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Cheers Doc! life well lived indeed. I always enjoyed a note from him on my birthday. I will have an Xtra dry in his memory.

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What you get Timmy?
Glad you got a boat driver in MO

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Sounds great, have fun. The west entrance/exit out of North sound is narrow. Usually good enough vis to eyeball it but uncomfortably narrow for some to run. You will be fine

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To add to others great suggestions, some are repeats I'm sure St Johns- Watermelon key snorkel or dive, dinghy ashore to the rum ruins Bubble hole or bubbly pool on little Jost van Dyke. Moorings in front of Foxys Taboo. Hike is 10 minutes. BLine bar is a quick swim or dinghy away. National park wit...

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As I am sure is the case with all of us, Captain Patrick has been on my mind a lot since his passing. I suspect he can be said to be the most influential person ever in keeping the Bertram spirit alive through his dedication to the B31 in all it's forms. The new Bertram 35 is modeled after the B31....

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Captain, I enjoyed my time with you in Port Eads and Tropic Star. No filter stories and dock talk over a drink or more was a hell of a lot of fun with you. You are one of a kind, as are a bunch in this box. I passed through Llano on Saturday. Certainly would have stopped had I known. Take comfort in...

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Welcome Captain Brent. I'm sitting here with my dad under hospice care and found myself thinking of Uncle Vic. He burned bright fo sho. Miss him this time of year especially. Glad to hear Another Joy is still with you. Look at the top of the general discussion page for a link on how to post images. ...

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West Marine has been carrying it here.

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Pete, they are pirates of the first order. 1/4 of all gulf snapper roll through their shop all while guys with their own boats get to fish 9 days a year for them. They actively lobby against recs and have been plaintiffs in numerous lawsuits vs recs. I've personally called the Feds over their cullin...

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Footloose boats are very visible around the islands. They appear to be nice boats in good shape. If they are ,Moorings affiliated I'm sure that's a good outfit.

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We are still doing this BVI trip. Nearly yearly. I use The Catamaran Company out of Hodges Creek Tortola now though. Going in July of this year. I now get a 45 Lagoon sailcat. It's a wonderful,and somewhat economical vacation. I had no sailing experience and picked it up quickly. As they say, the on...

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With lots of bad comes a bunch of good. The drought has been terrible for much of the state. These events have gone a long way to replenishing the devastated lake levels and aquifers. A friend had his house under a bunch of water down the street from me. It got up to our door but just put bayou wate...

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You live, you die.. Lots of us fished the UVI. Three years today.

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Hyena Love wrote:Call Baumann. Have them pick up your remaining prop from Noe's. They can match it. Same material, same pitch.

I'll second Ernestos recommendation. Don't use MIke Hood, I still want to peel his eyelids off over my first set of props.

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I recently had to have my ram replaced. My mechanic did the work. My understanding is Hynautic was not producing these but they (or someone else) is once again producing Hynautic parts.

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Marshall, stay away from rental cars. The hotel will have taxis or drivers to recommend. The cartels have a vested interest in happy tourists so they are looking to make sure the gringos are happy. Thus, the hotels know the right taxis to get for you. Hotel Aura is a nice one. Matter of fact it's ju...

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I've fished out of Zihuatanejo a few times. Always rent the same house in the hills above the town. Unparalleled views, food, accommodations. The finest villa I've ever been in. Prices are negotiable. Good fishing, better house. Http://www.casadelarbol.com There is inexpensive lodging on the beach i...

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Can you have Noe weld a "feeder pipe" to the existing structure?

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Pepe Duran is perhaps the best painter in the Galveston area. Just one of a few that awl grip certified, for what it's worth. Maybe nothing. He travels some but don't know about Rockport. His # 281-467-3804 I ran out of time or he would have painted me this spring. His brother Salvador Duran does am...

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Thanks Mike. He was on my mind for that reason today as well.

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Scot, seeing no answer from E Team. Lil Bert isn't for sale. He keeps it at Bridge Harbor now, since the hurricane.

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Looks great Mark. Gives me a modest amount of motivation. I've got a red 1971 in my garage. Its "on the list" to redo. Has been on the list for 8 years. It has the original F1 motor and tranny, three on the tree. Something broke in the shift system over the winter. Had to drive 3 miles home backward...

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Talked to a well known offshore Venice guy recently. He said contracts were signed and official opening is Memorial Day this year. Read today in either In The Bite or billfish foundation mag the same. Venice fella said he won't run his sportfish down South Pass anymore due to shoaling and no one mai...

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John, my apologies but cannot locate photos of my friends Topwater. To be clear, he sold his already. But worth a peak if you find one.

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As the leader of the mean team, you can be sure he doesn't cry in any circumstance. Rather any liquid running down his cheek would be either rainfall or aqueous humor from his gouged out eye. But not tears.

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Will send them to be sure. My TRP lower unit came undone in October. Bought a new one though as it was cheaper than repower.

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John,I have a 150 VMax w/ TRP as power, boat and motor are 2001 models I think. Loaded at rest, motor up, it floats in 9 or 10". I can run on plane in 7". Can get up in mud as long as its floating, say 10", sand is more like 15"+. My buddy's Marshall floated and ran much shallower, he liked to run i...

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John, I have the 23T as well, great boat but not for ultra skinny. Here's 3 for sale. http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=801281" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;"" http://2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=792193" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" h...

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I'd say that Mack learned some expensive humility... Nothing to win, a bunch to loose. Mack said: "In the long term, we made a lot of happy customers, that's what it's all about: building customers for life." Welllll.... I'd call that a lame attempt at saving face... Hey old fart. Mack is a neighbo...

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And the goats rejoiced and sang in unison upon high, TIIIIMMMMYYYYY.

Merry Christmas to the sandbox and a quiet toast to UV, Walter and others who have gone too soon. Cheers.

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damn. just damn. learned a lot from him over the years.

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I use it on 5 outboards. Great on all wiring, hoses, metal, paint, gaskets, plastic. Do not put it on friction dependant belts or starters. Tried that, creates problems.

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Thanks for the tip Marlin. This is a small area, 2 inches by 5 inches on the port stern. Most people wouldn't notice a sub 100% repair here, except the owner. And its his checkbook.

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Tom, If the Briggs is painted in the original Awlgrip, not Awlcraft 2000 or Awlcraft SE, then your glass guy is correct. Taping it out will leave a tape line and trying to blend Awlcraft into Awlgrip will leave a dull halo between the two... A good painter can minimize the blended patch with a deft...

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I run this beautiful 64' Sunny Briggs on occasion. Whilst pulling from our tournament slip into the fuel slip, I had a bit of a little incident with a piling and a bolt on said piling. Anywhoo, my glass repair guy says its virtually impossible to blend the new paint into the old and it must be taped...

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Hoisted a few in his honor as well. Think about him and his family often.

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pretty interesting. I looked at the Louisiana delta and Chandeleur Islands. Definitely some change has taken place.

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Walter, that's good news. I'll hoist a clear to your doc. Its a shame Ohlstein's doc didn't like him as much as your doc does you. But I can see why.

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Mike, I'm sitting at the doctors office laughing in pain. I had a swordfish mishap this week and tore my torso up pretty well, ribs and all. I'm missing Tio Vic's party cause of it. The suckling pig hanging from a swing set chain was fantastic. Would sure enough turn some heads in my hood. Thanks fo...

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There would be no more fitting way to honor him. Ernest mentioned the same this morning.

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Uncle Vic, I was just this weekend talking about you and I taking the bookies money at the roulette table in Panama. Hoping I get another chance to sip some rum with you. You've touched a bunch of lives and had a lot of fun. That's what we all want out of life on this rock. Keep on fighting and maki...

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Good stuff, Got the bonding stuff done. Feel better about it all, hauling on Monday for Zincs, bottom blast, and prop speed. Tits sometime later.

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I think you need to see-trial a variety of models to see what works with your life style. Stainless screws to the copper strap is what I did. My lifestyle entails no more see trials. That kind of stuff will change my life style for sure. Just this morning, I woke up, penis intact and a pot of hot c...

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Hopefully that works. If not do a site search for Hynautic bleed, circa 2004. -Tom

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So, I've got my Flowscan system mounted on aluminum brackets. I'm giving my bonding system a facelift and need to address the aluminum corrosion. Do I connect to the copper strap with 8 gauge green and bronze screws, or stainless screws and tefgel or something else. Also have two thru hulls that the...

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Hueso, I got the following manual numbers from another site. You might have seen it as well. Recommendation was to contact a local cat dealer and have them order paper copies.

Technical O&M Manual: 277-949.
Alternator Installation and Maintenance Manual: 277-800

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Since September 2010, we've had 4.67 inches of rain at the farm. My forester estimates we've lost 18% of our timber. Just waiting on a cigarette to take the other 82%. Sold all of the cattle earlier this summer. Can't afford to feed them even with beef prices so high. Heard this morning that we have...

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Good luck guys. I thinks you are in good shape, like has been said, 100 mph is way better than 120 mph. I do find it interesting on the pulling of boats. You are hard pressed to find a yard in Texas that will pull a boat ahead of a storm. And unless you have prearranged something, marina's will not ...

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Overall great news Steve. Better than I hoped for. Of course, that's a macro look at things. Good luck!-Tom

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Floridaskater, give us an update when you can of damage reports. Hoping the eye goes east of you.

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