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I agree it is not the 31.

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No wonder he got a Bertram!

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The repair bills would be a bitch! She is riding high compared to the video. I wonder if the power plants have been pulled?

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I don't know. Mine is the older style with the pocket on either end.

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I use the ACR bag.

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You have a good partner in Daryl. I enjoyed meeting the Penningtons at Tropic Star with your Dad.

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Boy, that brings back memories!!!

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Sometimes it seems like a long time, and other times it will seem like yesterday when I think back on the good times and good advice. I am glad I got to go to a UVI and Panama with him. He and Walter were the civilizing gentlemen of the board.

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Still ready to go do battle!!!

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John: If you use a bucket put a brace across between the handle holes to keep it from collapsing. A tube that your rope will fit through will work well. Make the rope a loop that goes through the handle hole on the bucket, through the pipe and then through the other handle hole rather than tying it ...

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YEAAAAAAA!!!

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If you tank has the bronze plate it is easy to remove, drill and tap it to do it right.

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Good luck today Dug!

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If you go up a foot you will be surprised how thin it is!! LOL! It has withstood the teat of time though!

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My '66 was gas from the factory, but the bronze plate that the fill hose goes into on the front top of the tank was drilled and tapped for a return fitting. It has a pipe plug in it that I use to manually check the fuel level now.

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My friend had a 38' Awesome Cat 10 years ago that we posted 116mph on the Garmin GPS with. WE were not offshore with it though. Just in the Chesapeake Bay. It was strange to go that fast sitting down after being used to a triple bolster deep Vee he had before that. Those days are in the past though!!

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The bilge pump switches on my boat are hot all of the time. They also have an "off" position that I don't like. The float switch position stays switched while the manual position is only momentary. I think you have good logic to your wiring, but make sure the manual switch is a momentary one and you...

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Good post. Glad it worked out for you. I had something similar happen two years ago on a friend's 30' Scarab center console during a fishing tournament, except we had a hole in a hose. Maneuvering around the dock trying to make weigh in was interesting! Maybe we should all add some ratchet straps to...

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Dug: I am praying for both of you. Good luck and keep us posted. Rawleigh

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Who are you planning on attacking John?? LOL!

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Bruce wrote:That reminds me of a Rorschach test.

Very creative.

And what does that shape remind you of Bruce?? LOL!

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Holy crap! No wonder it is taking you so long! LOL! Beautiful work.

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"hunched over like a hippopotamus.." pretty much says it all!! Lord, what has this country come to???

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Good job!

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When I worked in a boatyard during the Summers back in the early 80's we used to lay a box fan down over the forward hatch for forced air ventilation when working with anything that generated fumes in the cabins. I cannot tell you how many throbbing headaches I had from breathing acetone or alcohol ...

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It is probably what is referred to as "Diesel Slobber". When the engine doesn't have enough load on it all of the fuel is not consumed. The excess goes out the exhaust mixed with soot and forms a black slobber around the exhaust. Farmers deal with it all the time on tractors that run low load applic...

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Sorry Nav!! I hope you will still hang around with us!

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UGLYYYYY!!

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Pump part down, electric motor up. Sorry I wasn't more clear.

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I will just stand back and watch! I wonder what the fuel burn is?

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Keith: A Micro Mesh plastic polishing kit is what you want. This is how they clean and repair aircraft windows. You sand it up to 12000 grit and then polish. http://www.drainplugmagnets.com/magneticdrainplugshome.php http://micro-surface.com/images/products/inst_79MMbeltKitInst.pdf http://www.aircra...

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thuddddddd wrote:gawd.. reading this thread reminds me Springsteens glory days song.... you guys need to get lives.... and real boats...... Dug's right... I'm into high end bird dogs... heloskiing and paying more than my fair share to the BLM crew... ..

ITS ALIVE!!!!! Good to hear from you Timmy!!

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I mount all of my pumps head down to protect the motor. I also set up a three way manifold at the inlet of mine so I have hot and cold salt water as well as cold freshwater washdown. Hot saltwater is drawn off the heat exchanger discharge hose. It really helps cleaning up fish guts, etc.

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Ace has been holding sales on Feit LED 60 watt Eq. bulbs for as low as $2.75 each! For that price I switched all of mine!

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Yes, UV called the 28 the Hyena boat because it always looked like it was dragging its @$$!

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Very nice!

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We will check the Bait refrigerator!!

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Kevin: I just saw a segment on the nightly news about a new procedure using a piece of kevlar that greatly reduces recovery time on ACL tears.

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I got white lifeline netting from West Marine when I had a girlfriend with small dogs.

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-mari ... 42_003_501

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I am still not sure how they will ever prove the case with all of the evidence burnt or lying in the mud. There are so many possible sources of fire in a marina too.

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The Virginia State Police is now calling it arson. The two bodies were recovered and sent to the medical examiner.

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"B" dock at Port Urbanna (old Hurley's boatyard) burned early this morning. The 911 call was at 3:45. Two liveaboards are missing and presumed dead. 50+ boats, including my father in laws 40 foot sportfish, were destroyed and some of the last large boat (60+ foot) covered slips were destroyed. The s...

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No, you are correct! Same for the container ship that went down off of the Bahamas, God rest their souls.

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I had something similar happen Tony, only the boat was in the boathouse and the drip from the stuffing boxes was slowly filling up the bilge! The front pump was shut off and eventually the rear would have kept her from sinking, but after that I added a large Rule pump with an Ultra pump switch switc...

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I have the old style docking lights and like them. The original Morse aluminum housings eventually succumbed to corrosion and I replaced them with Barnegats. Now I just need to find a LED bulb to replace the sealed beam! I find that at night I can run at @1500 RPMs with the bow high and they will li...

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I stand by what I said above, but bear in mind that that was 2008. I got married and had a child so no more fun for me for a while!

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Remember, people are used to a lot more amenities than they were in the 60's or 70's. Lots more electronics too. All of that plus the other technological upgrades cost money!

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14 in Virginia this morning. Not as cold as Mark, but cold enough!

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If you can dispose of the mess, a hot water pressure washer is hard to beat.

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I have a friend who is looking for a new 75 hp 4 stroke outboard. Who makes the best one right now? It seems like a choice between Honda, Yamaha and Mercury, but please give me your thoughts.

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