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Harry Babb

Welcome aboard Corey

You will find good advise as well as friendship here in our "Sandbox"

To requote something I first read right here on B31 someone once said (and I agree) "There is nothing more satisfying than fooling around with old boats"

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Mike

Consider this.......take one of those wrenches.....cut off the section that fits the bolt......have someone either TIG weld it to a Socket or Silver Braze it to a socket.....that is slightly larger than the opening of the wrench.......your choice of drive size.

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That's "The Look" that I love about our Bertrams

Good pic Russ.....

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Nice......Very Nice! ! !

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Now that's funny Giff.......but like Bob said.....to really appreciate "You just have had to been there"......and to think, he did not even spill his drink! ! !

Really missed being there this year......I'm gonna need a "Raincheck"

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Mammaw has put up with all of my crap for 42 years tonight......we married in 1972. Thru thick and thin we have stuck it out and tonight we celebrated with Pork Chop dinner prepared by yours truely on our Gazebo in the seclusion of our front yard. The ole girl has put up with a lot and probably dese...

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When I had gas engines they were setup so that an engine oil cooler and a transmission oil cooler was installed inline on the SUCTION side of the raw water pump. I started experiencing minor overheating problems........I found Grass (from the guys yard across the river) matted up on the water side o...

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Peter wrote:I had really enjoyed the 30 minutes we spent chatting on the ride to the canal last year!

I did too Peter.....I remember the ride, our conversation and being with you guys, as one of the highlights of my trip.

I am sure that you guys will have a great time again this year......

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I regret to say that I will miss the "Rendezvous" this year. From the best I can count I have been to 5 Rendzevous thanks, in the most part, to the generous hospitality of my friend Mr Bob HIggins and his parents who opened up their homes and lives to me during my visits in the Northeast. While at t...

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Dems sum nice looking Reds....looks like a beautiful day out there! ! !

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I am sure glad that you and your friend found that problem.....never in a life time would I have guessed that one! !

Good for you

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I came by the "Wharf" in Orange Beach Alabama this weekend during a fishing tournment..........from what I can tell, here in Alabama, Viking is the favorite flavor in yachts. Saw a couple of Hatt's, a few older vessels, several Cabos.......and a "Whole Bunch" (Alabama terminology) of Vikings And not...

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Sounds like an experience that will dominate conversations at family gatherings for many years.......

Happy Birthday Steve.........I hope your birthday is so much fun that it takes a team of nuns working around the clock to pray for your redemption! ! !

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When you changed the spark plugs.......did you make sure to use the correct heat range plug for your engine???

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I'm gonna put my money on the carb. At the intermediate speeds you are relying on the primarys and I suspect it may be sarving for fuel. But when you hit the high RPM the secondarys are open and providing ample fuel. I have never been a fan of Additives or Potions to "Fix" problems but recently I ha...

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Wow! ! ! That shot one of my ideas in the rearend.....

Hope you find a charger at the liquidators.

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Soooo.....how many devices on your boat actually run on 32 volts??

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Check this out..........is this an option to consider???

http://www.batterymart.com/pdfs/ps3.pdf

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I have no idea what that means... Funny thing......several months ago I employed a very difficult young man. I would give him a task to do and a little while later he would be off doing something else totally different. Soooooo.....I would direct him back to the original task. Then a little while l...

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Harry, you up for a redneck challenge? Sure! ! ....... I'm always in! ! ! ...... first upgrade is to make this thing about 75' long....... that's as close to a wild bear as I ever intend to be..... otherwise here in the Deep Souff......we would use a "Dog that barks here and Bites there" for self d...

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Scot

Do not use the Bronze at all for fastening aluminum.

Of the 2 Stainless is the better choice

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Sawweeeeet! ! !

Its obvious that it took a lot of time John......the results looks great.

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Frank.......they are in the Gulf of Mexico also......all the way from Cape Cod

http://abcnews.go.com/US/find-great-whi ... d=24254875

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Brew.....I'm sure that you will be there in spirit

Sounds like you have your priorities in the right place

Best to you my friend

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Hi Kevin A regualr "High Speed" will drill the stainless rudder stock just fine.....a "Cobalt" drill will be even better. Here's the trick......do "NOT" turn the drill very fast......slow RPM (about 100-150 RPM) and enough pressure to keep it cutting will get the job done in pretty short order. Keep...

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Jimmy.......that is very cool.....Love it.

I am assuming that you did the Time Lapse with a GoPro????

Can you tell me your Camera Settings and your Playback Settings?

Thanks

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Harry I know you're busy but hows the progress? Mark the timeline goes like this.....She sank between Midnight and 3 AM on Wednesday a week ago. I had her floating on Thursday afternoon about 6 PM. Friday night I removed the injectors and examined the cylinders. Between the 2 engines I had water in...

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That's funny Carl......I can relate......there is a freshwater lake named Shelby located a few hundred yards from the Gulf of Mexico here in Baldwin county Alabama. Storm surges dump lots and lots of saltwater in the lake, along with a few species of saltwater fish.......then we hear reports of alig...

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Harry do you know how to remove package from aftercooler?i am just am away. Bob......the Aftercoolers are in my shop.....end caps removed.....and the bundle is on the table....tomorrow I will clean them and reassemble pressure test and then its back on boat..... Pumped the fuel tank today.......we ...

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Both engines are running.......without "Aftercoolers" but running none the less. Found an 8" long Ell living in the bildge......was scooping up MUD! ! ! and scooped him up in my hand.......at that moment I was ready to give away the farm..... Tomorrow I change the oil again and start cleaning the fu...

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This afternoon I removed all of the injectors, the aftercoolers and the turbo inlet casting.......pumped out the engine oil and started charging the house batteries. Tomorrow I will check the gears for water, change the gear oil and contiune to clean and prepare to run both engines (without the afte...

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Salt water or fresh water? Freshwater. Fish River is a spring fed river.......Very fresh and Very muddy in the time of floods. I found my buddies 40 acre farm in my bildge. This time of the year farmers are plowing fields......the field runoff carries lots of mud to the river. We cleaned for over 2...

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Its been an interesting couple of days. Tuesday evening I took my parents out to celebrate their anniversary. About 6:30 it started raining.....and wow...did it rain! ! ! On my way home from dinner I went by the "River" to check on DeNada, she was floating just fine and based on history there was no...

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My family and I are doing just fine.......many families along our local rivers have several feet of water in their homes. In the Fairhope area of Baldwin County we received about 10"-12" of rain........Pensacola Florida got hit much worse......some areas received 20" of rain. I am sure there has bee...

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Wow! ! ! We are floating away......Flooding is the main problem right now.......It has rained hard for several hours now......roads are flooded......Fish River is rising......thank goodness we are on an outgoing tide right now.

Oh Well.......that's part of living in paradise! ! ! ..LOL! ! !

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Hey Tom So far just a lot of rain right here on the coast.......probably got 2-3" over night........ Inland county's and north part of the coastal states are getting hammered with the wind storms. As of 1:00 PM it just started raining here in Fairhope and along the Alabama Gulf Coast. My take on the...

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Very nice! !

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Get well soon Pete........ Jo Ann had "Rotator Cuff" surgery several years ago...........not pleasant at all. My advise to you is to be very very diligent with post op exercise and therapy......the danger is build up of scar tissue.....exercise helps prevent that. Even after a few years Jo Ann still...

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Mike wrote:Any questions?

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Rereading my smart ARSS description of "Global Warming" and your Witty Response......is sounding like Mrs Pelosi has warpped our brains........how can that bee???

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I'm not sure what the humans did 15,000 years ago to cause the sea to rise by 60 feet I am sure that its now under control Tommy.......15,000 years ago the only long distance communication was smoke signals.....and the fires used for sending smoke signals caused "Global Warming" which melted the Ic...

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Tommy wrote:Harry, no luck connecting to the link.

Tommy, when I click the link a suspicious page comes up that indicates that the website must be opened in a new window........is that the way it show up when you try to access the link?

Then I click open in a new window and it then works....

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I believe I posted something about this discovery a year ago or so......but now we have actual footage. My friend and dive instructor, Chas, has been so tight lipped about this discovery that he only told me about his involvment in the project a couple of weeks ago. This discovery is less than 50 mi...

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Nice! !

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Wow......it is a small world indeed.....ya never know whom your gonna run into or where.....interesting post Marlin.

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Hey Mark.......read the post below about the Quadcopter.....

Kevin.......are you pranking with the Mississippi boys???

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That's some cool pics Kevin.

Just this weekend, one of Chris's friends brought home a Quad for them to play with. At work George uses the Quad to check on Crops growing and not having to drive out in the field.

Your post opens new doors for uses of a Go Pro and a Quad................

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I have heard that a way to keep snakes away is to put Lime down around the area..........and if it were me.....I would do it liberally......

AR-15's work real well also! ! !

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Ian

Beautiful work.......its obvious that a lot of time and sweat went into that project.

Your right.......now its time to enjoy the fruits of your labor! ! !

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Mike wrote:Base price for three engines? $78,735

I'm out! ! !

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Harry you're going to be in Carins tell me your going to squeeze in some Marlin fishing? Right now I am not sure.......we have "Rest Days" (not sure why....I can rest when I get back to work) on every leg of our trip. I really really wanted to do a "Great White" Shark dive but was told that the Sha...

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