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    Li Installation Contractor Hold Harmless and Insurance Approval

    Absolutely no HH. And if want to see if he even HAD ins.
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    Bottom paint condition, pre-purchase

    Really hard to see blisters that have been repaired & painted over. Like how big & how many.
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    Bottom paint condition, pre-purchase

    A blast job would give you several years of use. But more important would reveal hull damage or repaired blisters currently hidden. I think if'n it was me , id offer to split the blast/paint bill contingent on no prior hull damage revealed upon blast. Also resolves the issue of what type of...
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    Need Perkins Sabre M135 exhaust elbow

    If youre going to go custom, would going all 1 piece make it difficult to install ? Doesnt look that hard to fab. There is a rag called " Boats & Harbors" for commercial boats. Theres usually an ad or 2 for custom exhaust on there.
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    Finn 8 Project Boat

    TKS ! Would not have realized there are accomodations in the center section.
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    Finn 8 Project Boat

    Man, what a cute boat! Love to see a shot looking down showing layout of cabins etc. One comment - i see metal elbows etc between rubber hose in the exhaust & no bonding wire to tie them to the sacrificial electrolysis system.
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    De icer question

    Musta missed something. Thread started with bubbler and migrated into "Kasco", not the same thing. Had REAL bubbler system, compressor noisy, PITA. Went to de-icer like Kasco. Cripes, in the old days wed wait for the ice to form & pour a gallon of #2 around the boat
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    Is She A Project Boat and What To Do?

    Whatever you do, be damn sure the title gets flipped into the buyers name suddenly. Lots of the "donation" sites do NOT, they just jump it. A year later the vin comes back to YOU.
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    Flybridge enclosure - Remove windscreen or no???

    Great stuff. But it doesn't roll well & sounds like thunder in a wind
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    Is She A Project Boat and What To Do?

    Be careful with a donation. Many places will only give you a receipt for what it SELLS for, not book or pie in the sky.
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    Flybridge enclosure - Remove windscreen or no???

    I see no way to do glass given the curve of the bridge. Plexi might bend and work If the lower helm is "perfect", leave the bridge alone for the resale or do canvas to the venturi.
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    Humor

    A snail was tired of going slow his whole liife. He put all his money together and bought a souped up car. On the door he put a big red S. And all the people said "Lookit that S car go!!"
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    Mainship Pilot 30 cabin Heat options after hours

    Hey, i offered a very quiet option
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    Flybridge hard top

    When you fab either the tube or the hardtop, watch the forwardmost corner. Wherever you plan to mount the glass on that spot, be sure it is AFT of a vertical line down to the corner of the windscreen or wherever the lower edge will be. If the hardtop corner is forward of the lower corner , you...
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    Winter Storage Position

    Whatever way , pull the garboard drain plug. My PO didnt, 10 yrs on the hard & water 1/2 way up engine
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    Mathers 2006 34 Mainship Trawler runaway engine

    Diesels can runaway on their own lube oil if rings are bad. CO2 fire extinguisher or cut off air..
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    Lehman SP135 Fuel Pump Removal

    How many hours did it fail ?
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    Troubleshooting loud squeak on Cummins6BT

    Now might be time for a reminder if your belt is behind plumbing
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    Gb 49my alluminium aft cabin windows

    Form follows function. If its coming OUT, do you care? Now IN is different.
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    Gb 49my alluminium aft cabin windows

    Wet it & see
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    MS Pilot 34 Exact LOA

    Write to the marina and ask what they use as criteria. "Will a 36'ranger be acceptable" & get it in writing .
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    Charles Charger 60A

    Tks, it has wings
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    Charles Charger 60A

    I have this nice charger that doesn't work. Checked AC & DC fuses, all ok. Charles RIP. Is it junk or anything else i can check/fix ?
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    Spacers for water pump alignment

    If you have the room, lay a known straight piece of anything in the groove of the 2 pulleys. Should be true. Then across the faces of the pulleys. Faces should be parallel but not necessarily even.
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    Milton

    It's surprising how many cars with blown engines manage to get near the beach.
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