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PeterPalmieri

So some guys in the boat yard have used the cheaper knock off seadek from Amazon or EBay. They all seemed to report it’s held up well but nobody had it for many years at this point. A roll that you cut yourself wasn’t too much more since it’s not much square footage. I also didn’t go with a template...

PeterPalmieri

Well I guess we will find out. The plywood is sealed, it’s not raw wood and my cabin is pretty darn dry. Check back in a few years.

PeterPalmieri

Yes sliding door. Kept the fixed section and added the slider over the front. The floor is seadek pulled off the old laminate and it’s glued right to the plywood hatches. Originally was going to pull out the bulkheads for the head and redo in coosa. Which would have been easier for a finished look b...

PeterPalmieri

Of the 16,000 views at least 100 are me

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Thank you. Slowly, hoping next year to work on the port side of the cabin.

PeterPalmieri

Definetily want to plan on it.

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https://imgur.com/gallery/wPwrckt

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With Active Captain you can mirror and control any screen. So I can mirror the sounder and throw the iPad in the cockpit when I’m fishing. I can sit in the cabin and play with the chart to plan my next route. Or my favorite pull up the autopilot on my phone and sit back and enjoy. I’ve had some issu...

PeterPalmieri

Thanks Carl. Great info. Hoping mine holds up well

PeterPalmieri

https://www.tackledirect.com/yo-zuri-hydro-monster-shot.html So here is a tip, bass are pushing sand eels up to the surface, you can anticipate this as the birds start to see it and move in. If you can get a cast in before you see that tall slap you can nail a big one. If you can get a cast in right...

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Years ago we loaded up for an extended weekend to stay over at Fire Island about halfway there the block of my 454 cracked or a rod pushed through. The bilge filled with oil and the motor was done. We limped the rest of the way to our destination and enjoyed our 3 day weekend. Went home at 4 kts on ...

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I guess the Title says it all. As you all know I’ve kept the boat pretty simple; engines, batteries, electronics and a small inverter. I don’t yet have all the electronics networked 100% or the radar hooked up. But we calibrated the autopilot and I can use Garmin active captain to mirror my electron...

PeterPalmieri

What a beauty. Thank you.

PeterPalmieri

I’m in agreement. I follow everything I can and there is a lack of final walkthrough videos. One of the nicest est 31s is the one Bad Company has and the only thing you can find is a 30 sec YouTube short.

PeterPalmieri

I have a lot to say on this. Cargo nets for the life jackets in the vberth were huge as that space isn’t used for anything else. I’m considering moving my fresh and black water tanks under the deck where people add fish boxes. That leaves a cavernous space below the cabin deck. Also considering holl...

PeterPalmieri · Re: West Atlantis 9/13-9/14 Amazing trip

Amazing trip

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If they did everything that was neccesary that boat is worth every penny. But I’m suspect. A previous owner pulled out the genny, which is fairly essential when you don’t have any windows that open. None of the pictures show a new genny installed. Which would have required the engine to be pulled. T...

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We did a pretty thorough survey of buddy Boy two years ago and passed on it. It was pretty neglected and had a bunch of problems. All fixable but I’d want to see copies of receipts before I paid what they’re asking.

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To further Mikes comment both dreamgreen.org and Groco make composite backing plates if you replace the thru hulls.

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Do whatever the wife says. QSB 550s?

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That is really an incredibly well done boat.

PeterPalmieri

That’s pretty awesome.

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That’s one heck of a nice boat. We can all argue for $1mm I’d prefer to have it customized to my taste. But she’s pretty darn sweet.

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Don’t make me count them, haha. I like to think like Justin (12 now). The summer is endless and the next school year is a lifetime away.

PeterPalmieri

I’ve been looking at the weather since we came home, hoping to make a run and I think the same goes for your trip. “Maybe next week”

PeterPalmieri

Love the update and sorry for the problems. What a beautiful place to be. I do have to object to this thing you call a hot sun, we didn’t see or feel one of those between Seattle and Skagway.

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That’s too bad but nothing wrong with Barbados. If you make the trip later let me know. I’d love to pop out in the ocean and parade in with you. Make sure you use dockwa to make a reservation.

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Cherry grove is one “town” east of sailors and is easily identifable by the red and white striped awning if you need a visual.

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Carl yes it’s pretty easy as you said. You are going east of ocean beach to the green can just west of ocean bay park. If you head north north east from there a mile before going east you will be fine. There is a little dashed area that you can see just need to get around that and your fine. We will...

PeterPalmieri

Congrats. I don’t know the boat but welcome back.

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Bertramp wrote: ↑Jul 22nd, '24, 13:45 I was and am working on a project where Pete had most of the work done. In a word .... OUTSTANDING !!

You’ve got to share that beauty

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Rubrail is nice too but for me it’s that a utility piece always getting banged up. 25k installed for new windows and frames isn’t a terrible price at all. I think they want that much for the fiberglass ones when Brodorous Rose was doing it and that didn’t include installation.

PeterPalmieri

Those stainless window frames are amazing.

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12v actuators make more sense. this way they not only hold them open but also keep them shut I agree everything should be closed up when underway but not everyone likes to sit in a closed up cabin. I think gas struts will end up failing quickly if you ran the boat with them open I agree, if I can f...

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lobo wrote: ↑Jul 13th, '24, 14:03 peter , who did the frame ? Looks awesome

Those are the original frames, I’ve been cleaning them fairly often and they have started to look better over the years.

PeterPalmieri

i noticed that problem too after I installed the oversized rudders. After I got a bit more practice docking my boat, however, I discovered that I could get her to spin nicely by just giving a quick touch of the throttle on the engine that was in reverse. For me it’s a very different feel, I obvious...

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I’m going to say something most people haven’t. Yes the oversized rudders are great and I can run straight with one engine now all day long. And with my old gas motors I often had a need to get home on one engine and used what we call Brews bucket technique. You hang a 5 gallon bucket off the side o...

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That Bayliss boat is a dream. Looks like it is set up with everything the way I’d do it. Guessing the owner had more interest in the process than using the final product. Anchor locker, teak deck, 360 views in the cabin, checks all my boxes. I was close to the dream with Buddy Boy and after looking ...

PeterPalmieri

Peter, you've got me thinking about your solution. I found this on the WWW, https://activwall.com/products/gas-strut-windows/ The video lets you imagine our front windows in action. They note that everyone asks how you close it. They say from the outside, or they sell you a pull hook. Which sounds ...

PeterPalmieri

For what it’s worth I almost always run with the windows wide open in conditions that I don’t think I’m going to take water or a lot of spray over the bow. Again, lexan windows with the original hardware. It’s to warm in the cabin not too during the summer. And while the original hardware holds well...

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Peter, I use my windows all the time too. Mine are heavy. I would think gas shocks may be difficult to close; someone may have to go out on deck to push them closed. I'd put this in the category of "I've go way more stuff to do than figure this out". :-D My list is pretty manageable at this point, ...

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Peter. Mine are lexan so it’s pretty light. Haven’t had a problem since we switched out the glass, which was heavy

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So I didn’t do AC or. Generator. We open the windows all the time and I run with them open fairly often. But there is certainly conditions they need to be closed. My wife and kids have never been super comfortable opening them and getting them secure in the notches so that they stay in place. So I t...

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Has anyone had luck replacing the original front window hardware with a gas assisted shock?

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No windlass. I have a fortress on deck with chocks, I just have one of the kids bump it in and out of gear and I retrieve by hand.

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It looks like you tweaked the angel of the struts. Did you change the shaft angle ? Do you know what your clearance is between the bottom and the props? Good questions I’ll have to go back to my notes. I want to say we tried to get the down angle as close to 12 degrees as we could. Clearance wasn’t...

PeterPalmieri

I just bought a small fortress with 6ft of stainless chain and 100 ft of line. Fits under the deck of the vberth. Light and easy mostly as an emergency back up or for easy anchoring in 5 feet of water for a swim.

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KARCOCA Cargo Net for Pickup... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KC44MY6?re ... b_ap_share

I’m officially caught up enough that I think I can go down to the boat without tools or a stop at the marine store.

PeterPalmieri

Tony, so far we have 24 hours on the engines. I’m fortunate that the boat and my office are about 2 miles from the house so I can knock out little things before work or in the evening. Yesterday morning I was able to run around and pick up some misc parts before work. And after work before dinner I ...

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Your main anchor line gets wrapped around a prop so you have to cut it away and have no propulsion.

Basically every pease of gear on the boat is for safety first.

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