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In Memory Walter K

Brewster-How was the Brown Trout fishing? I stopped by your shop but you werent back yet! Walter

In Memory Walter K

I had an IRS guy haul in my fly shop guy for not paying a 10% excise tax on the flies he tied and had in inventory...not even the flies he had sold! The poor guy was in shock. I fed him to my lawyer who somehow saved his ass, but that was not without a lot of problems, estimating, negotiating, and f...

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Harry- If you had a Sportsfisherman it could be the intake for the between the V-berths head. Since the hulls for Sportsfisherman and the fly bridge cruiser are exactly the same, it could have happened during assembly. As I understand it, early assemblies had a lot of things like that happening. My ...

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Before I had a house out east, I used to stay on the boat whenever I came out. In the very early Spring and late Fall. a 110 heater was used when I was on board and at the dock. When out, a kerosene low profile flameless heater was sometimes used when it was very cold, but otherwise since I had a Sp...

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I took a set of wheel to be reconditioned and they recommended a product called Propspeed to keep my props and running gear clean. I went to Propspeed.com for input. It seems to be an international company with only two distributers in the U.S. Any experiences with it or it's parent company would be...

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Vic- Of course.

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Spread the word. Let's send that info out to anyone who might be able to help us. Walter

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That's all any of us are asking for-a marine grade of gas-'Navgas". Walter

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Wayne- Sent out UPS today. You should get it mid week. I apologize for it's condition as I would normally have taken it to my boat to double check if it's correct and cleaned it up, but presently can't due to hip surgeries. If it is incorrect (wrong side), perhaps John can use it. Let him know. Walter

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Wayne-Send me your address. I may have someting that may help you. Walter

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Only one side or both? If one, which one? Walter

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The latest issue of Fly Rod & Reel Magazine has a story on the environmental havoc caused by the manufacturing of Ethanol. Seems it takes thousands of gallons of water to make one gallon of Ethanol, plus the water used is clean and comes out polluted. The Ethanol plants and the corn farmers are taki...

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I agree-no way you're going to get 20 kts on a B-31 gasser with 14 gph unless it's 14 gph per engine. I get 20-21 kts @14 gph with 210 Cummins Diesels. Walter

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Patrick-What about powder coating? The fabricator offers it on my 50 gallon B-20 Bahia Mar replacement tank. Also, on a tank that sized, is 1/8" aluminum OK? Walter

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Wipe it dry and spread paper towels under the engine to find the exact area of the leak. Then feel around with your dry clean hands for wet spots. I had a similar problem on my B-20 and it turned out to be a pin hole in the oil pan which was almost impossible to see. Unfortunately I had to pull the ...

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Jeff- I have the Xantrex 40 amp which I mounted on the port wall between the dinette seats under the table. I did that after originally mounting it in the engine compartment and had the screws where all the wires are connected all rust out. The company stood by it's product and sent me a new one. In...

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John-No answers? I'd like that info myself for my B-20. Walter

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I hadn't heard of Rimula. Thought you meant Rotella in your earlier post. Rimula is Shell's all synthetic brand?

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Shell Rotella 10-40 should be easy to find. It's even sold in places like Costco. Walter

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Given all that time bareass to the elements, I'd guess it would take a lot of time and bucks to get it back in the water running right. My bet is he'll never do it even though I would hope he would. It's gotta be 4-5 years, no? Walter

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Brewster- We do a bait and switch on them. We rig a hookless Mackerel and keep it about 30-40 ft or so in the slick. When a Mako comes into the slick and goes after the Mackerel, we take it away from him while a fly is cast out to where it was. When the Mako starts looking for the Mackerel, you star...

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Randall-Theres a guy on Shelter Island named Bill Smith. He used to run an organization called Fish Unlimited. He was also very involved with the expoure of Smithaven Laboratories dumping of radioactive water. He always claimed to have a 31 on Shelter Island and when you say this boat is on dry land...

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I wasn't kidding that there was a "Shock Treatment" which is a heavier dose of Bio-Bore that is given as a first dose treatment. The later treatments with each fueling keep it under control. Somewhat like diesel athlete's foot...stop treating it and it probably will come back. I've kept mine under c...

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You might have the beginnings of an algae growth from the combination of moisture and warmth. See what the other guys think. I attacked mine with a shock treatment of Bio-Bore and then an oz for every 40 gallons on fill ups. Walter

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Brewster- If you like fly fishing, have you tried a flyrod on Mako's? Had a few in the 50-70 lb class off Mntauk. Mike O and I did Pacific Sailfish in the 100+ categry in Panama. Much fun. Good luck with those giant Trout. Walter

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Approximately what did that top set-up go for? Was the enclosure included? Walter

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I can think of one across from Montauk Marine Basin and 3 more at Gone Fishing. That would make at least 9.

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Me and Bob Fiorese are at my Marina, Bob Cassola and Doug Mercer are at Gone Fishing Marina. That's 4 definites for Montauk. There are seveal others I don't know the owners of. Theres one called Compleat Angler, too. Walter

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You'd think with all those "brains" in the Congress and Senate, someone would have done their homework and looked at the mathmatics on this issue. It has driven up the cost of beef, poultry, soy beans, wheat and who knows what else. My Labrador retriever is smarter than what we have representing us ...

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Back in the 1970's there was a B-31 in Montauk named "Twilight" owned by a guy named Don Stott and run by Bob Killey jr. It was the FBC but he put in a lower station unlike anything I've ever seen, even up to now. On the port side about mid cockpit they had built a hollow teak post flush against the...

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Bob- Sounds like you've thought of everything! Congratulations. Took a while but sounds and looks like it's a gem. Walter

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I have a 31 Sportsfisherman that has two stations. I have yet to run the boat from the lower station BUT I find the lower station a godsend when working on the engines, winterizing or just plain warming up the engines,etc. especially if I'm working on the boat alone. Climbing up to a zipped up bridg...

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Vince- Mine too is a Sportsfisherman but of an earlier vintage than yours because I have the 2-piece engine boxes. She's all sealed up now so I can't take measurements. The installation was a while back (and I had it done), but here are a few things I remember. We took the covers off the fanbelts to...

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It becomes an issue only when my wife is aboard. I'd love to make a fitted cover for it so as to have more flat space.just been too lazy to make one. If I did I'd have it double as a cutting board. Walter

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If you can, grab a copy of the latest issue of Newsweek (Feb 12), the one with "Girls Gone Wild" on the cover (that should make it easy). Go to the back page and read the Editorial by George Will about the Kyoto Agreement. He tells the real story about the Global warming issue and the truth about Et...

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Ha- thanks for the compliment! I had to cook everything in that book before I drew the illustrations and I must say, there isn't a bad recipe in the batch! You wouldn't want to buy me right now, but like an old Bertram 31, I'm in the process of being repowered. I'll come up with a price after the se...

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Bill- I have a Sportsfisherman hull 382 that had the chain/Cadillac steering box that I finally changed when I went to diesels...and you'll be very glad you did. At the time, I put in a hydnautic steering system and a Robertson autopilot and they were the best thing I did. I don't know what an engin...

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Netscape has another story today on the effect of Ethanol on the world's food supply. The higher price of corn has already driven the price if Mexico's staple (Tortillas) up 500% and is raising such hell down there with the people that their government has been forced to step in and freeze prices. T...

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Doug-Ask them if they'd be interested in some work in Montauk this spring. Walter

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Tach wires or tach itself warm or smell at all? Will the engine start again with the tach connected after an extended wait? Walter

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I'm afraid to ask what that paint job cost! Beautiful! Walter

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Diesel engines to function at their best are supposed to be run at about 200 rpm below WOT as I understand it. Properly propped, at 200 under, you get your "cruising speed" and, like it or not, your idle/trolling/docking speed. If all that is true and you decide to put a pair of 370's into a B-31, i...

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Randall- Are the starters easy to switch? If so, the easiest way to find out if a starter rebuild is all you need is to see if the other car has the problem now. Walter

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These guys are not dumb. You would think that they'd be saving their asses long term by preparing for the Ethanol infusion, but that doesn't seem to be the case. All it will take is a 2008 Presidential candidate (it will have to be a loser as he/she will lose all the farm states) to expose the stupi...

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Today's (Sunday) Netscape had a news article from The Wall Street Journal on the Ethanol issue that clearly showed that the Corn Ethanol/ Congressional lobbies/ farm state payoffs are the sustaining issues as even the environmentalist whackos are starting to realize what it's costing us while doing ...

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Pardon my chiming in, but having gone through this myself in the past and having made a decision that has held me in good stead for 15 years, here are a few things to think about when it comes to Cummins remainders/rebuilds. The basic engine was/is the 210 Turbocharged 6BT. They aftercooled it to ge...

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Boardings in Montauk are arbitrary unless you've done something really wrong. Then, it's guaranteed. You are signalled by the Coast Guard Patrol boat to stop and boarded by both the Coast Guard (Federal) and the DEC (state). They travel together. You'd better have all your papers in order, permits, ...

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Mike, they're doing a good job here. If you don't own your boat, I can see no way that a charterboat guy can make a profit here. Between the dockage, increased fuel costs, increased insurance costs, annual raft repacking, annual permits and fees, sticking with the rules and dealing with a breakdown ...

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Harry- Theirs, of course!

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Well, they say you're often judged by the company you keep. Should we start to get worried or is this an attempt at image elevation?

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