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Gert- OK, lets do it... But we'll need to open a Keys branch of your business. Ive already worked for the competition, so I have a good idea of what we're up against. Although, I mentioned your comment to my wife, and she immediately began researching nursing career opportunities in the Netherlands....

Buju

So, its the old style B38 "wide body" you have?
Is it the one that was sitting for sale up on the stretch @ Manatee Bay Marina?
Very cool vessel.

Buju

Thanks guys. Means a lot coming from this sandbox. A good amount of things I did on the skiff was possible because of info shared on this site. Someday either the B20 or B25 will get their turn. Lately Ive just been too busy trying to keep my head above water to even work on the skiff- which is hard...

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Thank you Rocket… Rocket has inside info. Here ya go Peter, the rebuild thread ( http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?86915-My-Dreamboat-1979-Sidewinder-flats-skiff-restoration" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ) In my defense, that beer was straight out the cooler… had to ...

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Its a very difficult thing to successfully coat aluminum in a marine environment. Even after chemically etching it, alodine app, epoxy primer, and urethane topcoat its a crapshoot. Sometimes it works out, often times it doesn't. Id juxtapose the projected labor time & the materials costs -vs- rub ra...

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Mark- being that your our resident cheesehead, and thereby far away from saline waters, you may not know... But no one on the coast should ever, and I mean never, use steelwool for anything outside, or on the boat especially. It's amazing how fast the broken down particles become iron oxide... faste...

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You get those radius corners sanded yet Peter?

Works good to take a hole saw of the appropriate size, minus the drill bit, and wrap your PSA sandpaper around it.
Then use that, carefully, on your drill to sand the radius...

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Well I'm not going to argue with a Gougeon techie... They tend to know their product app. But I can't help but think that their method sounds good in theory, but in reality may be impractical. It'd def be a good idea to hit the wood with a gun prior to epoxy app, and a check with a moisture meter wo...

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Question, the sections that are not rotted should I cover them with the silica and stand glass? How should I approach the sections in good shape. Don't assume I know anything my only experience with epoxy is tying flies. What you wanna do is make a body section by using a natural rabbit strip whipp...

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What are the hatch edges like? The thinned epoxy primes the surface & penetrates deeply into the wood so its more than a surface bond the silica/strand mix bonds to the primed substrate, fills the voids and is very strong the microballon mix fills the smaller surface voids, and provides a easily san...

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For products, you can go with the West System line of epoxies. They're pricey, but its a pretty foolproof system. Resin: http://content.westmarine.com/images/catalog/full/326090.jpg Hardener: http://content.westmarine.com/images/catalog/full/243883.jpg Silica additive: http://content.westmarine.com/...

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Pete, I'd do the following: mask off the adjacent exposed deck with masking tape spray some bleach spray cleaner onto the lip, scrub it with a stiff nylon brush, rinse clean, let dry. remove any substrate thats rotted beyond hope. cover the underlying below deck components with visqueen/builder pape...

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Was just driving down the Overseas Hwy in the work truck, and I see's a big ol' HydraSports CC on a trailer... 3' tall font about 12' down the hullside, bright yellow, the name: VAGINA BEACH. Subtle. Classy. Understated. If I had a $ for every woman who's seen that and said "seriously?" ... or "real...

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Kevin.... Maybe I know a guy up island from you who'd be willing to come down for a day and epoxy that bitch in there for ya...

Before you know it, your gonna be like me- 3 boats in the yard and there all in various stages of project. Damnit.

Buju

Pefection and Awlgrip are very similar products. Perfection is a linear polyurethane as well. It's more geared/marketed to retail/DIY demographic, whereas Awlgrip is targeted to the pro market. Interlux introduced Perfection right after both US Paint (awlgrip) and Interlux were bought up by parent c...

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Semco = reduced Cetol

Oil > Semco/Cetol, in terms of application, maintenance & appearance.

Buju

Brightside, Easypoxy, and TopLac are all real similar. They're single component, ambient cure, polyurethane/alkyd enamels. They apply nice when properly reduced, they hold up decent over the proper primers, they dont break the bank. The two parts are always significantly more durable, regardless whi...

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The hump is an underwater seamount...
We have several in the Keys. Islamorada and Marathon humps are the best known. They're magnets for the entire pelagic food chain.

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Here are some of the KW guys I was thinking of with the larger bertrams. Funny, they're all running 46's.... The Triple Time: http://www.fishtripletime.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Mr Z: http://www.keywestfishtales.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Se...

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Greg is based out of Islamorada, which is a good 80 miles out of KW. I'm not saying he doesn't fish KW, but he is not out of KW. He is a helluva fisherman... There are a lot of well known KW guides/capt's. Most of the highly regarded KW guys have gone the skiff (CC) route utilizing Contenders, Conch...

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The green 17' Whaler Montauk "Camel Toe" is an Islamorada boat... naturally

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It's very important to sand and solvent clean the formica before priming. John and Tom both used single component Interlux silicone/alkyd/urethane products, so I'm assuming they primed with Interlux PreKote. This is normally a great system, and they both report good results, but formica can be a rea...

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You talking about the wood grain formica?
Or actual wood veneer?

Buju

Damn Peter- you do have a love/hate with it. Most any hydrocarbon solvents will clean/cut it. Good ol mineral spirits works fine to clean it up. Naphtha is very good. Since we're talking 5200 tricks, heres one: When you lay out your entire caulk bead (I go full bore and use the plastic tip with the ...

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Knowing Gert, and the speed at which he works, he's probably already gone and made a teak transom for her...
and is in the process of rolling and tipping clear over the epoxy base right now.

Buju

I have currently, in my freezer (why not the freezer Pat, condensation? Too cold?)
1 caulk size tube of 5200 white
1 caulk size tube of 4200 black
1 caulk size tube of 5200 mahogany
1 caulk size tube of 4200 white

Seems to work fine after a year. Ditto on the screw in the tip.
3M produces it, not GE.

Buju

Mark, Gucci treatment? I was thinking of actually learning how to go for sails this winter. Yeah- "Gucci"- make the bottom truly fair... we could do it in a weekend, then another couple gallons of VC the next weekend. Maybe plan on doing that in October when it begins to cool off, and by early Nove...

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Hey Bill, I saw Seachele sitting pretty in her slip when I launched a skiff there a few weeks ago. I'm game to get together - Mark 305-394-2842 Kevin, she (he?) looks great. We gotta do right by it though, and give the bottom the "gucci" treatment... this winter. I know you dont want to, but once it...

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Mark, how is the old spine doing? When I get back from the trip we need to kill something that is dumb and delicious. hey Kevin... well, it's been better for sure. Making some progress with the physical therapy, but I had some regression injuries too. If I were only wealthy, and didn't have to work...

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Friggin awesome... I need that, it's in my colors too.

I'm glad they used a 23' Almand instead of a Bertram for it. The Bertram hulls are still on the water.

Buju

Someone just learned about wood bushings and is excited... ;)

Is this what your going to use to attach your fir deck supports to the sides so they dont strip out after a few removes and re-installs?

Buju

Bob, I like that your work bench is in fact a polished granite countertop... raising the bar there sir. IRGuy, your veneer method is the exact method my Mom used to do on antique furniture restorations. She was a furniture refinisher for 30 some years, and was taught that method by another old schoo...

Buju

No problem bud. Was a pleasure to meet you, your family, and your friend...
And I'm glad the VC stayed on the bottom ;). I bet if we do like planned next winter, you can get a bit more speed outta her.

Buju

Thanks guys... its not a life and death thing, more of a rapidly degrading quality of life thing. I've worked too hard, and never gave the body a break when it was broke- now I'm in a big ol stankin' heap of problems. Yes Steve, I know both Howard and Buck "Nekkid". I actually helped Howard quite a ...

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I'll get a check in the mail when I get off duty Monday. I have no problem pulling parts if someone else isn't interested or we can share the load. I can do the prep on the mold at work. I think white gel would be the simplest and people can paint to there color choice. Material cost And shipping s...

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Gert remains my hero.

Did you just spruce up/redo an existing electric whale boat, or build her from scratch?

Buju

Buju someone recently reminded me, work sucks until you don't have a job! Regardless Key Largo looks beautiful... I know, I know. Wasn't trying to bellyache about work... I chose this path, and I accept it wholeheartedly. Was just trying to communicate that working/living here year round is an enti...

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Nicely done Sir... I figured the guy would be a cut above the normal Craigslist riff raff.

Again, I'd like to bow out to make room for someone with more facility and time to make them.
But if no one steps up, I will certainly do them.

Buju

Ummmhmmmph... Come on down then, I need to hire some guys right now anyways. You'll begin to see the light after one day of erecting 40' ladders, climbing up and down them continuously, with a 50lb bucket, working out of it with a 1&1/4'' nap roller- extended on a 16' ext. pole... In 90 degree temps...

Buju

Damn Robbie... You go and put it like that, and I'm gonna full on agree with ya.

Buju

I'm betting Rob would be happy to take it on if he could set up shop under a canopy in Key Largo! Thats funny... Here's a picture of one of my last "spray booths" I built on a job site. We had 97 of those 7' tall mahogany louver doors to sand, clean, and shoot clear onto. http://i302.photobucket.co...

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that mold will most likely need a good 3-5 hours of prep time before the first part can be pulled from it, if someone doesnt take the necessary precautions prior to trying to lay one up the mold could easily become damaged possibly ruined all together I was hoping Robbie would chime In here. Yes, o...

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NT, I'm not sure what Ian has do with anything? To begin, I agree with your rationale 100% . If you really want it, then get it immediately. Promises over the phone are just that, esp. with the craigslist crowd... but if the guy is a ex Bertram employee- I'm gonna put him a few notches above the Cra...

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but by no means do we expect you to go into your pockets or labor time without being rewarded... so price it fair to you. UV gave me a great shrimp dip recipe..... maybe a shrimp mold at the next Rendezvous would be appropriate ;-)) Nah, I know Ray. Would never imply that y'all would expect me to.....

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Navatech wrote:
That's nice but I have a guy no more then 30 minutes away. I can pay by Paypal and have my guy do the pickup. Better safe then sorry I say.

Wow... That was done in poor taste.

Buju

Since I am in Indonesia. I can only be the 'idea generator'. I could call my glass guy a note and see what he would charge for one, but that is about it. Buju - do you do small work? Yes, I could easily pop some half hulls out of that little mold... But with the amount of interested individuals, we...

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Right on, to each their own,
keep on keepin on brudda...

Buju

Unfortunately I don't believe these will fit my 46'6" Bertran SF. Any other suggestions? Probably not, but that'd obviously depend on your power and it's air intake requirements. As for other suggestions, I'd PM / email / or call Capt Patrick to inquire on him making some custom fabricated for your...

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[ I think the Douglas fir will be fine i build with it all the time it holds up great to building codes and attached to steel beams etc. if it does start to sink in i can always easily add a longer plate. .....replace at any time and they are inexpensive. ..... wanted to be able to remove them with...

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Sheesh Randall... I propose you spend 350 days of 2013 employed in idle leisure.

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