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Absolutely gorgeous, super job

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Thanks Rawleigh
Andy Cockrell at the marine railway next door has machines also. I just want to be sure they cut straight so as to not ruin a lot of expensive teak.

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The next quest is a search for someone who can resaw these boards and not taper them. Ten feet by fourteen plus inches by one and a half inches. Dividing two boards evenly should give four halves of slightly less than three quarter inches ( just one half of the kerf). Should be able to cover the gun...

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Thank you guys
That is precisely what I needed. Forms are on their way to Falling Waters, West Virginia

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Having a bit of conflict with USCG Vessel Documentation Center folks. I noticed the length and tonnage on the Documentation certificate are for a B28 not a 31 FBC. Apparently been that way for an undetermined amount of time. They say since 1980 when it was built. I don't believe that but it's their ...

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B-31 Owner on Little Wicomico River near Smith Point. jrhaszard@aol.com. I would happily attend the event.
John

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I am looking for some cool sounds to load into my motorcycle

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Thanks Patrick,

I think that was the music for my first wedding.

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Does anyone remember a post a few years ago about the De Guello (sp? ) Horns? Music that was played by General Santa Ana's Army before they attacked the Alamo? I would like to be able to capture a recording of this music. I can't find it in ITunes. Thanks, John

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Six Hundred Ninety Five Thousand

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I replenished the reservoir and the air pressure on the accumulator and drove out to the bay usinng both the autopilot and the wheel. When I returned, I had no fluid loss and full pressure. Go figure. I guess I'll just keep an eye on it. Thanks for all the suggestions.

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How about a paper name tag. Does anyone remember " Dare to be great" . the Coscorp guy from Orlando in early the seventies? The Holiday Inns were full of zombies wearing nametags with that name tag. " Hello, I'm Glen Turner aand I dare to be great. Then he went to jail. First time that ever happened...

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Tony,
Why don't you try to make it down to the Ft lauderdale boat show?

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Well I can live with that fuel burn. Thanks for the input, guys.

Rawleigh, I would love to have that 50 gallon saddle tank but I believe it is spoken for several times over. Would you care to go out on my boat this Saturday?

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There is some range discussion going on at " Swap and Sell" forum. I am curious about my range/endurance. My 1980 FBC has 270 HP Cummins. I always want to go to the North Carolina gathering, but something always gets in my way. Bypass operation, death of a friend, etc. I have no Idea of my fuel cons...

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I could find no evidence of a leak there and I installed a new one several years ago but I will definately try that. I hope it is the ram because it is accessable, unlike some of the hoses. Thanks!

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Well, today I found and identified the check valve with its' two pinned bypass nuts, and the autopilot pump and motor. The check valve is just below the reservoir and the autopilot pump is just forward of that bolted to some structure below deck. There was no leaking under the helm , around the rese...

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The inlet of the Little Wicomico at Smith Point is full of fish but few keepers, 20 inch this year. I'll get to work on the boat and head up your way.

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Then I must not know how to correctly bleed the system. I will trace the lines and look for the leak to see what I have to replace. I thought you had to crack each helm fitting one at a time allowing air (and fluid) to escape, followed by refilling and repressurizing and repeating the process. I wil...

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Patrick, I repaired the reservoir and replaced the steering actuator three or four years ago and bled the system. All worked well until the other day when I lost steering and had to divert to a marina down the bay where we repressurized and went on our way. When we got back to my dock, steering had ...

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John F., when I get this steering leak repaired, let's meet up some where. This is my time of year. The name of the boat is Prince William and we can make contact on radio or cell phone. Give me a call and we can discuss that. 772-913-0190 thanks, John H.

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I am readying myself to track down a hydraulic leak in my 1980 FBC. I have to think about it for a few days prior to getting down to tracking the leak in all the cubby holes, so I thought I would put a few questions out for some info from those who know more than me. What I think I know: There is a ...

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We live on the Northhern Neck very close to Kinsale, but on The little Wicomico off of Smith Point. We used to go to the restaurant there and have been to Lunas in callao which just closed. Did not know they were connected. Very sorry to hear about this tragedy. Another local marina near Lottsburg h...

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When I was stationed at Dover AFB, I used to fly my Cub to Kentmorr Airport and have lunch at the nice little restaurant. Would that be a good place to meet up? Think we could get slips for a couple of Bertrams there? If not, then there is Hemmingways, Harrisons on Tilghmans or some of the places Jo...

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Hemmingways, that's the place. I haven't been up that way in a long time.

Bruce, I,m doing fine. Slowed down a bit but still on the planet. How bout you ?

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Hello Matt, Summer sounds good. Isn't Harrisons also on Tilghmans Island? The one on Kent Island must be the big place near the Bay Bridge Airport. having a hard time finding guys to go fishing with me down here so I took the boat over to Reedville to be pulled for the winter. I flew over the Rappah...

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Martin C in Baltimore. Maybe we could meet in the spring somewhere halfway. Possibly Kent Island, close to John F. We could invite Rawleigh, but he is too busy changing diapers.

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COOL ! Good Luck

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My genset has a raw water heat exchanger which I drain and flush with RV antifreeze, but the other side of that heat exchanger I am told has a nonfreezing metallic liquid that doesn't get changed. sounds strange to me but there is no antifreeze put into the non raw water cooling side of the system. ...

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Are the fans as necessary on diesel boats for cooling or ventilation ? I didn't consider cooling, just flammable vapors. I had a friend in Panama whose gas boat expolded at the Amador Marina. Should I be using those blowers while running with the Cummins ?

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I have a Mastervolt 3.5 with a single cylinder Kubota diesel and it is very noisy. Located OB of Port Engine. Mostly exhaust noise.

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If anyone wants to see some beautiful glass work,stop by Jarret Bay Marine Industrial Park in Beaufort,N.C. Broadus Rose is finalizing the details for his new windshield design. Will Harding is doing some beautiful custom work on this project. He is working on Bob Streiker's Sport Fisherman, a reall...

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When I bought my FBC a few years ago in Bradenton, part of the deal was a barrier coat job at Snead Island boat works. Highly recommended. I was impressed with them until I got the boat home ( out of state ). They replaced the rudder bearings and I found the old rusted casting pieces in the aft bilg...

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A thief is the lowest life form.

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BOBMX, have you delivered your boat to Broadus already? How did you get it down there? what is the status? I would really like to speak to you by phone if you could please give me a call. cell 772-913-0190. I live on the Northern Neck not far from Rawleigh, Thanks

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Duck goes into the drugstore and orders condoms.Pharmacist says "Do you want them in a bag?" Duck says, "put'em on my bill".

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We have a friend named Ace in Talkeetna who takes care of our jalopies and brings them to Elmendorf,Merrill and ANC Int and drops them off.When we all gather up,we go to Wally World to get tackle,licenses and grub.Then we convoy to Nanilchik to launch from the beach for two days of halibut fishing.W...

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Sorry ! I understand now.The air goes up the filler tube because the valve is open.That makes sense.I would go try it out right now but I can't talk my wife into holding the flashlight.

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The air,where do it go ? It is a closed system and the reservoir is full if there is fluid in the hose unless the inline valve is closed. Thanks, john

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BTW, do the bleeder ports have to be opened and closed each time or can the hoses that go to them be submerged in a jar of fluid? What keeps air from going back up the bleeders if they aren't closed each time?

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Tony, Thanks for the info.That will save a lot of time refilling the reservoir and capping it off each time.I'll try that today. John

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Just replaced the steering cylinder and am attempting to bleed the system with the procedure from this website using 5606.After adding probably a quart of fluid in stages,I can still hear fluid or air coursing thru the helm when I make the slow twenty turns in each direction.Still sounds like there ...

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I like to fly it like it belongs to the Government(taxpayers).

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Mr. Roy,

Be at peace and comfort.Be with God.

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Speaking of Firearms,Fishing Gear,Naked Women,Bertram Boats,Dirty Jokes,Diesel and Gasoline Marine Engines,Love of Our Country,and all else associated with this website,how about the 2012 Fundraiser? I believe it would be appropriate to take this opportunity to support the workhorse behind all of th...

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In the Sixties when I was flying out in the boonies in Paraguay,I ran into some cowboys (gauchos) along the Brasilian/Argentine border area who carried some lethal looking pieces.One was a fairly modern (for the time) large bore shotgun pistola with double barrels.The other guy had a pistola with a ...

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I remember going to one of the farms back then.The farmer gave us a demo ( when he wasn't busy shooting Storks,Great Blue Herons and other protected wildlife ). When we approached the edge of the ponds, the fish "came a runnin". Then he pitched in buckets of round pellets of food that resembled kid'...

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The last time I was at Ft.Rucker was in 1973.Everyone was planning on getting rich on catfish farms.This trip,no one knew what I was talking about when I inquired about catfish.I guess boll weevil likes catfish too.Too bad he don't like cottonmouth and rattlesnake.

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Chancellor,Alabama.Just North of Dothan.Near Fort Rucker.Got to see the old Boll Weevil statute in Enterprise.

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