Forum: General
11-28-2010, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 471
Re: New Boats
More bad news for Florida...
Quote a local Carolina Newspaper
There is good news for a troubled boat maker. Fountain Powerboats says it will expand and create 411 jobs.
The announcement was...
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Forum: General
11-27-2010, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 471
Re: New Boats
Most of the boat builders in FL are shutdown or on life support. Many of them, like SeaCraft/Mako moved to the Carolinas, and with the economy in the tank down here, there are not many boats being...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
10-21-2010, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 20,877
Re: 23 Rebuild
The sole is mounted at the factury height.
Unless you get 2 guys standing in the corner at rest, the scuppers stay dry. I also have the rabud covers on them, so water doesn't come in. Cockpit...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
10-21-2010, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 133
Views: 20,877
Re: 23 Rebuild
I hindsight, twin 60 gal would be great, but it is what it is now. When I get a 40 gal livewell in the transom full of water, 100 pounds of ice in the fish box in the floor, the 250 suzuki hanging 3...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
10-21-2010, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 20,877
Re: 23 CC rebuild - shine
I am not sure what your plans are for using this boat, but when I redid mine, I put in a 150 gal tank, and with a single suzuki 4 stroke, I probably only needed 100 gallon. When you try to plane it...
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Forum: General
10-01-2010, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 352
Re: Need some help with fairing, etc.
I had to do a little buildup to 1/4" in 2 places on my transom cap, and within about a year, I had small cracks appear. I would suggest not going much thicker than 1/8" with the fairing compound. ...
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Forum: General
09-30-2010, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 266
Re: Fishbox Siliconed Shut :-(
Slow steady presure.
Put something in the hole where the handle was, then come up with some type of worm/threaded rod, and slowly put pressure on it, tighten it up morning and evening, give it a...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
09-23-2010, 11:04 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 805
Re: Who wants boat porn?????
The merc was great, right to the point the crank broke on the bearing at the bottom of the motor :(.
Lot's of power, but thristy, and ate oil. The suzuki is down maybe 5% in power from the merc,...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
09-23-2010, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 805
Re: Who wants boat porn?????
What I did with mine was clean it up good, use wood flour to thicken some epoxy to sticky paste, filled the gaps/etc with that.
Then I put 3 layers of 45/45 12 oz no matt tape with slightly...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
09-23-2010, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 805
Re: Who wants boat porn?????
I would really consider using epoxy instead of glass to repair that stringer and reconnect it. Glass will only give you a mechanical bond, where epoxy will give you both a mechanical and chemical...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
09-22-2010, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 805
Re: Who wants boat porn?????
Looks like most '87 era boats.
For some reason, there were a lot of hull/stringer disconnects in these years. Clean it up good, and use epoxy to stich the stringers back to the hull.
Check the...
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Forum: Off Topic / Fishing
09-16-2010, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 395
Re: Jupiter inlet incident
We heard about this all the way up in Central FL.
Prayers out to his family.
I lost power coming in Sebastian Inlet (close second to Jupiter on the sphincter scale) and almost lost my 23'. That...
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Forum: General
09-08-2010, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 8,089
Re: $100 copy of a Fomula 233
That thing has massive trim tabs. From 50 feet away the hull looks very much like a seacraft. Fill in the i/o, put a bracket/4stroke on it, and you have a heck of a boat.
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
08-30-2010, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 600
Re: priming aluminum
Whether you paint or powder coat, prep is everything. I have a couple of chips in my powder-coated bracket, and i "patched" them with a dab of 5200, and they have not spread. Going on 2 years.
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
08-29-2010, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 350
Re: Transom angle for outboard bracket
13 degrees is right. Single or twin, I would go with a 30" setback. It allows you to mount the motor higher, and also puts the prop in cleaner water. The hard part is the bracket mounting height. ...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
08-29-2010, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 600
Re: priming aluminum
I had mine powder coated. I have seen few brackets that are painted without being chemically etched, and then painted/baked that have held up very long. This is usually outside the ability of most...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
08-26-2010, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 231
Re: Foam for stringers
I am not sure I would put the foam back in. I would drill some drains near the bottoms of the stringers, and then use epoxy to stitch and strenghin it. Someone else might want to chime in, but I...
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Forum: Performance
08-26-2010, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 519
Re: Outboard motor w/ HIGH hours??
With average maitenance, ob motors last a long time. The only new thing is alcohol, and it is killing a lot of older 2 stroke carb and tbi efi motors. Crud in the fuel system will lean out a...
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Forum: General
08-18-2010, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 246
Re: Gauge or sending unit?
If you ground the sender wire on the back of the gauge to the negative batttery, it should peg to full. Gauges rarely go, although mine went this year. The most common cause of this is a bad ground...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
08-17-2010, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,108
Re: DIY Outboard Bracket
You might want to check the boards, ebay, and craigslist. With the boat market in meltdown, there are some brackets to be founnd. If you could find one that would fit correctly for 3-400 bucks, I...
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Forum: General
08-17-2010, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,690
Re: savage 23 inboard
There are plenty of cheap OB scepters that could be converted into a savage if that is what your looking for.
The only down side of the inboard is speed/top end, but the up side is that is probably...
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
08-13-2010, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 164
Re: Need Opinions ?
My experience with epoxy for cleats/etc, is the material your bonding to will break/fail before the connection/epoxy will assuming the surfaces are prepped and cleand correctly.
One thought on...
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Forum: SeaCraft Photos
08-10-2010, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 671
Re: 89 Scepter Version 2.1
I like the outriggers where they are located. They are the taco grand slams that have the adjustments from underneath. Once you get the verticle angle set, you just leave it there. Then you can...
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Forum: For Sale
08-08-2010, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 124
Views: 18,490
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
08-05-2010, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,185
Re: Fuel tank up date
Between the wet foam around the tank, the wet board under the tank, and the wet transom, we figured that I removed at least 200 pounds of dead weight when I did mine. I would remove all the foam. ...
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