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Collateral Damage posted:To quote an ex colleague of mine: "The best two days of my entire boat ownership was the day I bought the boat and the day I sold the boat." The three F's is a relevant concept.
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Cakefool posted:Bigfuzzyjesus, beautiful boat, absolutely stunning and it's lovely to hear the story behind it as well. These are both excellent suggestions. You may even be able to have the original distributor retrofitted with electronic guts, if looking original is a concern. That boathouse is absolutely amazing, btw.
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Alctel posted:Also there is a sport fishing boat a few slips along from me with 3, 300HP engines O_O   I've seen that boat on the water. It's crazynuts, but not even a one-off; You can order one, and they'll build it. Their four-engine boats are pretty common, too. You need to come down to Fort Lauderdale for the boat show to see some really, truly ridiculous poo poo.
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Dec 24, 2014 13:44
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Open-ocean center consoles like that have as much in common with bass boats as an eighteen wheeler does with a Toyota Hilux. They're both trucks, and... Nope, that's it.
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Dec 25, 2014 16:30
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CommieGIR posted:We made it four pages without someone bringing up the Glomar Explorer?! The movie that video is taken from is Worth Your loving Time. Seriously.
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jhcain posted:Ok, now I actually want a mega yacht. gently caress, I'd settle for the AS365 parked ON the yacht.
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Nerobro posted:The Cobia has an midsize industrial A/C unit sitting on deck, that pumps air in through the torpedo loading hatch. The boat was cool, dry, and comfortable. I do not want to know what it was like under way... She had air conditioning when she was in service. Operating R and S boats in tropical waters in the twenties proved to the USN that AC was a cheap alternative to condensation and humidity loving RUINING the submarine.
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Aug 15, 2016 16:34
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bird cooch posted:Being robbed at boat point. I think you've found her name.
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Jun 7, 2017 13:08
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Maltese Falcon is a similar yacht, except while it is a good bit smaller, it doesn’t look like a bag of smashed assholes with masts sticking out the top.
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Oct 15, 2017 03:31
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monsterzero posted:...And YouTube titties get that patreon money. The recent proliferation of trust-fund-fueled youtube sailing channels points to this being a prime motivation.
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Feb 15, 2018 00:40
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monsterzero posted:“sailing isnt expensive! sailing isnt expensive!!”, i continue to insist as I slowly shrink and transform into a bag of stainless hardware Long for a thread title, but accurate.
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Mar 12, 2019 01:48
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FrozenVent posted:Our winter marina / storage yard is flooded. No launches until further notice. Conversely, all the launches whether you want to or not.
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Apr 21, 2019 13:20
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TheFluff posted:
 That’s a really pretty boat. Refresh my memory on make and model?
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May 24, 2019 21:22
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I had a 10’ flat-bottomed aluminum boat when I was a kid, with a 9.9hp Mercury. It was... Entertaining.
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Jul 13, 2019 18:31
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Humbug posted:...and glassed over. A lot of of it is completely inaccessible without cutting holes. *mild twitching*
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Feb 20, 2020 01:24
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n0tqu1tesane posted:What happens when it's the wife's idea to get the boat? The boat generally has an extra cabin and a marine head. And is bigger.
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Feb 20, 2020 16:28
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FrozenVent posted:Unless you have a good diver who doesn’t mind looking for pintles and poo poo in marina silt. I learned very early on in my career as an aircraft mechanic that I would never take a job with any operator with floatplanes or amphibs.  And as a diver, gently caress diving in marinas, there are entirely too many new and exciting ways to get maimed or killed.
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TheFluff posted:Thanks! I might need some luck here. Some more cleanup made it clear that it is indeed a spring pin (roll pin?) but it's also completely stuck in there. Spent a long time yesterday with a flat punch and a hammer but to no avail, it's not budging a millimeter. Sprayed a bunch of 5-56 (WD-40 equivalent) on it, will come back tonight and spray some more and we'll see if it'll move on Friday. You’re almost certainly going to need heat. Get it good and toasty and broken free and it should come out.
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Apr 27, 2020 16:37
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sharkytm posted:I mean, if you paid enough, they'd have it in Sweden in 48 hours. I did a couple courier trips when I was young and unattached and unemployed. If you’re willing to pay, you can do a lot better than 48 hours.
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Apr 28, 2020 01:06
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Crunchy Black posted:Counterpoint, they can make pigs of lake boats actually capable of towing with just a 305. Hole shot is truly incredible. They actually put those things on 305s? I puttered around one summer in a ~20ft bayliner with a 305 and an alpha one and it was just barely capable of getting out of its own way. I can’t imagine giving it even more bite down low did anything good to the top end. I always thought the counter-rotating drives were behind big blocks or something. Certainly not Chevrolet’s favorite anchor.
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May 17, 2020 04:53
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Nidhg00670000 posted:A fairly common joke in the 90s among boat people here was "Do you know what AIDS and Bayliners have in common?" In 2006-2008, three friends of mine went in on a boat together, none of them having any boating experience at all. They ended up with a 2000 Bayliner 215. IIRC they paid $7500 for it, with a couple spongy spots in the plywood floor. That thing got rode hard, put away wet (literally, often) for two years. I was with them often, since having friends with a boat, even a bayliner is better than owning a boat yourself. After two full seasons of hooning Biscayne bay and the intercoastal, they sold it for $7000. It remains the most inexplicable boating event I’ve ever encountered.
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May 20, 2020 00:14
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n0tqu1tesane posted:I mean, if you want "unsettling outboards..."   It's a 320shp Allison 250. Apparently developed for the DoD, Mercury racing's website claims it only weighs 200lbs all-in.
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May 22, 2020 13:56
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sharkytm posted:Please tell me you went "vroom vroom" while pushing the throttle, and "whirrrr whirrrr" while hitting the thruster joysticks. Also “ping-ping” while playing with the chartplotter.
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May 24, 2020 13:59
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Re: small engine chat, Are you using REC90 or otherwise non-corn-gas? The alcohol in US (I also don’t know if you’re in the states or not) autogas is absolute hell on small engine fuel systems.
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May 25, 2020 15:56
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I love boats. I really want to learn to sail. I have zero room in my life for a boat in terms of time or money. And yet I find myself looking at things... Ya’ll are a bad influence.
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Apr 26, 2021 15:31
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Hadlock posted:...a steel boat that had been sitting on the hard for 23 years, in the tropics, in brazil, outside... At what point does a boat stop being a boat, and become a really lovely house?
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Jun 4, 2021 05:56
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Hadlock posted:New thread title? No. Nautical Insanity: Secondary Backup Blender on Board
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Jun 4, 2021 15:16
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wargames posted:other progress, bump stop for the steering got pulled because its a rusty scaly mess, and i need to figure out a fab to make it in aluminium 6061 or 6063. Why not just clean it up and coat it? From the pictures it doesn’t look like there’s anything horribly wrong with it.
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Jun 12, 2021 22:56
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What does it bolt to? What material, I mean. Aluminum still corrodes; It just does so in different, more exciting ways.
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Jun 13, 2021 11:57
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 You should definitely post that in the mechanical failures thread. …And you should also call a priest.
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Jun 19, 2021 20:23
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Cat Hatter posted:Now I kinda want to pick up some shoulder length gloves for animal husbandry just to have on hand* if I need them. Anyone that has to do maintenance on marine or aircraft heads/lavs should have those on hand. I speak from unfortunate experience.
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Jul 4, 2021 13:59
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cakesmith handyman posted:Not a boat guy, but why the pontoon hate? Pontoon boats are great for partying and booze cruising, and not much else. They’re slow for the fuel burn, don’t handle worth a drat, and any kind of even halfway serious skier or wakeboarder is going to dislike the wake shape. They’re also dangerous as the sea kicks up, though that isn’t really an issue for lake use I guess. They certainly have a use, but they’re not my cup of tea either.
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Jul 24, 2021 17:17
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Elmnt80 posted:People spending covid on the water is part of it. A bunch of people who have hemmed and hawwed on it have pulled the trigger since they weren't burning money commuting, eating out and other spendy things. The last big thing is that the marine industry expected a massive slowdown from covid and cancelled a bunch of orders just to turn around and be blind sided by demand. A coworker of mine had his new flats boat sit at the yard for over six months waiting for an outboard. First world problems.
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By “won’t crank over” do you mean the electric starter won’t turn it over, or a breaker bar on the crank pulley won’t turn it over? If the former, big plus on at least charging the battery, if not swapping the thing for a known-good battery. Next, check the ground and positive cable ends for cleanliness and security. It they’ve got any evidence of corrosion, take em apart and clean them with fresh water mixed with baking soda, and then rinse them with copious amounts of fresh water, and dry them if you possibly can. If the latter… 
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Aug 10, 2021 23:20
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Applebees Appetizer posted:It's a Bote HD Bugslinger edition which means it's setup for fishing. Bōte makes solid stuff. I have the Lono, and it’s fantastic.
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Aug 19, 2021 00:44
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Farking Bastage posted:I think I may have found the closest thing to a perfect used boat there is. The owner bought it new in 2020 then had a long haul bout with covid which messed him up. After meeting with him and his wife, we walked away thinking we should have brought food! Super nice folks. Well, they decided to get rid of it and I was able to come by and check it out. The ad photos suggested that it had 175 hours on it, which I would be alright with provided it was maintained. Turns out it has 17.5 hours!!!!!! The photo from the ad happened to be between the blanking decimal point on the display Fuckin A. Not particularly related: I’m not a boat owner, but I got a targeted ad for the new Mercury Verado V12 outboard yesterday. I have no idea what in my browsing history implies that I’m a good target for a $75k 7.6L 600hp outboard, but here we are.
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Aug 28, 2021 18:06
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It's loving new and the guy doesn't even fish. He was looking for a dual console or a bowrider and got upsold into a CC. It's a 2020 Robalo R200 with a Yamaha F150 on the back.
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Elmnt80 posted:I'd recommend draining and refilling the lower unit at the 20 hour service as well, just to clear out any lurking bullshit from the original machining/assembly. This is good advice for pretty much any engine or gearbox. Break-in can make a little bit of metal.
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Godamn she must ride like steaming hot garbage that high in the water. Still pretty, though.
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Aug 30, 2021 01:00
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There’s a u-boat in your harbor.
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The real answer is to drink your margarita on the rocks, as Mr Morales intended.
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