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My 21 Edwing is in the water year-round. The key thing is to not use a copper based paint on an aluminum boat. For several years I've used tin based paints like Petit Alumacoat or Micron 33 but those are no longer available due to environmental concerns. Unlike Marty, the Trilux 33 doesn't do very w...

Its good to clean your anodes, makes 'em work better. Rule of thumb up here in alloy country is buy yourself a stainless steel wire brush that you dedicate for zinc cleaning. Use a marker to write "zincs only" on the handle. Otherwise rust & paint & other junk from a shop wire brus...

Lester, I'll pass the site on to him. BTW, I couldn't get on for several days from a bookmark that I set a couple of weeks ago. Finally picked up a fresh link from Magabyte on a THT post. http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=172088&posts=592#M1931718 You might have some members...

Jay -

You saved my butt! I knew this was a whaler

You da man! :lol:

Bob


ps; my buddy finally ordered his boat, a 20 HT

Those are very nice boats and I was surprised as heck that they folded their tent. In actuality many alloy builders have come and gone but their flame-out happened quicker than usual. Will you be selling the 30? What would you like to get instead? Oh, on the continuous welds - not really necessary a...

Thanks, yeah I have a Hobart Tig now at the shop..... may try it, or add a coil feed attachment. I don't know if it's powerful enough to weld 1/4" aluminum. I was thinking of a Mig for home. Never did Mig. It doesn't sound like the stuff you want to do will involve welding 1/4" to 1/4&quo...

There are basically two types that can be considered, mig or tig. Mig is the wire feed type machine that was used to build your boat and is better suited to production type welding where you are laying down a good bit of weld. Tig is better suited to small work, is more controllable, etc. You can so...

Shiste, you guys are right - that does look like the SeaArk - my notes are bad

There is a new, small builder hereabouts (Seattle) that is starting to weld up some really cool skiffs, Stonecraft, and they are real brick sh!thouses for their size. These are not pressed & riveted boats, they are the real thing. I really like the top one with the seats that run with the shear ...

Sea chests are typically used on displacement hulls with inboard engines, is that what you have? I can't recall ever seeing one on a planing hull but they might be common. They are definitely built so the top of the chest (where your fittings are) is below the waterline otherwise the fittings would ...

Thought I would move this boat out of the new member post where it is not likely going to be seen by anyone. It was one of the metal boats at last years Seattle show. Just goes to show the creative possibilities of aluminum since every boat is built by hand (as opposed to being popped out of a mold)...

Do you have any more details on the Cat or happen to remember what they were asking for her. I was on it at the boat show last year and it seemed pretty nice. The only issue I had, is that the cabin was too short to stand up in. It was the first time I had been on cat and it seemed huge for at 18'....

The Yamaha 8 high thrust is what usually gets put on around here (even if your main motor is different) because it has the tilt/trim and lashes up well with remote controls, pilots, etc. Fishing for salmon requires a lot of moving between different areas then quick deployment of the kicker for troll...

Those are some serious vessels. The push knees are huge!

My understanding is they only built a handful of them . . . price unknown but considering they were only built for gov't agencies take the wildest number you can think of then multiply that by 3 :P

OK, lets kick this forum off with a special little number from a few years back. Yes, a BW from the commercial division set up for patrol duties, a diminutive 32' with a pair of 6BT Cummins. Oh, yeah, she's aluminum. Wouldn't you love to fish this? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/rsdirect/Boa...

JETTYWOLF wrote: Yeah, take pics and show us what's up at the show.
That's why we're here.....because we want to see.

Good deal . . . just tell me where to put'em . . . what forum?

Marty, its not mine. It was a boat that popped up on craigslist here locally so I grabbed the photo. Thats kind of my point about suggesting a forum for general pics & discussions of any aluminum boats, a place where pics of boats that don't belong to us can be posted. I've got kind of an intere...

My 21 Edwing gets used for fishing & skiing but its everyday life is spent as a workboat. Here is a pic of it rigged with a hoist for pulling oyster grow-out trays up onto a wood float where the trays are cleaned off with a pressure washer that is up in my bow. She also does quite a bit of towin...

Lester, How about a general photos forum for posting random pics of alloy boats? Such as . . . http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/rsdirect/Boat%20Stuff/1954Feathercraft.jpg This is a 1954 FeatherCraft - kinda neat and establishes a bit of heritage since most people think welded aluminum boats is...

Very nice and thanks Welder for the pm. Where do post rants? :D BTW, lots of boats up in my neck of the woods, lots of different styles, sizes, etc. Tons of builders up here too. I'll be going to the Seattle boat show here in a couple of weeks and could get some pics that I would post if'n you guys ...