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I've been trying to understand that commercial too. So it's a Hyundai commercial, eh.

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I also picked up 1969 13' to clean up and rescue this week. Mine is good but not quite as nice. I'm going to clean, polish and not worry about the crazing. Too labor intensive to fix the crazed gelcoat in my mind. That is why you see old boats with pickup bed liner spayed on the in \side. I would su...

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This one Jim?

http://www.bergmannmarine.com/art/NEW%20STORAGE/boat_storage%20(7).JPG

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The Hinckley Picnic boat was still sitting there in the Leland marina parking lot at 2:00 PM today. Trailer plates are Michigan. I have seen many boats that size and larger ramp launched and hauled out. Ramp needs to be a good one with deep water. By the way that Picnic boat was back from the bow st...

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But it is duck season now.

I hunt upland birds. You don't have to go out in bad weather in a small boat.

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I use a hand me down Mac Book Pro.

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Are you sure about the weight of the boat, motor, gear, and fuel? Sounds light to me.

I have an 1987 Outrage 18 on a single axle trailer and all is fine.

You definitely want good working brakes.

What does the trailer manufacturer recommend?

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Buckda, you have been UpNorth in the land of interesting boats long enough that you don't see the boats that for years have all looked alike until you come south.

Sorry to have missed you at Mullett.

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Here is a center console boat that does not hurt my eyes.

http://huntyachts.com/coastal-series/center-console/32cc/

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You need a combination of hardware to get fore and aft bunks mounted to the frame of the trailer. Some trial and error with set up. If you added a couple keel rollers like on the front of the trailer to the two cross members that would be a plus but not mandatory with good bunks. https://www.shorela...

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My first test run mission on BW1 today. Only thought about putting on gloves to hold the wheel, but didn't put them on.

Jim--you can tie up to the buoy in front of my house without the law coming after you.

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They chickened out or may be waiting for a parking place in Sturgeon Bay.

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Osmotic blisters may be? Does the brown goo smell like vinegar?

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The AIS shows the Roger Blough at Deaths Door as I type this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porte_des_Morts

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The original battery in my last pickup truck went 10 years and140,000 miles. My present SUV battery did at least as well. Northern Michigan winters but both vehicles spent the night in a cold garage.

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I found this on the Whaler Facebook page.

"Official Boston Whaler Owner's Club The base price for this boat is around $88,900."

A $100,000 is around $88,900. in the boat busyness.

Nice boat but it makes the old bought and paid for Outrage 18 look pretty good.

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Jim, thanks for the link to the wiring info. Finally warm enough to go to the boat and continue the search.

Sure wish I could make the fuse blow again, but I can't.

Wish I could see the wires under the deck without pulling them out of the tunnel.

Wish I had a new E-TEC.

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Thanks Seahorse.

I've been wondering if the problem could be in the key switch itself. If memory serves, big if, the engine did not start on first try and when I reprimed it was when the fuse blew. But I can not make it blow again, yet. Primer solenoid seems to check out OK.

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I have a 1987 OMC Johnson 150 hp on my Outrage 18. The 20 amp fuse that is on the port side of the engine blow twice on start up last fall. The boat is at home in the driveway and I can not make the fuse blow again. Two pair of eyes have searched for bare wires and I have tipped, turned and wiggled ...

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Old yooper saying: "9 months of winter and 3 months of bad sledding".

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"There are only two colors to paint a boat, black and white, and only a fool would paint a boat black."

By - Nathanael G. Herreshoff

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Every time you use an abrasive to polish your gelcoat you are removing some gelcoat. In time there will be no gelcoat left to polish. It will be time to paint or re-gelcoat the boat. At that time you will be happy if you did not use sealers and other magic potions on the hull the will need to be rem...

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And unlike the last 2 years, most of the snow and ice has melted at 45°N in Leelanau County. The robins are back. Jim you can start coming north again.

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If memory serves, I think someone successfully used a hammer driven impact driver with lots off penetrating oil.

http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-impact-driver/p-00947641000P

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Hoosier, quit trying to sell northern Michigan. There are too many people Up North as it is.

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Here is a news clip.

http://abc7ny.com/news/crew-rescued-after-fishing-boat-runs-aground-off-rockaway-beach/1218047/

The pictures of the safe boat upside down in flat calm water is not what conditions were like when the crew flipped.

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Shovel snow and contemplating why the old Johnson was blowing fuses on start up at the end of last season.

Hoping the ground hog was right about an early spring and the bay won't freeze over this month.

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Jim, I do not know if the restoration crew took a boat ride on the life boat when Disney returned the boat. More restoration is being done now along with undoing stuff that Disney did for the movie. Chris, Hollywood makes up lots of stuff you are right. But in my limited experience all the broken sh...

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The Finest Hours is a good movie. Close to the real rescue.

http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/Pendleton_webster.asp

We had the added interest in that the life boat used in the movie was restored in my home town by a few of our local ships carpenters.

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The diesel boats I've had experience with would make me guess fuel shut offs. Turning the key off on the diesels I've run didn't shut the fuel off or shut the engine down. Had to pull on a T handle hooked to a cable that went to the fuel injection pump. There is a 31' diesel Whaler in the marina whe...

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Last summer a 165' motor yacht went past my home on Suttons Bay and they were towing a 40' center console tender.

It's just the difference between men and boys, eh.

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Jeff, the sheer line in the drawing is not straight like my 1987 Outrage 18.

Do you think it was changed or is it just an illusion in the drawing?

Thanks for the good reading.

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I have an 1987 Outrage 18. The previous owner had a very nice custom cover made of Sunbrella. The cover fits snug over rails and console. There are snaps under the gunwale about every 6 or 8-inches with a plastic stiffener sewn into the hem around the snaps. No straps or cords. I have towed the boat...

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The PVA "[tricks] the gel coat into thinking it is in a mold." That is what an old time fiber glass guy told me. The old guy breathed too many fumes and is no longer with us. If memory serves, before PVA we used to spray wax over gel coat to keep the air off it or put a piece of wax paper ...

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If what I am seeing in the pictures is the top is OK and the bottom is OK and you cleaned out rotten wood filler, I would use West System Epoxy to glue it back together. You would wet everything inside both sides with unthickened slow epoxy then thicken enough epoxy to fill the voids with 406 Colloi...

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The Carl D. Bradley broke in two and sunk in northern Lake Michigan 57 years ago today. Two crew members survived to tell their story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Carl_D._Bradley

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I agree almost totally with Qtrmeg and my work experience is the same. My last post disappeared but I would add that a DeWalt 12"single compound miter saw may be desirable.

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Just heard a story today at the club about a guy over 60 on a ladder pruning a tree. Limb broke of in unexpected direction, knocked ladder out from under the guy. He has broken back and other less serious broken bones. In hospital for 2 weeks and counting.

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Jim, are you thinking of a shop in your basement or are you going to have to schlep the tools out side for use? Dust in your clean basement?
The miter saw will need a stand of some kind, so how portable does it have to be for a senior citizen.

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This yeti cooler caught my eye a few years back.

http://media.al.com/live/photo/yeti-coo ... b942bc.jpg

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Jim, you need a good circular saw and saw horses.

May be a compound miter saw.

If you are going to be a cabinet maker you will want a table saw and a joiner. Or beg and barrow for small jobs

Stay away from a radial arm saw.

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One of my favorites was the St. Mary's Challenger. Built in 1906 she was 3 years younger but still delivering cement until 2013 when she was made into a barge. When the Challenger turned a 100 years old the comments were made that the Titanic would have been a few years younger. It was nice to occas...

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I guess I'll have to be trained to add pictures. Dragging did not work for me.

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I did not see the 2nd page of posts with the newest last. :oops: (red smilie face)

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I thought I posted an hour ago that it was a great picture of Lucky Two, but it's not here.

Did JimH post the picture or did Kevin?

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Great picture of Lucky Two.

Did Kevin do that or JimH?

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