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Steve, I did just that with Seachele. Put a bladder in , t'ed it in with 2 PVC. Shutoff valves. I used the port fish box and ran the line down between the motors. 40 gal for when Shell and I came over to the Abacos. Instant 58 gal of water, a little set up work but it worked. If you didn't move exha...

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And then the early human discovered------- fire. Welcome Kevin, to the world of selling cold beer after the storm. You have to pay for that beast somehow :-)

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Bruce, I'm going to Jackson hole tomorrow, tell me what you need ,I'll try to help Bill 7722406146

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Thanks Steve, how's that new power treating you, bet you love it, we will be back, probably heading south to the Exumas too.

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Well may regret this but had Seachele on the market and some guy comes along and buys her to tow behind his 100ft motor yacht as his fish boat.we've been using her as a stay aboard in Islamorada for about six months and we could use more room. Actually using the boat there more than in Stuart.I feel...

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Used to do fclps at San Clemente in F4s, touch and goes at night, getting ready for the ship, a couple of years ago.........dark out there :-()

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I closed the limber hole at the cabin bulkhead , drain a/c to a shower sump, stays dry. Plastic storagebcontainers for tools and spares. Also cabin gets no bilge odor. Good deal.

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Coosa board glassed over with teak veneer on both sides. Thinned west with uv inhibiter, then varnish. Gotta core the edge w teak for the hardware. Light, strong and beautiful.

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Try a pole spear with a rubber on the back end. Just side it back and clamp your hand down to hold it cocked. Take less. Effort than a sling to keep cocked, cuz those stupid hogs always go hide just as you're ready to shoot. Also a six foot pole spear can poke the nose of a nosy visitor examining yo...

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Missing the Abacos this year but we 're using the boat much more in the Keys cuz we drive ther and stay aboard for 4 or 5 days when I' m not flying. Be back next summer. Just flew into Marsh harbor from Bermuda the other day nice view over H town coming from the east. Diff perspective, saw your plac...

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Steve, congrats on getting the motors, you'll love em. I try to make Spanish but the banks can get sloppy with a little eastvwind. 15 kts. You can clear at Walkers but the entrance is poorly marked,,, if you plead ignorance and beg$$ they will come to Rosies at Grand after 4 r so, much better. Spani...

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Kevin, no problem, heading back to Stuart tomorrow but boat remains now a permanent resident of Monroe county. Be back in a week for several days,meet up sometime,Bill

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Kevin, and Buju, Seachele has moved from Stuart to Founders Prk in Islamorada,down this weekend ,gonna make it a bi weekly stay. Let's get together,,, Bill

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Kind late 4am wakeup, but search surge tubes. Most cummins installs in 31s have a port engine crossover exhaust to prevent water into the turbo, stbd, just a loop. I think 21 or more inch rise is recommended.forget the exact number. Also mufflers can restrict back flow and surge tubes solve backdown...

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Keith, have you done anything to limit salt water backing up into the turbos? Mufflers, surge tubes or x over style exhaust?

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I don't have a video but if you get a pair of fedex trucks in your driveway delivering qvc boxes to your wife my 250 6bs sound just about the same ;-) awesome.

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Congrats Steve, you're gonna love it,completely different boat. Not coming over this summer,going to Islamorada for a few months,see you next time.

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Seems to me I used a water based awlgrip urethane. Brushed/rolled dried nice and smooth and hard .great product for bilges,has held up very well. Forget the actual product name but I'll research it.

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Dug, in Seachele i put a u shaped settee on the port side. Just forward of the port side bulkhead is where I put the unit. Now this is important. Put a hatch over it so you can disconnect and remove the unit( practice this ). You will need todo this at some point especially if you use it a lot like ...

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They also make a round one I used for the genny with a round holes in the trap door,so I don't pressure feed the gen while underway. Bill

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Dug, in my marina here in Stuart, the water gets nasty in the summer and Everybody with internal strainers has problems all the time . Those trap doors make cleaning them out a breeze,never an issue.

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Hey, good idea I bet Capt Pat has a great hot tub idea,kinda like the one I use in the Abacos in July, fall overboard with a rum and,later the a/c feels real good. Dug, I just used what came with the unit, and on 12/12 return from home depot.

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I used soundown 1.5 in . On top of boxes sides , hull side and bulkhead. Much quieter than the big blocks at idle and cruise. The only bothersome and not really noise is gear rattle at low idle. She...... Read Flag Officer, Never complains

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Mike, I use one of my old gasser blowers for the fan fits and works great,can't hear it over the rumble

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I run 20x23 4 blades on my 250s. Turn up 2650. seem to remember taking a half inch pitch off stbd to fine tune my motors. Stock shaft angles, seems to work fine, Bill

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250 6btas 20x23s, what Tony said

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Bob, I certainly respect your prop knowledge and would love to have you recommend a prop change for me if you think it would work on a 250. Right now 20x23 4 blades no cup. Standard shaft angles, engine sit about 7 inches from the fwd bulkhead,nexgen to port. Performance nos above,, Bill

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I have 250 cummins in a 73 sf with a bulkhead gen, and ac. At 2400 I get on average 25-26kts. 2600 max recommended rpm I turn 2650 with a clean bottom 28-29 kts. To get the higher cruise you need 330s, or better shaft angle/prop re-engineering, ceramic tiles from used space shuttle.laminar flow bott...

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250 cummins, 16-1700 rpm, figure about 9-10 gph total . 18kts

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Or Stuart :-( butbthe site works :-))))

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Next thing he'll want trim tabs-----

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2 31's and a 28 in the pix. Was that the Mediterranean rendezvous? I talked to dockside, $10000. to ship Seachele to Palma Majorca, relive my shore patrol days, or was that daze?

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By the way, awesome choice of power!

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Russ, I installed Aetna digital tachs that work off a flywheel sensor with integrated hour meters.could not be happier. Aetna engineering.com?????

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What a post guys, the marina where Seachele lives has crappy water and the strainers clog in 10 days now in the summer. Decided to go with these strainers ordered them today from Lewis here in Stuart. Made my decision a no brainer. Also now my diver can do a thorough job. Using 1 1/4 intakes went wi...

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5.75 here in Green Turtle, but the rum is cheap :-D

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Never met ya, wish I could have, now how exactly do ya make a roux....Bill

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Bob, I used the same blue lines w the push on fittings, perfect, just wonder if hey are commercial approved, a friend has a 41 Viking and needs to replace his lines and the blue Parker w fittings is a better price , he's just concerned about it passing a survey, mine passed no problem.

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Another way to put it, when it gets sloppy, my 31 can do 16 kts at 1600rpm(250 6bs) all day, the 454sdidnt have the torque to push it up the hill without goosingit( read accelerator pumps raw gas). We just plod on comfy at 16kts. Torque s the mojo!

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The Tachs on my 6bs come off of a flywheel sensor. My tachs came from aetna and are +- 1 rpm. Very accurate.

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I bought Seachele from Pete,,,my wife knows his last name, he had Mr. toad at his house and this rough sport fish that I bought to create Seachele. Mr.Toad is a sport fish w 370 cummins, pockets and an isinglass bulkhead. The half tower I really liked so I used the same fabricator to make a duplicat...

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Talked to a float plane guy out of Key West Saturday at the fbo in MIA. Apparently on a floatplane going to Everglades City to do some tv production work. Does anyone know if his Dad started the series, Chico Fernandez? Used to fly with his wife at the old gig. Sad day, fair winds...

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Gert, I agree, itk verstaat

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Maybe an impromptu rendezvous at Seachele for anybody around town. Bill 772 240 6146

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Brew, I live here and keep Seachele at Sunset Bay Marina at the foot of the Rosevelt bridge. Leaving for the Bahamas about the 14th with a weather window for a few days . Gve me a call, Bill 772 240 6146, be a pleasure to meet up!

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Pete, I have a 4 step Armstrong ladder that works very well. Cautions, you need to beef up the transom or the flex will bother you,not from the kids but my 225# made it move until I beefed it up, also you may want a wedge to compensate for the transom angle. It is a nice piece easy to use and remova...

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Back in the old days 200 & 1/2 mi was std mins think it's still the same today. The good thing about the ship is that it does move and can sometimes find better wx. Also if you have no divert field-blue water ops- who's gonna violate you for bringing it back aboard. As opposed to sh&@ canning a mult...

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Practicing in a 30 or 35 foot pitching deck is like practicing getting hit on the head with a baseball bat. Sometimes it just hurts and sometimes it kills ya. But do we practice that? When the deck is moving that much you just do as you have been trained . You're not aware of the pitch just fly the ...

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I bought a pair of 250 cummins with 2:1 gears out of a burned trawler. Finally I found some 1.5:1 gears and swapped them out. It's the way to go. You could maybe make the 2:1s work but the prop size would be a challenge. Just find some 1.5s, it can be done.but then what do I know. My boat runs real ...

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362 times, F4J, Saratoga,Indy,Ranger,Nimitz(big boat),Lex(very,very,small boat in A4). Have tried to explain but the video pretty much says it all. After 35 years the video still brings back the nausea that I felt coming down final. It was amazing, terrifying, gratifying, unfortunately tragically re...

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