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Preston,

If you're gonna go there, you may as well go "GOLD" too!

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TOOLS EXPLAINED DRILL PRESS : A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to ...

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Yeah...I think I'm gonna crawl in there and clean them as best as possible till I have the boat in the yard in 2021. Thanks for all the feedback.

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My shaft couplings are rusty. I was thinking about trying to remove the rust (in place), hit them with Ospho, Paint, then CorrosionX. Seems like a bit of work in such a tight space to work. I envision black and blue ribs. It might be easier just to replace them with new couplings that I can paint an...

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Carl,
Good advice.
I'm hoping to have some work done in the next 6 months.
Cockpit deck, replace rotten bulkheads, etc.
At that time while everything is open, I'll get some new cables.

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Carl and Bruce,

Thanks again. All back together. Adjusted the end pieces of each cable to set on the lever while it's in neutral. Shifters are smooth and I can find neutral to start the boat again.
Did both sides for good measure.

Glad I learned something in the process too.

Steve

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Wow! Looks great. Thank you very much for doing this!

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Thank you guys for the advice. Carl, I followed your advice to the T. Found the two cables connected to the lever. Pulled them off. The lever falls naturally into the neutral spot and the engine starts first time. Examining the cables (upper & lower); the lower pulls easy and smooth. The upper is ve...

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Thanks guys! Great advice. I'll work on it this weekend. I'm sure you save me a bunch of time.

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Glad you replied Bruce. Lately my starboard engine has trouble "finding neutral" only when I start the engine. Takes a lot of hunting to get the control in just the right spot to allow the engine to start. Once I have it started it seems I have no problems shifting. The starboard control is much sti...

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I was going to look for hinges with quick release pins for my boat. Running back and forth to the Bahamas I use the cockpit as a pickup truck bed for many items. My son thought of the idea to simply pull the cotter pins out of the hinges when I don't want to move everything around on the deck in ord...

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Easiest thing is to have quick release pins where the hinges are.
No modifications or fiberglass work.
Pull the pins, slide the engine box back into cockpit to work on engine.

At least, that's what I would consider doing.

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I agree with Mike's note. I'd love to see someone take an inlet in reverse! They'd be my new hero. The guy in the video could have made the 3rd wave I believe, straight into it, even stuffing the bow would have been ok. Some say he didn't want to run over the surfers and that's why he turned. I'm a ...

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They look like nice people and they are happy. I bet with their experience it will have some nice work done on it.
Hang in there.

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I live nearby this inlet and just happened to be over there on the beach road as this unfolded. Boynton Inlet is terrible on most any day. Saturday was a beautiful day, flat calm, flat as a pancake. I suspect this guy didn't realize that Hurricane Teddy was pumping a big swell down to us for Sunday....

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Wow, you did a really nice job on that boat! Congrats

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Personally I would favor them up top just for the reason of walking around on the gunwale cap.
I have my outriggers mounted low, tournament style from Rupp, I didn't realize how much I traverse to the bow regularly.

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Anyone ever removed the turbo themselves?

Looks like four bolts hold the entire thing on.

Bunch of other stuff hanging on to it as well.

I'd like to remove it and bring it to the Turbo repair guy in WPB.

Any tips for removal would be appreciated.

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I'll try spraying it with Corrosion X...but I think I'm going to bring it over to DMS Turbo in WPB. I've read on other threads here and elsewhere that they do good work. I tend to rarely run it at WOT..I suppose that's an old habit or fear that I shouldn't be over stressing the engines. I'll run the...

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Rocky
The turbo is no longer spinning freely. It's stuck.
Even if I getting it moving, after I run the boat, it's stuck when I come back to the dock.

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Tony We did very good compared to many others. Main house was dry, somewhat. No sea water. We did have two small leaks in the roof, but luckily no over mattresses or furniture. Only one boat in the harbour stayed afloat. It was a Bertram. See image at link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/PcWsc9iMTV2Bm9KE9

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It's my starboard Turbo. It's not spinning up.

Has anyone rebuilt their Turbos? I see kits out there but wondering if I should just have a professional rebuild it, and purchase a new one, and keep one on hand that is rebuilt for the future.

Anyone know of a service that rebuilds turbos?

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If it keeps the brand afloat and enables them to keep making boats like the 35', I'm all for it. I wish them the best. I think they will come out with a robust line.

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Excellent feedback guys. Thank you.
I shall investigate.
I'm sure once it's all figured out it'll be something simple.

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Starboard engine won't go above 2-3000 rpm under load. My first thought was the turbo was frozen. It spins real easy while at rest. I have not run the boat with a 2nd person onboard yet to actually look to see if the turbo kicks in around 2K rpm. I'll try to do that this weekend. Is it possible the ...

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I have the drain pan hose system that Bruce describes.
Also have a Jabsco pump in a bucket. I attach it to the drain hose, sucks it out in no time.

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Very nice photos! Thank you for posting.

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I found an answer from Capt Patrick on this old link.
2400 pounds
http://www.bertram31.com/newbb/viewtopic.php?p=41044

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I have been calculating weight of additional fuel and other supplies.

I could see bringing 2000 pounds.
Plus myself and one other person.

How does everyone feel about running the Gulf Stream with that additional weight?

I think I have done close to this in the past.

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If anyone has a good eye, see this if you can find the 20’ Sportsman in the yard around 4:32 mark. That’s the yard I left it with. Very hard for me to find it. Topsides are white. Hull dark blue, red bottom paint. I think I might see the outline of the bow in the 2nd row in. But nothing sticks out t...

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Here's a video I just found today. at 4:35 you will see our 13' Whaler with the Yellow canvas cover still on! Unreal. The 16' Nauset is also in the yard to the left, I've seen overhead shots. The house is at 4:55. Main house lost a lot of shingles. I'd like to get out there with roof tarps and cover...

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OK will do. It will be interesting if this works out. If so, I may keep it. $3/gal diesel here vs $6/gal in Bahamas. I may just bring my own every time going forward and never use their fuel. I bet price/gal over there goes up too after this settles. Curious how I'd pump it or plumb it to my tank...

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Thanks Mike that looks perfect.

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Any recommendations on an auxiliary fuel tank or drum that I could strap to my cockpit deck, possibly on a pallet? At some point I'm going to make the run over to the Bahamas to check out the house. The photos I have found look promising. I'd like to bring roof tarps, and other supplies. If the hous...

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MOW house came through real good. We found video on YouTube last night and we gained about 5 sailboats in the yard. But all structures are in tact with some shingles missing. The old house on Elbow Cay, not so good. Entire roof and top floor were cut off and gone. I should play the lottery this week...

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Hey guys. Sorry for the delay. I've been preoccupied. Man O War took a direct hit yesterday along with Marsh Harbour and Elbow Cay. Man O War is just North of them a few miles. The eye went over at top speed. The reports I'm getting are that some houses are just "gone". Some houses lost their roofs....

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good info guys, I need to work on my windows as well.

What has anyone used to replace the "felts" along the bottom track?
And how do you get the old felts out?

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I've thought the headliner would be a good spot for life jackets but have yet to make the effort to create an easy access door for them. We use the inflatable kind so they don't take up that much space.

And if you are offshore, they should probably be on your body.

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Thanks Bob! Great layout and nice work.

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Bob, would you be able to post a couple photos of your cockpit area? I'm going to work on mine this year and I recall you had unique air vents. Would also like to see your cockpit floor.
Thanks.

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As Mike suggested...

I had this guy flush the engines. Probably a good idea once a year.

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thanks for sharing. Sooo awesome.

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Yannis, 24% VAT?! Whoa! I gotta tell my friends in the Bahamas to quit bellyaching over 7% VAT.

I suppose if you keep a log book, (which I should be better at) of everything done, it is valuable to yourself as well as the next owner.

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Nigel,

Here's a youtube of my Yanmars, first day in the water.

https://youtu.be/8yfV2qDNrMQ

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Here's the leftover pieces that were wedged into the front edge of the strut. I believe I hit the object, it wedged into the strut, then rolled back and bent a prop. Turtle Shell maybe???? Old fiberglass? It was a layer of white, then a layer of dark brown. The dark brown was the part against the sh...

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we need a photo of someone in an old football helmet with a mask and snorkel

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while dropping of the bent prop to Bobby Soles, I asked about a new puller. It seems the one I have has been discontinued (makes sense). Something about the metal in the threaded rod being different with the "C" clamp thing and threads going bad. Sounds like what happened to mine. They now sell the ...

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Tooeez,
Thank you for the feedback. I'm more and more convinced it was a piece of plastic. Hope to haul it later this week. New bearings, repack rudder shaft logs, tune up the props ...and buy another wheel puller.

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Tommy, This is the second time I've had to do a prop change with a snorkel. I hope it's my last! My Dad had a regulator made up years ago like you described with a long hose and gave it to me recently. It's sitting in the boat house on Man O War, as I don't have a tank...YET! An air tank will be on ...

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Yesterday we ran from Man O War Cay (Bahamas) to Florida. About 190 miles. We bent the starboard prop slightly somehow. Deep water. Must have been something submerged or prop fatigue. While inspecting the prop I noticed a piece of plastic wedged in the strut where the cutlass bearing would go. Could...

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