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- Sep 29th, '06, 06:40
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Discovery Channel/ USS Oriskany
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3733
Went to some of the dive sites and it seems they have all gotten together and set common prices. 2 tank recreational dive 145.00. Rec divers limited to 100' but will still get to be at the flight tower. Flight deck at 150' Bottom at 212' 100' visability. Flight deck considered a tech dive but if you...
- Sep 29th, '06, 06:22
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dripless Packing Glands?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3348
After using PYI for years I have discovered a potential problem. If the shaft is not running fairly straight thru the shaft tube, at high speeds it will throw water. You can sometimes cock the tube hose to better align with the shaft to correct. Also don't push the tube hose on past the flat part in...
- Sep 28th, '06, 20:26
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Discovery Channel/ USS Oriskany
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3733
- Sep 28th, '06, 16:23
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this why gas prices are falling?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5390
While we strayed from the original topic, some of what was discussed does and has affected gas prices. I appreciate your replies. They are intelligent and are not in any way a conspiracy. I don't think Chavez would have much trouble with any of the countries between them and us. First most are so co...
- Sep 27th, '06, 08:15
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Ethanol & Diesel (story in this month's Offshore)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11280
While the fuel companies may be benefitting from this mess, remember its been the EPA that has required reduced emmissions and reducing ground water contamination that lead to unleaded fuel going away, MTBE additives and the such. If left to the oil companies, I think we would still be burning leade...
- Sep 27th, '06, 07:44
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Split Venting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11714
I have two large floor safes which use dessicant because of our hugh humidity down here. Even though they are under AC and are sealed well for fire protection, as well as you'll get a tank sealed, as soon as the door is opened a wave of humidity(water) enters. The same as when you would open the fil...
- Sep 27th, '06, 07:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this why gas prices are falling?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5390
Andre, Being boaters we all know the powerful force of water. Its amazing how they can drop that deep with pipe and the drill head. Its also amazing how the rigs can go thru a storm like Katrina and not have massive spills. Working on a rig ain't for the faint of heart. I had a buddy who worked for ...
- Sep 26th, '06, 19:10
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this why gas prices are falling?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5390
Peter, Oil companies are not setting the retail price except via the NYMEX, where they sell to refiners. When the traders run the price up, oil companies naturally win. But the crude price is set by market demand i.e., what will they pay today. Price gouging is almost always at the local level. Oil ...
- Sep 26th, '06, 06:09
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this why gas prices are falling?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5390
They stood to make a killing based on last years hurricanes and disruption in the Gulf and elsewhere driving prices high. When the revised storm reports dropped and the current batch of Canes have been way out in the Atlantic, they saw prices starting to drop, end of summer travel demand and pulled ...
- Sep 25th, '06, 07:07
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this why gas prices are falling?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5390
- Sep 24th, '06, 14:33
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bottom Paint and Shaft Logs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11060
- Sep 24th, '06, 14:23
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bruce, you speak the truth...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4105
An alarm needs to be loud and annoying to people for them to want to do anything about it. To many times while walking down the dock I've heard muffled buzzers and watched while everybody ignored it. Sort of what car alarms have become. One of those 10" red bells works real good mounted under the fl...
- Sep 24th, '06, 14:18
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Diesel options
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5368
- Sep 24th, '06, 08:44
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SPLASH!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1735
- Sep 23rd, '06, 07:20
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pat, Here's those dollies and the two 31's at the shop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1857
Put two stands under the front but none in the rear. Doesn't seem to be a problem. Support pads are big and being a 60's hull, its thick. If it was a later 70's thin hull, I'd be using blocks under the keel. Spent most of Friday getting the tank loose. Got wedges under the back to pry away from the ...
- Sep 23rd, '06, 07:01
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hey RussP
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1204
- Sep 23rd, '06, 06:57
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pat, Here's those dollies and the two 31's at the shop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1857
Russ, Actually the boat looks small in the shop. Theres another boat next to it on a long cradle and plenty of room to get around. Tony's parking outside now. Those cradles are made by Holstar who make boat stands, hyd trailers and such. They are 10,000lb capacity each and cost $1175.00 each plus sh...
- Sep 22nd, '06, 19:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester auction and Wood routers available.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1023
- Sep 22nd, '06, 19:40
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pat, Here's those dollies and the two 31's at the shop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1857
Pat, Here's those dollies and the two 31's at the shop
Dollies and 31 in the shop.
The Bahama 31 on the dock next to come into the shop.
The Bahama 31 on the dock next to come into the shop.
- Sep 22nd, '06, 19:10
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hey RussP
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1204
Hey RussP
Russ,
Did you change oil and filters in gear boxes?
Which side did you put the redone gear on?
Remember that was on the stb side. If it is now the port the gear wear will be opposite than what it has been and you might hear a whine on both gears.
Did you change oil and filters in gear boxes?
Which side did you put the redone gear on?
Remember that was on the stb side. If it is now the port the gear wear will be opposite than what it has been and you might hear a whine on both gears.
- Sep 22nd, '06, 19:02
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bottom Paint and Shaft Logs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11060
JC, On the underside of the boat is two metal strips on each side under the stuffing box. This supports the heads of the screws, ie acts as a strip washer. The screws go up into the stuffing box on each side as you can see in your picture. Remove all screws. Will take two people. One underneath, one...
- Sep 22nd, '06, 05:36
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bottom Paint and Shaft Logs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11060
Unless you know exactly where its leaking, removal of box clean off all that crap and rebed. That bedding job shows its leaked before and was Ru Goldberg'd. Trouble is some of that caulking could be hiding a deteriation of metal. Ain't nothin like seein your boat sitting on the bottom and sayin, I s...
- Sep 21st, '06, 19:55
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Seller's Ethics / Buyer Beware (?)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3282
The bottom line while buying anything is an educated consumer. If you can't be educated, hire someone who is. Drove to Jacksonville last Friday to do an engine survey on a pair of Volvos. Walked on the boat and the stench of wet wood and mildew hung in the air. Whole back of the electric panel was c...
- Sep 20th, '06, 17:34
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 28 Moppie vs. flybridge performance comparison.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2423
- Sep 19th, '06, 06:46
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bottom Paint
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7272
Sean, If you had not been having problems and then suddenly you do and the only two things that changed were slip and bottom paint then I would look at the slip. If it was bad bottom paint, you wouldn't see the zincs degrading. I suspect the temp slip you were in had a possible reverse polarity prob...
- Sep 18th, '06, 06:31
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Steyr pricing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1734
- Sep 17th, '06, 16:18
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Steyr pricing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1734
Steyr pricing
I finally have the Steyr pricing worked out.
Call me if interested.
561-622-1736
Call me if interested.
561-622-1736
- Sep 16th, '06, 07:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Model of 31 custom made
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6098
If ya got the money, go for it. Never saw a brinks truck behind a hearse. Although don't depend on handing it down and it lasting. Back in 89' if any of you remember, Victory came out with a 38' trawler shaped like a tug. There was a local dealer that I did the work for and when one was sold to a lo...
- Sep 15th, '06, 16:18
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cummins repower / remans
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5860
- Sep 13th, '06, 16:47
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Surfs Up Dude...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4497
- Sep 10th, '06, 14:49
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Consumer Reports magazine article on Ethanol
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4966
- Sep 10th, '06, 14:47
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any of you guys feel this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1774
Any of you guys feel this?
Strong earthquake shakes Gulf of Mexico; no damage reported By PHIL DAVIS Associated Press Writer TAMPA, Fla. — A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday sent shockwaves from Louisiana to southwest Florida, but no damage was reported, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The ea...
- Sep 10th, '06, 14:35
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 911 - Five Years After
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2123
What makes this event even more tragic is that it was fully preventable. It was more important to make sure some guy who grew a stalk of bud for his own consumption see jail time, than it was to keep the general public safe from known terrorists operating within our borders. If you really want to ge...
- Sep 9th, '06, 16:14
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: California's Ethanol substitute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10523
- Sep 8th, '06, 16:41
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shaft Pull Update and Q
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1820
Young Barrister, You don't want to do anything that will "open" up the shaft hole in the coupling otherwise it will cock on the shaft and throw the alignment out. Even a few thousands is no good. CX, hand sand with some plumbers tape(sand paper about 1.5" wide that comes in a roll) to get any rust o...
- Sep 8th, '06, 13:46
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: California's Ethanol substitute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10523
Its a catch 22. EPA mandates clean air. Oil companies produce the oxygenate MTBE(methanol) to produce cleaner burning gas. They then realize MTBE dissolves easily in water and from leaking tanks is polluting water tables. They actually knew this before MTBE was implemented. They outlaw MTBE then go ...
- Sep 7th, '06, 17:54
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can we fit 471-TAs in a '63
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5114
- Sep 6th, '06, 19:39
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Steve Irwin "Crocodile Hunter" Dead...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3275
- Sep 6th, '06, 17:07
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: California's Ethanol substitute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10523
Kalifornia is using 5.7% ethanol. While they can go as high as 10%, the refineries with that reconstituted gas out there find 5.7% the best balance for now. They have no plans in the future to change their use of ethanol. His quote was, "like it or not, ethanol is here to stay". I made him aware of ...
- Sep 6th, '06, 15:07
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: California's Ethanol substitute?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10523
- Sep 6th, '06, 06:04
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Steve Irwin "Crocodile Hunter" Dead...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3275
- Sep 5th, '06, 22:02
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Steve Irwin "Crocodile Hunter" Dead...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3275
- Sep 5th, '06, 21:10
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Congressman has Ethanol Problem on his boat.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 63472
- Sep 5th, '06, 18:51
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Congressman has Ethanol Problem on his boat.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 63472
BoatUS told me that the number of fiberglas tank boat owners was too small and the boats affected were too old for them to launch any type of major campaign. The Coast Guard took the same position. What you have to do is turn that statement around against them. May I quote you Mr. Boat US or Mr. Co...
- Sep 5th, '06, 16:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Honda EU2000i genset experience I had
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15410
- Sep 5th, '06, 15:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Air conditioning stink! How do I get rid of it?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3645
What UV said. Mist while running the AC to draw into the duct work thru the coil and squirel cage blower. Will kill mildew with out alot of effort. Put 1/4'rd condensate pan tablets in the drain tray to keep the mildew down. Sean, Using Ozone can create problems. They must be used with a respirator....
- Sep 5th, '06, 15:45
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Congressman has Ethanol Problem on his boat.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 63472
IR, Always take the side that people are ignorant of a problem unless they tell you otherwise. One thing I learned from doing the radio talk show for 2 1/2 years is people really are that ignorant. I don't mean ignorant in a stupid moronic kind of way. Most have little time to educate themselves on ...
- Sep 5th, '06, 06:44
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Congressman has Ethanol Problem on his boat.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 63472
The congressman (John Shadegg, R-AZ) says he "is extremely upset (about ethanol in gas damaging his boat) because he was not given any warning".. where has be been for the past 6 months? Well nobody was given any warning of the impending problems. If you go back on the old board when the northern b...
- Sep 3rd, '06, 19:43
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: cable upgrade or go to hyd?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2765
While trying to dock a large single engine trawler at the local yard with a 25 knot beam wind along with a beam tide the hydraulic controls failed as I was heading for the concrete pier. Stayed in forward. No neutral or reverse. Pat saw the result of that. Not pretty. What's that you say about good,...
- Sep 3rd, '06, 16:30
- Forum: Ethanol
- Topic: Wall Street Journal Ethanol Article
- Replies: 36
- Views: 32493