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I use only Freud 50 and 60 tooth carbide tipped thin kerf blades on my 10", 3 HP Delta Unisaw.. A woodworking store went out of business about the time I started using the saw a lot when I was trimming out our new house (I did all the built ins, crown mouldings, door and window casings, hardwood flo...

IRGuy

How about sync gauges or lights for diesels? I had a Guest three light device with twin outboards and loved it!

IRGuy

Bob Lico... I would never have thought about using PVC (Azek is one of several brand names) for my boat until I read Captain Patrick's Boatbuilder's Tips writeup on it. Now I use it everywhere I can. It isn't strong enough for a bulkhead or anything structural, but for repairs, building things where...

IRGuy

"To each their own" I always say!

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crim ... 87703.html

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Harry...

I had the same problem with my cabin aft bulkhead window frames when I had them powdercoated.. the coating guy warned me, but the finished frames were worse than he described. I wound up throwing the aluminum frames out and making new ones out of pVC sheet myself.

IRGuy

John... Before I decided to repaint my B33 FBC I called two marine paint mfgrs to ask about painting their two part paints over the unknown single part paint the previous owner applied with a roller (no tipping. just the roller). Both told me to buy a small can of their recommended solvent, saturate...

IRGuy

Thanks everybody for the info.. I think I might have been trying to overanalyze the procedure.. All good comments.. I have ordered the rail.. will be installing it in a few weeks after the boat is painted.

The info exchanged here is invaluable!

IRGuy

Whoops

Guess I had better get rid of the evidence!

IRGuy

Somebody had better fess up!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/sex ... age-653412

IRGuy

The story in Maine, where they have heavy fog often is that the old timer fishermen practice "potato navigation" when returning to their home harbor. They put a boy with a pail of potatoes up in the bow, and whenever the captain orders the boy throws a potato as far as he can, dead ahead. If the cap...

IRGuy

I would like to say sure.. I can navigate fine with a compass, chart, and a watch, but it has been so many years since I have had to do it I admit I am rusty and wouldn't want to have to. Every few years I take the coastal navigation course again as a refresher.. and learn something new every time.

IRGuy

Thanks Walter...

The B33 aft corners are rounded.. probably about a 3-4" radius, so they will have to be bent as well.

IRGuy

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! While you are drinking your beers and filling yourself with chicken wings and assorted unhealthy munchies please consider my question... I am soon to install 3/4" wide hollow half oval stainless rubrail on "Phoenix". This will go on the existing aluminum rather heavy rubrail...

IRGuy

Chris...

Will call you in about half an hour or so..

Frank

IRGuy

Chris...

Sorry you haven't reached me.. I am here!

Send me an email through this site with a phone number and I will call you. Be happy to take a look for you.

Frank Bryson

IRGuy

Should be an interesting project!

http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-for ... o-bay.html

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John D...

Come on down.. the weather is better..
And we have grits!

IRGuy

Try this sometime..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2PQfJ2SAg4

IRGuy

I wanted to take a concealed carry course run by the local community college here in Wilmington, NC. The info I had gave the building name but not the address, so the day before I called the continuing education office of the college to get the street address. A very accomodating deep southern lady ...

IRGuy

Capt Frank... If you can get down here pls be sure to let me know.. maybe we can get together. Present plans are for me to be using Phoenix this summer.. I plan on launching and complting several things, such as installing new nav lights, here at my slip. My grandkids are getting psyched about getti...

IRGuy

Tailhook Tom... Thanks for the nice comments and the spray paint tip! Tommy.. You are welcome! If you or your brother have any questions drop me an email with a phone number and I can call you and answer them. Just don't ask me to come to your place and do the job for you! (Well... maybe if the pric...

IRGuy

Thanks Tom... I did not highlight hand sanding with what the locals here call a "long board", but on large repairs I used them in different lengths quite a bit. I had to do some subsurface structural repairs where I had to remove and replace a couple of exterior surface panels so I could reinforce s...

IRGuy

With all due respect to Captain Patrick and everyone else here who works on boats for a living I humbly answer Tommyâ€™s post. I am an amateur who is not afraid to accept challenges, and I find I pretty much learn as I go along making mistakes, so I know I work inefficiently, while you have to work ...

IRGuy

Tommy...

I am preparing an answer for you offline.. will post it in a day or two.

IRGuy

John... You are correct! I had forgotten about that! The memory fades once you reach my age! Now.. what were we talking about? I am psyched to be so close to painting! My major project now is doing a very thorough cleaning of all the bare surfaces so I remove as much dust as possible. I still have t...

IRGuy

Hello John.. I have seen you here ever since I came here, but I don't think we have ever "talked" directly before. The colors of the AwlGrip and AwlCraft 2000 are identical, cause they use the same color chart. The AwlCraft 2000 can only be sprayed, and is supposed to be easier to apply. It is softe...

IRGuy

Faithfull..... I really need your advice on a serious problem: I have suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs: if the phone rings and I answer, the caller hangs up; she goes out with the girls a lot. I try to stay awake to look out for her when she comes hom...

IRGuy

Since I had to sand off all the crappy paint job the previous owner (a doofus) rolled on I have been agonizing about the hull color I will paint my B33 FBC for the better part of a year now. I really like the pale greens and blues, but I just can't bring myself to select one of these.. I suspect wit...

IRGuy

BoatUS wouldn't even talk to me after they found out my boat was an '83. Charter Lakes took me with a recent survey no problems. My local Charter Lakes rep said they usually don't take boats as old as mine, but they do accept Bertrams when they won't accept most other boats 25 years old.

IRGuy

I lived all my life in NY or New England, except for 3 years in Wash DC right after college. Seven years ago after I semi-retired I moved south, wanting a warmer climate and year round boating. When people ask me how I knew where I wanted to live after about 55 years in the north I made up this stor...

IRGuy

A man fishing from his kayak rescues a swimming dog.. part of a sad story...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/0 ... _ref=false

IRGuy

Thanks everyone for your comments. I had expected to see several different styles recommended.. especially the claw or plow designs, but the aluminum Fortress seems to be the most popular by far. Live and learn! Pete's comment about safety wiring the shackle is well taken.. I know of a couple of cas...

IRGuy

25 out of 25 makes me about average age for this group!

IRGuy

Brewster.. that doesn't surprise me! When I was a kid growing up on a dirt road in the country nobody we knew had much money.. indeed some hardscrabble farmers barely broke even after their monthly bills were paid to the co-op. We were a little better off because my stepfather had a job, but after o...

IRGuy

As part of my rebuild of my B33.. which weighs in the neighborhood of 24,000 lbs. I am considering getting another style anchor to go along with my standard +/- 30 lb Danforths. Our bottoms around here are pretty much sand, weed, and mud. Not really very rocky. What are the faithful using anchorwise...

IRGuy

When someone proposes outboards for a large boat.. show them this post..

http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-for ... acket.html

IRGuy

Walter...

So did mine.. When I asked why the girl said Lockheed Martin was the company the government chose to run the TWIC program. I suspect that LM got a percentage and the government got the rest.

IRGuy

Reading the above this afternoon after spending this AM at my county Personal Property Tax collector's office dealing with their stupid mistakes about where my boat and dinghy were located on Jan 1, 2010 almost made my head explode!

Now where did I put that bottle of scotch?

IRGuy

This is not new but maybe some of you haven't seen it...

Redneck boat launching!

http://www.toughboats.com/video.cfm?ful ... aCRevLegal

IRGuy

Just read this article today.. the death blow to US ethanol mfgrs?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/ ... IN20110616

IRGuy

Brew...

Please know my family is thinking of you at this difficult time. We send our sincere condolances.

IRGuy

My '83 FBC has the Velocijet exhaust system as well. There is a tangential outlet from the mufflers that diverts most of the gas exhaust to the side outlets. We B33 owners call the side outlets "mail slots". There is no need to buy replacement mail slots! I suspect that yours are probably cracked an...

IRGuy

It doesn't matter what you celebrate or how.. I just wish you all the best holidays ever, and lets hope 2012 is a turning point for each of us and our country(s).

Peace.....

IRGuy

In heavy weather at sea in a small boat I have seen big strong men crying and babbling incoherently while hiding in the head, and I have seen wimpy 110 pound men assume strong leadership roles and become focal points of strength.. you never know who will step up and be leaders in times of extreme st...

IRGuy

A short tribute to the men and planes of World War II....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU1oB8sG ... e=youtu.be

IRGuy

I received this email this AM from my son-in-law.. A real surprise! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vet of the year award, surprise! Many people may have forgot about his time in the U.S.Army. He is the son of an Air Force General, and a accomplish...

IRGuy

The next time you have trouble getting a boat into a slip think of the hand/eye/machine coordination this guy has! The perfect marriage of man and machine! This is not new, but I think worth seeing again for those of you who are "mechanically inclined!" http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=RobaJKGMMiE

IRGuy

As far as I know you can't paint Starboard. In fact it is almost impossible to glue Starboard, although I do have two adhesive systems that you can glue it with, but they are difficult to use because they are both two part systems and have a "pot life" of about 15 seconds.

IRGuy

Check this ad out on THT!

http://www.thehulltruth.com/boat-commer ... uiser.html

All you B31 guys are sitting on gold mines!

IRGuy

Mark.. Good one! My contribution.. An Irishman is walking along a beach when he sees a bit of glass poking out of the sand..He pushes it with his foot and realizes it is an intact bottle with the top screwed down on it. He picks up the bottle and realizes a leprecaun is in the bottle. The little guy...

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