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Pete, Steve brought his boat back for a few weeks so I could do some stuff and there are/were two other 31's in the yard. One getting a refit with a Cabrera deck kit, the other was pretty rough, judging by the exhaust size it had cummins but they were out at the time, it got moved around the yard, n...

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He certainly got a jury of his piers.

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Patrick and I know of a female boat captain that used to be a male boat captain. Does that count?

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Time/cost factors which we here don't know it would be good to at least pull the rocker cover and see if a valve dropped. If valve train is intact next would be a bore scope in #1 to see if piston is moving up and down indicating a broke piston or rod. I've run into a few broke pistons above the pin...

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We have a don't ask, don't tell policy here.

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Once you've spent a weekend in the flop house, a week in a sinking house boat, a tropical Island setting or a covert ops mission to a foreign port(goat Island) with these guys, its a brotherhood.

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rusty but dry, no fluid

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You didn't over pressure anything. A common leak point on those gears is the output shaft to coupling splines. They are a course spline and if the coupling gets even a little loose fluid leaks by the spline between the faces of the coulings as it spins. If you have a circular patern thats another cl...

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The yacht, named Baden, was made by New World Yacht Builders under the Northern Marine brand. The company issued a statement that it has "complete confidence" in its designs, but still laid off its 52-person staff and suspended production. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but...

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We were very quick on the throttles though when she came out of the water.

And there lies an important key that most cannot grasp.

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Yea but can anybody understand his answer?

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Yes. And not a single port shower but a multi port shower. Single port showers are a waste of money. Temps get over 220 degrees on drive oil.

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These will look good...

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Rules of life....

1. If your handcuffed behind your back in a fast boat with a non fastened life preserver, keep your ass in a seat.

This is not a movie set and your not pulling a Panama...............

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425hp is pushing the limits of the standard bravo one. Unless he has a rev limiter when coming out of the water and dropping back in, that torque will strip the teeth off the upper gears. Throttle control is important.

The bravo XR drive is more suitable I think on these instances.

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Charlie,
The gun x is a liquid non spray and as far as I can tell having bathed extensively in both, they are both the same.

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Back in the 80's I used to dive with Norine Rouse off Juno Beach on unbaited shark dives at 130'. Hammerheads, gray reef tip, bulls and others and we never had an issue. Even when I would try and swim closer, they would move away. When Shirley and I did our Panama Canal cruise a side trip was diving...

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Pretty amazing. Signed my 12 year old grand daughter up for scuba camp in July and after getting done the wife goes, hey honey have you heard about the Great White off our coast? http://www.wfla.com/story/25528603/katharine-the-great-white "Katharine" the Great White Shark off Boynton Beach Posted: ...

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Mark,
Are you having issues at all with stalling or just not going into gear?

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This story I heard is not only an inspiration for anyone that breaths, its an example of the true spirit of independence and what being a true American is all about. Makes me want to do mean things to the gov't handout whiners. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/24/what-else-is-possible-wounded-warri...

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Taking bets on who the first employee that was trapped and rescued hires a lawyer and sues for PTSD disability.

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Is it just me or does the host of that video have serious issues?

Good grief, dude acts like his grandmother died.

Get over it. Somebody F'd up royally. We all do it. Don't act like showing the video will cause boaters around the world to go hang themselves.

Up your dosage of testosterone will ya.

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May have skills and be fast but you can't take anyone serious who refers to themselves as instructor zero.

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Have 9 or 10 on Monday then at 8pm Monday night we'll all meet back here and have a discussion on rocker stoppers, how to make a roux, and why the 28 looks like its dragging its ass when running.....

Thanks Vic...

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Not knowing exactly which morse controls you have but some do indeed have throw stops. Look under either under a top label if a solid body or remove cover on the skeleton body. If the stops are missing and you have worked with the body slide stop and end adjustments look to how the cables are run. S...

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The gasket changed from a single to four. Studs help with taking the weight of the manifold if you have room to slide it up the stud.

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if the gasket itself requires no sealer then I always just used 3m automotive trim glue in a tube to hold in place till assembled. It dries fast and holds well. The other option is to install the bolts/manifold and leave a gap between the head and manifold. cut out the bottom of the bolt hole on the...

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Charlie,
You going up Friday or Sat?

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Our cheese squeezes out of a foil pouch and is that orange. :-)

As a guy who's done many cars over the years and currently converting a 66 mustang coupe into a fast back, that is one awesome job.

Pic of the engine compartment though. See how much you bling'd out the engine.

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Whats the name of that color, Wisconsin cheddar?

BTW how did that HF media blaster work? I gotta pick a new one up and I've heard mixed reviews.

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I have a guy who pumps it out into his tank, then runs it thru a bank of filters and sells the cleaned up fuel to off road use.

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Sorry Harry. Can't say how many times over the years I've been called to do just what your doing. Still never made it easy. But it can be done. First is flushing the engines and get them running and heated to normal operating temp to burn off any trapped moisture asap and fresh oil circulated inside...

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Doesn't matter the size of a boat for live aboard.
Had an ex Vietnam chopper pilot in the early 80's live permanently on a 28 for years. Heck of a nice guy.
When I was a kid there were 5 of us that took 2 week vacations on a Chris Craft 27' down the Chesapeake. Tight but doable.

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That doesn't look like an Elite version. Cabin still looks dated.

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Just a thought after thinking about it. Wonder if you could get your ham technician license which covers the 2.4Ghz/13cm range and since a typical factory ham radio operates between 5 and 200 watts without a booster amp, you could legally operate a quad copter with increased power?

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Buy extra propellors right off the bat. Forget the meaning of left and right. Gravity can be a friend, or an enemy. When taking off, don't fiddle-fart around. Give it the gas. Funny thats the same advice my instructor gave me when I learned to fly and they were still teaching induced stall recovery...

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Pikers.
Just attach the gun to the drone and hunt from the lodge.

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That looks like a very viable option Joseph. Thanks for posting, looks to be just that simple after all. Look what I've missed in 4 years. Craig, I'd call them but I don't think by reading their web site that it will plug into the same computer plug that the Rinda unit does. B&G does though. I've us...

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Biil, Not that simple. You need a computer that will process the engine data and then send that out as a nema 2000 compliant data string. Bob Lico may know if Smart Craft(cummins brand) has made a conversion to make the 450C digital compliant. When I retired, they did not. The Q series came out and ...

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Go for it Kevin. I like it when you can eliminate the guages and run everything engine and navagation thru a flat screen. Use murphy gauges in the ER for backup and your good to go. Gerry Santiago's Zero Cavity 31 was very close to that. The future is bringing military heads up display to use. I thi...

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bob lico wrote:Bruce you and i both no the story but cannot tell the customer------------- WTF. Speedometer real man use the tach!

Thats funny.

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I think they over compensated their thrust vector victor.

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Tom, This is a pic of a 168' yacht I worked on years back on the fuel management system. The boat had 3 - 3000hp Duetz engine and to get all 3 I had to take two pics. They are not spliced exactly but in the lower right you'll see the white pancake looking device. That's a Laval centrifuge. http://i2...

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Bob H,
The better mouse trap is just using the GPS to display your speed and forget the POS gaffrig supposed GPS speedometer in the dash between the tachs.

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Americans like toys. The more the better and if we can tie them all together its the shizzle.

Our motto is: He who dies with the most toys, still dies. Then some ungrateful offspring gets them.

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Bob, Do you by any chance know how to contact the jug heads at Gaffrig? I've emailed them, called them numerous times and they never return. Boat owner has had the same issue. Trying to get info on their 2000 era gps speedometer and what is the data baud rate it operates on. Tried all the go fast fo...

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As long as you can get the plug and know which pins are the data, its a breeze.

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Like Nav said it will also do water/fuel which can be a problem on commercial vessels and vessels running in extreme cold weather.

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