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Nope. No lenses.

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I bought Rupp Tournament Lift Outs, with 22' poles.

They will be mounted up this spring, but are the same as Nick Zerille has on his boat. They looked so super incredible I changed from the Lee classics...

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Good tip! No worries.

The chock will be cast in 316 Stainless...

Thanks guys!

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Might be better off buying one of the ones I will be having made. It will be some coin to get it re-chromed, and our version will be all done, and made of 316 Stainless steel.

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Donald be my tax, banking and when Mom is mad at me name...

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I insure with Boat U.S..

I have to say they have always been good to great. They have never failed to help.

Relative to this collision with the log I enjoyed in September, they have been spectacular!

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Awesome guys. Thanks. That sounds like what I planned to do, so I am really excited and reasonably confident.

Thanks again.

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More information to share! Lead time. I believe we are looking at 1-2 months to make the tooling, and then 1-2 months to get the castings, polish and drill. Total of between 2-4 months for lead time. I am waiting for the vendor to confirm this. I am also waiting for them to confirm what alloy of sta...

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Thanks for the feedback guys. I printed two threads from times past and think I am pretty well prepped. DQ, your info is perhaps the most valuable!!!!!! If you could snap a picture of what it looks like on the inside it would be great but not imperative by any means. And also, did you end up using a...

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I am preparing to install the underwater lights in my transom, potentially this weekend. I am curious about placement on the transom. At this point they will go inside the stringers, about 28 inches apart, and about 6 inches up from the bottom of the boat. I am going to do a search of articles, beca...

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Before anyone gets too excited about Goslings, just ask UV what the impact of too much can be!!!

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One step closer! The bow chock will remain a 3 piece style, as it enables much simpler polishing. It will not include accomodations for light holes. It will be cast out of solid stainless steel and polished to a mirror finish. It will retain all original bolt holes. I am to the point where I am requ...

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I recommend the Perko's as well, but spend the extra loot and buy the LED lights. I wish I had.

They will not corrode the same way the damned light bulb versions do...

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John,

Call Release Marine and ask if they have any overstocks, or returns. When people upgrade or buy new, they often trade in the ones currently there. Before I did my bench, I came really close to a used chair that looked spectacular.

http://www.releasemarine.com/

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IRGuy,

I bet!

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Nope, flying sunday, I hope. And I picked the best airline in the world for this! Jet Blue. Hmmm... Just crossing my fingers at this point. But until then, we fish in the morning! And I will worry about it when I have to, if I have to. Until then, between boat racks collapsing, antenna's buzzing, fl...

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That is what I thought. We high tailed it out of there pretty quickly. My buddy had his boat on the top level of a rack in the Oceanside Marina and the rack collapsed on Wednesday afternoon loaded with boats. We drove into the yard yesterday and the rack looked like a pretzel. So far it has been a g...

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I was fishing today aboard a friends boat off Key West. We put up the vhf antenna in some rain and noticed something that threw us all for a loop. the antenna was buzzing. Any idea what would cause that? We were expecting to get hit by lightening, based on the wierd noise. For real, any ideas? Dug

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It is not too late, and the turn out so far for interest has been great.

I am shipping my chock to the vendor for final evaluation, and will have more info in a week or two.

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I agree with JK. Alchemy has an E-120, with the dsm300, and the sirius satellite weather which at this point seems to have more functionality than the XM, but the radio control module is coming this summer. I have the 1000 watt through hull ducer. I can see a swimming gnat at 1000 feet at 25 knots. ...

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I have always put them about a foot up the shaft from the strut. I used to lose them all the time. Then I switched to another brand from what all of you have mentioned and it has a brass or copper ring inside the zinc. They are called Godfrey . The fastening is done by that ring, and it also serves ...

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I have a friend with a 22' Mako center console she is trying to move. It is a 2001 with an evinrude 225 outboard with 200 hours on it with trailer in CT. Anyone who might be interested, shoot me an email. It really hasn't been used for much other than puttering around Fishers Island Sound, and hasn'...

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Anguilla.

Stay at the Cuisinart.

Fish with the Carty family. On thier B31. $600 a day, and I mean a full day.

Priceless, and awesome vacation.

Top notch.

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I don't know about the 33, or 35, but the 28 had the same chock. Timmy, you really want one? And Jack, it depends on price for all I think. If the thing came back at $500, I don't really think it would be a go...unless I am wrong! At this point it isn't at that #, and like I said, the more interest ...

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Timmy, I was kind of wondering the same thing!

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So far 9, and yes, I would make sure it was a direct replacement. It has got to look feel and roughly function (not including the electrical) the same or in my mind, there is no point.

Like I said, 9 and counting! Many thanks!

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I have information! I need to gauge real interest in how many bow chocks there is a demand for. If you don't remember, I contacted a foundry run by an acquaintance. They cast in stainless. We talked about the possibility of tooling up the ability to make imitation Bertram bow chocks. By imitation I ...

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Brewster, She is a beautiful lady. If she has the personality to match you, she is a deadly combination! And you are right about fishing, as I saw Montauk in the background of one of those pictures, and that is real fishing country, so she sure does qualify! Can't wait to meet you at Montauk, or ear...

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Yeah Tom, you are right. But you know I was thinking of Dave.... Now Brewster, it is time top post up a picture of this woman with such good taste! Before we get all happy go lucky the tables need to be fair and square. She gets to preassess all of us via our avatars, but we get nothin'! Come on big...

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I do have diesels and pictures of the boat...

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Brewster,

You shouldn't have any problems finding her a match! I got a buddy in Niantic who she might like. He has a 31, and a steady job, and owns his own house.

Next option, I could ask Liz if she would share....?

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Weather guessers say snow tomorrow. It was lovely while we had it!

JP, you are right. Yuck!

And Randall you are right. Not long before the AC complaining...

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Bruce,

You are ahead of the curve more than behind in my experience. For real.

A high of 72. In March. In NE. Nice day outside.

Probably an equal # of grosbeaks up here though...The cold keeps them inside at least for a few months a year...

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Yes, in Plymouth. I talked with them at length at the NE boatshow, and they have a lot of equipment in thier shop. Shears, big press brakes, and welding capacity. I am not sure that they outsource, but I won't argue, I just don't feel like it today. They had a pile of tanks in the booth, and if they...

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Stu,

Try New England Propellor. They make a lot of tanks, and are on the cape. They also have a solid amount of OEM experience.

You might find it worthwhile as well.

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Supposed to hit 70 today!

And you guys are cheating, and you know it. Florida and San Diego don't count when you are talking warm weather. Any more than Louisiana or Texas.

They are supposed to be warm!

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Friday morning I woke up to see 1.5 degrees F on the thermometer. I realized quickly that tapping the digital thermometer won't check to see if it is wrong. Today it is 65 and sunny! Life is good... The boat is coming along after the crash with the log this past fall. The yard has re-assembled the r...

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Walter,

I hope it goes spectacularly well. See you on the water!

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Pete, You and I talked at Lauderdale, but my Mom had a double replacement at the New England Baptist hospital a couple years ago. She is a nurse and knows her medical shit, and said before, and after that she would never go anywhere else. You might do well to check there before surgery #3. I know yo...

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I know that i have never heard a bad thing at all ever about Sea Trac. But I have found another dealer I speak extremely highly of. Spicers Marina in Noank, CT has sold me all my raymarine stuff at amazing prices for the past two years. They really have been great. I looked everywhere, and found the...

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I thought both blocks had the overlapping valves, and though I have thrown it away already after reading, I swear it had said 8.1's.

5.7's seem awfully small for a 32 luhrs flybridge. Who in heck would put that power in that boat anyway!

Are you sure?

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I just got the new Boat U.S. magazine and there was an interesting note about Marine Power 8.1's. Seems that the overlapping valves cause real water intrusion problems with some of these engines. I am very happily in diesel land right now. I just look back on my gas days as a headache from the get g...

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So Opus One doesn't look like an open boat with a rear tower anymore? That was a very distinctive little ride! I hadn't been over to count in a while. I know Merilee Wall's cousin or something like that has one that is for sale, and Richard Miller has the sweet blue hulled ride. Double Bogie has cha...

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Nic,

Pretty damned cool dude... pretty damned cool.

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I guess they were actually the 260's. He wanted the 6 cylinders. It will run much better than it ever did! Only thing in my world is to finish the strut repairs on both sides, and then wire in the satellite weather electronic gizmo. Otherwise, it is all house...not boat... Oh, and underwater lights,...

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Yeah. I saw that. Mike beat me to the note! Nice shot. Really pretty!

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Tom, You can't entirely claim Grasshopper as from Niantic, as her summer berth is in GLP... But we could share! I know only she and Alchemy are in our harbor over in GLP. Fishers has 4-5. 2 or so in the mystic river. I know at least one in the Pawcatuck river over on the CT/RI border (Stanton's Char...

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50% of the time it is used, the rest it holds stuff. If I am doing an offshore trip, none of the guys use it, and it holds the food bag in place. If I am doing anything else, it is nice to rinse small things off, particularly if we are just out hanging around on the boat. So I would keep it. I am no...

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Can't complain. Too cold but otherwise, things are well. Sun has shined for days, car is out of the shop, all are healthy and happy, and spring is coming early according to the ground hog.

Warm 23 degrees right now. That is a step in the right direction...

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Good to hear you are well. It just seemed a bit quieter around here lately. Weather has been darned cold up here. Yesterday topped out at 28 and it seemed warm. Wierd. Today I woke up and it was 18, which also seemed warm as the last few have been around 11... I saw NO was at about 62 this morning o...

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