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Always been my dream boat......Since I was a lot smaller than Neils boy.

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Billy forged the way for Laird to be what he is today. That is a keeper for sure.

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Harry sorry to hijack your thread.....

Thought our surfing brothers would get a charge out of this one.

BTW, watching the guy in action is unbelievable. Photo is at Sebsatian Inlet between heats at a contest. Looks like we're bros??

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Cold it may have been...but the surf was killa in RI yesteday. Best swell of the year (in my opinion) due to the low offshore wind. Unfortunatelu...running the stove now...

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Been off line for a while.....

won't make that mistake again with classic material like this out there.....

Way out there..love it.

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Tony-

The Azek was 1/2". Bought 4'x10' sheets. Made my "backing nailer" out of Azek also...I think 1 .25 X ? ripped down. I 'd also check out the other recomendations on this thread ....progrss waits for no one.

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I was very happy with how the azek came out. While it may scratch, the scratch is the same color as the material so it is hardly noticable. Picked up lots of extra storage. Looks way better than what I had. Easy to work with.... got lots of good tips from this site. Attached motorcycle inner tubes t...

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In Brewsters own words.....

"It's just ongoing. It never stops."

Brew...Is this like the Milky Way?

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Randall- Took me a while to find my facebook password, but got in. Great shots...I really like #10, gives good sense of the size. 15-17 good also.I wa sout that day, but I had a lot less "volume" where i was (2nd beach in Newport). You guys on the Island have a bit better window...and these pix prov...

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"Meaty, Beaty Big and Bouncy" ...thats been the story of the last few swells. One of the best early fall runs I can remember. More coming tomorow. Almost all that i have caught have had a side component that makes it all very intersting as in bouncy. My favorite spot, I thnk a similar swell angle to...

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Vic- I tried doing mine. Bought the wrench that Bruce mentioned. Sombody along the way bonded my unit together with some tenacious bonding compound. No retainers in the unit. I tried everything..heat ect. Basically I was a week away from my 2 week vaction...B31 rendevous in the middle. I threw in th...

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Not sure where it is....but not Ruggles. Check the floundering boats out....pretty sick.

So Randall where have you been lately?

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Anyone out there have experience with the airmar tilted units, which allow you to compensate for the dead rise. I am told the unitis mounted on an angle in the thru hull, so you just moun it flush, and don't compensate for the deadrise.

I was told to use an e 66087 for the b 31

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Randall - Your work awesome....and now world wide. The story is very interesting and kind of cuious timing for me which brings up a side story.......I just figured out this chinese translation thing about the same time you did. My company hired a guy from China to work for me out of our chinese offi...

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Randall- I heard Danielle hung on for a while.....had the work face on so I missed the week day swell, (my son who lives in matunuck filled me in)....but, was able to catch Sunday which was epic (at least where I was). Got hooked up with a boat ride to south side of BI with 4 other guys,,son include...

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Vic....pretty good czech's in the male....

Anyway..I'm in.

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Brew- You get enough Patron flowing..... its like a self sustaining hurricane ...the storm in the mind is cat 5. Hueso- That is one pretty area you are from..day after surf looked good......I say we hold the next bertam rally thre..this winter! To the surfers....Was in the surf yesterday and today o...

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Thanks all for the great inputs.....I'm on it.

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On my old 504s (V8 cummins), i have a copper tube that recently corroded through that takes raw water from my engine heat exchanger over to the right side of engine to a hose that runs to the exhaust riser for cooling. I was going to fab somthing up out of copper tubing, but need to make a 90 degree...

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I was not far behind Neal.....just retuning home Sunday. Thanks Charlie Brew and Tom for all of your work, I know first hand how much time it takes to pulloff an event...It was a great time and an excellant venue. Good to see everyone...and meet some new folks also. looking forward to the next event...

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Brewster -

Count Krys and myself in...2 for dinner.

Best Regards
Giff

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Count me in....2 adults.

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Brew-

I'll have a check off to you tomorrow. 2 large please. See you in about 5 weeks.

Giff

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Guys thanks for the feedback.....yup been going over this one in my mind a few times. Heat shrink over the connector posts on the switch would have avoided the potential short. I have a couple other places where I mounted single pole swithchs in odd spots like to swithch from external to internal re...

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Guys- I've got a good one for you to watch out for. Had a little fire aboard the Shearwater this weekend, but fortunately caught it just before serious damage happend. Here's the story....Went to start up all engine systems for the first time this spring. Turned all my 12 volt breakers on. Heard my ...

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No one has mention the importance of drying yet, so I figure I better. In my opinion, you need to dry the boat out real well for a successful job. I blasted mine, and let it dryout for about 6 months. Shrink wrapped with the bilge sponged dry. Not a drop of water inside for at least 6 months (my boa...

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Nice to see great quality American work.....

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Looks like we're both pullin for the same person.

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Harry-

The secrets out now....you were watching Amercan Idol.

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Checking in from RI, My finished basement flooded for the first time in the 18 years I have been at this house. The earth just could not absorb the water fast enough at the rate it was coming down. No big woop other than I had to throw lots of stuff out i should have thrown out a long time ago. Look...

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Craig- Being a cheapo I tried to gin up a puller using a harmonic balencer puller. See first image. I beat on it for an eon, even applying heat to the prop. No dice..My yard owner saw me working away....said "son you need a prop puller"...let me borrow the one on the bottom image, presto right off. ...

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Scott- Try these. They all carry Buck Algonquin. I have used all except yacht supply depot. Just bought a bunch of stuff from Hamilton recently (seacocks and hardware for 2 boats.) and they were good to deal with. http://www.yachtsupplydepot.com/ http://www.cebeckman.com/ http://www.jamestowndistrib...

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I have had good luck using a Stewart Warner 76580 switch. Since it is a 3 terminal NO/NC, you have options on how you want to wire it (ground or hot side). They offer other pressure ranges, but 10 PSI seemed right for my engines. Agree....you don't want any kind of auto shut down feature ...just an ...

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When I saw your pix for a second I did a double take, thought it was my tower getting yanked. Anyway did virtually the same thing with my tower using a big crane. If its gonny be off for a while, I suggest the building a frame to keep the legs square. That way if some kid decides to climb up you won...

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I had a similar dilema as i have a tower nearly as high as yours and wanted to move the baot to my house anout 20 miles inland. I took the tower off, and had the boat transported up to my house. No problem there..B31 w/o tower is a bresze to move. But...no one would touch the tower. Fortunately I li...

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This should settle the story on which steel to use....316 looks to be the most noble in all situations. There is abig differnce between passivated and active versions.

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Tommy

Thanks for the explanation on the numbering system....now it all makes sense.

I'm a 3/73 according to the code

Giff

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Thanks all, the feedback was much appreciated......These were the last pieces of data I needed to put my BOM together and order all my stuff.

SOLD on the synthetic product for backing board.....and the epoxy attach.

Giff

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Bob/IRGuy- You guys bed you backing boards in, or bond them with epoxy to the hull..or underdeck. I 've seen some pix your bilge, but can't make out how the backing boards are set to the hull. Captain Patrick- I saw some very nice work on the boat you just did or are still doing?...same question, di...

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Peter-

I did the area around my cockpit with sheets of Azek (1/2" thick). I am really happy with how it came out, get lots on compliments from my dock mates, and so far seems impervious to the weather. I would recomend this material.

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At one point in my boats life it had a full blown swordfish stand (see image). Mikes post inspired me to show this shot. Its now chopped down to about 1/3 the length...and I basically just use it for anchoring. I can take a some detailed pix of the current config if you are interested in duplicating...

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I'll second the Nippers recomendation. Have stayed att he Abaco Inn on Hope Town 3 times...great spot.

Rented a 17 foot whaler while I was there. I would take heed on the warnings....The water is not as well marked as we are used to from the states.

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Scored a Garmin Oregon 400C. I like it so far...but it took a while to figure out which screen shows you present location. To me, that should be a hot button. Other than that.....having fun playing with my new toy.

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Figured I'd start a new thread on this. (I think the old one is very buried right now) Scored some of the Captain Patrick recomended Groco external strainers (Brand new)at my local marine consignment store...good stroke of luck there as 90% of the time I go there sift through tons of junk and find n...

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I have to second what Charlie is saying. ....Last year one few that got right back to us with some sponsorship. Ken is also a very personable guy...met him at one of the boatshows. Have been to the warehouse sale over the last 3 consecutive years and plan to go again....an extra 10-20% off already p...

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Glad to see you making it in this economy...great work.

I'd tip a Bertram Juice in you honor, but being winter its gonna be....."Black Bush"

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Yesterday was just a balmy spring day....I watched the kids playing on the pond near my house...

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Got 3 West Marine Gift Cards over the last few months, so gonna buy me a hand held GPS as a back up to my installed unit. RE: My fog adventures of last year posted here) Torn between a simple one that just shows youur Lat Long (garman 72 or somthing like that), and some of the more fancy ones with b...

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I'm screwed if I show this to my wife.......No more Bertram work.

No wonder you can get out and play so often....

Great job!!

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Shearwater is in.

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