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Oldslowandugly

So West System epoxy will protect the wood but then that must be protected as well. I will investigate the West System epoxy. The Schooner varnish is very high in UV blockers. That sounds like a plan. For the wood I bought a blemished cover for the seventeen foot Montauk at a steep discount from Spe...

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The old cover I made was exterior plywood. I wanted to experiment with designs until I made a permanent cover. It started out solid then I made a hinged front section to drop fish in. I sealed it by painting it with polyester resin. The same resin is used for fiberglassing. Then painted with white m...

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I acquired my Sport 15 with no forward anchor locker cover. I made one out of glassed-over plywood but it has not weathered well. I am replacing that with a mahogany cover. Q1: Since the replacement mahogany cover will be walked on and fished upon, what is the best finish? Q2: Is the best finish var...

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My marina requires boat insurance so I use BoatUS. I was going over my next year policy and I spotted a redundancy. They were charging me for towing and emergencies coverage. I already have the Gold Unlimited towing coverage with my BoatUS memberhip which includes trailer towing. I called them and a...

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biggiefl wrote:One gallon only covers 3 coats on a 15'? I can paint my 13 twice with a quart.

And that is with a 3" roller. With maybe one coat's worth left in the can for next season. At $100 a gallon I can't complain.

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I do my own but that is my bane. Normally cheapest is never the best. However I have found an inexpensive bottom paint that actually does better than the expensive ones. It is called Nautical Proguard Ablative. It is ablative which means it wears away by water action exposing fresh biocide over the ...

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Jim you are correct. Telephone wire was not the thing to use. I had an old hand-held quartz lantern that I never used for anything. It had a long coiled wire power cord from the lantern to the power plug. It was about the same coil size as a telephone cord and fit inside the tubing nicely. I simply ...

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: Fig. 3. Pole collapsed; IMG_1148.JPG (53.91 KiB) Viewed 2158 times

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The adjustable wing nut is actually a set screw from a Bimini top pole.

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I took the advice of Katpil about the location of an all-round white navigation lamp [to be mounted at the center console and modified an existing white-all round pole lamp to have a telescoping support pole]. I fabricated an adjustable support pole for the lamp. I placed my 1985 original equipment ...

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[Salt Water Sportsman magazine] is older [than some of the Boston Whaler boats we use]. [Salt Water Sportsman magazine] began in 1939 as a single-page paper focused on Boston area fishing. Right after WWII Frank Woolner and Hal Lyman launched the magazine version covering New England waters. They we...

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When I was a kid I got Salt Water Sportsman in the mail. I remember the Whaler advertisements as well as ones for the Bearcat outboard engine. I also an article by Frank Woolner about trailering a Whaler to the beach and pushing it into the water with the prime mover. Those guys loved the Boston Wha...

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Wear a PFD; attach the safety lanyard to your body; reduce speed in high seas. Exactly. On my boat everyone wears a PFD. Say no and you stay home. No exceptions. That way if you fall in I can pick you up on my next drift. And when I am alone if I drown at least they will get the body back easily. A...

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Yes, I agree. My 30-35 hp motors use the old style small stainless/brass thermostat that rarely fails. In fact the only time I had a problem was when a tiny little snail shell got lodged in the mechanism and it stuck open. Good thing too because on those models the entire thermostat cover must come ...

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Done. No fish. No reason to stay.

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Well I pulled the boat out for the winter. I have the motor hanging in a big barrel so I can do a flush and tune. I usually wash the boat at this time and I toss some boat soap in the barrel to clean any salt out of the motor. Not only did the balky thermostat work fine again, all of the other ones ...

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Nice site. Mine is not listed.

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I can not find a stainless thermostat for this [1993 OMC 48SPL engine]. And the brand new one is acting up already after only a month of usage. Since I have a few bad ones on hand maybe I will experiment with drilling holes in them. A hole of a specific size should result in a specific operating tem...

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Use a gear puller {as previously recommended and illustrated]. It will get the wheel off without ruining it. To ease future removal, install the wheel with anti-seize such as Permatex Aluminum Anti-sieze compound. More at: https://www.permatex.com/products/lubricants/specialty-lubricants-anti-seize/...

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I'm still in but no Bluefish in a week. I got a short Striper yesterday but if that is all then I am considering leaving soon.

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I used to own some ancient Evinrude 30-HP engines. They had no thermostats and ran poorly. I really welcomed the idea of decent operating temperature. The carburetors work better with [an engine whose operating temperature is regulated by] a thermostat. I don't even like the way [ancient Evinrude 30...

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JIm, any and all of the above could be true. Perhaps they just don't make them like they used to.

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Once again the thermostat in my 1993 OMC 48SPL engine has stuck in the open position. It was installed in the Spring and only lasted five months. When I get home I submerge [the engine thermostat[ in vinegar. The vinegar turns green from the dissolved corrosion on the brass pellet mechanism. After a...

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One perk of living at the coast is that after the boat is put away the surf action heats up. While I have harvested the most fish from the boat I have always beached the largest from the surf. Really big Bluefish and Striped Bass prowl the Fall surf feeding eagerly. I have been the guy out on the wa...

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It is always a juggling act to squeeze the most fishing days out of the season before the really cold weather clamps down. My marina wants you out by early November but that is prime time for Bass and Blues. Luckily the Dockmaster is flexible on this and will let you linger if the fishing warrants i...

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Katpil—that sounds like a winning set up to me. I also do some night fishing and the [all-round white] light [mounted at the stern] is blinding no matter what I do to shield it. The other concern is landing a big fish that is hanging tough at the stern with the light pole in the way. Your way the po...

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You are correct Jim. The light I have now is like having a bare bulb. The light with the flat housing would prevent light shining directly down at me. I think I may have one like that on my original Whaler light pole. Time to go searching in my basement. https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/gUUAAOS...

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The light is at the stern, port side, same location as the stock Whaler light, angled slightly aft. I like what Katpil did more and more. Mounting the pole lamp to the console would not interfere with angling or landing a big fish. The Perko plug-in type would work best, and I could stow it where I ...

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Perhaps but I can carry a load better. Just today I had my Son-in-law and Grandson out fishing. [The Evinrude 48 SPL engine] still hummed along at 5,000-RPM easily.

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I actually hate the all-around light when I'm night fishing. I bought the Perko clamp-on glare shield. It was not enough and I ended up using a black plastic coffee can lid added to the shield. That worked better and doesn't interfere with the purpose of the light. https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/image...

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I installed the 12-3/4 x 15-pitch propeller. Here is the results: IT IS PERFECT. The engine speed range is from 4500 to 5500-RPM. The boat leaps right up on plane, and settles in at 5,000-RPM. That is the "sweet spot.” If I push it I can get [the engine speec] to 6000-RPM but no need to. It sim...

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Regulations aside, we were taught at the CG Auxiliary class that while several locations are acceptable for the all-round light, the best location is at the stern. The reason for that was so at night an approaching vessel could approximate the length of your craft and avoid you. As an extreme exampl...

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It has to be an "all-round light" so I think it will be OK for anchoring. If the law gives you trouble then perhaps add a smaller sternlight for underway. Excellent solution by the way.

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I have probably over-loaded this Sport. When I first tested it the hull was pretty bare. Just a center console and a cooler seat. I was almost scared at how fast it went. Then I went about customizing it for my kind of fishing and stuff. Now it has the fully loaded console, cooler seat (full of stuf...

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Jim- yes that does seem odd. That is why I am going to test the new un-cupped 15" prop and see how it performs. It may be the "right" prop all along. If the old 15" one was cut down that would explain everything. We shall see. I also had this problem with a 1985 Evinrude 30-HP th...

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That's the problem. None of the available props will get me EXACTLY in my range. The 15-pitch propeller over-revs wildly and the 17-pitch propeller makes the engine struggle to get to 5,000-RPM. One would assume I need a 16-pitch propeller, but none are available. Best I can do is get the 15-pitch p...

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It is easy to cut. Just use a tubing cutter. Try not to damage the wires. If it is the stock Whaler light that has a bolt-down base you can cut the tube and slide it off the wires. Some aftermarket lights are not so easy and the base end might be clamped, screwed, or set-screwed in place. At the lig...

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This is the RULE web site page for the 500 gph pump I bought. https://www.xylem.com/en-us/brands/rule/rule-products/500 Oddly, they did not upgrade the picture to the new design. This is the .pdf of the instruction sheet and has the better specs. https://www.xylem.com/siteassets/brand-specific-conte...

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I am dealing with the smaller size pumps like the 360, 500, and 800 gph models such as the average small Whaler would use. I have not investigated the many other models and cannot comment on them. I would separate the "old" and "new" lines by the new designs incorporated. The &qu...

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That is at WOT. Best I can do. Even if I bring a big butted friend it does 6000. I don't mind because it has enough grunt to lift the boat even with a load. It won't explode just because I accidentally hit 6000.

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The propeller shop will cup the blades of the new 15-pitch propeller. Then it will act like a 16-inch-pitch propeller which no one produces. My original problem was that the 15-inch-pitch propeller allowed the engine to easily over-rev a lot, to almost 7,000-RPM. Yet a 17-inch-pitch propeller would ...

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The new propeller arrived. It is spotless. In the future I will take both [the old propeller that was suspected of being damaged and new spotless propeller] to the propeller shop. I will [post an article that reveals if] the old propeller [was actually damaged when the boat was run over the shoal at...

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"Our lake has a lot of sediment and tannin in it. I'm thinking it is getting into the switch and then causing problems with the ball bearing."dg22 the switch should be water-tight. Nothing is supposed to get into it. I think the ball rolling around is just a poor design. I know mercury is ...

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I hope you are correct. I will let the prop guy test it. He puts it in a jig and measures the amount of torque it can take before slipping. This prop was badly pitted because the previous owner didn't bother to fix the $800 tilt assist. The lower unit sat in salt water all season long. I filled the ...

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I just re-read the factory service manual. Oddly it does not mention the rubber hub or what to do if the prop strikes something. I took the steel prop off and replaced it with a spare aluminum one I had. I can't leave that one on because it has one inch too much pitch and the motor struggles to reac...

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When I used to use float switches the RULE mercury switch never failed. Newer switches with the ball failed regularly. Mercury is rarely used as it is toxic. I now use a Johnson electronic water-sensing switch. After five years of perfect performance all it requires is wiping the slime off the conta...

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Jim, I was a little suspicious of the reviews. As I said, I have never even seen a RULE pump fail before. The ability to run dry was what drew me to them in the first place.

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So they are expendable. I didn't know that. I ran [the engine and the boat got] on plane; the rubber hub seemed OK.

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On a 1993 Evinrude 48SPL with a stainless steel propeller, while chasing Bluefish I ran across a mud-sand bar at full speed. The engine halted twice before I cleared the bar. The propeller rubber hub is supposed to slip so the gear case does not get damaged, and I think it did slip. My only prior ex...

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I like a [tall pole mounted white all-round lamp] mostly to keep it above my eyes when night fishing. I took a Perko plug-in lamp and replace the short pole with a longer 4-foot section of aluminum tubing. It was easy to run new wiring up the pole and secure to the lamp fixture and at the removable ...

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I have a 1990's vintage 2000gph pump that I used on my aluminum skiff. It was used as the "emergency" pump with the old style mercury float switch. That switch never failed until someone stupidly stepped on it. The replacement switch with the ball inside was useless. UPDATE: I can not find...

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