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Thanks Tony hope your on the mend now. When I finish up I hope we have a rendezvous and I can meet some more of the guys!! In the meantime I will keep pushing ahead. I wired up some sensors on the engines I am adding boost pressure,gear oil pressure,gear oil temp and exhaust temp. I also started pre...

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Thanks guys!! It definitely is a lot of work I wish I had spare time it all goes into the boat. I can’t wait to be done so I can just enjoy it.

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Congratulations!!

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I am plugging away Frank doing some painting and fairing on new shaft logs and engine rooms. http://i.imgur.com/xnAUqrgh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FUBTOfxh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/coHeWYXh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mlLeN8Jh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yiOk82ph.jpg http://i.imgur.com/y1SIJYGh.jpg

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Thanks Jorge I have a set of Michigan hytorque 21x24 that I bought from a friend was going to have my prop guy play with these a little bit. I plan on buying a brand new set of acme 3 blades as well.

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Thanks frank I will def be propping on the light side to make rpms plus. I talked to jimmy G and he told me his prop size and pitch so I have a starting point i know he has 380’s but i think the power curve is close. Between him and Bob H I have a starting point also combed through the internet and ...

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Thanks Mark I am going to try for late summer for a sea trial but I guess it depends what I want to get finished 100% I am thinking just get it in the water then finish up other projects as I go. But the other half of me wants to finish everything first which means next year some time. I guess I wil...

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Put the port engine in today to check fit and get some final shaft measurements!

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Frank I honestly don’t know what’s going to work on my boat I am going to have to experiment a little bit! I spoke with Bob H he has been very helpful! Put the port motor in today to get some final shaft measurements.

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Prop speed!! Here it is on the 100ft Hatteras I run in the summer.

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I have lowered my engines as low as they could go and move them aft about 4 inches. Also I have modified the shaft angle achieving 11.9 deg stock was 15.2 deg I haven’t made the water yet but I have read a lot of Bob lico’s posts and have seen that the shallower shaft angle and shifting the weight a...

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Ktm the ceiling piece was built with ply wood coated in epoxy then faired. You could laminate your fiberglass piece on the back side with plywood or coosa to stiffen it up for your application.

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Trace my engines are running takeouts that I have replaced lots of parts and painted.

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Trace I did not buy my engines from Seaboard but I have bought some parts from them they are very helpful!! I wanted the Sox digital package so I can get the nema 2000 connection and put my info on the garmin.plus I added a lot of extra alarms.

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Wires or cables will come up the pillar then you can see them through the aft ceiling panel then right to the bridge you can access the side of the trunk box easily from the ceiling in the cabin. Doesn’t seem to bad. I didn’t start the wiring yet so I guess we will see.

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Thanks Bob! The nice thing about this forum is the knowledge of the boat and so many projects people share you can get great ideas modify or just copy them. Carl I don’t know much about your model but it sounds like I would have gone the same route you did the boat fits your needs And it works out f...

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The control heads arrived from Rg Rollin Co.and my gauge panels showed up from Seaboard marine I will be building my pod and laying out the helm in the coming weeks. The quality of the control heads is second to none very happy not cheap but I feel worth every penny. http://i.imgur.com/jObunSlh.jpg ...

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Carl this is the mini max 6in muffler down the out side wit 6 in exhaust all the way back I cut the fiberglass exhaust tube glassed it into the stern then put exhaust hose between the muffler and the transom. I agree there are many ways to skin a cat you set the boat up the way it best fits your nee...

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Carl this is the mini max 6in muffler down the out side wit 6 in exhaust all the way back I cut the fiberglass exhaust tube glassed it into the stern then put exhaust hose between the muffler and the transom.

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Thanks John

Beach bum I sprayed the cabin with awlcraft 2000

Yannis I have these in my house they are made of hickory. They are shaker style doors.

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Tony the back half is a piece of marine ply coated in epoxy faired and painted and forward where the void is I raised it up to the trunk of the fly bridge and glassed it in. Guys thanks for the kind words. http://i.imgur.com/VR4Nr4Oh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/o53Vwxmh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/AWZEJw9h.jp...

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Rawleigh I didn’t use a Resperator. It wasn’t to bad I did have a fan in the bow hatch. I can’t find the can I think I used it all.

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I use a local lumber yard for the sepele I don’t look for lighter ones that’s just them some are slightly darker.

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I will see if I still have the can when I get home stand by!!

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Tony I used all Seple mahogany trim as well. I sealed all of the trim with west system special clear. The headliner and cabinets I have yet to seal.

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I used a fiberglass safe paint remover it made fast work of it! I used rags scraper and wire brush. After I sanded it all down and faired and painted.For the head liner I used 1/4” veneer sepele mahogany ply. http://i.imgur.com/PSUvMF0h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/l9qfv3fh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yGC9hEZh...

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I built the battery box out of coosa and glassed structural fiberglass angle to the hull and bolted the box in so it is removable.

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Here is the mini max inside baffles.

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370s 1 3/4” shafts

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I bought the boat five years ago in Margate N.J. From a guy named Frank Gallagher. This was a picture when I bought it. The name was Vixen.

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Thanks!! Long road but I can see light at the end of the tunnel!! Here’s a few more pictures. http://i.imgur.com/btCiHRth.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ZgP2zyLh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uThXSWAh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6sS4VZKh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hiqdkGrh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/lEkNIa9h.jpg

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So I moved outside and started mock-up of the engine made all mounts and finally set a motor in the boat bedded the strut and glassed in shaft tube. http://i.imgur.com/sjD2O1fh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/hVdfCU9h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/g56fAK1h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/62K46E2h.jpg http://i.imgur.com/u1aC...

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I followed Capt Pats shelf some what. Two pieces of 3/4” coosa laminated together with three layers of 1708 glassed right into the stern and stringers.

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There is a company advertising Cummins 6bta 210 with twin disc gears. They are military surplus new engines. The company name is ADELMANS TRUCK PARTS. The were pretty cheap.

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Jim your getting it done this year. Looking sharp I need to stop by and see you some day!!

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Sika flex,Bostic,or 3m all make a adhesive to install window glass. There is also an etching primer that you need to put on the edges where the adhesive will be.

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Jack I used 3/4” coosa laminated with 1708. Made the templates with 1/4” luan strips and cardboard and hot glue gun.

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Yannis there is water usually in that part of the bilge. I made the box removable if I ever have to take it out it’s just four bolts. Top of the box is 13inches out of the center of the bilge.I am thinking about building a set of trays to hold some oil diapers under the engine to keep the bilge as c...

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I am putting four group 31’s in the center bilge. I believe this is the best spot to put them for weight distribution. If you build a proper box water proof up to the lid it would take a lot of water in the bilge to flood the batteries. http://i.imgur.com/76jxumVh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/alchGw8h.jpg...

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I have been looking at these maybe an option? They make some really nice stuff!

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The grinders are not forgiving that’s for sure. We use them with panel saw blades in them to back gouge aluminum for the coast guard before final weld and I have seen a guy take one to the forehead not a pretty site.

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Looking good Yannis I am waiting on some good weather to seal up all my wood work. If the snow ever melts I will get started on installing my engines.

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Jim Snipe was just a name I picked for the boat because I liked it. It has a lot of meanings. One is an engineer. There is a snipe fish and a snipe bird. You can send someone on a snipe hunt as well. I didn’t know this when I chose the name watching a kids cartoon about a snipe bird. Jim my name is ...

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Jim she is really going to look sharp with all the updates!! You are doing a great job!!

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Hey Bob hope all is well with you. I did a lot of research before diving in I saw your heat exchangers and couple others and decided that was the way to go.

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Thanks Jim I will paint the trans when the weather gets warmer the wife says it stinks the house out when I paint in the garage. Just finished up oil change lines and oil cooler lines. Shafts came last week. I am ready to get moving on the install.

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My winters project is to get these things in the boat but this weather is killing me!

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