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Preston Burrows

Awlgrip's Awlcare for cleaning then overcoated with Rejex for continued protection from grime works well for my Awlgrip painted transom and hull sides. I have Chevy 350's with Holley carbs so my B28 is not eco friendly, try as I do my port side engine has always run too rich and soots up the transom...

Preston Burrows

Here's the video, I think this was posted here before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0ujSxG0T8

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Dug, There's also an actual real time video of his search for the boat and jumping out of the helicopter for it I'd seen some time ago.............from what I remember of the video him actually going overboard for the boat was not part of their original plan although he had gear on him to do so just...

Preston Burrows

Cap, Cheers,my curiousity was whether the White Trilux 33 bottom paint could be tinted green - Stephan's search for Green Trilux 33 got me wondering what's the difference and surely the different colours are just the same 'base' tinted to whatever different colour??? No doubt all the paint manufactu...

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Absolutely ignorant question, so excuse me in advance............can the white Trilux 33 be tinted green?????????

Aren't the coloured anti-foulings tinted from a common 'base' regardless???

Tommy you got any of that time on your hands to help me out on this one????

Preston Burrows

I use Marykate brand 'On & Off Hull & Bottom Cleaner' to get rust stains from the flybridge railing/seat's stanchions off the awl gripped deck. Soak lightly, scrub stains out with an old toothbrush, mop up with a sponge, final rinse with water and dry off with terry cloth. Then a light coat of wax a...

Preston Burrows

Olivier, This outfit was super helpful to me a number of years ago, they also have a good website which you can peruse for options and then contact them if you wish. Go to: http://www.garysupholstery.com/ See: http://www.garysupholstery.com/marine-vinyl.html If you are providing the material to an u...

Preston Burrows

Yannis, The stanchions on my railing are not cranked/bent at each end. [The original stanchions were.] Instead, when replacing the stanchions, we placed the rail fittings as far aft as we could on the horizontal railing to give some resistance ['rigidity'] for/to the stanchions. It should be noted t...

Preston Burrows

Yannis, "What's funny though is that the tube pieces that connect the rail to the deck are not straight tubes. They are intentionally bent at both ends-with opposite bends, so that they can better correspond to the needed angle between the bases and connectors. I wonder why that complication..." Lik...

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Yannis, Much like swim/dive platforms for me bow rails are a necessary evil versus their cosmetics and aesthetics etc. I do not have a bow pulpit, however for me having one would be useful. Here's how my bow railings are configured: http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff253/prestonburrows/Boat/Asat55...

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Yannis: On my '76 FBC it's 24" [63cm] from the underside of the rail [tubing] to the deck at the bow V, which was the factory installed height before I replaced a few sections of the horizontal and vertical tubing along with all new bases. I knew I made a note of this [even in metric!] in January 20...

Preston Burrows

Frank, Yes to all your queries of my method. (The electrical connection is assured by way of the front or face ['non stringer side'] of the Bonding strap, which I emery board clean and check for continuity, the bronze bolt simply acts as a stud upon which I mount the Bonding wire by way of a termina...

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Frank, I found the easiest solution for attaching more bonding wires to the copper bonding strap was to epoxy flat head bronze bolts to the bonding strap after pre-drilling the appropriate sized hole in the strap, assuming you do not have the perforated type bonding strap,in which case I used bronze...

Preston Burrows

Some good long answers here!

Disconnect the chokes and see if that pins down the re-start issue, then either clean the choke springs or replace with new or electric chokes!

I hate chokes.

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Neither do I want to do again ! It was the port outboard side stringer that was cut out, I had mis-remembered it as being the inboard stringer! Not a happy sight that day! I used white oak for the new 'sisters' http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff253/prestonburrows/Boat/PortStringer5_zps211a8a53.jpg

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If you have 2 left hands like me try Thermoply as well if you are looking for a non ' craftsman's' material to template with.

Not as easy to cut perhaps as doorskin but a little more 'forgiving' and 'robust'.

Wait..just remembered your paint job posts.....never mind!

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Your anecdotes bring back bad memories................when I was replacing the 'sisters' that attach to the stringers and form the engine beds my carpenter's helper decided to cut out the entire stringer on my port engine's in board side...........instead of unbolting and removing only the sister......

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Rocky, At least the fellow driving the boat, responsible for all the pax safety, appeared to be the worse off - unless he was guilty of a soccer dive! The video does not show him getting up and the others did not appear too concerned for him......... so one can only assume he stayed down in embarras...

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Yannis,

Gertram?

Good one, that moniker should stick!

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Steve:

Thanks for posting that.

One for you if you've not already read it.......slightly Bahamas related and a very good read of a life/times much more simple.............. 'The Last Schoonerman' by Joe Russell, about the life of Captain Lou Kennedy.
ISBN 0-9789350-0-4

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Bruce: Coincidence you posted this, I almost did post news of it as a response to one of your recent Darwin Award threads.............but thought the better of it as my English usually fails me on this subject.... and it had completely failed by the end of my attempted post, so I aborted...............

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Bob:

Make sure and shift the correct amount of water ballast to the starboard side before you re- launch!

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Steve: In the spirit of getting on with life, and to show their boats can indeed float upright, yes 'they' should show their boats at the end of the video as they did! If the fleet was all steaming at a 30o list that would have been a bad idea..... Seems like this video was done by someone outside o...

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Navatech:

Not so fast on the man card surrender in this case, look at the photos and see what 'he' called 'her' boat!

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What's happening at the engine gear and throttle end of things?

How do the two sets of connections look in comparison there, especially with respect to 'throw' distances?

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if I'm reading your post correctly.......... form/block out the drain tray's area and pour your epoxy over the bar top, then remove the form/blocking and insert the drain tray in the unepoxied area. Alternatively, if removable 'forms' or 'blocking' is too challenging release wise from the epoxy bloc...

Preston Burrows

Yannis: Here's a link to the place I get Mercury outboard parts from: http://www.mercruiserparts.com/selectDocs.asp?doc_nbr=34164 You can view what available parts for your engine there are by scrolling through the parts pages. There's numerous websites devoted to old Mercury outboards that are help...

Preston Burrows

Computers and Bertram's...........it just don't sound right! What's next,Facebook heads up display on the flybridge? Or should I say FB HUD? When I bought my B28 the most modern 'electronics' on it was a Danforth compass! Well it had a light on it so counts as electronic... Kevin - Have you finalize...

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Joe: You may have an issue with your placement pilaster/gunnel - the Lee's Jr bases are a 3 point mount and the pilaster would need space for 2 mounting points about 12" apart. You'd have to install the bases on the pilasters at a pretty acute angle due to the pilasters narrow width, meaning the rig...

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Mark:

Not quite Nirvana, those 'SWAB's were gas not diesel powered!

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Boltdepot.com serves me well, and they are suited to small or large orders if you have no local supply house you can walk in for,

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The non skid particles will knock the gloss effect out quite considerably...........do a test board first if you are painting yourself, I had the same thoughts and the test boards I did calmed me down when I looked at them on deck...............

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Tony, that can't be Keith - he don't need no knife....................

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Steve:

Paul? Twice? My bad, excuse me!

Post up some photos please when your panels all done, interested to see how they look.

Cheers,

Preston Burrows

Paul:

Any update as to your panels project, or do you just have the material in hand now ready and waiting to install?

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Looks like the disconnect process is covered. Check if your engines still have the lifting eyes on them, mine had their original L brackets with round eyes in them which we used as the lifting point.....first to get the engines off the mounts by hooking up and raising them slightly, then we set 2"x4...

Preston Burrows

Patrick: Short of sending cash in the mail to you in Texas how can I send you annual contributions? I sure would like to. I gather most donors send you cheques in the mail? Maybe one of those donors who has credit card facilities could take my credit card contribution and send on to you in the form ...

Preston Burrows

Kevin: Do you have backer plates behind the new hatch hinges, or have you just screwed them on to the bulkhead? The cabin's hull liner denies access to the back of the bulkhead at the hinge's height unless you cut access holes, correct? I've found getting a uniform application of the non skid partic...

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Bob:

Photos please of the 100 women!

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Go Kevin !

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Kevin: You are almost there..... engineer the hatch being flush to the cockpit step-down and use gas struts instead of electric for the hatch holders is what I would do ! Anything is better than this arrangement of mine [though I did see the light and had a major upgrade from a mop handle to an 1 1/...

Preston Burrows

Kevin: Your thinking as to the Berry Islands is spot on, sounds like you're looking for some motivation to get your 1 piece hatch finished soon! Crawfish season would be closed until August 1st, you might want to re-think your July visit dates? Berry Islands are good for shallow diving / spearfishing.

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Paul:

I was going to post information to you as to an Azek supplier but it looks like you are sorted, so for the benefit of any others looking who may want to check:

Wholesale Building Products
3050 N 29th Court
Hollywood, Florida 33020
Phone: 954-927-1475 Fax: 954-927-7310

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Kevin: Post up some photos of your new single piece hatch arrangement to give us a visual please. Hatch weight and pivot wise I'm thinking your best bet might be to forgo the usual marine hardware manufacturers and look elsewhere. Assuming you've built a new support for the single piece hatch on the...

Preston Burrows

Keith:

Put yours on E-Bay at whatever price you are hoping for and see what happens!

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Anyone have any experience with painting Azek directly with Awgrip? As opposed to priming it first? Unpainted Azek would scuff easily and I'm not sure of what cleaning compounds etc one would use on it? Replacing my cockpit's side panels has been on my winter to do list since 2002............. 2 yea...

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At about the 1.02 mark the bear sees the size of the gun covering him????

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Navatech:

'Camper' type as in what you've seen and posted photos of, with the extended 'house' and 'sky lounge'........!!!

Luis has a far more refined version.

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Navatech:

Dude has too much into it to sell !

I hope Luis see's your post and photos, he has a B31 'Camper' version that he will appreciate even more afterwards!

PS: When you next catch any Grouper I'd sure be interested to see photos of them to see how they compare to species we have here.

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Ian: Fair comment! In my previous post I was referring to the B28's two most inboard strakes which are thinner than the rest of the hull, hollow and prone to stress cracks and water 'intrusion.' I should have stated...."likely they tried variations location wise of the hollow added on after the hull...

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