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Attsaladda boats....

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If you look at the two boats side by side, you would think that the 31 looks small for a 31 and the 33 looks large for a 33. That's because the 31 has more boat under water than above. The 33 has more boat above the water than below. It makes a difference... It's the same with every clorox bottle bo...

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Here, scooters are 49cc, but many people install 70cc kits. Honda used to make a Rebel 250 (mostly for women). Yamaha used to make a pretty cool XS400 (my second bike). Today in the US, 500cc is pretty much the smallest bike you'll find in great numbers. There are many many 600's because there's a 6...

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Until you own fewer Hatts than other boats, you're still a Hatt guy......

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Mike that's a great Idea that I have been considering. What I can't do is mount a base plate as there is a hatch in the deck. So I could use a mounting plate underneath the table with a large rubber cap on the bottom of the leg. Is that what you were thinking? I was thinking about a couple of these...

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If I was building one, I would use heavy walled aluminum tubing. Easy to fabricate, and might someday come in handy as a tool.

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she likes the boat next to it much better "It was a Searay!" If you're one of the 'Never leave the dock, does it even have engines?' crowd, sure. There are plenty of boats that are better for hosting a BBQ. But take both boats 60 miles offshore and have it turn a little snotty. Hell, take them 3 mi...

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26 is high. You're going to idle at 8 knots.

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Personal preference, I suppose.

Some people like Harley Davidson motorcycles because you never actually have to change the oil. You just keep adding it.

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Not to mention that if your rudder ports aren't leaking slightly, they're too tight.

Bilge pumps. Three of them are better than two. Four are better than three. Bigger is better than smaller. NO 'one-arm-bandit' float switches.

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What Bob said. Don't be concerned about the gear ratios in 'forward' vs 'reverse'. Yes, they will be SLIGHTLY different. Yes, one will be slightly louder than the other at dead idle. Not a problem.

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ktm_2000 wrote:I've removed a potentially offensive line.

I/Os and saltwater don't mix in my opinion.

Careful....

We frown on the removal of offensive lines.

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Go to your sent folder. Along the top, it will tell you how full it is. If it's 100% full, please delete some messages. Do this for all of your folders.

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1000 pounds each, $45 per pound. If you need to know how much fuel it burns, you can't afford it.

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Great move.

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How would one do this, put a coosa / plywood panel with some nuts epoxy'd in the backside, glass to the hull making sure not to get resin in nuts and then use screws to attach the cleats? If you properly epoxy a good solid piece of resin encapsulated oak to the hull, you can probably use stainless ...

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It was, and they did a nice job.

But they just can't keep it dredged. Vic used to say that it was the constant running of barges through there that kept it deep. I wonder what happened.

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170 HP is not enough for this boat, unless you're never leaving the bay or don't care about cruising above 18 knots. Yanmar 230/240 cruise is 23 or 24. Yanmar 315 cruise is 27 or 28. Almost nothing is simpler to maintain than a 6BT. They pretty much run forever in the 250 to 330 HP range and will gi...

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Hi and welcome!

110 lighting would be completely against the rules, not to mention dangerous

so I would assume 12v. Did you have a survey done prior to purchase? The surveyor would have noted something like that.

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Welcome to the sandbox. The two issues that you're likely to encounter are height and width. At a beam of 11'2", you're oversized. I think that over 12' is the requirement for pilot vehicles so you're ok there, but most states require permits for anything over 8.5' wide. The height is the height, an...

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I don't think that google drive images are compatible.

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Last Call !!!!

Anyone else who wants to go, now is the time. After next week, I'm going to release the unused rooms and boats.

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Sunpacceo wrote:My understanding is that my B28 with its original 350' gassers burn rate is approx. 1.2 GPH

Maybe at idle.... But you probably get about 1 MPG at cruise and .5 MPG at WOT (or less).

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You don't worry about them blowing in? Big wave.... and all of a sudden you're taking in a gallon every few seconds?

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It is. That's why it comes in 8 different colors. You can paint some of the less dense PE plastics, provided you scuff it up pretty well (and sometimes heat or chemically soften) and use a paint that is very tough but also flexible. Sometimes you can dye HDPE, but you pretty much have to immerse it ...

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Starboard doesn't hold paint. Neither does Delrin or any of the acetal plastics.

You CAN paint polyethylene, polystyrene, and ABS (with some prep work). So it may be one of those.

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Just because it's inconvenient to do the right thing, doesn't mean that you don't do it. Or make your best effort. Just because you're running a 300,000 ton cargo carrier up the Mississippi River and you're on a schedule.... doesn't give you the right to capsize a houseboat going in the other direct...

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You should have called the coast guard. Boaters are responsible for their wakes. The guy should have been stopped and (inconvenienced) spoken to.

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I can change it for you.

The 'remember' feature is local, so you need to tell your machine to allow the site to remember the password. Google it. You'll find it.

PM me if you want to do the password change.

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Yes. The PLB is the better way to go, I think. It costs more, and in this country at least, you need to maintain a registration for each one (they're free to register), but your odds of being found are greatly increased. https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/personal-locator-beacons.html Like anyt...

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Looks like one of them ol' fashion, manual fuel injector doohickies on top of that there engine......

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Does that touch screen work when it's wet?

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Marine rated anti-seize, please....

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The higher the better, but yes, above the headliner in the cabin is a good start. You can hang one of these from an outrigger, if you like. They weigh nothing. https://newcontent.westmarine.com/content/wm-img/WestAdvisor/articles/Radar-Reflectors-1.jpg http://www.apsltd.com/davis-emergency-radar-ref...

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A couple of radar reflectors above the headliner, if you have one.

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In my original manual I have things that don't add up. What would a galvanic isolator look like back in the day? Probably not much different than they do today. Maybe slightly larger, but it's not like it would look like a toaster..... https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0658/7343/products/IMG_6953.J...

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I can't argue with the numbers, they seem right.

Are you sure that they bent your wheels and didn't swap them for others?

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Yannis wrote: Latest, when I turn it on, no matter where I am, it displays Denmark. I have to move down to Greece every time...from then on, it's OK !! Plus I see some very sticky gooey stuff spilling out from the bottom of the frame...

The internal battery has died, corroded, and leaked.

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My throttle cables are a little stretched out, so until I adjust or replace them the best I can do is 3300 rpm (even in neutral).

That said, I cruise at 23 knots at 3100 and currently top out at 24.5 at 3300.

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I have the 230 Yanmars and spin a cupped 21X22.

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I don't think that he's going to be able to get out of his own way at low speed, and won't be able to take advantage of the low end torque when slogging home through 8 footers at 11 knots. It's simply not going to handle like a diesel boat. It defeats the purpose of being able to turn a large wheel....

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My spare bow chock is on Jimmy G's boat.

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