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The consensus (per Tony Athens) is to prop the CPL 970s to 3000+ and run them like they are 250s, i.e. cruise at no more than 2400. The 6BTA 250s in my FBC turn 21x22 three blades thru 1.5 gears and is a little under propped.....top end about 27 kts, 24 at 2400 cruise. But she will carry any load yo...

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The shop that did my Imron said not to wax it for at least a year to let all the solvent evaporate. I waxed it once and it made a mess. The new Imron job last year (courtesy of Katrina) I have not waxed other than put Rejex on the transom. I don't plan to ever wax it. Wax will create black streaks f...

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Shoot it with some Anti-Bond 2015 - it will dissolve cured 5200. Worst Marine usually has it.

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Like shooting ducks on the water, huh? I always liked shooting them on the water 'cause you could shoot them in the head and not screw up the meat. Like when I was a very little kid and me & my Daddy would go after dark to hunt Grosbeaks in the swamp behind our house...he held the light and I whacke...

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Hey Harv, I consider you one of my very best friends and you are on my "always take his call" list at my office, and damn few are. Please don't go there, has nothing to do with why we are all friends.

Respectfully,

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Let's see, the allegation is that da Judge shot 538 birds in a morning hunt...let's assume a 4 hour hunt, that's 2.24 birds a minute non stop...shucks, you can't shoot them off telephone wires that fast. Plus the barrel will melt. I hereby call BS on that one.

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Guys, gotta agree with Capt. Patrick, most of the models show that. The site I use is www.skeetobiteweather.com that is very complete and shows all the models in one place. It projects Dean as a cat 4 by Monday south of Cuba....the UKMET shows it going over Cancun and into Mexico south of Brownsvill...

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John, I have an optical tach I can loan you if needed, but they are pretty cheap nowdays, think I paid about $75 for mine.

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A high build, high gloss, properly cured Imron 5000 paint job and the streaks go away, they don't stick...when you start to get some streaks on the Imron after a few years, buff out by hand with a VERY light compound and use ReJex and nothing will stick no mo'. Spider doo-doo will stick some, but ri...

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Dug, hate to bust your bubble, but we paid him to tell you that.

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Second.

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Lil' buddy, it is 102 at my house right now....been over 100 since last week. Seems the record here for over 100 is 7 days in a row back in 2000, but I don't remember that event at all....turns out me & the Bride were in the Swiss Alps for a couple of weeks then. Wish we were there now, this heat is...

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You didn't offend anyone at all, just did not know Dr. Matt. He might not be as smart as we make him out to be tho, has a Viking with 8V92s. Gimme a call Matt, let's see what's up....800 260 9908.

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Roger what Terry said....if I need a heart transplant Matt will do it. He's made me a couple of UVI baits, one even with a pix of AJ inside it and those puppies will never hit the water...they sit atop some of Randall's incredible wood carving art at the camp....like a little shrine to all of us.......

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And they took their own guns...can you see Andre' trying to talk his way out of a Bolivian jail? Might be a $100 problem or worse. I got my phone turned off.....expecting a call to send lawyers, guns and money. When he got on the wrong bush plane at TSL going out they did not even notice, but Elanor...

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Harry, as I understand it (from boatdiesel.com, Tony Athens, and some other folks) the problem with the CPL 970s was increasing the rpms from 2600 on the 210s and 250s to 2800 on the 300s. The 300 hp CPL 0970 was produced in large numbers, as all the 6Bs were, mostly off road truck use, but a lot of...

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Mikey - AJ has 21x22 three blades with no cup thru 1.5 gears. I've got about 2" of tip clearance. The 6BTA 250s idle at 650 out of gear and a little over 600 in gear...5.3 kis on both, 3.7 on one, and one is fine if you have Partick's big rudders. Four blades will give you a higher idle speed and a ...

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Go 16K, don't even think about less - cost is almost the same.

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Yeah, that's good advice from Brewster. Here's how the thing works....the ducer has a thero-sister in it that changes the resistance as the temp changes.....the digital readout just converts the ohms (resistance) into a temp reading. So anything in the circuit that adds resistance is gonna make the ...

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Scot, here's the drill - this is for a 5.9 liter Cummins 6BTA, so adjust for your displacement: take a 16 oz. plastic trigger bottle and put 8 oz. of distilled water in it, then one oz. of the blue Dawn liquid dishwashing detergent and swirl it around to mix, don't shake and make bubbles. Take the a...

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Ditto what the Prof says, too big, won't fit in a B31. Weight wise the boat will handle a ton a side like the Cat 3208s, but the Deeres are just too bulky. Stick with the in line 6s like Cummins or Yannies, seem to be the best based on the experience here......and if nothing else, we got a ton of co...

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Reminds me of the Aggie joke......chain saw owner takes it back, says it cuts too slow....salesman starts it up....Aggie says "what's that noise?".....

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Diesel guys, remember the Tony Athens "turbo wash" - a cheap way to keep your diesel's innards working good....a little water and Dawn once a year. Keeps the turbo, aftercooler, injectors, piston crowns, and valves clean. Works on any diesel, turbo or not.

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Auction just ended, high bid was $8,100, reserve not met. Figure Rawleigh has a deal on the side? It is a Baron, but real rough looking.

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No, jumping off the dock at PE could get you eaten by critters bigger than you......Wish we could have made it. Heat is brutal here, just rolled the garbage can down to the street and I'm soaked....digital gizmo says its 97 and the heat index is 112...nice numbers, for a heat stroke maybe. What did ...

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John, keep your fingers crossed for another UVI....it may happen. Keep plugging away on Reel Cowboy. Remember, all it takes is time, patience, and money. Tony, I was partly joking about the oil changes (not on the 21 KW tho)...I find that the 6BTA 250s use virtually no oil until they have about 110-...

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Russ, good deal....I can tell you & Linda really miss Oregon. Tell Linda I'm reconsidering her disqualification in the UVI where she caught the blue marlin. If the Statute of Limitations has not run yet, she may be in the money....but tell her not to clear a place on the shelf for it just yet. Yeah,...

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Well, took AJ for a short ride on the Tickfaw this morning to the one & only fuel dock we have left and filled her with diesel....$2.69....she took 30.2 gallons...was writing that in the log book and noticed the last time I filled up was Nov. 26, 2006, some 56 gallons....I got this Howdy Boating dow...

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Keven, don't guess, get a clamp on ampmeter and test what the existing unit draws in plain ole amps. You will need to clamp it over just one leg (either the black or the white, but not both) for it to work. See what draw you are getting when you turn it on from the genset. A single lung gas 2KW is o...

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My 21 KW is 240 volt and goes thru a double pole, double throw transfer switch...each leg is separatly switched...the ground in the transfer switch is hard wired, but I still use a separate ground rod for the genset.

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No, the genset ground on the 21KW is a separate ground from the 3 wire 240 VAC, and that's what I'm referring to...The two hots (blacks, some may be a black and a red) and the one neutral (white) are grounded normally thru the house ground. My rule is to have a separate ground rod for the green "har...

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You apparently have a fault (short) between the load side and the ground, may be just some salt buildup on a circuit board. The CX will get rid of it in a few hours, just shoot it good and let it sit. Another important issue with gensets is to try to establish a separate ground via a ground rod vs. ...

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Now that's slick as owl doo-doo.....great idea.

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Shoot the inside of the electrcal end of the gen and the breakers, front and back, with red CX.

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Take the plug from the ducer off and shoot it with CX first...then shoot CX on the 12v leads and wiggle them. Sounds like either a corrosion fault on the input or low voltage. Had the same happen on one years ago and it was the input cable from the ducer had green crud on the plug and the socket. UV

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Well, from all reports they seem to add some lift and knock down the spray. They glue on, so supposed to be an easy install. On the other hand they look fonky on a B31 to my eye.

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Didn't realize Dr. Nick's deal was Sat, but we will be around & look you up.

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Yep, get a new bowl from Lewis Marine and the neat brass drain petcock too that comes with the correct gasket - ditch the plastic drain, its garbage.....once you cross thread that plastic its toast. Russ P. helped me understand this, and Andre' gave me a new bowl...damn it's nice to have friends to ...

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Carlos - was that your B31 that got burned in the riot and was for sale on yacht world? Thought about you.

My private email is royvictor@cox.net.

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Yeah, I saw that too, a few of my hatches looked like the corners had been ground down. I dug all the rot out, broke out the thin underside glass over the voids, let it dry good, put a coat of unthickened epoxy on, then the Vermiculite & epoxy filler right over that. The Vermiculite will never rot. ...

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Finished up last night and they came out better than new.....many thanks to Capt. Patrick for the guidance and Terry Frank for the gasket material. If any of the Faithful plan to tackle this project, let me know, I learned a few tricks along the way. And those with glass hatches, check them now, 'ca...

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The points are probably stuck or dirty...have to remove the flywheel to get at them, and they are probably under an alum. cover so shooting CX probably won't work. The points are under the flywheel....first take the flywheel nut loose about two turns....an air impact wrench works best...then take a ...

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Bob - I used a flat rubber material that's 2 & 3/4" wide and 1/16" thick. It's used for door gasketing on refrigerated doors....one of the Faithful kindly sent me some. Works perfect. Some of the other Faithful had some ideas on another thread. Brought the other 5 hatches home and gonna tackle them ...

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JC - yes, the fuel solenoid is the only electrical issue. OddS of it being an injector issue are low.

Your logic is good.

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JC - sounds to me like probable fuel restriction and/or air in the fuel system or maybe a weak fuel lift pump. I'd also check the oil level in your gear. You can hot wire the fuel solenoid direct from the battery to check on wire harness issues.

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Well, just sanded out the microlite with a palm sander and as Capt. Patrick said, it sands like butter. Applied a coat of hi gloss white poly paint and it looks 10 times better than new. I am literally sitting here watching paint dry.......great sport.

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Bruce, thanks, but it's not a parole, just getting out of jail on time. Like I told you guys a while ago, when God put His hand on my shoulder that Friday nite in the Atlanta airport back in March, I knew it was my time to go to the house.

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Bruce, yeah, they now use composites, but I have wet balsa, working thru it. Russ, my Glasstech decks have big holes in the 4 corners of the hatch gutters, so water does not stand in there, but on the other hand, that big ole pine tree that is next to AJ's dock plugs the drain holes with pine straw ...

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Yeah Patrick, zero shrinkage on the Vermiculite mix, neat stuff, and really sands out great with a side grinder.....don't even think about hand sanding it, that mica don't cooperate unless power and an open grit is applied. Per your advice I mixed the micro lite and epoxy a little thinner than peanu...

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Yeah, and Andre' bought me & the G-Man lunch today, I thought his hands looked fine as he handed the plastic to the cute girl. We solved a lot of the world's problems too, including you.

yo Fren,

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