Rinker 280 Sold and gone 😔 NEW BOAT! 😁

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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Big time....looks great-
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It really bothers me how lumpy it looks in the photo 😩. 

    This is a good before photo you can see how nasty that carpet was right by the wood trim piece. I also noticed now how lumpy the carpet looks. 🤷🏽‍♂️
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice! ⚓️
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  • J3ffJ3ff Member Posts: 4,103 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That room is PRIME for some nice LED lighting!! 

    Right here. 
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 10
    Lightning is all getting replaced but that's on the list for after we get the boat moved to the river hopefully this month. 

    I don't know about any crazy disco lighting it definitely some upgrades 😎
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,757 mod
    Pictures.
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah I'll get there 😃 This was a quick photo I took as we came into the marina. 



    We crossed the Grays Bar today and are docked in Westport WA. Picked a real good time with strong current 🌊 😲. It wasn't that bad just a little exciting cause we also had to dodge all the crab pots on the way down the coast into this entry. 

    I have a better plan tomorrow as we need to cross outbound on the Grays Bar and then inbound on the Columbia Bar. 

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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We are still alive after our bar crossings. 😬 I will go thru our photos and videos and put some up. Not much to get pictures of on the water. We arrived home in the dark so that was a little interesting.



    Nice we have all the docks lit up with new led lights ☀️ 

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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A few pictures above from along the route and marinas we stopped at. 



    Overall it was a good trip with just a few minor findings but nothing big.

    The freshwater tank has a small crack in the top so when we topped off it dripped out to the bilge till we used some water. 

    Fuel gauges and sending units are inaccurate, I couldn't get good reading at the tank with my ohm meter. 

    Radar stopped working when I actually tried to use it. Worked when I didn't need it now it may be completely dead. 

    Need to replace a couple of my 6 bilge pumps but I already have spares so that's easy. 
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,757 mod
    What a great sequence of photos!  Agree the rest of the findings from this shakedown cruise are normal boating stuff.  Fantastic!
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,053 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good stuff @Aqua_Aura !👍🏻⚓️
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think I shared the name yet? Ilaria.
    The photo above of the champagne and my wife is her writing the name in the logbook after the naming ceremony. 


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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,757 mod
    Interesting name ... what's the origin?
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 8
    It's an Italian name and as we were picking name we kinda jokingly picked an Italian name to entice my mom to move here which she was already doing. It means cheerful and we just like the way it sounds 🤷🏽‍♂️. 

    I also found wine with the same name so we bought a couple bottles for the boat. That was a neat find at the store. 


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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 17
    It's like skinning an animal 😂. My wife removed all the panels and also the carpet that was glued down in the mid berth. This time we get to work on things in our shop rather than at the dock since the boats home now. I'll get more pictures of the demolition and also after pictures. 


    We also reupholstered the headboards in both rooms. 






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  • davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭✭
    The glue they use to hold down the carpet is no joke. I think I worked for 5 days to get it all up from my 342.
    It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere!
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  • Aqua_AuraAqua_Aura Member Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The panel she is working in is really stuck but the rest of it pull off relatively easy. Hoping to have it back together before next week. 
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