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I bought one from Hi tide , 2 week delivery, bow pvc piece prebent, fairly easy install, had to build in a filler in the bow section(per capt Pat} to fill in the gap between the rail and the rubrail by lining the inside of the rail with clear shipping tape, packing the void with peanut butter epoxy/...

mine was located inside the transom about 1foot up from keel. Stop buy again, see if I can help, mine is moving out to paint shop this week, I hope

I installed 2 new 6" mufflers to cradles I fabricated out of 2 pcs of 3/4 coosa epoxied together that I epoxied to the hull. I then strapped the mufflers to the cradles with an 8" aeroclamp that I made by cutting the tightening screw section off about 1" from the screw assy. Took an awl and punched ...

I just purchased a teak platform, nice, when I called they first said 2200$ , then he ask if this was a business calling, of course yes and the price went down to around 1300$ fyi

dont forget to clear customs when stateside, West palm beach may be closest port, I think they are still at the airport, call from your cell phone to get your clearance #, if you dont' they will put you in timeout and be very uncorroperative, dont get off the boat till your captain has obtained this...

Exhaust hose, you might research wire reinforced in the areas that bend, from the mufler back you wont need the reinforcement. Look at Capt Pat's images on rudders shelfs, use coosa,tough ,lite and requires little glasswork. grindingwear protective gear when cutting or

This is my 2nd try to respond. The banks north of Grand bahama island need local knowledge to get accross. Also a inland waterway that brings you into Lucaya, good dockage and ginmills, 73 miles from Palm beach, good yellowfin time 5 miles off Lucaya that time of year, I can probably#s if you like. ...

I see you also are going to work on your rudder shelfs, have you read Capt pat's explanation on how he does it. I recently did mine with 2 pieces a of 1/2 " coosa board laminated together with 1708 epoxyied in between. I also went to dripless rudder box seals so I don't have to deal with the leaks e...

Check out Bomar, Lewis has them in S florida and I get a break on pricing, call me

Bob and Buju , thx a bunch

Bob Lico What are the scuppers you are referring to, thx

start at 500per image and they will sell the whole file for around 900, tought lady to talk to on the other end of the line, paranoia, think you want to steel their images

just purchased a new 3/4 ss pipe tiebar with the plate made to my specs in the 350$ range in southeast Florida, a couple companys here do this, let me know if you need more info

fyi My 1971 had a 170 in the center compartment and a pair of 30 gal(I been told that capacity) as outboard. When I removed the main. it appeared ok, when I picked up the outboard tanks they began to fold over like pasta aldente, gas engines not diesel

My guess is this would be a project boat that would require lots of changes, not just a wax job, I currently have the bilge open and have pondered the outboard refit, Fitting the 10 ft plus single piece of coosa inside a multiple of times would be a challange. I just installed a teak transom set ont...

Why can't you add layers of coosa and biax external vs interna

I'm preparing to install a teak platform and would like to it while the bilge is still open so I have easier access to installation of backing plates. Dont want to be to high, hense difficult boarding; too low , platform in water when boat is at rest. Diesels 3.5 genny, 235 fuel, 70 gal h20, teak co...

My son has a 30 Intrepid a couple years old and came from the factory that way. I had a 1/2 tower installed by Palm Beach Towers last year and the running lites are led on the hardtop. I'm having a new 1/2 tower built for my 31 project boat and the lites will be on the hardtop. I don't think you can...

I'm in the process of replacing all deck framing and decks with Coosa board3\4 IN . 4X8 sheet s in stock in S FloridaMerritts} has a wholesale cost of a bit over 200$. Need 3 sheets, can gelcoat over it fiberglass it,(kinda soft) then paint it or have the 3 sections covered with teak or a look a lik...

Bob tkx, I have gained so much knowledge from the considerate responses, and of course capt patrick!

nice install, tkx for the images.Many questions,1 why change the water discharge direction? 2. Are the"engine ramps" drilled and tapped to accept the Barrys'? 3 I dont see any exhaust stuffyet,Bruce shows asupper system with risers, yet I se other installs with just elbows. Bruces' install shows the...

Considering a marlin tower on my project so I could clear an inlet, will a tower help or hinder theresale ability, would go with a 1/2 tower for sure, with navionics mounted inoverhead box, so I can see them in the sunlite, pros and cons are welcome

had a 348 Intrepid a few years back and finally figuered out why I had 2motors, always seemed to limp off the ocean on 1 engine, tough to resell, never refused a warranty issue, never buy again. Got smart and bought a 28 buddy davis with 250 merc verados and again limping off the ocean or getting to...

teak is work but beautiful, you have to comit to annual or semi annual preventive maintaince so you can avoid what you now are faced with. I would sand with 80 only after I mask off adjacent areas.You will probably need to bleach the entire area maybe several times to get back to a uniform color. Re...

new member, I'm about to install 330 hp QSB engines in my project boat.These are the electronic version.On may first dry fit on the port side.( I also stuck a new 3.5 nexgen outboard of this engine) things got real crowded, capt pat claims you have to sometimes have to hold your head in a certain po...