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I hate to say this but since I moved to Florida and away from my kids my 55 convertible is just too much boat for my wife and I both to maintain and handle. The large groups I used to fish with stayed as well and I am 40 miles from the nearest travel lift that can handle the boat. She is not yet...

No details. Maybe engine room?? https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/coast-guard-rescue-gulf-of-mexico-burning-boat/289-42da5b6a-8f90-469a-9b30-b339da4062ee?fbclid=IwAR1fjAYXVPKqYcMEAWT8gwgRVn5LcMWYtwen5irzdcDt7Y1qqrxWgWUXChk

Someone had painted mine when I bought my boat. I wound up buying new ones from Metcalf https://www.mmxhaust.com They were not very expensive and fit my 12V71's perfectly once I got the left and right side straight with their salesman. They make them to order and seem to be of good quality for...

Thought I would post here before I call someone in. My L&M Marine Leader generator will crank and run momentarily then shuts down on low oil pressure. It has a Deep Sea Systems 5210 control panel. Manual gauge verifies I have 75# of oil pressure. This started about the time the hurricane hit...

This is exactly why there is no limit on size or numbers of mahi in Federal waters. Cant tell you how many times I have hit the dock with 45 plus after coming in on a grass line. As stated above all are eaten by the crew or given to others who dont have this luxury. I have pictures of amberjack...

Oscar I easily put 4 in my battery box and now have an extra box. Scott say what you want about the Sams garbage I really don't care. I hate going to big box places but I needed some batteries as I had a trip this weekend. They had 3 in stock, all had 6/21 as a date of manufacture. I needed a...

Just wanted to share a bit of information that I had trouble finding about GC8 golf cart batteries. They will easily crank a 12V71 in a 32 volt bank of 4. I was told they would but only found one person who had done it. I am in Florida so I can't attest to cold weather performance. The 8V21's...

Our print shop was having trouble getting the layout converted on the engraver software so they made me some UV resistant stickers for a temporary solution.They turned out pretty good

I took a couple pictures of mine. I cannot install outer pilings either due to canal width restrictions. The fender board works well. It is a little long as I built it before I bought the Tide Minders. I had to leave slack in the rope for the tide. Now I only need a foot of slack so I could get...

I decided if I had to remove all of the gauges in order to paint the helm it wouldn't happen if I was involved. I taped them all off. Once for the primer (545) and again for the finish coats. Also taped off around the eisenglass, rails, etc. Put Wal mart bags around the panels which really were...

Went ahead and painted the easy part, which is the forward portion of the bridge. I was glad I did away with the screws and glassed the bench in with a layer of 1708. I did the lids separately. I would normally "roll and roll" this type project but there was so many areas that needed brushing...

While I had the starboard bench out I took the opportunity to paint the deck and wall covered by the bench with some Awlgrip I had left from when I did my window frames. It was 3 years old but turned out perfect. Seeing the shine in this made me contemplate painting the entire bridge. I would...

I decided to go ahead and do away with the screws holding the benches and helm down. I wound up pulling them out and filling the holes with thickened epoxy. Put a fillet where they hit the deck. I had to remove the starboard bench completely as the rot was well under it. While it was out I also...

Removed all the core and was going to replace with Coosa at $400/sheet. Then the light bulb went off that I would have coosa in 3 places and balsa in the other 2/3 of my boat. I bought some marine plywood at $80/sheet. It took 2 sheets. The marine plywood worked out to the perfect thickness, in...

When I bought the Southern Drawl about 3 1/2 years ago there were two soft spots noted on the bridge deck. I knew they needed to be fixed but they were not that bad and I had fishing to do. Well they got a bit worse last summer and turned into 3 spots. I decided to start the repairs New Years...

I am finally able to reply to this after 3 1/2 months of remodeling my helm. I will start a new thread with the progress but this started as a flybridge core repair project and wound up as a helm painting and re-working

Almost embarrassing comparing my work to the original Hatteras wiring. The black tape is because I couldn't bring myself to cut the original wire thus I used a bolt to hold two ring eyes together. I ran the yellow wire directly to the ground bar and the input of the convertor directly to the...

Finishing up my bridge painting/deck repair project and decided to replace the leaking shaft seal on my helm while I had it out to paint. Sams had the seal kit in stock. I decided not to attempt to replace all the seals but just the shaft ones on top. The issue I am having is the shaft turns...

I was looking at a 50C on the East Coast (West Palm area) that had the same issue. I was quoted 30K to do the job. The owner wouldn't budge on price and it needed other stuff as well so I backed off. I am currently doing a similar project on my flybridge. I am down to the painting and probably...