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Walter, If your note was for say on the B31 center console thread, that had a couple of large images attached to it. Then you would see the left to right toggle. If like in this thread where there are no images posted you should be able to view the whole box. If that's not the case it may be in your...

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The distributor pricing is pretty aggressive I don't think there is a need for the boat show thing. Let's get a total number from the guys that want them. What I'll do is contact the folks and see if there is an intended price increase as we move into Jan. I personally would like to hold off till th...

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Yank the inboards, add a Venture or Yellowfin console and top, yank the back tank and do baitwells and ice boxes there,drop in wing tanks. 3 BIG outboards on a Armstrong bracket and run the crap out of it in the Kingfish tournaments. Teach Fountain and Contender a few things about the past. Oh yeah ...

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They need to be a specific depth under water (they use the surrounding water to cool the bulbs) If you can keep them 12" deep all the way around you'd probably be OK with the 50's.

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Timmy, Straight off the website: 35H 550 Lumens 121.50 50H 900 Lumens 292.00 75H 1250 Lumens 337.50 AL35X 3600 Lumens 675.00 AL50X 5400 Lumens 990.00 H= Halogen X= Xenon I can probably hand deliver to Timmy and Dug, DQ I'd have to ship to you, no biggee got plenty of boxes and a Fed Ex account. Let'...

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It will be a mid winter order if that makes sense. I'm thinking March before I splash to get the lights. I think Dug was contemplating them and I don't know if Timmy wants in or what condition the tub is in.
Let me know if this will work for.

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Plenty of options if your up to it. First find a 1kw that works with the garmin unit and place it in an oil box. This is a transducer box mounted inside the hull and filled with mineral oil. Simple and effective on most solid fiberglass hulls (if cored your screwed) Down side is you need to mount a ...

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Azek is a product that will glue to itself and is paintable. For boxes and non structural items it isn't a bad choice. Azek is softer then starboard and will dent if hit with a sharp corner, however unlike starboard Azek is fillable and paintable. Just like wood without the rot. It's primary use is ...

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Less smoke cause of the oval? Or did you move them outboard too? Regardless I like the look of the oval's better.

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Saw that boat during the WMO looked like it was well on its way

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I love the milky green of the old boats compared with the emerald green of the newer ones. You can tell they changed the resin over the years.

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If you just want a bulkhead make it out of soft goods. Use white flexible plastic track and heat it with a gun to conform with each outboard curve. The clear panel would use zippers to attach to the track and you could add tension using murphy or lift-a-dot style fasteners on the bottom. Attach the ...

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Timmy,
You can get em as cheap as a $125 per. I think the ones I'm looking at are are $400 ea. With the lights on the bottom it gives the boat that cool ghetto ride glow. (insert heavy rap music here)

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DQ, The installs have been mostly with the Xenon series 35/50. Its a nice color light and produces the most brilliance for the dollars. These are retrofit into mid 30 to low 40 foot applications. I like the compact size of the bronze versus going to the 100 and larger lights. For what little light w...

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Dug, If your going to use only 1 I'd go with the 50X @ $990.00 through the website. I plan on using 3 of the 50H versions (less light but in more places). One out the transom just above the drain plug and two out the bottom outboard of the struts. This should get rid of the gaffing shadows for night...

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We've installed the aqualights and had good luck in several applications. Go online to www.aqualights.org. Less money then the underwater lights, good warranty. I've tried for over a year to work a program with underwater lights to purchase at a distributor level. We do between 15 and 20 lights per ...

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I just used Bob Duane 732-295-8966 for my insurance survey. Local to Pt. Pleasant but I'm sure he'll travel. He did a great job and was quick to respond. I've known him for years he's a straight shooter. Good Luck

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The interior is in a state of flux. (read as;"it ain't quite done") Starting this fall we'll finish it off. We opted to stay with the original layout and update the finish, add cabinets and so on. The boat had some modifications when we got her and I really like the amount of storage in the cabinets...

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Jimmy,
We are still young so bouncing up and down is how we do it. We put non skid patches on the side. Thinking about some type of step.

Jerry,

The Glasscutter is an 01 Silverhawk my family did when new.

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Jimmy, I found one that was really close to what we wanted in an early top by Pat Karwin(ex-Tower Power now Gulfstream Tower) I simply asked to go up to 2" single legs, this allowed the tower to be simpler by removing the ancillary small diameter support tubing. We adjusted some of the pipe out of t...

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It could be alot of things....... Do the rudders have the same amount of toe in Is the tie bar loose.. is the push bar loose Is the boat leaning as well (got any big friends sitting on the side)... Is a trim tab sticking... Are you overtrimmed (she'll really dance if that's the case, especially with...

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But I threw in a story too. We fished over the weekend 84miles out 104 miles home. Day troll in the Toms ended up inshore of the Thousand; lines in at 6:30am lines out at 3:45pm. One billfish bite and 2 coolers full of gaffer dolphin (thanks to GOD for the floating pallet). Boat ran like a dream 230...

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Whaler, The one thing I didn't see in Walters response was this. After filling the system and adding pressure you should find an aluminum junction box with 2- 1/2" locking nuts on it. This is essentially a bleeder box and allows you to remove excess air from the system. After cracking these open ste...

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John,
The boat is really coming along well. Last time I visited I saw the crew working on decks and bulkheads. We'll be out of the water their mid October stop by and have a beer.

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Timmy, I give Cummins Power Systems (Bristol PA/Glenn Burnie MD) a try. They are the local distributor for the product in Southern NJ. They should be able to give you a lead for a good local tech as they ultimately supply parts for the area and sign off on all warranties. I would expect the folks at...

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Looks similar to Hynautic. This is hydraulic fluid that runs in a pressurized system. The air pressure gauge is normally attached to a resevoir can that has a fluid level monitor. The steering wheel is attached to pump head with 3 lines running into it I'm not sure what gauge I should look at in you...

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Lost people I knew, watched the smoke roll down the coast..

I'll never forget.

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Bandit
No not the 360, its just ugly...The new style big boats is were I've seen the issue.

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Dug,
When you get the funk out, another nice way to keep em fresh on the inside is to place a bounce or other fabric softener sheet across the intake grill. It gives the whole boat a nice fresh smell.

It really works.

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UV, I've always been happy with the morse red jacket cables. However I had the opportunity to do some testing with Felsted cables and was really impressed. Among the selling points are the cables ability to take really tight curves and still work smoothly. In one case I tied one in a knot and the li...

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Hogula. Buy the Angel or the old Fortuna(if still available), these boats have been redone and have new or close to new power plants. When we picked up Chimera last year it was a basket case, we bought the boat cause it already had new engines, we paid what the engines would of cost us and got a fre...

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Ended up being cancelled for similar reasons by Nat'l Marine Underwriters. Am going with boat USeless (thanks to someone on this board for that) Insured for $175,000 @ $1100.00 per annum. Second vessel on policy. Pending a survey of course figure another 400 clams. Insurance guys....they all suck as...

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The construction is OK finish is questionable. Here are the issues I've come across we won't talk looks its always been Blondes vs. Brunettes (skinny of course). These are constructive points not meant to bash but just one guys notes of caution: Gelcoat is thin in quite a few spots and after a few y...

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Russ, If you are having the engines done this season I'll be out as well. Chris is yanking the motors out of Chimera and we are doing some deck and bulkhead work to finish her off. As far as local knowledge of these boats I can't think of anyone better, the group a Carver's is among the best. See yo...

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Anybody from the group gonna fish the Mid Atlantic next week. I'll be on the CRISDEL a 570 Bertram. We're in the Canyon Club starting tonight. Love to talk with some of the faithful over the weekend or during our lay days.
Hope to meet a few of you guys if your around.

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There is an older (mid 60's)31 being worked on up here and the entire boat had to be gel peeled due to the alligator skin (cracks). Look closely at the body work on the boat, if you see a little alligator skin starting on the hull or superstructure you may want to pass. The problem goes away on the ...

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The damage occurred 2 years ago in the Mid Atlantic, time flies guys, as far as fast boats go, If its cold molded with wood make mine vac bagged with epoxy thank you and add an extra layer for those 125 mile runs home in a southwester. Looks like thats the call for Mondays fish day. Happy I'm riding...

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My partner and I did the body, paint,electronics and riggers we also sourced the radar wedge. Pat Karwin did the top, we worked together with him to bring the frame and top up to current production expectations all main legs are minimum 2". The boat has 03' 330hp Cummins total of 265 hours on the pa...

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Here's a few shots out of order of course. We got her floatin and will start fishing after I'm done with the Mid Atlantic. The old boat is how we started last September, its been an interesting 11 months. http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38/glsctr/231c86df.jpg http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k38...

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Mike, I'm going moving away from the 6" exhaust with muffler to a straight 6" out the back this fall. The reason is to move the exhaust outboard and allow room for in deck fish boxes. I've been on a C series straight pipe down east boat and the noise is next to nothing with no muffler. We have enoug...

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I really wish the guy that was recommended to me for the fiberglass plug would have called me back because If I had it to do over again I would look for a one piece plug as described before. We did a fiberglass cowel from Richard Bertram and unless you are well versed in expanding and fairing fiberg...

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The 4 blade prop will typically run a more efficient cruise then 3 blade. The standard rule of thumb is if you run a 20x25 3 blade, remove an inch of pitch and that's the 4 blade number in this case it would be 20x24. You should expect to pick up .5 to sometime 2.0 kts at cruise by switching to 4 bl...

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John,
Maybe some of the go fast shops around Carvers place would be interesed in the blocks. Try giving some of them a call. Chris may have some idea.

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Well with the 4th being behind us at this point I thought I'd give an update on our project to date. This weekend was huge, After painting the hull bootstripe and bottom the boat was splashed June 14th. I limped her back to her home without engine boxes or topside paint for that matter. Even had to ...

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