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Mikey

Style and grace, Gert, Style and grace. Need more pix of the interior. Seeing the varnished pieces I want to see where they go.
I'm as envious of your shop as I am your work. Zowie.

Mikey

Yannis, "One of" the best boats in the world. No doubt the 31 is 'the best," just ask the owner of one. Same is true for the owner of a 28. True that most of the participants on this site are 31 owners but we are just as devoted to the 28 (hyena boat) and for that matter the 35, 46, etc. etc. We eve...

Mikey

Yannis, Welcome to our little sandbox and to the stewardship of one of the best-built boats in the world.
Area code 850 is the Florida pan handle (North West), can't find a Dr. Christopher. If you have more info I'll give it a shot.

Mikey

John,
What goes around comes around. Was it not you who gave me a set of props when I was in need?
We're family, huh?

Mikey

John, When I was considering all the alternatives during restoration the one thing that was continually impressed on me was "all batteries in any system should be of the same type." That said I would be inclined to use a charger that is specifically manufactured for the type I chose. In my case I in...

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Mike, Thanks.
Poor Thudded, someone needs to tell him,
"You can lead a dog to water,
but you can't make him fish."

Mikey

Absolutely correct. Even for the idiot who painted his thirty-one pale orange with a lavender boot stripe.
Oh, wait, that would be me.
Love you guys, even Mean Mike.

What ever happened to Thudddd and his Hat?

Mikey

Looks good enough to eat. Love the color!

Mikey

John, Mine are group 31's. They have 900 cold cranking amps and a max of 1125. Do the job quite well for 6BTA's. Their model #: D31M. As far as the bilge, I sealed the limber holes between the cabin and cockpit so no water comes into the cabin bilge unless I'm sinking. I would probably have other is...

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John, They are indeed in the salon forward bilge with a common ground bar attached to the bulkhead. Here's the view from the other direction. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1010003.jpg I bought these on line and will look up the receipt to tell you where if you like. After b...

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Rawleigh, Once were done with real estate you need to see what I'm doing on Dreamsicle. A sofa(?) along the aft bulkhead and up the port side. A foldout table that (when folded) will hold four beers, unfolded it will hold four plates. It's a day boat. Over night (except fishing) will be in motel roo...

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John,
You can pick up two of these with back muscles to spare and they last!
Oh, yea, they're pushing Cummins 6BTA 300's and the house. Probably could have gotten away with two batteries, but . . .

Mikey

Hey, Bruce, I do it right cause I do it twice!

Mikey

Boy, that brings back painful memories. An adventure to be sure, but only for the masochistic among us.
Wait, would that be most of us?

Mikey

I have the original Lee gunnel-mounted rod holders and want caps for them. Lee does make them. Someone in the sandbox must have solved this. Whose caps fit?
Thanks

Mikey

Hail fellow, well met.
You will be revered and missed.
I, too, have one of those special cookbooks and it makes me smile every time I open it.

Mikey

John,
Thanks. That's what the pix that Russ sent me look like. I think I will start there and once she's close to out of the water I can tell whether I have it right without over stressing anything.
When she's up and happy, pix will follow.

Mikey

Pete, Stay off that knee and let'er heal.Russ sent me pix of his and the only difference is that my lift has two piles per corner. His pix tell me all I need, I hope. Going to give'r a try next week. Thanks, Russ. This is what our sandbox is all about. I have a peculiar problem that I want to bring ...

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Russ,
Sounds like you have what I am buying. Can you take some pix? It would clinch the deal for me.
Thanks

Mikey

A friend from the area says that due to the poor quality of recruits in that market we are likely to see more of this.
And me just back unscathed.
Thank you, Lord.

Mikey

What group is it that is reputed to have the biggest schlongs and what is one of their favorite foods?
Just saying . . .

Mikey

Kevin,
That's a clue. Nice work. How long have you had her like that? ANy issues?

Rawleigh,
Love to see those drawings. Going to Baltimore in the a.m. (up the Bay) and back first of the week.

Mikey

Patrick,
Your diagrams, as always, make the solution much easier to see, I think.
Still hoping for more pictures from those who have their stewardship on a lift.

Mikey

Pete,
Thanks.
The folks at Hi Tide Lifts (who built the lift in question) suggest that the bunks ought to start out close to the outboard engine stringer for max support and adjusted from there.
Any other clues that anyone can give will be most appreciated.

Mikey

Looking at a piece of property with a boat lift. 30,000 lb. max weight, so no prob there. How far apart do I set the bunks for a 31 to sit properly. Could probably figure this out myself but hate reinventing the wheel, or is that the 24 degree deep-vee.
Thanks

Mikey

Here is one of the Carter Creek boys most coveted pieces. This is an original Bertram dealer sign from the beginning. It was two sided. We have both sides. Probably going to install one in my new boathouse.

Mikey

Likewise I am trying the Pettit Zinc spray here in VA. Dreamsicle lives in warm, relatively still water in a boat house. Am going to get her checked today as I intend to run to Baltimore next week for the Indy races.

Mikey

Mean Mike, U.V. and I shared the same B-day and we always shared barbs about the coincidence. Miss that exchange. Not a day goes by that I don't think about or reminisce about Vic. Still wowing the crowds here in the Northern Neck with U.V.'s world famous Oyster Sauté. He will live as long as we rem...

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Randall,
Let us know when Walter is back on line.
Until then, Walter, we miss your sage advice and great humor.
Bet the hospital food is not up to your standards.
This is the voice of experience.

Mikey

Horse Pucky!!!!

Nice shot, Col. Potter.

Mikey

John,
If you were like me after all that work there were tears running down your face that got caught in the ear-to-ear grin.
She is absolutely beautiful! You should be justifiably proud.
How about some pix under the hoods and the wiring, All the nooks and crannies. Just got to see it all.

Mikey

John, Have used Stanadyne since launch. As with so many of us I don't get to use her as often as I would like and so fuel sits. This stuff works. Called the company last fall and told them how long it had been since refuel and they said as long as I kept the mixture up not to worry, that it kept on ...

Mikey

What were the approximate dimensions on that white?

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Pete,
One peg-leg Irishman to an other, Where'd I get the idea that she had diesels. Ah, Well, still a steal!

Mikey

This, in my humble opinion, is the deal of a lifetime, and Pete has not greased my palm to say it. When I was looking for a B31 to steward I was interested only in sport fish and flybridge cruisers. The express was way down my list. Then I boarded one and looked at the advantages and disadvantages. ...

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Frank,
Tell me about the hardware. What is the door latch? Does it lock?
Thanks

Mikey

Bob,
Now that's nice work! Want to see the finished job of course.
But for now follow Peter's advice and get out there, they won't be there for long.

Mikey

Peter, Like Mean Mike I closed the limber holes but still have a bilge pump just in case. Then I moved the batteries there after raising and flattening the floor to accommodate them. Heavy weight down low. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1010001.jpg http://i187.photobucket.co...

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Peter, Thanks. Couldn't believe my luck when I got those doors home and realized what an advantage the bi-fold would be. Here's the other side of the electric - at least the beginning. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1010010.jpg Bob, When Dreamsicle's in storage or just at ho...

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Thought I recognized those locks and the waterway. It's been a while. Need to do it again, putting it on the bucket list.
The first time was forty years ago at 5 knots on a sailboat from mile marker 1 at the mouth of the Elizabeth River to Key West. A fabulous way to conquer the mid-life crisis.

Mikey

Bob, Many thanks, Pal. Fortunately you can't see the rest of the incomplete interior. Am in the process of completion now. Have been promising myself to get on with it for four years but work kept getting in the way. Answer? Quit all work except when Hollywood calls. The only serious work I have had...

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I took another tack on all of this. While in Essex MD. visiting a friend (and with the two door sizes in my traveling file) we went to a wooden boat graveyard. Very sad place seeing all of those formerly gorgeous boats slowly becoming mulch. I asked the proprietor whether he had any doors about xxx ...

Mikey

Racing in a blind fog on the Chesapeake several years ago. As tactician I was continually being asked how I knew when to tack so as not to run aground. Just as I was about to answer for the fortieth time a dog barked in the fog.
"Ready about, hard alee!"

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Peter,
At least its just shoes. My Bride's list contained a new car, until Sunday.
Whew!

Mikey

Agree with Micky and Pete. Did my total rewire with the predecessor of Genuine Dealz.com and recently with them. Bought spools as large as 150'. The more you buy the more you save. Good folks.They had Anchor wire and many of the obscure items I wanted.

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John, I used the original panel and VDO Ocean gauges when I converted to Cummins from 454's. http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1010001-2.jpg http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x54/mikeylikesitnow/P1010035-1.jpg Used the original wheel as well, with a few modifications. The mome...

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Patrick, About ten generations back Great etc. etc. grandfather from Scotland married great etc.etc. grandmother from Ireland and thus reunited the Kennedy clans. Not sure the significance but when I'm in a pub I want another pint and I'm always looking for someone else to pay for it. It's a tough c...

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Pat, Bob,
Think I got it now. Remember I'm Irish. Cute as hell but a bit slow on the uptake.
Off to shop for lighting.
Thanks.

Mikey

Frank, Glad you posted the S.M.I.L.E. routine. I serve on the Board of our local hospital and we are just getting stroke certification. Only a handful of hospitals have this training (not encouraging, huh?) but because we serve four of the five oldest populations in the State we felt the necessity. ...

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I'm still confused. Too much information for this ADD dyslexic to read. What I want to know in the simplest terms is how does an old fart like me compare the incandescent rating (watts) to the LED rating (lumens). Just that simple. When I'm standing in Home Despot totally confused and some smart-ass...

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