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Yea, I'd like to see that magic 25kt cruise. It really is a different boat at that speed!

Rawleigh

Kevin: Check out the new Blue Seas switch/isolator combo that was intoduced at the Miami Show. It has the added benefit of having a combined position so you don't need a seperate solenoid to hook all the batteries together if you starting bank goes dead. They call it ACR. http://bluesea.com/category...

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DQ: What speed were you cruising at with those #s?

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Vince: Take it off and drop it in a bucket of 50/50 muriatic acid and let it cook for a while. Or if you like the bronze color, take it to the local auto shop and have it bead blasted. It will probably be perfect. If not, get back with me and I may be able to fix you up. Worst case, any good machine...

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The Edelbrock carb is the same as the carter AFB. Good carbs. I have AFB's on my 440's and I have one of the Edelbrocks on a flatbed truck. i couldn't see any differences in their construction.

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That looks good JP. I promise to give the other radar a good , if less elegant home!

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Glad to hear it Dave!!

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Ditto

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If she can put up with that crowd she has to be tough!!

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This companies products look amazing! Building up splines and bearing surfaces, as well as coating underwater parts looks promising!! It was recommended from a manufacturing metal working site.

http://www.belzona.com/

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A beautiful woman with great taste who likes boating and fishing should have no problem attracting a lot of suitors. To bad she is not closer to me!!

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I'm very glad to hear that he is doing OK!

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Well said Pat!! I've owned boats and a plane but never been married, so I must be doing it right!!

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I'm willing to convert to diesel!! She may be just the impetus I needed!!!

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Yeah, I always tucked my hands under my armpits when they swim around me. No sense tempting fate!!

Rawleigh

Idiot! Doesn't he realize a hotdog looks just like a finger! I dove with a divemaster off Honduras whose hand had been mauled by one. He had changed the food from one hand to the other just like this guy did. He still had all of his fingers, they just weren't pretty anymore. He still fed them, but w...

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There is no cure for stupid unfortunately!

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The good weather always comes midweek!

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I liked the shark analogy better. . .!

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UV: I have to agree with you. You could shift them with a set of gears on each side after the splitter, but couldn't throttle them idependently. I too have wondered why no one has tried the hydraulic option. I don't know what the power lose factor would be, but a single big diesel would be nice. It ...

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Just can't say the same about the diver!!! LOL Nice boat and nice catch

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I don't have the website, but Mastry Ensine Center had it at the Miami Boat Show. Nice looking piece! Call them.

http://www.mastry.com/

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It might be an interesting application for Mastry's geared drive splitter. Single engine but twin drives. Go with a Steyr with the generator attachment in the bellhousing.

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Ditto!!

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Right!!!!

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Kind of like the little umbrella you get in your rum punch!! Good luck Dave!

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It must have been a MISTAKE. . . !

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Good luck Walter!! My godfather who originally bought my boat had both of his done a year ago at 81 and he is a new man!! He killed his 50th and 51st turkeys last year and is looking to add to the score this year at 82! All of the pain and inconvenience of the surgeries and PT was well worth it! Med...

Rawleigh

And daylight savings time starts Sunday morning!!

Rawleigh

Go with fiberglass - you won't regret it!! Here is the link on how to do it, as well as other great stuff!!

http://bertram31.com/proj/tips/shaft_logs.htm

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I think Chris Wilson from South Africa brought it didn't he Mikey?

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Sorry Mikey but you have to work at something besides the boat itself to have an office!!

Rawleigh

If you know any boat builders, OEM pricing is amazingly cheap. Even less that what they sell to West Marine, etc. for.

Rawleigh

And oil cooler hoses. Remember that a drop of oil can travel pretty far from its source on all of the hoses and wires on the engine. Clean the engine and bilge, find the drip point and then work your way back up whatever is oily!

Rawleigh

Blue Seas are great!!! They have a new Battery Switch/Combiner they debutted at the Miami Show. I talked to the rep about them and I think I will install two on my boat in place of my regular Blue Seas switches so that I can run house battery with out the problem of running the starting battery down...

Rawleigh

The suction lines for the blowers should extend down into the lower portion of the bilge so that it can suck out gas fumes that settle there. My gunnel vents only had short (2') hoses on them.

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Too bad it was only a flare!!

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I'm off to Miami!! Glad to leave this weather. If any of the Faithful are down there and want to try to get together my cell # is (804) 761-0892.

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Great!!!!!!:)

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You can also solder the connector onto the wire, which helps prevent corrosion at the connector. Use glue lined heat shrink over that and corrosion shouldn't be a problem. You can also put heatshrink over any cracked areas on the existing wires if you want.

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Mine is a glorified junk holder!

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Vic: I haave a 125 with the telephone style handset that I love. How do you soup them up? Is it just some code?

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It think I stayed in that box too after Mikey and I had to flee Painkiller, leaving poor Randall behind!! I have a friend who got off a tug at Venice about 1980 and somehow managed to miss the crew bus to NO. Apparently he thought he was going to be doing a Ned Beatty imitation before he got out of ...

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Sweet!!

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I use Petit Ultima SR. Expensive, but worth it!

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If you do, be sure to put grease on your drill bit and tap to catch all of the chips! Maybe even run it while drilling - be sure to wear eye protection!!

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Mikey: Do you still have the original metal one? I want to get mine rechromed, but it would be easier to have yours rechromed and then swap my guages directly from one to the other. Less chance of screwing it up that way!! Have fun in the islands- you won't be missing anything here!

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Bruce: Was that fuel burn combined or per side?

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It could also be the starter solenoid, but I don't know if that would be intermittent. Most of mine have been straight out failures. Next time it happens check for current coming from the starter side of the solenoid. if you have current there, check for loose cables and good current at the starter....

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Dead spot on the starter perhaps Randall??

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