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cummings did not have one anywhere in their dealer network yesterday and were checking with the factory. thank goodness for 3rd party vendors.

wlbsr

inner core on the way from tony athens. other side looks to be in pretty good shape so i am just going to do one for now and watch the other. at least i should have a head start on the symptoms if it happens to the other side.

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looks like the after cooler is compromised. going to need an inner core. any suggestions besides cummings... already checking with them.

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Thanks BH - going into exhaust side, after cooler, and checking hoses at turbo today. will post what we find. BB

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I hope you guys will let someone from NC in the door. I have booked a flight and have a room at the Harborfront Inn (I hope this is the place to stay) and will be attending with my wife and my 15 year old daughter. Please let me know what i need to do. do i need to contribute or help with something?...

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one engine turns 3000 in neutral but smokes and only turns 2000-2200 under a load, smoking stops at about 1900. had an issue with fuel so now fuel has been cleaned, injectors on the troubled side have been cleaned, and filters replaced but still same issue. seems like turbo kicks in earlier that nor...

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not the best pictures but here's what i have. http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy325/wlblount/IMG_20140531_120944_363_zpshgcllkpa.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy325/wlblount/IMG_20140531_120515_025_zpsw3b8evk4.jpg http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy325/wlblount/IMG_20140531_120412_540_...

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Lin - thanks again for all you do to make this happen. this will be my 4th rendezvous out of 5 years and it is something that i really look forward to. On a little bit of an off topic note, just wanted to share that its not ALL about cocktail cruises and rendezvous.... sometimes we make the able mab...

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I am about 50/50 fishing and swimming. The swim platform has been a great addition.

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Bill, Check it over good, the legs for the footrest pit easily if they're aluminum, cost big $ to replace. My dad gave me his Murray broters chair which Im in the process of rehabbing, I went with the rocket launcher back rest to add more rods for trolling/storage. Make sure you have a good backing...

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Have been thinking about adding a fighting chair this winter. I have been fishing with 2 $400 worst marine 4 legged swivel chairs with gimbals for two years and have thrown no less than three people onto the cockpit floor. I think the chair and the added rod holder capacity will be a welcome additio...

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i have two acrs and have never really understood how they worked. i do know that i kept blowing fuses to my house battery bank and had to have someone come back and install a wire from the starter to the acr that temporarily disconnected the acr while the starter was engaged. i have not had any prob...

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sorry missed the "wade" part.

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As of a week ago lots of dolphin offshore and moving closer. talk to the guys on the charter boats at smacknalley's. talk to steve wilson at smacknalley's about inshore fishing... tons of blues and spanish and a cobia or two just off the beach. the buoys marking the inlet are pretty much where they ...

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The temp on my fishfinder was off 20 degrees this weekend. it seemed to be accurate if you added 20 degrees to the readings. have never had issues in the past. actual temps were 67 inshore up to 76 in bluewater as verified by others. mine were within 1 - 2 degrees if you added the 20 so when i got t...

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from the looks of the output seems to be much less than a 2000 gph although it is hard to tell because of the larger discharge size and the discharge location at the water line. harry - i will check the output size in a day or two when i am at the boat (i think its an inch or an inch and 1/4 i am ha...

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would anyone care to guess the gph capacity of the raw water pump at normal 120v rpms in a nextgen 3.5? Thanks Bill

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http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/10440249/

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no crash valves. i am mainly concerned about sharing the discharge of my 2nd 2000 gph pump and the necessity to use 2 check valves (one on the 500 discharge and one on the 2000 discharge) to be able to do this. i would still have the main aft 2000 gph pump that would remain a straight discharge. the...

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I am lookin at a small, low pickup pump between my engine boxes. The cabin bilge is isolated and stays dry. It has it's own 2000 gph. Water runs from the stern and congregates between the engines where I have 2 house batteries. If I step on the stern the water runs back and activates the lower stern...

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I know this was covered in a thread a few weeks ago but wanted to ask again myself. What is the general opinion of running a small auxiliary 500 gph bilge pump for shallow pickup into the discharge hose of one of two 2000 gph pumps with the use of a "T" and 2 check valves? since i have 2 2000 gph pu...

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Awesome. Hopefully they are heading our way. Maybe 45 days away.

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Mine showed up in the mail this week also. Has anyone had a chance to view it?

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Bruce - i haven't heard about the NC CG encounter. that must have been before my day... can you share? Bill

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the dark hulled boat is the "Double Deacon" (black and gold). the owner is out of raleigh, nc and the boat was done in morehead city, nc. its a great looking boat and a fine job in and out. lin or tommy probably have more knowledge than i do... i just look foward to admiring it at the rendezvous onc...

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sorry - i jumped the gun and should have posted the pics here. wasn't thinking clearly. Bill

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a few more...

http://s1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb4 ... 1%20Mason/

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had to post this one too. a picture of Rapscallion (Lin Spears) taken from Saw Dust (Joel Williams)

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I liked this one... wish it were a little larger.

TSL Del Norte

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2 links to some pictures from the 2011 NC Rendezvous at Cape Lookout and Harker's Island, NC. Thanks to Lin Spears, the Williams Family, the Maxwell Family, and everyone else that made this day possible. http://s1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb414/wlbsr/NC%202011%20Harris/ http://s1204.photobucket.com...

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saw a 150 ft swath cut across hwy 70 between new bern and havelock, nc. several houses near totaled but the amazing thing was dozens of 20 inch pine trees snapped cleanly about 20 feet up. powerful stuff. lots of stories of very near misses.

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sorry - cabin is sealed off. this is the bulkhead aft of the engines.

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salt water wash down, AC, head in, head out... whoops 4

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one more and i will leave you alone for a while...i have 5 thru- holes in the forward bildge with only one automatic bildge pump. this area stays dry and the pump has never come on. i have 2 pumps at the back of the boat with indicators on the bridge showing when they come on. I have no indicator on...

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the bulkead aft of the engines has an opening at the bottom of the "V" which allows water to pass through. the way my boat sits, water runs forward and accumulates (a few inches) in the bildge between the engines. if a couple of people stand on the back of the boat or when the boat is first put in f...

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merry christmas by the way.

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agreed. the guy that has done some electrical work for me is really on me. started going over last year and will probably get another big chunk done this winter.

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not to beat a dead horse but i peeled back a few more layers. any comments or suggestions are still welcome. http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb414/wlbsr/IMG_1496.jpg http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb414/wlbsr/IMG_1495.jpg http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb414/wlbsr/IMG_1495.jpg http://i...

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i am not a DIYer. just need to educate myself to be able to proceed with a professional for stopgap measures for now. not too worried about it now unless it starts to show up everywhere and it is isolated to this forward bulkhead after a year now. put a picture or two up here if its not too much tro...

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scott.

did you have two bulkheads of 1/2 or maybe 3/4 plywood about 12 or 16 inches apart making up either side of the cabinet that went all the way down and was tabbed into the deck. and did you cut this off at the deck level and then build the cabinets back sitting on top of the deck? Bill

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my uneducated opinion now is that it is the box itself moving either old panels against new panels or the whole thing flexing with the floor staying stationary. it almost seems easier to beef up the whole box from the inside so it can't flex and twist and then try to beef up where the box is secured...

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just looked at it again. these cabinets are not sitting on top of the floor. looks like both sides (walls) of both cabinets are 1/2 plywood and go all the way down and are tabbed to the hull and partially to the stringers where they cross. there is no sign of any stress where they meet the hull or s...

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what is the tool i have seen people using installing a laminate or tile floor. they use it to cut out door molding so they can slide the laminate or tile under it and don't have to cut around it.

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thanks buzz. boat is up in washington currently but i will def. talk to him and see what he has to say.

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capt pat or bob,

as a stop gap measure, would you attempt to recreate a joint between the cabinets and the floor? that just seems to be something that might not be too much trouble. other than that i plan to look at it for a season or two and see what happens. thanks for your input.

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The long crack is the very top of the partial bulkhead that runs across the boat thanks for your expertise Pete, this long crack is purely cosmetic. it looks like a piece of 1/4 "something" was stuck to the fore side of the step-downand painted with the floor and is now starting to pull away at the...

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i will try to get some pictures of the forward bulkhead from under the floor. had someone look a couple of days ago and from the aft side, the forward bulkhead appeared to be intact where it joins the hull. will look better in a few days and report back. Thanks BB

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the pictures look a little worse than it really is. i think (hope) its just a matter of the cabinets being faired and painted to the floor when the hull flexes.

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i wonder if the stressing will stay in the current area or eventually spread thoughout the entire cabin. I had figured i would live with it as long as i could and then gut the cabin section around those cabinets and front bulkhead and build back with a prpper design. it was gutted when it was redone...

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