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Bring it on!!

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I agree with Yannis. Just make a nice even smooth triangle on the corner of each. As long as it is symmetrical it will probably look fine. Unless that will bug you to death . . .

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I have the same rash.

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Very exciting to watch!

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Congratulations on your purchase. I remember when she was a working boat with the Virginia Marine police around in my part of the Chesapeake bay.

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While on the subject of caulking, check out a product called Tubeanew on Amazon. It is a rubber boot with a new caulking nozzle on it. It lets you save a caulking tube that the nozzle has hardened on by cutting the tube off and slipping the new boot on the tube so you basically have a new caulking t...

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Raybo: Wouldn't the paint you put over it need to be flexible as well?

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Yannis:. I am very sorry for your loss! Take solace in the message of Easter!

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Hope you're feeling better Yannis! I had it over Christmas and it was 4 days of fever coughing and discomfort followed by about a month of nagging cough. Hope you as follows that pattern and isn't too bad. One of the really weird things about it is that it affects people so differently. My round wit...

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UV used to clean his turbos by spraying a distilled water and Dawn dishwashing soap mix into them while running.

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Worth trying:

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Glad you did not break your neck and are on the mend!

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Have you tried McMaster Carr?

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How about a padded vinyl instead of carpet. Kind of like headliner material but without the holes? It may be the best of both. And you don't have the horrendous fairing job!

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Wow, that is amazing!!

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Thanks.

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Quite a rock slide! Got any pictures of the original construction?

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Jeremy: Did you have to heat it at all to get it back together? Does anyone know if the Sendure gas engine coolers are disassembled the same way?

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Sometimes you just have to do it yourself! Congratulations.

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That is one heck of a cut! I cannot remember from when you posted before, but when was it originally dug? That makes the Suez canal look easy! Wouldn't want to make a mistake driving one of those trucks!!

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Thanks Carl! I just hope I miss the cold weather and ice storm they keep talking about!

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We will be on Great Exuma just above Georgetown but below the airport. Thanks for the tips! We are renting a boat, but I will just have to see what the weather and wife's beach schedule allows!

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A friend turned me on to these people. he is sending in a pair and I have several that could use refurbishment. I don't have any results from them yet to report on but thought it was worth passing on.

https://suddarthoptical.com/

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The wife and I are headed to Exuma for the first week in February. Anyone else down there? Anyone have any advice on what to do or not to do while down there. We are renting a runabout for one day. Any decent snorkeling or is it all sand bottom?

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Now you are splitting hairs Steve! LOL Some have them and most don't! It depends on whether you are with the cartel or not.

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Yep. Same year as mine.

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At a small shipyard near me. I know the woman who has listed it. She manages the yard. I don't know anything about the boat though. The yard has a crane service.

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Ha, I wish that were true Yannis! LOL

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I hope everyone made it through the storm OK.
I am over the Covid except for a nagging cough. My wife also caught it and is on her 3rd day. She is doing Ok though.

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I'm coming along okay thanks Carl. It's really kind of like the old school flu. Who knows, it could be the flu and it fooled the covid test into showing positive. Either way I'm getting better incrementally and should be good by christmas.

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I hope you guys in the Northeast are ready for what's coming! I just saw one article warning of flooding on a hurricane Sandy scale. I know that's probably exaggeration but still be ready and safe out there.

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Merry Christmas Yannis and everyone else! I got an early Christmas present of COVID yesterday. I guess I am on the Naughty List after all. Feels pretty much like the flu! I just want to be over it in time for Christmas. Rawleigh

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Good for him! I hope it doesn't change him in the long run.

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My friends and I call it "Stupid Money". You have so much money that you can make crazy purchases and it doesn't affect your standard of living. I'll never know what that's like.

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Tony: I was on the first one. Caught 8 sailfish on that trip. As a matter of fact my profile picture was taken down there on the same boat with UV! That is a Tropic Star hat I have on.

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Jack: Maybe use the existing adhesive to position them but put a dab of 4200 behind them ever 6" or so. The existing adhesive should hold them in position until the 4300 goes off at least.

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Well that is different! Don't have to worry about it being a wet boat anymore!

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The external strainer is really sized by the size of the external mushroom head on your thru hull. It must fit completely inside the strainer. The trap door is, in my opinion necessary, at least on the Groco configuration because you cannot get a straight shot into the thru hull with a cleaning tool...

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Oysters and barnacles will grow in the intake thru hull here, so being able to open them is a must! The screens can also be unbolted and sandblasted.

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Do yourself a favor and get a Lisle 80290 Hose Removal tool. Hose removal is so much easier! You can run it around inside the hose to unstick it and then use it to help pull the hose free!

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Bruce: What is the best way to test for stray current? Thanks.

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I have both external and internal. I had the internal ones in place and I figured they may help catch sand, etc, but I have never had to clean the internal ones.

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Also you could have an aneurysm on the inside of one of your hoses that doesn't open to restrict the flow until you are running hard. A delamination on the inside of a hose could cause your problem.

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I like the concept drawings. I look forward to seeing lots of pictures of the build!

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Its a "Nut Warmer"!!

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My boat has been in the water for every hurricane on the Bay since 1966. That said the ones we have had were nothing like Ian or Sandy. i remember when we were in the cone for Sandy, and that was terrifying. I was so happy when it turned north to go visit Carl, although I would not wish that on anyo...

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Still trying to figure out what this holds for the Chesapeake Bay surge wise. Hard to tell.

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He was a great guy! Another one gone!

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Glad everyone is OK. Here is a neat wind website.

https://www.windy.com/?24.727,-80.288,4

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I heard this morning 30 in of rain so far! Good luck down there.

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