Great video. You sounded very happy.
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Re: She planes!!
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
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05-16-2018 05:10 AM #12Senior Member
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What a difference ! Were you fighting the steering wheel or just low on fluid ?
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05-16-2018 06:05 AM #13
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Congrats Pascal!
Mike Peters, 1985 43MY, Cat 3208T, Blue Bayou; 2011 Key West 246BR, F250, Baby Blue; Punta Gorda FL
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05-16-2018 07:06 AM #14Senior Member
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Pascal,
Congratulations on a job well done, and thanks for documenting it along the way. When the day comes for my refit, I will use your experience as reference points for what to look and look out for.
Thanks,
R
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05-16-2018 07:38 AM #15Senior Member
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That is a good feeling!! Congrats Pascal!!
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05-16-2018 07:43 AM #16
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Congrats!
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Those Cummins didn't sound like they where breathing hard. Will be interesting to see what happens as more power is applied. That thing might jump out of the water. Also that's incredible the work was done in just 5 months.
Fred
31 Tiara Open
"Escalation"
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Randy Register - Kingston, TN
www.yachtrelocation.com
www.Safes4Guns.com
aka Freebird aka Sparky1
1965 41DC #93
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Top speed with the old naturals was just under 15kts. On the pins at 2300.... the new 54" trim tabs help a lot too
There is still some air in the steering we need to bleed so yes I was constantly steering. About a full turn worth of air...
Stabs aren't connected yet. But I n not worried about the 6 sq ft fines doing the job ...
There is just so much left to do... the exhaust work alone (8" vs 6") took a lot of cutting and disassembly in the master and head... trying to decide how much do I keep and how much inreplace. Thinking I could probably remove close to a thousand pound of weight in some of the cabinetry and floor by using cored material. The bed needs to be raised 1" because of the new muffler. So I may just gut it all and start clean. Removing the old dirty plywood floor will also eliminate that old smell :
One of the priority is to reinstall one of the chillers we had to remove to repair the aft port ER bulkhead that had been pushed 3" during Irma.
Also at the top of the list is redoing the railing and weather boards. Since the port side was torn out in the storm I m going to redo the whole thing using coosa with glass supports. Lewis marine (Maine) has a line of fiberglass extrusions which seems perfect for support and stiffening. Comes in many shapes and sizes, incl square and L shapesPascal
Miami, FL
1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat
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Very impressive outcome. Thanks for bringing an old boat up to speed in more ways than one.
Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC