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Has anyone tried the wet/color sanding with the Hutchins d/ a sander with water pick up ,with 1500/2000 paper, then finish off with the Perfefect It , Finesse It products, removes the oxidation that has accumulated over the years, buff on protective wax after that process

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I remember doing that process well, my new spencer has f/g shaft alleys/logs that go all the way back to and become an intergal part of the strut, creating a faired environment to minimize water/air turbulence to keep clean water coming aft of the transom

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I will be interested to hear your results, we fish from 750’ to 1200 ‘ in the Bahamas for yellow eye snapper, queen snapper, silkys, mystic and snowy grouper, the trick is to get the fish up away from the sharks before they eat your lunch. I’ve not tried this reel at these depths, have used them in ...

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Peter, how are your joint replacements going, haven’t heard anything lately ? I bought the MarliN Darlin , 62’ spencer, composite Boat, that had a marlin visit the cockpit a couple years ago, on u tube, 45 knot boat , nimble ,simple. I think I’ve had my last cold molded boat, we used 4 straps to lif...

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I put a Capt pat battery box that holds 3 -2150 battery’s below that area, put hatch in to service them, covered the hinged hatch with teak decking. Text me if u wish 561-632-2392 and I will try to send u some images, can’t figure out how else to send images on this site, not that smart!

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I was redoing a couple tackle centers on my 42’ and ordered some precut 1/2” strarbord as shelves to slide tackle trays onto. When I went to pick the stuff up, the vendor said he was out of the conventional stuff but had some non skid starboard. I got some of the shelves out of this, wish I had all ...

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I have a few antique chris crafts ,from the 40-50 era, I buy switches to keep these collector boats in running order, they are electro / mechanical devices that will wear out over time ,sometimes decades. The overall market for these switches is so small, no one will ever want to create the purfect ...

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Cole hereshee, perko similar make 2 or 3 position switches, lubricants on the sliding shaft will probably not effect the electrical contacts inside the switch enclosure and they probably have no dialectic property's , west marine is a multinational source of this type switch, get the correct type or...

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When I said sand with 80,I ment sand thoroughly, after the block sanding of the guide coat of black lacquer primer, any pin holes/ blemishes will surface, re apply 545 if necessary ,guide coat ,block sand until u get a prep job that satisfies you. If you roll on the first coat, up will get a conside...

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The hull glass is now 40-50 years old, the chemistry has cured! Sand with a DA with 80 grit, spray or roll on a coat o 545 ,spray a mist coat of black lacquer primer, long board sand with 220, re apply 545' , block out with a large foam block with 320 , do your final color application

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The more/deeper u penetrate the surface, the more porosity u create ,hence the more u need to fill those pores, your not blasting metal. You want a smooth bottom surface without a lot of filling process, the smoother the bottom, the less the resistance, the faster u go thru the water with the least ...

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South Florida is soda blasting only

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She still looks original,fresh water Boat!

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Steve , haven't heard from u in a while, my 62 is supposedly headed to hope town, reserved a dock at marsh harbor for dec/Jan , never fished there before, currently having exhaust pipe issues, flying new stuff to Freeport tommorow , hoping to fish matenela on Saturday for the wahoo bite. I think I s...

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All the carpentry type work was done by me, you may notice the exquisite radius ing tools I used, keep it simple was and still is my operating method,Home Depot was my friend during the templating process, made almost every piece out of disposable inexpensive wood, lots of hot glue to temporarily fi...

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Lars, you have to do the math, safety is the more important issue, I’m sure Marine wiring standards have evolved over the last 50 years, your thought of going bigger is in the right direction, it should be a well thought out calculation and not difficult, the amps you need and the length of the run ...

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John, u might want to consider putting an ANL type fuse on the battery cable(s) , the recommended guideline is within 7" from the battery

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I agree with Cam, I also have an audible ( son alert ) and visual led indicator that go into the alarm mode when my float switches are activated , my 42’ came this way with a panel of 3 lites and it really proved its worth when a salt Water a/c cooling pump discharge hose came loose and I had salt w...

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Awlgrip should only be rolled and tipped, if u spray it’s called awldrip, spray with awlcfraft 2000but test to make sure all products u try are compatible with the old finishes, the awlgrip manual is quite informative

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Sorry Tony, miss read the 2day thing

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Tony, your rational is wait until it breaks, cause u can get new parts in 2days, mine is replace everything know and u know what u have and that helps eliminate/ diagnose issues that may occur in the future, I think the discussion is about building a safe, predictable ,reliable A/C. And DC electrica...

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The panel is not essential at this time,run all your wire/cables from the panel location ,leave an extra 2-3’ as a working loop on both ends, after That ,start to make the connections to the devices/ instruments and test this part out with a temporary jumper wires/continuity / multimeter testing, et...

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I’m kinda confused,the fly bridge was sprayed with a white enamel color and sometime later in the curing process a blue enamel color stripe , then the entire bridge was cleared with something. I’ve not heard of enamels being cleared and don’t understand how one enamel would accept the clear and the ...

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Once u have designed the system on paper,here are several things to consider, obviously use Marine grade cable/wiring, epoxy filled heat shrink connectors, ring connectors ,no fork type connectors, determine the wire size by measuring the length from the circuit protection to the anticipated loads t...

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Murrelle marine in Lantana has carpenters, fiberglass guys , fuel tank fabricator, painters, bottom work/stripping/painting if the location would be convient for u, DIY yard

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Or, don't even consider an anchoring system on the bow if u want a clean look. I did the teak pulpit, lewmar thing,custom formed bow rail shaped to accentuate the pulpit,looks neat but have never used it! I anchor up every time I fish in the bahamas or keys,keys with an aluminum grapple type anchor,...

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What type repairs

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Got to believe if u replace with comparable dimension aluminum , it should be structurally compatible . One thing I always do when I drill into aluminum, I amply apply a product called Ted Gel, it's a great way to protect the exposed surface that was just compromised from any anodizing,thisvstuff la...

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There is a recent thread by Stephen ,oct 2017, it's a good start

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I did the process I described and the finish is still great. To grind all the gel coat off is a monumental task and lots of gouging will occur, then u have to fair out with filler of some chemistry, wait for it to cure,( maybe a couple months) and then go thru the final finishing process. The black ...

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Was the previous painted finish also crazed? If not, I'd consider spraying a double coat of 545 , spray a mist coat( rattle can as the Capt would say) of black lacquer primer , long board sand with 320 ,repair imperfections with 545 , block out and color coat

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Mooring whips are ment to exert -horizont force to keep the boat away from the dock,simple enough,but many don't set them up that way. If u are going to moor your boat on its strb side, the stern whip line should be secured to the Strb cleat and the line pulled tight to be parrelle with the water wh...

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What did u sand down to gel coat, previous painted finish

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Google PVC hygroscopic resistance, the Japanese buried it 60 years ago, still going strong. Again ,it's not structural,epoxy compliant, paintable, routerable,lite wt, I made all my cockpit inside panels /accesses out of PVC,it's easy

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I actually just did the same on my 42' with 2 new garmins, side by side, 545 and awlcraft 2000. You will find pvc dents easily in the handling/processing prior the painting, I've switched to a polyurethane spot filler that goes off quickly, no more red bondo spot filler

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I have epoxied pvcnumerous times, currently epoxying a pvc pre painted backer board holding 4 ball cock manifold to my water tank wall in my new ride. Didn't want to drill holes into the tank, ground the painted area where I wanted to mount the manifold and glued the board on,held with masking tape ...

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I installed a 3 piece teak deck with the capts guidance . I didn't like the Cabrera stuff after I drove to Miami ,bought a kit from Alex out of California, ,wings, motor boxes, bridge. Set the wings temporarily, motor boxes temporarily, the bridge was too wide! Slit the bridge down the center and ke...

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What is the bridge u describe, section between the the engine boxes that covers the area down toward the cabin area

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The 3jaw chuck has 3 kinda rack and pinion mechanisms all theoretically working in unison. If there was no wear /tolerances dirt/chips any where in the system and the same operator set up the turning with a dial indicator,it could work. I found it not the best system , as once the collet was confirm...

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Consider asking a professional prop/shaft/strut guy, especially if your thinking of diesels in the future. All these items were engineered to function within the overall wall thicknesses to allow the bores that were put into these running gear items. Cracking a hub and loosing a blade, hitting a sub...

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No one has accused me of being intelligent

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Engineer mentality

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Unfortunaly im challenged in sending pic, so I'll describe the spreadsheet Wire #, device description,conductor gauge, # of colors, buss location,device location,switch location, circuit breaker location,circuit breaker /fuse size, type circuit breakers( anl,atc , panel breaker switch, comments. Som...

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I have to locate the file,haven't used the boat in 3 years,kinda know where they might be

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Couple more comments, I have 3 circuit breaker panels( sub panels I guess) fly bridge, head below the sink, aft of strb engine for the reason as that is where those devices are located that I want access to easily if a repair/ emergency happens, I don't have to fly off the bridge to reset a running ...

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The Last Mango has 550hp QsM11 and 4500 hours, I have 1850 on my660 QSMs ,never have added a quart of oil ,doesn't smoke

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My opinion, terminal blocks allow for a multiple of functions. I also have a rybovitch in which every device is connected to a terminal block,never a butt connector to connect the device to the load/line voltage. This makes for easy testing/diagnosing problems with a multimeter in the future ! Secon...

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I don't recall the deck gutter design but there was a system,been a while since I did this,I'll get more pics soon, had the boat pulled out of the air condition storage today ,she has been in for 3 years. All the door skin pieces were initially used to create the osb 3 separate pattern deck pieces b...

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My fish box hatches were teak laid up over 1/2" coosa, the deck itself was teak laid up over coosa and I left a 1/2-34" shelf for the hatches to seat on, the hatches were available attached to the deck with maybe 4-5 hinges that were routed flush with both surfaces,the fish boxes themselves were eas...

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After we cut the 22 1/2* angles , we joined the pieces together with 5 minute epoxy to hold /fix them together during the multiple layers of biax. Once it kicked, we set the assy into the hull hole ,aligned the exhaust pipe forward,up/down ,fitted the saddles to hold the pipe,temporarily resupported...

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