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Re: Pic Of The Day
That looks great Aero- from yesterday 
at the location above... Swam right over to say hi to us, couldn't believe it!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e57IGURojZ99oQq8WqoWDfqJfq25bL6n/view
at the location above... Swam right over to say hi to us, couldn't believe it!https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e57IGURojZ99oQq8WqoWDfqJfq25bL6n/view
J3ff
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Re: 2022 Chesapeake Rinkervous
I think it's worth bumping this up to be on anyone's radar. I'm getting very excited!! I think out of the next 17 days, I'll be spending 14 of them on the boat.
@hindleg I'll be in your area this coming weekend staying at Shipwright harbor (you'll be able to see 3 Rinkers on the T docks facing you). Swing by and say hello. I'll look for you when we take our walks down the docks at NHH.
Dream_Inn
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Re: What did you do to your boat today
I feel you @GMSLITHO. Just got in a week ago myself. What was thought to be a leaking bellows last fall, turned out to be a cracked transom assembly. But all good now, first ride of the year yesterday 😁
Pat310
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Re: Pic Of The Day
@Dream_Inn Not as nice as @J3ff but we get it here if the conditions are right. This is over by Moriches Inlet. The first time we cruised into the clear water we were shocked!
aero3113
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Little wed afternoon fun...Re: What did you do to your boat today
Finally after three seasons of trying to figure out why the heck the bilge always had 2-4 gallons of water I did two things yesterday and one seems to have solved the problem.
First - and because I finally removed the genny so I can now have enough room in the engine room to get in and explore - I was able to finally get good access to the hot water heater and tighten the drain valve. It seemed tight, but I gave it a good hand crank just to be sure.
The other thing I discovered was the washdown pump was operating on the fresh water side so it was being constantly pressurized - even without the washdown pump switch being activated. So I closed the thru-hull for the washdown pump and switched the by-pass lever from fresh water (holding tank) to raw water (thru-hull). Basically isolating it from the fresh water side.
Wet vacuumed about 3 gallons out of the bilge and wiped everything down. Came back this morning and all was perfectly dry! I am now a very happy camper!
First - and because I finally removed the genny so I can now have enough room in the engine room to get in and explore - I was able to finally get good access to the hot water heater and tighten the drain valve. It seemed tight, but I gave it a good hand crank just to be sure.
The other thing I discovered was the washdown pump was operating on the fresh water side so it was being constantly pressurized - even without the washdown pump switch being activated. So I closed the thru-hull for the washdown pump and switched the by-pass lever from fresh water (holding tank) to raw water (thru-hull). Basically isolating it from the fresh water side.
Wet vacuumed about 3 gallons out of the bilge and wiped everything down. Came back this morning and all was perfectly dry! I am now a very happy camper!
TonyG13
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