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My dentist mentioned "Dawn" today, but he didn't mean the Chairside's name. Well, we all know that "Dawn" is the all purpose cleaning, etc. fluid; that and WD40. No, Duck Tape is not a fluid. Today I am in the dentist's chair for an extended period and there is a lot of chatter to listen to...

Conversation with 30-40 somethings, two married couples, last week (Sept 2017), who were both Cruisers, Inc owners: about 33' but 39' overall. Boats came up in the conversation and I was asked what I had: "a Hatteras, a 43' MY", says I. "What's a Hatteras?", they responded; "...how do you...

My Onan MDJE raw water pump stopped pumping water this year. I would help it get prime and it would pump for awhile, but then act erratically. Finally, I was out for a short day cruise, running the genny underway, and she lost prime again, overheating, losing internal coolant and the overheat...

Chair holes.

Last pics tonight, under the cap's chair.

Pics with what good wood there was, i.e., not much.

Couple more panel pics after removed and vacuumed off.

Re: Flybridge Re-Core/ Sheet with Hole Pictures of the sheet of fiberglas pulled off with a hole about 2" dia. Ok, the hole covered a solid stub of epoxy resin and there are two of them behind the bridge chair. Any know what they are for? I have no clue. The rope is so I can lower it away.

Pictures of what I pulled off today, but I won't have more of the deck, until later. I pulled the pilot's chair (heavy bugger!) and vacuumed off the sheet I cut off. Chair is ratty, but I will re-finish her with 1990 Hatt paint.

This is regarding my re-coring efforts of the Flying Bridge of my 1972 43' DCFB. I bought her in 1997, and only used the FB for a couple years. I knew the coring was going bad, but it can be amazing how difficult it is to secure tradesman; even the yards have a hard time finding good people...

Well, I am hoping to be more active on the SM website. My Dad died five years ago, who was a massive fan of the boat, a 1972 43' Hatt DCFB MY. When he passed away, some family members went totally haywire and created massive havoc in the family, esp. for me physically and emotionally. I had...

So some winlasses are left of center, while others are on-center (observed). There is no direct discussion in any of these threads about this location. I will be installing a new Maxwell, bought from Sams, on a '72 DCFB with an existing pulpit, but no prior windlass. If installed on center...

I have tried several tool bags for various purposes, over the years. So for grins, I did some good ole' Googling on tool bags. One brand had constant high marks called 'Veto'. Cheap they are not, but they have a 5 year 'no down time' guarantee, and they are very heavy duty and they don't fall...

These are sections cut out and the tool used:

Pix after used Dremel saw to remove sections of wood. This shows the "good" wood vs. the backing board, which is against the salon fibeglas walls. The openings are a little (?) rough and I will be cleaning them up at the corners and sanding to level out.

Appearance where rotted...from today Jun 28,2014:d Center section where had rot. Had two such areas, but at each end of the center window that had been leaking. Frankly it looked worse than I thought it would, once I had the frames pulled and uncovered the wood. But when when the bad area was...

I have just finished pulling the window frames on one side of the salon of my 1972 43'DCFB. As they say, they were "really in there"; about three days of major grunting! Mostly a high effort of dragging out hardened caulking...good aerobic workout. I must say that the quality of the...

Picture of entire rig: Barrel in frame on wheels, attached soda hose, bottom outflow, and the mixture spigot/tip. Is actually hanging vertically on my garage wall, not sideways.

Pix Set 2: =============================== View of bottom of tank out of which the Soda is drawn and the vertical foam air filter. The plastic opaque hose is fairly stiff and slightly unwieldy but manageable. =============================== End view of blaster tip, show the broadened shape...

Pix of Soda Blaster: Yellow Barrel: Blaster Tip with my quick disconnect installed and black plastic shut off handle: Barrel with length of hose attached and black drain cover: