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For a composite top, Ideally it would be Nomex honeycomb or Divinycell PVC foam, core, 1/2-3/4" thick depending on the span with a couple mm of glass on each side. Solid glass on the edges and where the supports and any holes go. As Peter mentioned, you would need a mold to do this correctly.

Does this have the 3 cylinder Shibaura engine like in the picture? If so, are you just removing the pump plate which contains all three pumps? You don't need to time the pump if you are just removing that assembly to replace the gasket. You do however have to carefully remove the linkage from...

Follow-up on this. I just spoke to McClane at Frostline, super helpful guy. He was familiar with the design of this system and said it really wasn't great. He said this unit works better as a fridge and has to work hard to get to freezing temps. He also suggested it be run at 10-12F degrees...

Thanks Ken, I will reach out to McClane and see if he has any suggestions. Still no word back from Sea Freeze/Northern Lights on my inquiry for help. I really like the quality of the Sea Freeze units, I'd hate to tear them out. Ted, when charging on the generator I stop short of the float...

Thanks Ted, this is a good suggestion. I have three 8D AGM batteries as my house bank. The charger, a Xantrex Freedom 25 can in theory put in 130A during the bulk charge phase. I've seen around 100A via the control panel, but I think it drops off faster than I would expect and the charger...

I had a chance this weekend to give a good look around at options to add a separate freezer. The options aren't great. In the galley, there is a spot where the smallest of freezer drawers would fit. The blue tape area shows the outline. The lower drawer would need to be removed. Here is a...

^^^ Looks like a few bad reviews on that model.

Lot's of good suggestions guys, much appreciated. Ted, I like the look of that Engle freezer, but we really don't have a good place to put one. The evaporator coils are mounted outside of the fiberglass box and then there is insulation on the outside of that between the box and front surface...

I've contacted Sea Freeze, or what's left of them. Apparently they are now part of Northern Lights. One email and a phone message and no reply yet. They transferred me to someone in FL, so who knows if I will hear back. Peter, I had considered if the insulation had become wet and turned it...

I have an issue with power usage by a built-in chest freezer I want to run buy you all. My boat has built-in custom DC fridge in the galley with no freezer compartment. In the cockpit, in a somewhat awkward location I have a fairly substantial top-loading chest freezer which is AC powered...

I may be late to this project, but thought I would add my 2c. When I remodeled my flybridge we added two captain chairs. The deck of the flybridge is 1" honeycomb with about 1/8" of glass on both sides. I ended up making 3/8" G-10 plates a bit larger than the base of the seat and using SS...

Agreed, that's a beautiful boat for the $$$. Maybe send yourself to MAN training to work on it yourself and pull the trigger.

I had someone apparently get sick over a couple of trips during Christmas time and they barfed in the head (to be discrete I suppose). It caused a terrible smell that took some serious flushing to get back to normal. I think it just really created some smelly bugs that even aerating didn't...

Keep in mind, this boat was glass over plywood, built in the 1950s. The San Diego fishing fleet is very old and as lived far past it's intended life. These boats were built by Ditmore Donaldson, Drake, Seaway and others at various levels of quality, some were plank, some glass over ply...

There were a lot of boats in the area. If it were a container it would likely have been spotted. This is a glass over ply boat and is quite old so it's possible it just let go with the heavy weather.

Hmm, I'm trying to figure out how this is different from a traditional stuffing box. I see the flange version appears to have a rubber cutlass bearing but does the tube style have one as well? I'm following this since I plan to make a change from the PSS on my boat during the next haulout...

The sport boat Jig Strike sinks near the Cortez bank off San Diego over the weekend. All POB were rescued by a nearby boat and everyone is ok. https://wonews.com/jig-strike-sinks-at-cortes-bank/ Reports are they hit something, but it was pretty rough and this is an older boat so who knows...

I've been in one of the San Diego Safe Harbor locations for three years now. I have no complaints. I actually replied to a customer survey that I would like to see them have a rule to ensure boats are operable, we still have too many derelict boats in the marina for my taste. The marina is...

Good deal, sounds like you have a good platform to work with. Keep us posted on the progress and have fun with your new toy!

What version of 6BTA? WOT is low for a 370hp and tachs should tested against a digital one on the crank. If it is a 370hp version it should turn over 3K loaded. Look over the color of the compressor side of the turbos, if the paint has gone dark tan, then they may have been overloaded and you...

From what I can see from the pictures it looks to be floating, so that's a plus. But the boat appears to be very low end in terms of finish, lots of Formica and printed ply interior. If you are going to spend all this time working on a boat, why not pick something with some charm and...

I'm not sure if this has been posted, but I'm interested if anyone has knowledge of this boat. Apparently only a few were made. I wonder how it would handle? It looks to be in very good condition and seems to be a lot of boat for the money...

I had our boat there for a year in 2020-2021. It's a good deal, at the time it was $250/month and $150 round trip for launch and retrieve. The staff was good and they let me get away with some things that weren't really allowed, like flushing and washing the boat. They say you can't work on...

Suggest to the mods to please close this thread.

Ray, please....