublicant, but takes some time to penetrate hard siezed ...

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Digging around in a box today found an original Mercruiser tach probably from my old 165s on the B25 in the late 70's. Probably works, was removed in the gas to diesel repower in 1984. Yours for the asking. Just insured it would work, shot it with CX. Speaking of CX, I have the full line of products...

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Put reg. gas in my Tahoe this morning here in B.R. and 2.89.9. Premium was 3.09.9. Gas on the Tickfaw River at the one fuel dock that sells it was reported at 3.59 last weekend. Good news is ExxonMobil made $10 Billion last quarter and ConocoPhillips made $5 B. We own them both, so I smile at the pu...

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The airline, the DEA, and Lyman already called me about the 5 kilos of crack they found in Timmy's bag. I told them it probably belonged to Walter. You owe me big time, Timmy......

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JC, agree that Rustoleum or just about any other good enamel paint will do. Need hi-temp on the exhaust stacks and turbo hot side. Now the trick to keeping paint on the engine and gear is to prep, prep, prep. Sand or wire brush (a small wire cup brush in a cordless drill works great) all the areas w...

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Andre' - the boys make it to Venice Friday on RR OK? We need to do lunch this week. Kipp, how about you? Mr. Borne? A B31 Power Lunch?

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Doc - watched the video last nite at the camp with Don Helms. Great job as usual. Captured the essence of the place, the people, the whole experience.

So what happened at AC? You guys lose not only your money, but your boats to Sir Donald at the tables?

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Thanks, guys. Does not look that hard, and yeah, about 20" wide ought to do it. In fact, the cushions I have on the dinette now will fit on the bench. Plumbing? I got plumbing already. Thinking about adding a shower and bidet tho.

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As part of AJ's transformation from a hard core fishing boat to a more mild mannered Howdy Boat (yeah, she will still chase blue suits, but not as hard) I'm planning to remove the dinette, lower the floor and put in a straight sofa. How big a deal is it to lower the floor where the dinette is? Patri...

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Phil - I have a bunch of it and can send you some. The 12 oz boittle retials for $14.95 and the 16 oz for $19.95. I can discount it to get it to you delivered for that price. Send me your address and how much you need. Chris - yep, it's a spray aerosol. AJ has new rudder flange berings and shaft cou...

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Tony - the ReelX is really just the red CX in a small continer. Likewise the CX for guns is the same stuff in a little larger squeeze bottle. Very easy to pack around, and the fact is that the original CX is the Magic Bullet however you use it. I've used the RejeX polymer sealer on my transom, and i...

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I got my first shipment of CX products in today, and was able to talk them out of 2 cases of Max Wax. For those of you that don't know the product, it is in an areosol can and sprays a waxy coating that is self healing (scratch it and it runs back to heal the cut) that will last a very long time. I ...

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Walter, if the question was how much the damage to AJ was, start with 50 grand and work from there. I'm sure glad she's back, but I can see another year to get her right. A total mses. But on the good side, she floats, she shines, she runs 24.7 kts on cruise, and she is home. And i'm going to bed. UV

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Hal, after the near one year ordeal, I'm gonna do my bluewater in Panama from now on. Got a couple of spots still open, grab one now.

AJ is now a picnic boat, my offshore fishing boat is now run by guys that speak spanish and dock in Pinas Bay. You gotta go there to see what a no brainer it is.

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Judge, me & the Bride's prayers are with you - he was obviously a good guy, and that to me is what we all want to be remembered as.

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Well, she's home. I got to the yard about 7 this morning (4 am wakeup and hour and a half drive) and she was NOT ready to go. Several issues, but they were resolved in my favor by noon. No gunplay, but nearly. Took off for the camp at noon. All systems performed perfectly. All electronics worked fin...

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If you did not puke in Panama, that menu should clear your guts. Sorry to be critical, but sounds like some yankee trying to be gourmet. Let me tell her how to do it. First make a roux, just some olive oil and flour, brown it, then put some chopped onion, garlic and wine in, let the veggies saute', ...

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No, maybe Doc......

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I was wondering who was gonna be the first to break the news. Ya'll be careful, docktinis are better than 8 to 12's.

Going to fetch AJ at dark thrity tomorrow. Feel like a kid on Christmas Eve.

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Vince - the 210s are just not enough power for the boat. Doubt you could get a 22 kt cruise out of them. My view is that the boats need a minimum of 240 diesel hp a side and a max of 300. I have the 6BTA 250's and the aftercooler is a near zero maintaince item. Look at the reman 270's as middle grou...

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Good idea, Timmy, you line up the Hooters.

Yard called, AJ is done. I will pick her up in the morning early and take her home to the camp, very gently......

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The Cummins manual has a section (page A-123) on replacing the front and rear engine mounts. For the front mount, it says jack up using thefront of the oil pan to push on, and be sure to put a piece of wood at least 8" long and an inch and a half thick transversely against the oil pan. Says to sprea...

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I've seen it done with a floor jack shimmed up against the hull with some 2X12's.

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I can drop ship you a 55 gal. durm in about 8 minutes. Now we may need a credit check or a real stout credit card....... Anyway, just something I thought I'd do to while away my spare time. A shame such a great product line is not brought to the public, but I'm preaching to the choir here for sure. UV

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Yeah, its gonna happen. Not tomorrow tho. Talked to the yard this morning and apparently the guy that was to align the engines musta took drunk over the weekend and did not show up. After all, the boat is in New Orleans.... Good news is that the port gear oil leak was a busted fitting on a gear cool...

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