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Progress update. we are working on the final section of the cockpit floor and engine boxes. Hopefully by the end of the week they'll be complete. We plan on setting engines this week, If I can get final paint in the engine boxes in the next day or two. Also we are working on installing a spray rail....

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I did a fair amount of research on various Fridge/Freezer units and Air conditioners. The old school though is to have a generator for AC and have AC Fridge/Freezers and air conditioners. I decided to go the all DC route. I bought a Vitrifrigo DRW180A fridge/freezer unit (can run on 12/24 VDC and 12...

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Agree with you Bruce. My guess some of the smaller boats on trailers may have been washed away in the surge but there is no excuse for the boat owners not protecting their boats...... unless they had the expectation that their 1 mpg toy in $6 gallon gas market would become the insurance companies pr...

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Thanks Tony,

It has been a heckva lot of work and cost but she'll be a really nice boat for what I'm going to be doing with it. Over the last 45 years I've come to despise center consoles. They ride rough and there is no way to stay dry.

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Finally got these dang photos figured out. I have to email them to myself and the email does the necessary conversion to upload to B31. These photos were taken today. We are in hurricane prep but managed to get some work done. To give you an idea on how the work is progressing you can look at the da...

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Thanks for the pic posting suggestions. I'm doing it the same way but dropbox is adding some different stuff. I'll try to fix tonight. Thanks. I figured it out. My iphone saves photos in the HEIC format. I had been emailing them to myself then saving to dropbox and posting to B31. The process of ema...

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Jason, With posting your pics are you just changing the dl=0 to raw=1? For some reason, I can't get an image in the post. Iron worker, Here is a pic from one of your past posts as a link or if you want it to open in a post add the img tag at the beginning and close tag at the end, I posted in your p...

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I'm not sure why the images are not posting. I'll have to work on it.

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How to tell the story is something I'm wrestling with? The Pepper has an interesting back story and how she became the Carolina Reaper (the hottest pepper known to mankind). You guys on this forum have been most helpful to me (special thanks to Jim Early, DeWayne Hauck, Jason and Bruce) and I want t...

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I've been thinking about a condo in the Carolinas, but maybe this makes more sense. Guess I'll go look at it. I'm likely going to sell my house in the next year or two. Its on deep water in the ACE Basin just south of Charleston. I need about 11 months till I'm eligible to sell and shelter some cap...

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Clarence, Welcome to the B31 forum! I'm in the process, hopefully the end process of rebuilding my 31. My renovation is from the hull up, bow to stern. My boat is a purpose built boat. It will live in S. Florida and the Bahamas primarily for offshore fishing. We originally had planned on just a day ...

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BTW, here is the termite product that I used.

https://www.domyown.com/termidor-sc-p-184.html

There is also the same product in a spray can that injects foam into tight spots.

One word of caution, is that people with compromised immune systems may have a reaction to termite treatments.

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Rick, If you want to tackle the project yourself, come down and visit me. I'll show you what is involved in working with Coosa. I've eliminated virtually all the wood and completely rebuilding my boat with Bluewater 26 coosa including the furniture. Once complete they may be only a half dozen screws...

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Makes me think as well. I'm probably going to pull my engines out of the garage this weekend and crank them before installing them in a week or so.

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There is a video on Seaboard Marines Youtube site on how to bypass the fuel coolers

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Safety related stuff like bilge pumps and float switches should be periodically replaced. I check mine a couple of times a year and replace them every 5 years working or not.

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Thanks much for that info Tony.

I'm going to add some tabs just in case while she is on the hard.

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Congrats on getting her in the water. Please post some info on fuel burn, prop sizes, etc?

You have a beautiful family.

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bob lico wrote: ↑Aug 19th, '22, 09:38 i am surprised you live in NJ.

Bob,

I live in SC and S. Florida. The bulk of my offshore fishing is in the Bahamas, N. Eleuthera primarily. I have year round YF tuna 6 miles from dock. I catch the wahoo on the way to the tuna fishing

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Bob,

No doubt high speed trolling is a fuel burner but extremely effective fishing technique.

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Rick With the 270 Cummins I plane at around 12 knots. I don't think you are going to have an issue planning off less then 15 knots. Unless you have a bunch of close friends with you who are heavy weights. But I think you will still find, it easy to plane off. Heck, with the Big blocks, 6 guys, 300l...

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Gents,

I know every boat is different but what is your planing speed?

I'm considering some hull modifications to lower my planing speed as much as possible along with oversized trim tabs. I need to plane my boat at 15 kts or less.

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can you post a picture?

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I did something similar except I used 1/2" coosa. I glassed both sides of the coosa then used a layer of glass to laminate it under the gunnel. I'm using stainless backing plates behind all of that.

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Bruce,

Another avenue is to have Pat's Personal Representative for his estate request a lost title and have it signed over to you.

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Very nice!

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I purchased a couple of 12 V buzzers from amazon. These things are ungodly loud. They are activated by my high water bilge pumps (4700 gph each). These pumps are roughly 1.5" above the standard 2000 gph forward and aft pumps.

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I'm up at Palm Beach Inlet and Jupiter Inlets.

These inlets reputation is more due to the quality of boaters that are passing through than the inlet itself.

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I forgot about my Bongos! Searching for a place to store them.

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Me too! I'm ready to get this boat in the water. I'm hoping for a September launch and head south in October.

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I've never met Mr. Higgins but I'm going to say that the Carolina Reaper will give Resolute a run for its money! We are still working on the cabin build out.

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Yep! We are trying to finalize a paint color now! The cabin build out is coming along but fiberglassing in 95F heat has its challenges. Hopefully I'll be ready for an unveiling in a couple of months.

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What I want in a boat… 1. Economical to operate - 1.7 NMPG 2. Shallow draft 2.6 feet or less 3. Can be operated single handed 4. Clean trolling wake, no outboard exhaust below surface 5. Smooth ride in rough sea conditions 6. Large cockpit 7. Shade for crew and passengers 8. Live aboard for two or t...

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How many hours are on your engines and how often do you run them? Do they ever get up to operating temperature for extended periods of time?

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Weight Distribution is probably the most important factor in the ride, IMO.

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My Sandblaster took a total of 2 1/2 days.

I'm correcting some patching and fairing the entire bottom. It will be slick and fast when we are finished.

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Ethanol attacks more than the tanks. Fuel hoses should be replaced every 5 years.

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Jason,

Bring you boat to SC. We boat year round. I already have a boat factory set up!

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Oh they are not happy with sanding the bottom, but they'll get over it.

Everybody is ready to go fishing. My target is launch the boat in September, Bahamas in October!

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Well here is my coffin box. For the fishermen, I'm planning on putting in fish bags. Here is a 6" fish bag. For you North Jersey and New York guys here is another perspective. https://www.dropbox.com/s/efbbded7ky7jgqv/thumbnail_IMG_1927.jpg?raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/0e1f91ou3xlwbg0/thumbnail_I...

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Mine is in the driveway. She's pretty pissed.

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He works out of Highlands, NC

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Actually my guy was using the glass beads. Years of bottom paint, some epoxy painted over bottom paint. Bottom paint painted over barnacles! Best to get it down to the gel coat and start over with a good epoxy barrier coat. BTW, I wanted mine pitted so the epoxy will have something to bite.

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Starting on the cabin build out and had 4 or 5 old glass patches in the hull. I decided to grind out one before I installed a layer of glass in my fish box, just to check. The first one had a minimal layer of glass and was just filled with poly putty. No layers of glass nor was it ground back. That ...

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Here is a couple of photos. Adding a gutter (in progress), my wiring chase and port electrical closet. All electrical and electronics will be contained in the Port and STB electrial closets under the FB. My final count on the ceiling height in the cabin is 75" clear. I'm 6' 2' so I've an inch to spa...

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Yep, We added a new higher more functional gutter to the rear of the flybridge. I glassed it today and we will grind it down tomorrow for a finished product. I suspect by noon we will have the Flybridge project completed. The fairing took a little longer than anticipated. I'll load up some more pics...

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BTW, notice the shelf has been cut away. That was very thick glass and provided structurally rigidity for the flybridge and distributing the load between the two gunnels. Its gone so I have to take in consideration of the additional loading on the gunnels and bow hence the reason for the BH.

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Tony, I agree with your statement. The fiberglass in the stringers is pretty thick, it varies from 3/16" to 1/4". The hull has various thicknesses of glass. In the forward keel its almost 3/4" thick and towards the stern it is 3/8 to 1/2". My issue regarding the structure of the hull and the stringe...

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My understanding is that the rear bullhead in the cabin is not necessary, as many came without the bulkhead. i do not remember seeing any additional reinforcements on the open ones, but it has been a while since I have been on one set up that way. I consider the engine bulkheads the most important ...

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I agree. Great job Rocky.

Eventually, I'll get around to posting pics of my complete rebuild.

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