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Sorry I don't have any pics but on our last boat in the bow we used 3-4 business cards for the stern part of the slats and one business cards for the forward part. The slight slopping change with the curve of the bow was quite pleasant. I didn't think this up, got it from some older boat building bo...

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Pulling the thermostat and looking at it. Could be frozen or broken. Put it in a pot of boiling water and see if it opens up?

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Calling Foley Marine http://www.foleyengines.com/home.html and got one from them. Not the cheapest but not the priciest. They deal in Perkins engines and said this is the same system the military uses and they've never had a failure. Don't really want to take any chances on this part screwing up. Wi...

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Has anyone moved an oil filter? Mine is rather a pain to get it on and off and I was wondering what the down side was to mounting it "off the engine", if there is any.

I've looked for some kits and can't find any listed.

Thanks

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Lots of sometimes conflicting information out there and not knowing what is the best way to go. Used this site: http://www.bushingsinc.com/ and ordered them from go2marine . At the bushings site there is at least an engine size mount size recommendation. I read the spec and they seem as good as any ...

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Any one have a good place I can get some new mounts for our 4-236? Best price I have now is 71 bucks each. Don't know if that's good or not.

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Take a look at the Westsail 42. It has an engine ROOM! Or to be nautical.

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Yep Awlcraft is softer and easier to repairt and doesn't hold the "shine" as long. Also Awlgrip is much tougher when it comes to reducers, that is primairly why we choose it, acetone, lacquer thinner, mineral spirits, nothing effects it except I think amonia. Since we don't really using an...

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quite solid. Definitely not sintered. And pretty good size. The company emailed me quickly when I contacted them so you may want to email them and ask away.

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http://www.moonraker.com.au/techni/earth.htm

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The e-plate is NOTHING like the dynaplate. More like bronze thru hulls in materials.

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On the fittings, the threads need to be lubricated or they'll gall. Don't believe that is in any of the literature. The rigging only poeple and Hayn have been excellent to deal with.

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I'm impressed. Can you paint mine sometime. :)

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Cut out 3/4" wood small pyramide shapes with the top lopped off. Then I attached a wire saddle to the piece. I 5200 the piece to the hull. I could always chisel it off if need be. After it kicked I then put a wire tie through the saddle and viola, finished.

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http://www.perfectfit.com/product.asp?Product_Id=154120&d_Id=15630&l1=12905&l2=15630 Now maybe boats in the N want a darker color up top. I prefer a lighter color top and a color warmer underside. It was qute successful before in the tropoics. Don't know what your color scheme is but goo...

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Try Stamoid; it has a vynyl coating on both sides. Keeps out 100% of water and sunlight. Comes w/ a light light beige offwite on the outside and then a light brown or light blue on the inside. We used this fabric for years before we needed to replace it. Nothing much worse than a light drizzle but y...

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Their instructions imply yes.

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You can get some of the parts from the Volvo auto dealer at much less. Not diesel specific gaskets most likely but maybe the thermostat and some other stuff.

When we had a volvo md11c I took the part into the Volvo shop and we found a match. Was about 1/4 the price of the marine part.

Good luck.

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You may want to consider having a school shop rebuilt it. Sometimes they'll use the engines as a means of teaching. But then you may be back into the "I'm worring about it thing." Although I think if it works for a few hours outa the shop it will work for a lonnnnnnnnng time. Second you ma...

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I'm looking to purchase 1/2" halyards and sheets for our 42' boat. Anyone have a "really good" place to purchase them? Wanting different colors for the halyards, most likely white for the mainsheet and different colors for staysl' and jib sheets. Basically don't want to break the bank...

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Five years is getting up there for them there batteries. Picked up from the Rolls people that when your charging them don't fill the water up only a hair above the plates, charging add the water back. Not good to fill it up higer and have it boil off. Now I have AGM's and don't need to worry about w...

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A friend of mine has a 43 Westsail that has the access plate and the boat has circumnavigated once w/o any problem. He thinks that is one of the best things about his mast setup.

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I would email them. At one time they had quite a bit of info on boat grounding systems. Don't know what happened; maybe their webmaster screwed up.

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Vacuum bagging the laminate will result in a tighter higher quality radius. Depend on how much you have to do and where it is at.

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Hello Dave, Yes the copper type will be best and you will need two of them. We do not have a distributor in the US but would be happy to deal with you direct. Door to door air freight via FedEx would be AUD113.75. We can accept payment by direct transfer or via Visa or MasterCard. If you would like ...

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After looking at this stuff and seeing what they sell for on ebay, I have 3 and am using 2 for reefing winches, I'm thinking of just keeping the 3rd for parts. The piece I'm actually missing is the fiber spacer. If anyone has found a replacement for them I would be interesting in hearing what they'r...

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I'm looking for a diagram of the Barient 16 Winch. Anyone with a link to a drawing would be appreciated.

Seems I've lost one of the fiberboard spacers and am wonder too if anyone had used something else for a replacement.

Thanks.

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Tried it once. Seemed to eat Polysulfide or make it open up. Just my impression; never did any serious trial and error.[/img]

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Just make sure you coat and seal the entire underside with epoxy before you put it down. Then any areas you miss with paint will still be sealed.

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It's just too bad you can "rip" a book like a tune and then sync it with a iBook_Pod. Than we could take it all with us and search for anything we want on our iBook_Pod.

Oh well, the day will come.

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I was leaning towards machine screws and then the strong people sent me for a little loop. I'll more than likely use 10-24. Even though my mast section is 0.250 " + a little I've had some experience of the fine thread not working well. It's easy to get a little sloppy in the taping and then the...

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I'm ready to install the Strong track on the mast and the Strong people :) at the show said to use #10 PH SS sheet metal screws. (I'm using the clips as my track was external). Are those stronger than 10-24's? I don't mind taping the mast but don't like the idea of just driving in the PH's. Also wha...

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My varnished cabin sole is mor NON-skid than my non skid deck. I used Ultamate Sole varnish. Socks or shoes or bare feet and you won't slide even an inch.

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Don't forget to take in to account the surface area. If you want to be correct in your research design; you'll need to take into act the area of the surface of the anchor as well as the weight. So at a minumum you'll have 4 different test. Then you'll need to drop the anchor in a min of 10 different...

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We set it up with a hose run to the cockpit drain. I drilled into it and put a hose barbed fitting in there. Saved the engine once. When my impellor went immediately the cockpit drain filled up with exhaust. Check of the engine gauges showed the temp was elevating fast so I shut it down and went to ...

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We set it up with a hose run to the cockpit drain. I drilled into it and put a hose barbed fitting in there. Save the engine once. When my impellor went immediately the cockpit drain filled up with exhaust. Check of the engine gauges showed the temp was elevating fast so I shut it down and went to f...

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When I was looking at this product; memory seves me correct it is UV stabalized; however, it can't be used to sustain weight in any suported application. I spoke to the Starboard people and they said it can be used as backing plates or as windlass supports as it is hard and not really compressable.

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Charlie, I found it two years ago at the Miami show. He had a sample and after sliding around and almost falling in the new boats; I took my shoes off and tried to slide on it I couldn't slide more than an inch. I was sold and purchased it for our boat and applied it to our sole last summer. It look...

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Here's my favorite sander. Have an orbital and a Fein - both of which I love but this one - on it's 8th life - is a great work horse. Its a 1/6th sheet sander, small and light and does a great job on the small areas of the boat. http://files.photojerk.com/dkall/favoritesander.jpg If anyone knows of ...

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It was a high here of 50 yesterday, the heater in the boat made it 60. But with the wind the cold felt COLD. Don't know how you guys up in the northern latitudes do it.

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The only thing your missing is the new gizzmo (don't actually know if it on any saws yet) that when the blad touches any part of the body it stop dead. My brother inlaw said he watched a guy demonstrate it at a show by turning the saw on and grabbing the blade. Heard only that it would add $100 to t...

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I tried it too on Al and SS to no avail. All it did was add some red tint to the mast. :( Of course, penetrating oil didn't work either.

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Funny that the material they used on Spaceship One (or whatever it's called) as reported by 60 minutes awhile ago is put together with epoxy. I don't know the details. Just remember that as I was listening to the show they mentioned how they bonded all the panels together.

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Jasons post just doesn't make an common sense to me. A barrier coat adding to the blister problem. I understand what he's saying about then water is trapped inside the coat. But if the interior isn't fully sealed then there is a way to escape and if the inside isn't fully sealed then water too can e...

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it just isn't fun. After doing the all the molded in nonskid on a 42 ' boat if I had to do it again..... I would buy or rent a peeler and peel it off with a vacuum hooked up to it. Then repair any problems and refair the surface. After that is is prime, sand, prime, sand, prime, sand, paint, sand, p...

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That's not to say you're interested in keeping the boat. Just that it give you an easy tool to give the boat back and a way to protect yourself incase they say you "did something" to my boat.

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Not sure about the acetone cause don't the cable have a light coating of oil anyway? Shouldn't I keep a light coating on them? They are obvioulsy SS. Maybe I should just clean it all the way up and then put them back in service. The sheves will be best to coat with a waterproof grease anyway so the ...

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I removed our steering cable and baged it for working in the engine room and on the rudder. Now all is back and ready for the cable to be reinstalled. The bag tore and the cable is sawdusty, dirty and a little sandy. Not bad. Qst: How best to clean the cable and prepare it to put it back in service....

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In addition; I remember; although my brain is begining to fog sometimes; that you there is a silicone removal product and there is a product you can put into paints like awlgrip that will help keep any orangepeeling from silicone. It isn't the best solution but it may help.

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