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nice load of fish! whereabouts do you fish? I used to take an annual trip to Uclulet with my family . . . but have not gone in 5 or 6 years. I've mostly fished the Sound with a few trips to Neah Bay. The boat is looking awesome by the way. Mike Thanks, nothing to write home about 18-20 lb cookie cu...

Not a lot of working on the boat today, the boss asked for some fresh fish and I had no choice but to go get some.
cheers

Chaps wrote:Yeah, looks fresh like a pro rebuild. What motor and HP is it?

Engine is a BB Ford Redline 460 3some hundred hps


Might be able to install that hot tub after all

I am trying to sell them motor and jetdrive maybe a bit more effort is due... meanwhile the old is coming out, surprisingly looking pretty good for its age

Pulling things off

I would avoid the temptation to do the major surgery yourself. I thought I was an ok welder but quickly found out that migging old alloy plating takes considerable skill far beyond working with clean, fresh aluminum. Hiring Nichols Diversified to put my transom together (and deck, hatches, etc) was...

I don't claim any particular expertise--but I thought of a practical factor. Given what you like to do with your boat, would a water jet be particularly helpful? If not, I would lean towards an offshore bracket with some floatation, but perhaps not all the way down to the bottom of the delta pad. B...

While you may need to purchase the HJ213, you can sell the HJ212, so you are only out of pocket the difference. The HJ213 will indeed fit onto the same hole. How long is the boat to be moored for? The main differences between the two; -213 has a hydraulic reverse actuator, with the hydraulic pump m...

Reelly enjoying your vids Capt. Dave

Thanks for sharing

Chtucker wrote:Cleaned up really well!

Thanks! a bit of elbow grease and about a gallon of stripper plus a bunch of green scotch brites did the trick

When I repowered from twin 4 cyl mercruisers I hacked out a huge section of the transom and replaced with 1/2" plate and a bit of additional reinforcement in order to hang a bracket and V6 o/b. It's do-able, hey its aluminum, re-engineer the thing sufficiently, have a competent welder do the w...

Well, some may recall I got this new to me Almar just a few shorts month ago. http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/gypseas/6b38e357-51f8-441d-b9d4-e16409244490_zps374df784.jpg The two happiest days in a mans life is when he buys a boat and he sells one. Sold the Design Concepts a couple weeks ago,...

Good one!!

Something like that..

WOW thats a lot of hours on a heavy boat, was ran at WOT all the time most likely, the guy should be happy he got warranty for three years instead of one being a charter operator an' all. Look at the yamahas 225 corrosion problems not being taken care of by Yamaha :nutkick: B ring O ut A nother T ho...

Eye candy...

Thought "lexan" scratches and will look faded in short order

Well, Saturday the wind was blowing 20, no backup engine, no chartplotter and no fuel management system on the 16 yr old engine which I may say ran flawlessly. Nothing more than scratching the itch to have her in the water after almost two months of looking at her on the hard. I am happy to say that...

C'mon thats not that foggy

Dave Thanks! for the entertaining videos,

cheers

That is in Sooke, bigdogeh bit to the south from ya.
No worky on the boat today,just plain ol' R&R, oh and I invited this guy over for dinner


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Finally got her all cleaned up (old stickers stripped off) http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/gypseas/2014-04-27170407_zps93a00726.jpg Put her in the H2O today and yes it floats :clap: http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/gypseas/2014-05-10114525_zpsae57be29.jpg http://i220.photobucket.com/alb...

Had the same problem with the ss store bought plugs, gone after a month or so moored in salt http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/gypseas/0033.jpg ended up bonding the plug bolt to the hull and couple boats later I am still good mooring the in salt http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd5/gypseas/00...

I believe it is called Karma
cheers

After posting the links and watching the vids, had a brain fart and thought that the graphix remover looks more like paint stripper. So went in the garage and applied it to the decal I've been trying to remove for a couple of weeks now and it took maybe an hour and it is off. Some more cleaning requ...