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had my pilot house deck on my other boat sprayed with a regular gun, with a pressure pot, same tip that he sprayed the gloss coat , just mixed the non skid with the awl craft and shot it at 100 psi, dont use any abrasive cleaners, we also rolled a deck on my buddys boat, disaster, hard to control th...

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The capt has agreed to a cocktail party and dinner in Ft liquerdale at the bimini boat club at 5:00 somewhere, the place will be a zoo, but convient and on the water, I guess Pat will be the go to man since I have not met many , can u let me know if this works

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what are they, we catch queens off memorary rock in the bahamas in 775' of water deep dropping {MEAT FISHING} whats the technique u use, bottom fishin is my favorite

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I was an Egg Harbor dealer for 15 years in the Toledo Ohio area, shipped and received 100's of boats via commercial transport,I learned most of my lessons the hard way, some memories, love bugs take a lot of scrubbing,bubble wrap the windshield and secure it in the cabin/vee berth area with lines ,d...

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who is shipping her, I use a dude named Albert 4 several years, just shipped the 30 intrepid and 28 buddy davis down, 3200 $ each from western New york ,fyi

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Bill Holmes was working at Viking in Riveria Beach last May, I had my boat at Palm Beach Towers {owned bt Viking} and he came over to look at the the helm seat he fabbed 4 me, boat jobs are tough in Florida, hopefully he found someone that will appreciate his talent, still dont like his windshield

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where u going to keep her

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The router bits are a touch pricey , practice with pine and learn to back up the trailing end to eliminate tear out, let center panal float, let the doors acclimate to the envirnment for a considerable time before finishing them

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I didnot have a port a power , but used egyptian techology utilizing shim shingles and a big hammer to achieve a similiar result. did u sneak down and photograph my 2x4 props and then post them here, looks very suspious and similiar. After holmsey GLUED the windshield in with epoxy and CAVOSIL as a ...

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We did engine alignment on the beach and redid it when we rested the boat in the water, these boats are stiff but we had to move my boat several times over the winter season and I had originally set the boat with the cabin sole as my level point, every time we would have to crank on the leveling jac...

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How do u spell AK47, works in the bahamas

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I would love to see your technique

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In my humble opinion the best natural position the boat could be in is floating, I would stabilize the beam to eliminate any compression that could occur once u start up the sawzall, keel support and chine support on the beach cant compare to sitting in the bathtub

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Craig I will be back in3 weeks and would love to help u manage the replacement project

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I did not like the way the Holesey windshield fit, I could not get it to comply with the side openings, I paid him to secure it and was unhappy with his lack of technolgy and epoxy fillers, we cut holes in the brow of the hardtop to install some fasteners as well as the underside where the windshiel...

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Craig, Russ has a high end paint shop that does lambos, ferraris porches etc, I got to know him and would recommend u talk to him, Pedro does some work for him, I wish I had moved my boat to his shop to have it painted,

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if u aregoing to charter or insure the boat which may invite a marine surveyor aboard, they probabably will want to know if the tank meets any certication requirements so they have someone else to passoff the liability, keep a copy of the cert since the decal may become tough to view, been there

Marlin

I'm installing a depth sounder to tell me the depth in shallow water, thats when I really get concerned about depth, I'm installing 2 furuno vx2 on the flybridge and a display in the cockpit, this will be connected to the black box which can interface with all if we choose, a 1kw airmar 24degree tra...

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Russ u mentioned the use of a screw gun and the trashing of the heads , a few years ago I bought an impact screw gun and once I learned how to drive it I dont think I have messed up a screw head since, especially removal of tough screws, I still use a hammer /impact device to start the loosening of ...

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the operative word is coosa, made all the floor boards and support system up ,dry fitted and attached, removed and painted and reattached, followed the captains plan but used coosa

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teak has at times a wide and deep grain which can require 7 to 8 coats to fill, mahagony is nice to work with and can be finished in fewer steps, transoms were made out of mahagony from Noah on, quite durable, I like teak and have installed a lot on several boats, your preference, epay looks very si...

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my offer still stands in ft licquerdale and the condo is yours as well

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dry fit that mother,maybe a screw every 4th location, stand back, and behind and forward and look for dips ,waves and gaps on the bottom edge, near the bow, capt pat advised me 2 fair in under the rubrail near the bow to eliminate the 1/4" gap{ I was going to paint the boat},next dry fit the ss rubr...

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spent 20 yrs shoring up boats for the winter season, rule was block the keel every 10 ft, hence a 31 would need 3 blockings points on the keel, we also would shore up on the chine areas .in the same location as the blocking longitudinally, with 4x4's or screw jacks in latter years, we did this for w...

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I, m in ,haven't missed 1 in 20 years, went 1 year for a beer and hot dog, came home with a 31 jupiter, maybe 2 beers I have been trying to get the professor from LLano Tx to come over, he may need some encouragement

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of the many boat lifts I have seen, no one uses screw jacks, u certainly would not want to miss the target location and put a screw jack , with there small footprint ,thru the hull or trim tab etc

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I keep my boat on a similiar lift except there is a 3x12 horizontal plank that ties the fore and aft bunks tied together, that the keel ,so to speak,sets on and a carpeted bunk on both sides of this center plank, the bunks are probably 32" apart, I also have a 38000# rybovich which has been on this ...

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If I were to use plywood I would sandwich cloth between the sheets and cover both outside surfaces with cloth, now you have to either fill and fair or laminate formica, after u have cut these panals to shape, u have to waterproof these cut edges with epoxy and then tab in, seems like a lot of work a...

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As a student of that profesor that teaches out of LLano Tx, I went with coosa, 3/4 epoxied to 1/2 , I wanted to recess the windows and wanted the strength

Marlin

end of Feb is probably the earliest to consider, weather warms up, winter fronts subside, sail fishin is strong and moving into the keys by then

Marlin

Hawks cay near Marathon can accomadate a lot of transient boats, decent blackfin on the hump 25 mi off shore, the yellow tail and gag grouper fishin dosnt get any better, we have some locals on board that really know the waters

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I recently put in a new tank and was advised not to use the screens at the end of the pickups, 3 pickups ,lots of racor dependancy at sea, not wanting to wrench out a plugged screen in a storm

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looks like it's just going to be the 2 of us, where should we meet, a small marina will work

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nice work, where is new baltimore located

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thx for the compliments,capt pat is my coach, with a lot of patience, I initially wanted to use a composite but didn't have the tooling {Knives} available in Florida,, a guy at viking told/showed me some pics of there handrail system and I ordered 2 pieces 8' long from a shop in Ft Licquerdale for 2...

Marlin

now that the northeast regatta is over , has there been a southern regatta in the winter months, maybe time to think about it, south florida , west end , grand bahamas, ft licquerdale, key west

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lots of clamps no fasteners

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webs between rails

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faired and painted

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now the pics

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cabin top and fly bridge

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In the warm waters of south florida we get the start of marine growth after 3 days, feels like sandpaper, in the warm waters of lake erie this week, I had a green bottom after 2 days, we have to wash with diluted muratic acid, which is in itself a debreding action, paint it, I'm testing the hard bot...

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probably not, but u don't know what junk has been deposited on it since it was manufactured, scuff it up,wash with water, wipe down with alcohol and go for it

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It has at least 1million pin holes in it, I troweled with a 12" drywall blade, a couple of coats of polyester resin thickened with microballoons to a consistahcy of mayo{Helmans} on with the sheet laying on saw horses and sanded with 100 paper, I then primed with 545 and skimmed a coat of awlfair on...

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I'm a diciple of the McCrary school of ship building and recreated the engine beds per his way, I epoxied clear spruce 2x4's together using the vacumn bagging system, ran them thru a planner till I got the thickness needed, templated the towers with engine suspended in place, fabbed aluminum towers,...

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Bob how do u send those impressive images to this site , I've tried snapfish and the good capt recently spent a multiple of hours trying to teach me ,a computer techo challanged , how to drive photobucket. Where did u get the s/s undermounted sink from,nice touch

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I have never been in a 31b and wondered how the boat handles a following sea , what speeds in 4' quartering seas. will she broach

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the guy I got to do this is Eric an ex Merritt carpenter that figured out how to install a transom on a large boat in one piece. They know do the same process on the 82 footer. Mine was a single piece of teak 2 1/2 x8 x12ft, resawed into 3 pieces matchmarked grain edge glued on the bench and set on ...

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capt pat is correct boat is at PBT ,ask for Drew he's a good dude, part of the Viking group

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