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Your main anchor line gets wrapped around a prop so you have to cut it away and have no propulsion.

Basically every pease of gear on the boat is for safety first.

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Looking good

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I want my back up anchor easy to reach and ready to go. So I don’t thing I’d ever want something that needs assembly.

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Hope you guys had a great Fathers Day. Starting to get her loosened up and getting some of the details together. The kids call it “The New Boat” and I have to correct them. That’s a pretty good endorsement. Two observations; the first being an easy 28kt cruise is obscene and maybe to much since my b...

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I shared these numbers on Facebook but want to put them here for the social media hold outs

34kts at 3080RPM
32kts at 2600RPM
28kts at 2400RPM

22-26 kts from 2100-2300

20x24 3 blade acmes, still very controllable around the dock.

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MarkD wrote: ↑Jun 8th, '24, 21:10 Congrats Pete. Been quite a journey! Wishing you a great summer and lots of accumulation on the hour meters….

Thanks Mark

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Carl, I accumulated a list over my 10 years here of things you guys already did. The fact that I was able to check a large majority of them off the list and the thought that Capt Pat might be proud and not shaking his head is an accomplishment in itself. If you need evidence, review my first 100 pos...

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She’s home! The plan was to leave yesterday at 3pm, run out Shinnecock and back in Fire Island, 42 miles out in the Ocean along the beach. Time expired at 5pm with some small stuff still needing to be finished. Losing daylight and the wind kicking up we packed up and hustled out. Really sloppy seas ...

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Looks great

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scenarioL113 wrote: ↑Jun 4th, '24, 17:32 Looking good Pete

Hope to see you out there on the South Shore. Def cant miss Eastwind in that beautiful blue...

I may be heading your way since Jones Inlet is a disaster

Good excuse to head my way. Let me know when you do.

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The headliner is made of nidacore. They split it down the middle and put it in in two pieces. We initially thought we might be able to get it in in one piece. No wrestling was going to allow it in the door. We would have needed to take the cabin bulkhead out. But we had a teak furring strip that run...

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Yannis. It’s different we were able to completely close it off. Having spent a dozen seasons with water under the cabin floor, that was coming from an old dirty cockpit bilge. It should be a really nice change for the better.

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Yannis thank you for the info. For now the stock water tank will do.

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Carl, We closed off bilge water flow under the cabin bulkhead. We will see how it goes over the course of a season sitting in the water but I’m hoping it’s going to cut way down on odors and dampness in the cabin. I only have the bigger offshore life jackets onboard and always keep 1 laying out loos...

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In those pics are a bait well pump, raw water wash down and standard bilge pump and an emergency high capacity pump mounted higher up and high water alarm. Also the engine raw water in takes have whT folks refer to as crash valves, turns your engines into big bilge pumps as well. Bladders could work...

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It’s no big deal not upset, just in hindsight while the deck was out. I agree the fish box either has to be lift out or macerated. To much of a PITA for me. I’m not a meat fisherman but have a few nice insulated fish bags. On the other side, life jackets, ditch bag, raft all take up a lot of v berth...

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Yes Carl those cockpit panels being gone is big, to have a nice toe kick, ability to lean your legs etc. really helps out in the transom especially. I imagine (not for long) having a cooler, tackle, gaffs and an insulated fish bag out of the way. The one thing I really regret not doing was putting a...

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Doing a survey on Wednesday and then bringing her home. I’ll drop a couple more pictures now https://imgur.com/a/8bAbfJd A lot of cleaning and detailing happening over the next few days. Maybe I’ll start a new thread once she gets home. This one really lingered much longer them I had hoped. Especial...

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The flies can be wind dependent in either place, hit or miss. We don’t have AC or screens. Which can make it interesting. Watchhill - if you want to be a little more secluded, calm lagoon type harbor if the weather isn’t great. Sailors Haven - is more exposed to the bay, still a nice walk in Sunken ...

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My biggest regret was to not take up a friends offer to buy his 20’ seacraft to hold me over while I was laid up for 2 years. Waiting is painful. No advice on a shop to use, if you don’t have a budget I’d be looking at the shop in New England that did the boat that was in Soundings or Bayliss. Elite...

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Very well done! I'd like to do my cockpit like this. Keep posting more pics! Thanks. What we had to do was, Raybo built a belly band, which is also the gutter system. Then take the deck that had unfinished edges that were hidden under the side panels and add a finished edge. A lot of little details...

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Peter Well done. She is looking good. Is she back in her slip yet? Almost, the deck will be finished this week. Just finishing putting things back together. New headliner with an access hatch. Insulate the engine boxes, barrier coat the bottom and she’ll be ready when the weather changes for the be...

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Slideshow of progress so far.

https://youtu.be/vKBDKZMvqqQ?feature=shared

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Yes that’s the new training ship. First trip for them, it wasn’t ready during the summer and they flew out to California and went to Hawaii instead.

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Jason, I’ve been texting with Carl. I want to make a trip over that way in the spring. Maybe we can get a bunch of local guys to make that run if he has some free dock space for 3-4 hours. My nephew left for Puerto Rico for a SUNY maritime trip this morning. Had some picture coming out under the VZ....

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I’ll text you a picture it’s a simple black rubber cap with the center cut out like a pie or Star pattern.

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No. She’s out in a tent in Shinnecock now

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A couple little add ons in the cockpit to really finish things off.

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Carl, MacDougalls made it and the result is not astonishing (IMHO) https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/Ju3qJlD8bFUKw1uLVRg0SLIOaSq1/Immagine_90.jpg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/i/Ju3qJlD8bFUKw1uLVRg0SLIOaSq1/Immagine_21.jpg?width=960&height=720&fit=bou...

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When you look at some of the new boats out there these days, including sail boats. The technology has really advanced. I’m almost certain you could get side windows that electronically roll down and front windows that hinge open on actuators. All with a seemless exterior look. Not that I want to spe...

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Carl I’ve seen some good YouTube videos on making forms and molds to bend corner type windows. Seems complicated but doable. When the time and money are right and I have to spend $30k plus inflation on fiberglass window frames damn right I’m splurging for windows that open. I don’t go out on the boa...

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My understanding is they can accommodate side sliding window but not fronts. If you are going to spend that kind of money it would be worth looking into having lewmar make custom hatch style glass that does open into one of these new frames.

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Carl, Every time I’m out I have to get on the helm and drop the boat in gear so I don’t run into a buoy. It’s obviously when I’m inshore drifting for fluke or something. Every single time that happens I think to myself there is no way for a million bucks I could pull a 1/2 mile away and set my drift...

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That’s definetily a bow thruster control and not integrated joystick.

It’s worth checking out the owner of this boat and the Bad Company Fishing adventures YouTube channel. An amazing fleet of yachts, motherships, toys and some very serious fishing adventures.

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Awesome. 5 years quite an accomplishment.

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Jason congrats on a great season.

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Doug, I’m with you my 31 is staying the duration too. But as you can see I can dream with the best of them. Carl I have one complaint about our boats and it’s pretty simple. I want an unobstructed view from the cockpit through the aft windows and out the front windows. I have a way of drifting direc...

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Modern interior looks good. Anything over 370hp in a 31 is wasted. Bruce, What really stayed with me years ago was when Capt Pat said over 37 knots the boat gets up on the inner chines and can become unpredictable and fall off center. Not sure if that was just a passing comment but I remember it as...

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It would be interesting to know what the maximum horsepower figure is for the 28. I have yanmar 240’s and the structural supports on the hull are trimmed (lowered) by approx. 2-3 cm so that these motors can fit in the bay, of which the cover closes at a few millimeters from the engine top. I doubt ...

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Leaving money out of the equation, if I could only have one boat of the two, it would be my 31, or my 31 with Peters new power. I admire the Valhalla, would love to have and enjoy, but it would not be my first choice on many days… at least not the way I use a boat here and now. Well if that unlimit...

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Well let’s make this interesting. Diesel outboard designed boat. Remember I’ve been boatless for two years, if there is a video I’ve watched it.

https://youtu.be/RVjLPC23jh0?si=b3j9n_1LeYxbJxBn

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scenarioL113 wrote: ↑Nov 21st, '23, 09:08 Pete,

I am happy you are finally seeing "it in the flesh" and hear the purr and feel the breeze coming at you! Wow your results are right were they should be.
23kts and "sipping fuel"

Think of that like "sipping clear" with the men that are no longer with us...

Game on that would be a dream.

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Tony Meola wrote: ↑Nov 21st, '23, 23:01 Peter

How does she feel at 36 knots? With the additional weight she should still feel like she is on rails.

I wasn’t on that run but sounds like she starts to get a little loose. I’m sure I’ll try it a few times next year.

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I’m a big fan of Nauti style. It’s great to watch these boat tours of all different boats even when they’re not my thing. For a few years I’ve been watching everything they put out. I’m not sure what I’d do with a boat like that but there is an ass for every seat. Here is a beast, the Valhalla flys,...

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Carl ironically the boat runs great on one motor now, something I had really become quite capable and now shouldn’t need.

But yes after many years to go out and know you are coming back is pretty awesome. Maybe a low bar but that was the need.

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Spectacular cabin layout, comfortable airy space for day trips. snipes boat took some inspiration from that and the Bad Co boat. Love the amount of light coming from the aft bulkhead.

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After some additional adjustments, alignment etc the guys are reporting a top end of 36 kts and 23kts at 2100 RPMs which I think is where we will live most of the time.

Pretty darn happy at this point.

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Snipe wrote: ↑Nov 14th, '23, 17:21 Tony I had Drb do the permateek install. Jeremy thanks! That’s a 40” bench seat.

I went with the 36” thinking the 40” might be too big, but it doesnt really seem to take up much more space. I don’t see a reason to not go 40”

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The no need for flaps, in what concerns the bow attitude, I understand. With so much power it is easier to obtain the attitude you wish faster and easier. However, what I don't understand is why wouldn't the flaps be useful, or even necessary, in the case of two people deciding to move from port to...

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