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Yeah, Strick, I've seen red, white, yellow and the predominant one, the orange Golden Poppy. Red is definitely the prettiest. Symbol of the American Legion, I think. See them going up and down the grapevine over Tehachapi pass on the way to fish the Kern River north of Bakerspatch. And across the 138 to the 395 - the long way to Owens River. Kind of the west edge of the Mohave Desert - next couple of weeks should have insane blooms after the coming rains...might just have to make a road trip.

I used 1-1/2" angle cleats on my seat boxes and they are stout.

Your Seafari looks awesome! :cool: looking forward to the next slide show.

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Nice job on the teak swim platform.

You had mentioned earlier in this thread that you were going to build a fiberglass swim platform. You must have changed your mind?

If you had built a fiberglass swim platform, how would you have gone about making the mold and doing the layout schedule on the fiberglass? I'm interested in helping one buddy add a fiberglass swim platform to a 1978 18 foot BeachCraft open-bow runabout. If this works, another buddy would like to add a fiberglass swim platform to his 1996 20 foot Glastron open-bow runabout. The cost from the two swim platform manufacaturers in Arizona would run around $1500-$1600 for a delivered swim platform. Far too expensive of a proposition for these two older boats.

Here are a couple of links that show some [incomplete] pictures on how one marine fabricator makes fiberglass swim platforms.

fiberglass swim platform construction 1

fiberglass swim platform construction 2


Thanks!

Titaniumboy

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Gil- I never seen any white poppies but I have seen a few yellow poppies. We got tons of the little flowwering weed in my area. I was thinking of glassing in a cleat but now that you mention it I guess I could use some aluminum angle. I need to be able to calk around the bottom of the seat boxes for obvious reasons.


Titaniumboy- I decided for now just to keep the teak swim platform. It is such a nice looking piece of wood and is heavy duty as well. If I were to make a fiberglass swim platform I would have gone about it much like the old gal in the photos on the link you posted. Lay up would have been something like this. One layer Duratec sanding primer, Two layers 1.5 ounce matt, One layer 1708, 3/4 inch core cell and two layers 1708. Pop out of the mold then sand and paint with Awlgrip. Either have some braces welded up or make some fiberglass ones.

Some more photos of the second seat box coming out of the mold. This one will have the livewell inside.

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strick

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Those boots are getting to look familiar...I now would recognize them anywhere :D :D

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I do hear that is Califorina's cash crop... :eek:
Good thing Spidercrab does not live close to you.. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Pick-up the pace strick, 2:30AM post you should
have been in the shop WORKING!

Lookin' great!!

See ya, Ken

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My clothes look like my boots. Going to the store to buy new clothes would take away from time I could spend working on the boat. :D

That clock is about 4 hours fast. I have tried to change it but have not been able to...so you have to count 4 hours backward when you read my posts...gotta keep you fellas alert all the time :D

strick

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Strick,

Thanks for the reply. I do like the look of your teak platform. Did you build this yourself? If you did, where were you able to find the teak lumber, and at what kind of price per board foot?

Regarding a fiberglass platform, you mentioned using 3/4" core cell. Could one use 3/4" plywood or end-grain balsa instead? If the wood would work, would it still need to be 3/4" or could you go down to 1/2" or 3/8"?

You said after that after popping the swim platform out of the mold to sand and paint it. Does that mean I wouldn't need to do any fairing work?

Thanks again! Looking forward to more progress pictures of your restoration.

Titaniumboy

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Moving along steady as she goes. This is a male mold for the fish box/cooler. Made out of 5/8" MDF except for the bottom flange which is 1/4" exterior grade plywood. Its 34 inches long and 15 inches deep.

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I sanded it with 220. Clay was used to fill the staple holes and any imperfections. Then it was sprayed with duratec high gloss. The high gloss gets sanded lightly with 220 and 3 coats of wax are applied buffing in between coats. Tonight I sprayed it with 5 coats of PVA. It still might be a royal pain to remove from the part so stay tuned.

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This afternoon we were able to apply Awlgrip 545 epoxy primer to the bottom and sides of the hull. There are 2 heavy coats on right now. The primer will help show any small imperfections that need to be fixed. We will fix those and then 2 more coats of the primer will be applied. Then the boat will get block sanded and readied for paint.

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Side cabin windows have tinted tempered glass. I will most likely be painting all of the window frames on this boat with Awlgrip off white. I told the window guy that I would mount the windows but he went ahead and did it any way so I guess I will be taping these windows off prior to paint. These were the only windows that I had to have made. All the others are brand new and in boxes waiting to be installed.

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strick

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Coming along very nice Chuck. I wait for your posts each week!! Keep 'em coming.........

BTW: I won't comment on that remark but whatcha going to do when you score one of those 60" Sturgeons [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Thanks Capt Gucci! gotta help keep you fellas entertained :D

If I ever go fishing again I guess I'll have to strap one of those big Sturgeon to the teak swim platform...or just throw them back. Both these were released to fight another day. 73 inches and 69 inches respectively caught within 30 min of each other. BTW your marlin photo that you just posted makes me green with envy :cool:

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strick

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Getting a little worn out lately and I've been having to force myself to work. Also the elements are against me. The Bugs are out in full force...millions of little gnats and giant mosquito killers buzz the shop at night if I leave the doors open...but you got to have ventilation when doing glass work. I quit early tonight.

Another delima is my neighbors cotton wood tree. My grass looks like it got snowed on this weekend. It did not really matter for priming the boat. I put the giant tarps up and it kept most of the stuff off the boat However there is no way I'm going to be able to paint until this Bleeping tree sheds it's cotton...and I wanted to paint the bottom of the hull next weekend.

Here is the culprit:

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The mold for the cooler/fish box has been Gel coated and is ready to be glassed

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I started to make the mold for the live well that will go into the other seat box. It's 25 inches long and 15 inches deep...not big by any standards but it will do for keeping Bull heads and perch alive. I can probably put 1/2 scoop anchovies in it but that's about it. I guess I can always strap a portable one on the swim platform if I go tuna fishing.

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The gray primer I applied on Saturday helped reveal some small spider cracks in three areas so we ground those out and applied quick fair. Right now I'm waiting for that to dry so I can sand it down and put two more coats of primer on the hull.

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Strick

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You should be tired. :D

The key to keeping prisoners is not volume , but flow. Even a smaller well can hold a bunch if you can get lots of volume going through.

Beautiful work,
GFS

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strick,
Nice work, and the rate of progress is impressive. I'm looking forward to seeing all the parts come together. I expect I'll be referring back to this thread frequently when I get started on mine.

Have you decided what to do with your other 25? CC conversion, maybe? You don't happen to have a spare windshield laying around, do you? :)
Dave

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Dave- I don't have the stomach for another boat restoration...just takes up too energy and time. The windshield on the other 25 will have to go with the boat when I put it up for sale. Not sure when that will be as I'm using it for reference while I re do this one.

I finished the liner for the fish box the other night. It has 5 layers of 1.5 oz matt and it fits nicely. No problem getting it out of the mold. I still have to glass it in place. Tonight I waxed and put down PVA on the live well so hopefully I will be making that part tomorrow evening. Some shots of the liner.

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Strick

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Amen...All I have been doing is glassing and fairing for the last 2 years and I have not even got to the inside [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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But it will be worth all the effort in the end....at least that's what I keep telling myself

I was able to lay up the live well This morning.


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strick

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Man, you lay it down smooth. Nice work. And did you mention Tuna .....? :cool:

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Progress has been slowed some on the 25 seafari but I have managed to get a little work accomplished over the last two weeks.

The seat boxes have been painted

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Holes were cut for the Plumbing for the live well and fish box. The fish box will have one drain and the live well will have a fill,drain and overflow. A little thought had to go into were these holes were cut because the hoses for these fittings will route under the deck and back to the transom. I had to put the seat boxes in the boat to get the right measurements.

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with that out of the way I then glassed the live well and fish box to the underside of the seat boxes. I first glued them in place with some construction adhesive and then used 6" 1708 tape around the perimeter. A bead of 3M 4200 was run around the perimeter on the inside to ensure there will be no leaks.

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That was allowed to set up overnight and then I used spray foam to insulate. The spray foam worked great and was a cheap and efficient way to insulate. It was a little tedious to apply and I had to make an extension off the can to reach deep into the seat box but I got good coverage. It is compatible with polyester resin.

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I needed to make a bulkhead for the anchor locker since this boat did not come with one. Since my molding table is a mess right now I waxed and buffed a piece of hard board and then sprayed with PVA.

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50/50 White Gel coat and duratec high gloss clear additive was brushed on and then 2 layers of heavy matt

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I borrowed the bulkhead out of the other 25 seafari to use as a template and cut a $38 piece of 3/4 ply and then glued it down with cabosil.

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The finished bulkhead. The back and and edges will get a nice heavy layer of Gelcoat

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A couple weekends ago I turned the boat port into a spray booth again by tarping off both ends.

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and I was finally able to get the sides of the hull sprayed. This is Awlgrip Kingstone Gray. I still have to apply the boot stripe.

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The tower is in the shop as it needs some work prior to painting. It will get painted Awlgrip off white.

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This evening we secured the top cap to the hull with ss bolts and aluminum rivets. I will post again as soon as I get something worth posting. Time to go watch some Deadliest Catch re-runs.


strick

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That grey is a nice subtle color.

Am I correct in guessing that on your bulk head you will leave it in gel coat and not paint it (I guess that is why you gel coat :rolleyes:) :D

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Strick,

What can I/we say? Me thinks you are a Yankee at heart, just because of the level of ingenuity you bring to so many situations. Would you consider moving east to a town of 4000, 40 miles north of Boston and there are no strip malls, tacky shops or even a super market (they are close by though!). (My neighbor's house is for sale.)

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If you took a pic of a mosquito flying through that shop, it would be worth posting.

Where did you buy those seat boxes... :D

Amazing!!!

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I let Lisa pick out the colors for the boat. It's the least I could do after all the neglect she has been faced with since I started this restore job. BTW if any of you fellas ever want to test how much a women loves you then restore 3 boats over the course of 5 years. If she is still around after all that then you could pretty much get through anything with her. :D

The face of the bulk head is glassed. The back side (facing to the bow will just get a heavy coat of gel. I guess I could glass it too or paint but I'm getting a little lazy. :rolleyes:

strick

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Now I know why they call them Rocket Launchers :D

After taking a good look at yours, you could hire out when the boat is done and do the 4th of July Fireworks display at your local marina. :D :D

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Looking really good. I like the gray.

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HeHe...I don't really know how many rocket launchers there are on that thing....I stopped counting after 10. I'm not too excited about the way the rocket launchers are designed...sitting way up there with the bottom welded to the pipe. I think it looks ugly....but it will be functional and it's very well built...good welds and sturdy. I'll probably have some things modified on it down the road but for now I'm gonna throw it on the boat and see what it looks like. I did not really want it when I bought the boat and was going to leave it behind.

strick

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Just my 2 cents here but I would suggest you leave the tower off the boat, or remove the "launchers" and just use the arch. After so much excellent work done on the boat, and how beautiful it's looking, that thing would just detract from the total package and make it look tacky, like you "Bubbaized" it! :rolleyes:

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incredible! I am amazed by the beautiful quality and the phenomenal speed of your work.To see that level of craftsmanship is unbelievable.
I think you should start building custom Seacrafts,and rebadge them as "STRICK CRAFT"

You could be to Seacraft,what Jack Roush is to Mustang.

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Fabulous work, puts mine to shame!

Something to think about. This hull is sensitive to weight up high. You might want to put it in the water, test how it handles and then put the tower on and test again. I work with a guy who owned one years ago. He put on a big tower (with steering station) and said it was a bad idea. When he was in the tower and made a turn, it leaned over so far that he felt like "you could kiss the water's surface". The tower weight was enough to affect stability even with nobody in it.

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Thanks fellas for the nice comments and valuable advice. I'm gonna see about having it modified. Need the radar arch for sure....the visor part and the rocket launchers I'm not too sure about.

strick

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You could kiss the water surface, even in the captains chair. I grew up thinking this boat was unsinkable and self righting with all my Grandfathers and uncles stories over the years. I think I have told a few of those stories on this board. It was only after finding this site, that I started to think otherwise. I used to purposely lay the boat on her side, just to touch the water from the captains chair, for kicks. It seems foolish now but not when I was a teenager. Anyway I could never even make her cavitate with all that foolishness. A high tower with helm would make a difference but I dont think Stricks tower will make too much of a difference, especially if he removes 53 of those rod holders :D

I always wanted a radar arch. The boat does need a place for the antennae for the toys. If I ever get any of those toys, I'll have to find an alternative as I will, one day, move her to Nova Scotia(that might be soon as I just bought a trailer) and I have one low bridge at high tide on my river and want to be able to use the boat in any tide.

I think she looks sharp with the tower. Looking forward to seeing her with the windshield on.

Brandon

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Wow, Strick.

I have not logged on in a bit and am really impressed with your progress. Love the Kingston Grey...excellent color.

Next time I am in NorCal again, I will need to stop by for another visit. You're a boat builder in a land of cowboys!

Lastly, if you head east this summer to visit BigShrimpin, send me a note and we can schedule a tuna trip out of Boston.

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Ed- hope all is well with you. We would love to see you again if you and your wife ever get down this way....but make time for a boat ride next time! I was talking to Bigshrimpin about doing some bass fishing and tuna fishing so maybe I'll get over there.


Lids for the seat boxes.


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I had some left over boot stripe paint from the 20sf. Boot stripes are a lot of frigging work. 7 slow and tedious trips around the boat with tape, 2 trips around to sand it, 1 trip around to clean with acetone and then 3 trips around to spray it. Not counting 10 trips around making sure everything looks Ok during the whole process. Pulling off the tape when it's all finished is the only fun part of boot striping


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Getting the rub rail on this weekend

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strick

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Wow thats looking goooood.

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all hail the great strick!! unreal quality and speed, i know you say your done after this, but you really need to get your hands on a 21...

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A few more shots of some of the work accomplished this past weekend.

Cap is bolted and riveted to the hull and liner. I was surprised how nicely they squeezed together. Calking is in place to seal the joint around the boat.

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The rub rail on this boat is in fairly good shape. Somebody took the time to polish it and then bubble wrap it prior to storing it for 10 years. This boat really wants to go out side so it can show off its new paint job...

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Making the parts for the step down. Instead of using wood like the original design I decided to just make some fiberglass inserts that will be screwed down when complete.


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I had one little spot were the resign leaked through

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I went postal on the tower....started cutting stuff off until I liked the way it looked. I cut off 4 of the rod holders. The visor had a wake board boat look to it..... so off it went. There was a tripod thingy for a mast light that I hacked off as well. I'll grind down the remaining welds and re paint the thing.

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strick

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Beautiful work, strick. You're an inspiration. I hope to get started on mine soon and this thread will be an excellent road map along the way.

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Moving along VERY SLOWLY but some work has been accomplished over the last couple weeks.

making some lids for the fiberglass step down inserts

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A layer of 1708 goes over the top of this

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The inside of the box has core cell sides and a 1" ledger and the lids are then glassed to the box

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Anchor locker bulk head is screwed in place. This will get trimmed out later on.

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Window frames and tower have been sanded and primed with Awlgrip 545 primer...I have both gray and white primer in the shop.

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Step down inserts are primed and faired with "quick fair" Only two sides will be visible the top and the side that
faces the walk way into the cabin. These little boxes are strong. They are made to stand on when underway. I will
have some kind of access hatch or deck plate to get to the inside so they can be screwed down and have storage inside.

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Spraying Awlgrip paint. The Tower was a pain in the rear to spray...now I know why they invented powder coating.

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Still waiting on my fuel tanks to be finished...the trailer is getting new surge brakes/master cylinder and receiver. Once the trailer is back I'm going to give it a quick coat of paint and new bunks lights etc....anyone got any idea what kind of paint to use on a steel trailer? The paint that is on it is in good shape but has faded.

We took a little trip last weekend up the Mendocino coast and spent the night at Timber cove Lodge. Some photos of
the area. I got in trouble when we got home because I had the camera set for low resolution pictures (needed for internet posting) and forgot to change it while we were there. The photos don't do justice to the beauty of the
Mendocino coast.

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Lots of sheep on the ocean on Saturday. Sunday was a lot better.

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On the way back home we stopped at the marina in Bodega bay... I like to check out the boats. We saw the usual west
coast stuff...

A commercial salmon boat

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A Farallon

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An ugly Ospray with a big flat butt

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A Raddon craft

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A Davis

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California fishermans answer to the Live well...two garbage cans

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We were about done looking at boats and walking back to the truck when something familiar caught my eye across the marina.

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This boat was not here last year...I would have saw it. I like my tower better.

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Still has the original seats

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Her name was missing off her sides and the old gal sat quietly at rest as if she had nothing to prove to her younger and larger stable mates.

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strick

Re: I Need A Shrink !
 

Looking really good. Glad you enjoyed Mendo! I love living here. Did you go snail hunting?

Re: I Need A Shrink !
 

I've only been once. This trip left me thinking that I really need to get into that. Hard to beat Abalone as table fare. There were lots of rock pickers...and lots of wardens roaming about.

I was viewing you project blog the other day. That's gonna be a cool little boat when it's all finished. I see you have hired on Finseeker as a consultant :D

strick

Re: I Need A Shrink !
 

Chuck is a great guy. We went ab diving last week after salmon fishing.

If you ever want to give ab diving a try, let me know.
There's a reason I ordered such a huge dive platform!!!

I love the mellow paint scheme of this boat.