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I'm helping a friend with an Egg Harbor and one of the first things he wants to tackle is a small amount of rot in some interior wood. Fortunately, the hull is FRP. I've used Git Rot before - back in the day, and was satisfied with it. Now, I'm wondering if Smith's penetrating epoxy would work...

Have some business meetings in Wrightsville Beach NC near Wilmington for a couple of days. Anyone know of any marinas or boat related points of interest worth checking out? Eric

Michigan has had the coldest winter in decades. Water expands to freeze,and at Macinaw City the water in Lake Huron below the surface ice was supercooled. It expanded to break through the surface ice and froze into this incredible wave. Looking at this makes me think Spring can't come too soon...

Does anyone have any useful tips for cleaning up dirty power cables? I cleaned one up with Simple Green and a 3M scrub pad and it may have been a little too aggressive. It's clean but the shine has been knocked off. Also any ideas on how to bring back a little bit of the finish? I'm thinking...

I've got some time this winter to see if I can bring my Eisenglass back to a clearer condtion. I've used the Meguiars #17 and #10 cleaner / Polish products before and was somewhat pleased with the result, but I've heard there are better, somewhat more aggressive products out there that can be...

We saw this boat coming down the shore south of Chicago. Whatever it is, it was FAST. Did not leave much of a wake. I don't care for the style much, in fact it looks like a bridge sheared the top off. I wondered if anyone could identify it. Eric

Carve a floating car from wood!

Just received an email from a local Sea Ray distributor. (they're huge) Talking about a "Demo Day" Here's a direct quote from the email. "Some people need to demo a boat before they make the final decision to purchase. To make it easy for you we are scheduling demos on some of our most popular...

Well maybe not, but these are about as rugged as it gets. Impressive. http://www.network54.com/Forum/424840/message/1186438831/Need+stainless+steel+427+risers--++Well+just+call+Jim+Mathis+%21

I noticed last night that the water flow from the Cruisair heat exchanger was diminished significantly. Checked everything up to the Exchanger and flow was normal. I was able to blow out the exchange coil somewhat using lung pressure, but it clogged up again shortly after that. I suspect I need...

In the spirit of full disclosure as proposed by REBrueckner in the "The Agreement" I wanted to conclude my saga of replacing the tanks in our 1968 38DCMY. Of course, this is not as technically challenging as a lot of posts, but it's good news, so what the heck. The tanks were installed over the...

Maybe I should have worked a little harder on my golf game! http://www.wacolab.com/ej/gregnorman.pdf eric

Dear Forum Think there's no such thing as a silly question? These may require you to re-think that position. To make it as painless as possible, I'll ask 'em all at once. These are a mongrel assortment of things that have sort of bothered me for a long time, but I always thought someday I'd...

Pascal Is that one of Carver's latest designs in front of your boat? Looks pretty rugged. Nice Tuna Tower!

We took some friends out for a late season cruise today in spite of some rather discouraging weather. Had a nice trip through downtown Chicago and headed back south into a pretty nasty south wind. There was some concern on several faces as we looked ahead to 10 miles of aggressive whitecaps. No...

Sorry to have to have to lower the discusion level here, but I'd like to engage the braintrust on a problem I have with some of nature's finest. I'm talking about waterfoulers. That is all those miserable ducks and geese that gave up their honest living, flying north to canada and south to...

Boat US has a new abbreviated story on their website telling of the evils of ethanol. Nothing really new, but Boat US is sounding a little more strident on this subject. Haven't seen the printed version, but it has apparently affected a certain U.S. congressman adversely...

I hope I'm not out of line here suggesting a view at a Chris Craft oriented site, but there is a memorial tribute running on the commanderclub website that would be of great interest to anyone who has ever struggled to bring a boat back from near death. The man responsible - Warren Pateman, must...

The Bendix autopilot on my 1968 38DCMY is original equipment and is performing erratically. Last weekend during a Lake Crossing we made attempts to troubleshoot its operation but we were at a disadvantage without schematics or even a theory of operation. Several people have suggested that the...

Polyethylene Fuel tanks In response to the Ethanol/FRP compatibility situation, I spent some time measuring the dimensions of the fuel tanks in my 38’ DCMY as a first step in replacing them later. They are under the single beds in the aft cabin, and not particularly accessible to measure except...