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He is trying to surf which is not what you should do, but it looks like he is just playing or at least trying to figure out how his boat reacts. As Jim mentioned, you should ride behind the crest. The New Zealand coast guard put out a nice instructional video explaining how to handle these inlets. S...

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[Taking water over the bow] must be something to do with that third wave. We had [water over the bow] once in my Montauk 150 on the St.Lawrence Seaway Thousand Islands area. We were idling along, and the Admiral was sitting on the front bow cushion leaning against the front bow-rail enjoying the vie...

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Good luck with the trip and let us know under Trips & Rendezvous. I would think leave it in place stow the tent and night stuff under it and have the "babe" use it as a sunpad which with some of that weight forward will make the boat ride better.
Have fun.

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Sam was on ABC World News, too. I hope the boat owner learned from his mistakes or take some classes on boat handling.

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Audrey320 nice solution and it works for you. Does the aluminum platform always stores SB aft where you have it in your last picture or can it fold smaller and fit under the standard bow cushion? Or just leave it in place and store sleeping bags, etc. under it? All in all a great solution to enjoy s...

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Wavehopper You have a nice list but the OP is an experienced sailor and is well aware of most, if not all the items you mentioned under Boating Checklist as most are safety related and well known to any good sailor. I do agree with maybe not remembering certain items when we get older but as mention...

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chuck that was educational regarding the # sign
Thanks.

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Jim you are right and with some of the $200 to $300/month leases a lot of people drive new cars (for 3 years). I personally buy my cars new and if they are not requiring major upkeep (transmissions, engines, etc.) I keep driving them for a minimum of 10 years. The admiral told me to thin out the boa...

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Steep to Very Steep is more of a problem than the wave height but WOW 28.9ft is very high. For 12 hrs from 11 to 11 the waves were over 20ft. I don't want to get caught in that unsinkable or not.

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I'm surprised to hear there is no bilge pump in the 170 SS. I thought that the 170 SS is the same hull as the 170 Montauk and the 170 Montauk has a bilge pump with float as standard equipment but apparently not in the 170 SS. I recommend you get one. My 2008 Montauk 150 has a float bilge pump with a...

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Yea you "ocean" Whalers take note how rough the "Lakes" get. These aren't 20ft rollers that this 112ft ship could easily handle, with the short period they are mountains not handled easily especially with a tow.

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Would have been much quicker to copy the original interior in straight mahogany, but I think the extra time invested is worth it since it won't look like every 15' Supersport out there. D- It will never look like any other Super Sport out there as it will and already is looking much better(than new...

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Take a seat/chair of your 3 year old and sit on it for 15 minutes while you are doing something you love and see if you want a Sport. Get a CC 15 to 17ft and you'll be much happier. You can get a 2008-2010 Montauk 150 with nice economical 60HP 4-stroke for $10-$14K just noticed one on boattrader for...

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A 2-mm-thick 3003 aluminum sheet will bend easily, as will 2-mm-thick T6 over the width you are looking at on the transom.
The question is inside or outside, as outside will be easier because you must truly form the inside curve.
Why not some nice wood?

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Also, congratulations on having a 1990 vehicle still on the road. A 27-year-old vehicle is a rarity these days. Jim--not really.. My 1991 Volvo 944T has over a half-million miles or 20,000 per year, and my 10-year-old Highlander CUV has 150,000-miles, or 15,000-per-year. To have 300,000-miles on a ...

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Riptide and Dutchman - here's a good link on the different woods to use for interior pieces. Utile/Sapele/African mahogany. And they say that Utile is Sipo for clarification. That site L.L Johnson has some good prices, it that milled or rough pricing? Mostly milled to thickness but rough is also av...

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The only roller(s) on a Boston Whaler trailer should be a keel roller(s) and one for the winch strap.

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enggass wrote:Anyone here tried Aqua Buff 2000?

No but I have used many of Auroramarine's products with great success.
https://www.auroramarine.com/main/

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You mention Classic but some of those restored classics as you noticed are as expensive as an original slightly newer model (12 years old)
For that reason don't rule out a Montauk 150 which is a CC that you want and can handle you requirements.

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Where is this mythical exotic wood warehouse you speak of? You got your answer but here in the Midwest (Michigan) we have L.L. Johnson Lumber which has been supplying lumber to boat builders here in Michigan for over 100 years. http://www.theworkbench.com/ They have excellent choices of marine lumb...

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Great website of the excellent work you are doing.
I will be returning and following your future progress.

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Use a sliver of wood (preferably cedar type(mahogany/sapelle,etc)) slightly wider than current stripped out hole. Hammer it in, cut even and use same screw to remount. (you could use a waterproof glue with it) The least amount of work and in-expensive quick fix is use several match sticks for fix as...

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I don't want to find out I'm 25 miles inland at an airport when I think I'm on the water. It is then that I wouldn't trust my GPS receiver.

http://galileognss.eu/mass-gps-spoofing-attack-in-black-sea/

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Makes me hungry. Thanks and good pictures on the other forum (T&R) too.

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Yes test with GPS (use your phone, many free speedometer apps). Water activated (pitot tube) type speedometers are not the best indication of over land(water) speed. Also you mention 75% throttle in both this and your other posting and we don't really know what RPM that is on a 30 year old OB, and a...

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Jim I'm jealous I miss our past cabin cruiser(s) and their "luxury" but the admiral loves the little boat(Whaler). Now if it only had a head on it she would be in heaven.
Great pictures. Do you have one one or is that how you troll?

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jimh wrote:Above is a good examples of rationalizing a problem to fit a behavior.

Agreed Hit the nail on the head Jim

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Here is another link you might try for <$300 although I recommend going with a slightly better cover as is also offered. http://boatcovers.iboats.com/?brand_id=1054&model_id=3723&year_id=1984-1987 I used the Sunbrella type and I'm very satisfied with fit and quality 4 years later. https://ph...

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Jim I'm surprised you only got the cabin up to 50 deg on Wilbur. We used to boat here in West Michigan into early November when the temp didn't get above 45 either but the heater in the wooden Chris-Craft cruiser or in the plastic Irwin sailboat always would get it to mid sixties and we had to turn ...

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No harm in leaving as is.
There is actually more harm if applying an ablative paint, and more work than once and a while a good scrub. Unless you can't haul you boat out due to considerable expense or difficulties once and a while I would not apply a bottom paint.

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I'm not aware of any prop cutters for [outboard engines]--only for longer shaft-driven inboards.

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Let us know if the JB-Weld will be holding. Can you do a test as you did after the drip repair? It will be good to know for some skippers to keep the two tubes of JB on board.

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Thanks Phil and bottom line, as taught in the boy scouts [more than] 50 years ago--and still true--let your eyes adjust and you'll see more than when using an external light source. If your first paragraph is true should cars have headlights? Jefecinco already answered that. We live in a society th...

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jimh wrote:If Boston Whaler sells five of these, they'll add $4-million to their revenue. Imagine how many c.1960 13 STANDARD hulls that represents.

Yea and I'm pretty sure the profit margin on those more-than-25-foot Whalers is a lot higher than on our beloved smaller ones.

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[Is the Boston Whaler 350 REALM a] new model?

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Sorry I just noticed you question. It was intermittent yes sometimes in bogged down and then ran fine and the other times it was at certain RPM between 2500 & 3500 rpm all day long. It was annoying enough for me to finally take her in at the end of the season a couple of years ago.

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My Boston Whaler OEM frame with Sunbrella sun-top/bimini (stored and covered) in the upright position can handle 70+mph, ask me how I know. Therefore I know the frame and its Stainless Steel components can handle that wind but I doubt that the opened canvas shade could handle 50+mph for many times ...

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My Boston Whaler OEM frame with Sunbrella sun-top/bimini (stored and covered) in the upright position can handle 70+mph, ask me how I know. Therefore I know the frame and its Stainless Steel components can handle that wind but I doubt that the opened canvas shade could handle 50+mph for many times w...

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Who is "them"? "Them" is iBoats and sorry for the confusion but that's why I underlined iBoats and in my second response to the OP I gave a link for his Model boat from them. [Nota Bene--do NOT use underlined text for emphasis. Underlined text represents a hyperlink. I remove al...

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Thanks Phil and bottom line, as taught in the boy scouts [more than] 50 years ago--and still true--let your eyes adjust and you'll see more than when using an external light source. I never use(d) and external or extra light source when boating in open water, but I have used a spotlight when landing...

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Try African Mahogany (Khaya Ivorensis) it is lighter than Sapele and more consistent in color and closer to the old Philippine Mahogany of yesteryear's. It is also actually more readily available but you must watch the quality as it comes in many different ones. Nothing really wrong with Sapele exce...

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Plastic welding is an art and you must have the same material weld stick as the oil tank. After you figure that out then applying the right heat to fuse the two together will not be easy. I don't know but you might be able to find a two part type glue/epoxy that could do the job. Search your local h...

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What is to be done with mounting holes? Answered several times above Are there any images of a] Dauntless with rail removed? Easy to do with your boat. Take a picture of your boat and use a photo editing software to remove the railing. Ask one of the kids --I laugh aloud-- they'll do it in a flash....

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thediscusthrower Here is the cover for your boat model similar to what I bought for my boat. Sunbrella with a 10 year warranty, I halfway through and the cover still looks like new, keeps, water, dirt, and critters out. I'm very happy and could take the admiral out for 10 more dinners from the savin...

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I have the smaller 2008 150 Montauk with a Bimini top, and the top is used every time we go boating. I agree with [Whalerdog]: in the stored-down-forward-position the tubing takes a beating. I, too, therefore covered the stainless steel tube that goes forward to the ball receiver on the gunwale with...

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I'm not sure but as you did most of the fuel supply (with pump exception) it might be one of the coil-packs. I believe that that there was a recall on them for those years on the medium HP size Mercury 4-strokes. My 60HP was doing the same thing and after taking it to a certified Mercury dealer they...

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Are we talking mooring or trailer and storage cover? The Mills price probably includes all the snaps you must mount under the rub rail [if] not you can get Sunbrella type covers from iBoat in many colors or similar or lesser grade covers for reasonable prices. I bought my cover from [iBoats] and the...

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iBoats is currently running a good sale on covers for your Boston Whaler and they have several different grades all come in under a Mills price and do fit well. http://boatcovers.iboats.com/Boston_Whaler/13_Dauntless_(1995-1997)/?cart_id=869390459 I bought one from them for my Montauk (medium price/...

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Bob thanks for the write up and Phil thanks for the photo link. Now I thought this was just the Saguenay river(outlet) flowing into the St. Lawrence river(outlet)and not truly a fjord(inlet) even though it might give you that impression. I'll sure put this on my to do list as it looks like a wonderf...

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The [problem under discussion in this thread is] probably the same problem I had on my 2008 Mercury 60-HP FOURSTROKE: deteriorating hose(s) due to the ethanol blended in non-marine gasoline. See images below. https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOD0Hb0d-MZ4o0Xu7-5XYMJYACw21UTN9n29Qy_ https://photos...

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