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TailhookTom

I hope you feel better quickly Peter -- and Physical Therapy is a pain in the ass, but very important -- 7 months straight, some days were better than others, but I am grateful as hell for it.

Tom

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Boats wished they came out of the factory looking like that.

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Pete Fallon wrote: Make sure the drain plug is tied into the bonding system.
Pete Fallon

Great tip -- that would be an oopsy to explain if there was some volts leaking nearby.

Tom

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Pete:

Is that the cost just to shoot the boat? What if there is sanding, fairing, removal and replacement of hardware etc.?

Tom

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FYI -- and please keep in mind I'm in corporate finance, but I do get to spend a lot of time at our plants on various special projects, the link below will bring you to our Petroleum Additives webpage -- and I'm no chemist by any means, but you will get a flavor what what our products do. As I said,...

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I don't want to sound like a smart ass - but it can be anything from $1,000 to $100,000. It depends on what you want it to look like in the end. While the actual Imron cost to paint my B31 was in the $2,500 range for materials (I did a metallic flake on the hull and white topsides), the real money i...

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Maybe Tailhook Tom can give us some info. I believe he works for them. Hi Tony: You are close -- I work for Chemtura, we are a specialty chemical company that manufactures, among other things, synthetic lubricants. Although I don't work for Amsoil directly, as they are a customer of ours, I will be...

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Anyone in the Northeast (NJ-MA) seen any bait just yet? I go in the water next week and am looking forward to making a couple bait runs if the pods are out there. Feel free to PM me.

Thanks and best regards,

Tom

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I have no ownership interest in this place -- just pointing out that they are having their annual sale - some really good savings - and they are authorized dealers of everything they sell. For example the Simrad NSS evo2 9" MFD with 4G radar is MAP at $4,198.00 Their regular price is $3,998.00 -- th...

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bob lico wrote:Tom thats as good as it gets because the lower unit on 150hp is used all the way up to 225 hp as well as the same block .other then winterazation i never see 150 hp in outboard repair shop.

Now that really makes my day, thanks Bob!

Tom

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I have twin 150HP yamahas on my pursuit - she sips gas, cruises 30kts easily, and knock on wood, shouldn't blow up every other year -- it is the same block they get 175, 200 and 225 hp out of.

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On the plus side, at least they will be easy to replace every 2 years.

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Bruce wrote:Hey Ricky I went Spanish fishing just last week. Caught a 156lb cuban off palm beach.

Who is he pitching for Yankees or Dodgers?

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Ian:

That is a work of art -- when I need my heart bypasses done in the future, I hope you are available so it comes out as neat!

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During a recent wedding at the Irish American Home, the Fr. O'leary asked for all the fine Irish men to stand beside the person that meant the most to them........the bartender survived being trampled and is recovering nicely at the hospital.

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TailhookTom, Those are the out riggers that we used when we were building the 34' Legend and 31' Jupiter, quality stuff and the black stuff that runs down the bases never happened with the Rupp's. E-tech in Riveria Beach also makes a nice set of top mounted riggers. I don't know if Rupp makes the e...

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I don't have any low bridges to go under so I don't think the elevation will be that critical -- since the boat has a pretty quick cruise, I won't be able to run with them fully extended and will be collapsing them when not deployed.

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Anyone have any strong feelings towards outriggers to put on my t top? I'm leaning toward these but am happy to hear discussion of pros and cons of others.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

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Ian, My suggestion would be to barrier coat the bottom, hold off all bottom paint until you're loaded with 1/2 a tank of fuel and all of your gear & anyother items that will be kept onboard, launch, mark the true waterline, raise it by 1", haul, and bottom paint to that raised mark. Then paint your...

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Capt. Patrick: You hit the nail on the head -- I was looking at the scale and thinking -- either he's from Gulliver's Travels, or that really is the best looking 20 ever done. Ian -- aren't you glad you didn't go with the 20 and Yanmar that I looked for you 2 years ago? Nothing like the look a a Bah...

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How about we just use some low explosives and put it out of its wannabe misery?

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Thanks for the comments guys, I'm going to ask my guys at True North Electronics if I did buy all of the above - if not, box isn't opened, so I will just exchange for all of the above. I didn't buy it here but Defender has the best propoganda available that I could find quickly. This is what I bough...

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Don't rich guys have people do that stuff for them?

Then again I'm from Connecticut, we have little trucks drive into our back yard and open our little sheds to get at our garbage and then they drive the little truck to the mother ship. I must be loaded too?

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Al - thanks and sorry I did leave off the evo in the model I bought.

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PeterPalmieri wrote:Mike, what did you do to the frames to hold the paint?

Peter:

He was mean to them.

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JP -- based on your advice and that of Brewter, I went with the Simrad NSS with 4G - I can't wait to get it installed and learn how to use it. The majority of my friends have all told me the difference on the HD radar versus the old style is like using a 6' open array Furuno against an 18" dome 20 y...

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Mike is, as always, right.

I used my radar from 1/4 to 4 miles -- the rest was pointless.

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Never once came close to slipping, Bob. And I routinely swung myself under the bellyband and onto the engine boxes to leader or gaff. I didn't have a ladder from the engine box up to the bridge -- had two steps built into the rear legs of the hardtop that went directly to the gunnel. So first step w...

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CaptPatrick wrote:That's what Slick Willie said too...

Knowing Dug as well as anyone on here -- he did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.

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My engine boxes were perfectly smooth and I never once slipped on them, no matter sea nor alcohol conditions....the same can not be said for Thuddd..... but that wasn't the lack of non-skid.

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John: After walnut shell blasting the bottom of mine -- keep in mind it was about 12 years ago and soda blasting and containment weren't the thing to do up here in New England, I got on my back with a wonderbar, and my buddy got on his back with a wonderbar and we worked our way from stern to bow - ...

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John: After walnut shell blasting the bottom of mine -- keep in mind it was about 12 years ago and soda blasting and containment weren't the thing to do up here in New England, I got on my back with a wonderbar, and my buddy got on his back with a wonderbar and we worked our way from stern to bow - ...

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Mine left Peoples United yesterday so it should be there soon -- and I put it in as a quarterly payment so I won't forget anymore.

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Carl wrote:

Guaranteed for Christmas, yes...but did you inquire as to what year Christmas?

LOL good one Carl, I need to remember that one!

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mike ohlstein wrote:Exactly my thought as I saw the title of the thread.......

I'm almost ready for a mean team battlefield promotion. I'm feeling since the roads here at slushy, muddy and plain crap, perhaps some splashed young children with their grandmothers in tow might put me over the top?

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It has been done. Mike Holmes did it, but I don't think that it turned out too well. Once you work out the the cost of conversion, it just doesn't pay. The thing that most people forget to add into the equation is that you need to change the cam (not just the timing). The truck engines are designed...

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Thank God that was a question about wiring -- I thought for a minute someone wanted to hold hands and sing Kumbaya and we know the mean team would have had to become, well, mean.

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Donation went out today, Bank says you will get it by 2/24/14. Then again FedEx and UPS said Christmas presents I ordered by 12/8 would absolutely positively be on time for Chrismas, guaranteed. That's worth about as much as an extended warranty on a 1987 Oldsmobile.

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CaptPatrick wrote:Tom,

I hope you're just kidding... PLEASE don't ever set me up as a vendor of anything. The last thing I need is a 1099 for operating a website...

That didn't take too long, lol. Not a chance of that my friend!

Tom

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Dug - I can't commit to when the check will get there -- I have to find the checkbook first. Maybe I will just go ahead and set Patrick up as a vendor and make Peoples United write him out a check instead -- been years since I've had to do that.

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I'm with Kevin - I used my Metabo grinder - I'm not the patient type - it made short work of it. And I got three free, unplanned, spots that I didn't have to drill for transducers -- JK. Be careful, damn thing doesn't remove just bumps and ridges -- I have less skin and a good scar on my right hand ...

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Harry you are justified to be proud -- that is quite the honor and an outstanding young man.

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You can use any of the following products Interprotect, Interprotect or Interprotect.

Tom

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CaptPatrick wrote:Tom,

Look right below my avatar.... 834 Scott Dr, LLANO, TX 78643

As said by Mrs. Reilly in My Cousin Vinny "I think its time for a thicker pair of glasses."

Thanks,

Tom

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As a ring leader of the delinquent club -- can your refresh your mailing address?

Thanks,

TOm

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I have a little boat now, and not a lot of space - and I asked the same question. The guys who are out there hitting it hard all the time said SIMRAD, SIMRAD or SIMRAD. Guess what I bought? Yup, NSS but I got the little one because I don't have a big console to begin with and already have a Garmin C...

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I just saw the forecast of snow/sleet/freezing rain starting Thursday morning commute and ending Friday morning commute and get even more envious of you than I was earlier! Fair seas and tight lines!
If you need any ice, I've got 6-12" coming, again. Latest now says 12-18"

Tom

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mike ohlstein wrote:I gave a 20 away, but I had two......

By default, you would have to have given up "Mean Team Leader" if you shed a tear, wouldn't you?

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A good friend of mine has one of these in the 24' model and fishes it out of Port Aransas in Corpus Christi Bay chasing redfish. He damn near gave me a heart attack we he headed straight into an area where there was very obviously, NO WATER -- maybe a foot deep -- at 30kts. Tom http://elpescadorboat...

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It is so difficult to understand the depths and struggles of an addict -- one day at a time is often too much of a goal. I've aired my thoughts and comments regarding my ex, so they don't need to be repeated (although I am happy she is still alive today at this moment). But what I found an incredibl...

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