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What Did You Do For Your Whaler Today?
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| bob camire |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 3:14 PM
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So what did you do to your whaler today? It seems I can't walk by the boat without thinking of doing something on it. Yesterday I applied non-slip to the areas on the trailer that can be walked on. It's getting tough though, only 32 out there today. Damn, I'd rather be boating.
Edited by Tom W Clark on 03/26/13 - 9:01 PM
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| Sebastian |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 4:02 PM
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Adding a folding fulton swing away hitch to my trailer is the best recent upgrade I did, I can launch the boat alot easier and not get my tires anywhere near the water line.
Also, upgraded to a Garmin 541s combo gps and ff. Still need to take this out and use it.
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| bob camire |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 4:12 PM
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Sebastian, tks for chiming in..good 4 u with the trailer upgrade..sounds great..as for today, I picked up some pc-11 waterproof, impermeable epoxy ..marine grade..I think I may fill those transom screwholes with it if it warms up enough to work on it..may have to wait til spring otherwise.
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| ernest brooks |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 4:14 PM
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Ernesto here...Just caught your thread. After procrastinating for some time I finally dug in literally. I'm in the process of turning my 15 sport into a center console. Today I dug a hole under where the console is going to receive a gas tank. By dropping the tank down as low as possible I'll still have room inside the console for stuff. I want to get the deck as clean as I can. Got my Whaler in July and have been working on it pretty steady since. Hope to have it under way this spring. So yeah I understand Whaler Fever.
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| bob camire |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 4:24 PM
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Ernesto ! nice ! youre gonna love that thing with a center conssole..I can remember deciding on our boat being a center console..which I never had..then i was thinking ..CENTERED..theres more to it than just standing in the mid ship..its awesome..good 4 u
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| Jay Fitz |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 5:38 PM
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Stared out the window at the shrinkwrap counting the days til spring...
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| Swamp |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 6:45 PM
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Hauled out for a little while while this nor'easter blows over. Looking forward to some fishing and/or scalloping this weekend.
Replaced the on-deck fuel line last weekend. The inner liner of the hose had completely separated and clogged the thing up. Not really sure why that happened, but i'm glad it didn't cause any major problems on the water.
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| Mtierney |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 6:54 PM
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Added some stainless steel cup holders to the console and gunwales... Such a simple thing, I was always spilling my beer.
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| 302XLife |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 7:23 PM
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watching paint i ordered come in on tracking, Boston whaler blue for the inside of my 1962 Nauset. looked at rub rails some too.
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| ritzyrags |
Posted on 11/07/12 - 9:06 PM
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Entertained research in getting a "new" steering wheel for my Classic.
Would be nice to hear of some sources of used OEM parts.
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| zappaddles |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 4:41 AM
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Last week and into this week in fits-and-starts I've removed the failed keel guard and have applied 2 coats of "Gorrilla Grip" as the new keel protection. I'm considering adding a 3rd coat. I too have added this material to areas of the trailer that are walked on.
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| bob camire |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 5:50 AM
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oh . the one that hurts most is Jays..all wrapped..i thought about wrapping but i dont care if its 20. i dont want to put it away...i may make a christmas card of my wife and i with a wreath hanging off the bow .. no offense jay..its just hard having such a short season..i guess the option is to haul her south !
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| Jay Fitz |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 7:55 AM
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bob camire wrote:
oh . the one that hurts most is Jays..all wrapped..i thought about wrapping but i dont care if its 20. i dont want to put it away...i may make a christmas card of my wife and i with a wreath hanging off the bow .. no offense jay..its just hard having such a short season..i guess the option is to haul her south !
Yep, realizing I pulled the trigger a bit early....when I called to have it wrapped I thought I'd be waiting a few weeks...but no, they could do it right away. Great.
At my wife's behest, I did put a deposit on a slip for next season, also researched bottom paint (Hydrocoat), and started my boating Christmas list.
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| alan20 |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 8:36 AM
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when I stepped into the garage today, I saw the three brass drain tubes that I had installed in the transom of my custom 15. They made me smile. It was a simple thing to do with all the advice available on WC but has given quite a sense of accomplishment.
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| Barry Bicknell |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 10:38 AM
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99% finished with my total professional refit of 1987 Montauk. Stripped; sanded + 5 coats varnish like glass, custom teak rear bench seat, 3 coats of Awlgrip paint in & out including inside ctr console, stripped old wire to all new, wrapped & zip tight, new black plex-e-glass gauge panels, new blue LED courtsey console lights, new VHF, new bilge pump, moved battery to center console & add batt switch, new hull ID plate on stern, new USCG capasity plate, new raised BW grafics from BW, new Sunbrella bimini. So what 1% missing? I will place a teak laminate in floor of center console to finish!
I was at the marine store with the boat just being finished and on way to launch when one guy came in the store yelling "Who's BW"? No answer, so again, "Who's BW"? That's mine....Damm that is the prettiest classic whaler ever seen :-) Got my stuff going to SUV and BW seeing 3 guys walking around the boat saying "look" and "Wow". When I approach they said, "How old? You did this? (no)." On the water twice with many heads turned and fingers pointing :-))
I can't seem to get pixs posted :-(
Edited by Barry Bicknell on 11/08/12 - 10:39 AM
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| Jay Fitz |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 11:13 AM
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zappaddles wrote:
Last week and into this week in fits-and-starts I've removed the failed keel guard and have applied 2 coats of "Gorrilla Grip" as the new keel protection. I'm considering adding a 3rd coat. I too have added this material to areas of the trailer that are walked on.
is this a Gorilla Glue product?? There is also a company that makes a Gorilla product for surf boards. I'm curious as I'm thinking about a keel guard for next season...
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| bob camire |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 3:55 PM
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I am truly liking all the stuff goin on in this thread...Barry..u gotta get pix up of that whaler...isnt refreshing to get the accolades..theres truly something special about our boats...bravo
alan..nice chatting about the drain tubes..no jobs an easy job..sounds great..
jay..its gonna be all about boats this christmas..good 4 u..even to have it shrunk wrapped..a nice clean boat in the spring..and maybe someday i will try and shrink my own boat just for kix..
my boats 6 years in the portland harbor..maybe i will take a look at drain tubes..as u know the dauntlesses transom is low in the water..u guys take it easy.very cool
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| BillDemers |
Posted on 11/08/12 - 5:36 PM
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I've pulled batteries, drained fuel, and put the cover on. Need to pull plugs and fog, and research and purchase gps/ ff and a vhf. Oh and I need to find a foot control for the trolling motor.
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| zappaddles |
Posted on 11/09/12 - 4:46 AM
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Jay Fitz,
No relation to Gorilla Glue. I ordered Gorilla Grip from Midwest Chemicals in Orlando Fla.
Vince
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| duf |
Posted on 11/09/12 - 10:22 AM
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Boats pulled while i deal with the insurance company on a blown piston, but am using the time to have custom fit brackets made for the boat lift (old ones were bending due to the weight of twins), which i just recieved. Will install them hopefully this weekend, and drop the boat back in. Will be motoring with one engine till the boat shows, and i repower 
Duf
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