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    Caution bad surveyer in San Francisco Bay Area

    Where would be the proper place in the forums to post about crooked fraudulent surveyor in the San Francisco ?
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    Wanted: Hydraulic thruster valves

    Looking for the valves ,proportional and a ABT trac dual joystick to complete a thruster system I am putting together ,
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    Wanted: WTB Westerbeke 20kw sound shield

    Looking for a Westerbeke 20kw BEDA sound shield/sound guard
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    Rebuild hynautic controls or go with electronic engine controls

    I have an old trawler 60’ with the teleflex hynautic engine and drive controls, the yard is suggesting glendinning electronic controls and not do not waste the money rebuilding the hynautic, I have old Detroit 8v92s , so I need to go with the cable type actuators , I have an opportunity to get...
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    Who makes sounds shields?

    Can anybody suggest a company that makes sound shields ? Or a good source for a used one, I have a couple of 15 year old generators and would like to put sound shields on them ,they seem to be to old to purchase new ,my 20 kw has a power take off for a hydraulic thruster ,will this be an issue...
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    Battery question

    Thank you for all the info , fortunately I can get the battery’s from any type of car from Tesla’s to smart cars for zero $, if you look into used battery’s out of damage cars you can buy them really cheap and they are like new,my thoughts were they wouldn’t pass survey and if they catch fire...
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    Battery question

    Has anybody ever considered using NI-MH batteries or lithium Ione batteries in there boats as House or equipment batteries, I have an opportunity to have any and all types of hybrid and electric car batters from smart cars to Tesla , it seems they are much lighter and compact and all ranges of...
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    Bow pulpit ideas

    Hi I have this 60”trawler with a 66” teak bow pulpit and I would like to modify and modernize it, I am considering cutting it down to about 30” and laying a fiberglass pulpit over the top that is a few inches wider on both sides and running a anchor roller on the left and right side of it. Any...
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    Stern modifications

    Hi I would like to make this boat easier to board and modernize the stern any suggestions?, I have thought about putting port and starboard transom doors , raising the swimstep and skirting it to make it look like it’s 12” thick , I picked up hydraulic telescoping gangway I would like to...
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    Does anybody suggest a person or company that can put my boat on 3D and do some color schemes and tweaks on modifications the hard top lengths and radar placrement etc.
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    You the glow in the dark mirror glass
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    I am still thinking about it, leaning more towards painting the hull and bollocks white and the cabin a color , and a big strip at the top of the hull, splitting the eyesbrow with white and a color ,, maybe doing the hardtop in black...heading to the Seattle boat show this week end maybe I’ll...
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    Wow, I would like to see pictures when your finished
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    It should bulwark,I don’t know why I keep calling bullocks
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    Thank you actually , I do have someone putting together a 3D model on a computer for me so we can play with colors and possible transom modifications ,thinking about building an aluminum cap and covering the center transom door and adding a port and starboard door,along with extending my aftdeck...
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    Thanks I never thought about that aspect of of it, I guess that’s why navy ships are grey
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    I had some dry rot repaired in the overhangs, eyebrows and bollocks so I have to paint them , the cabin and hull paint is actually really nice and probably 5-7 years old the bollocks and eyebrow are faired nice now and should look like the hull after being painted, as many of you know painting...
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    At first I was thinking blue, but blue kinda fights with the different blues of the water and there is a lot of blue boats out there, then I thought about a taupe but it fights with the teak ,grey and teak look good together , but without the sharp lines of these modern trawlers like the Bering...
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    Rub rail ideas

    Hi Does anybody have any good ideas on capping or modernizing this large teak rub rail, looking for an affordable solution , maybe just capping the outside of it with some stainless about 2.25” tall, any ideas would really be appreciated Regards Matt
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    Color choices on hull cabin

    Hi I am thinking about painting this boat with some colors , I am thinking grey on the hull and bollocks, white on the cabin,wings ,lower half of eyebrow and flybridge sole and sides, grey on upper half of eyebrow ,radar arch , and doing a the bridge hardtop( I want to add) in charcoal...
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    Modernizing a trawler

    The boats at CSR,the 8v92 run well, the steering is stiff, I’ll check the iron filter and if that’s not the issue I’ll put electronic controls on it,the drystack was removed because it ate up so much space in the salon&bridgr and it was shot, going with and underwater system, the teak decks were...
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    Modernizing a trawler

    Hi everyone I am modernizing an old 60’ trawler I bought ,just got started on the project , removed the old dry stack exhaust and stack , putting a wet under water exhaust system , gutted the slalom galley , hoping to remove part of the wall between pilot house and salon , here is a few...
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    For Sale: Dry stack exhaust system with fiberglass stack

    Thank you tilt rider, am planning on going to the boat show,I will probably take you up on finding good talent , I am going to need a good cabinet maker,metal fabricators that have cad/ cnc machines / water jet cutters,somebody that can build marine sliding doors ,someone that can do the bright...
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    For Sale: Dry stack exhaust system with fiberglass stack

    I know they put in water and ran it over to hatton and started tearin* out the dry stack exhaust ,the hydronic engine controls were very stiff and couldn’t get one transmission into gear,I am not sure if it’s an actuator, probably have to service the reservoir filter and change out fluid in the...
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    Hello everyone...

    I am hopping to get a bunch of work done up in Seattle ,paint,new underwater exhaust ,new galley cabinets ,hard top,install all the furniture on the flybridge ,I can’t get an insurance binder to take it down the coast until spring , so I am hopping the yard can get all the bid stuff finished up...
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