What did you do to your boat today

rasbury

Looks great!

Cableguy Greg

04FV270riverrat said:

Lowe’s has a marine sealant also. Like $26 bucks for a tube

Unfortunately my Lowes does not. I did get my windows resealed today. We are expecting some rain tomorrow, so I will find out if I found the leak. While I was at my boat I started sanding the 6 coats of bottom paint off. What a PITA. I am 2/3's of the way done.

diggin2day1

04FV270riverrat said:

 I finished up my dash update, thanks @diggin2day1 for the inspiration. I used 1/4” starboard with a vinyl wrap over it. I’ll prolly have some custom pieces made later on with cleaner cut lines...🤪 but it looks good for now!

I guess I should have made a template of mine when I did it... I have to look, I just may have!  

04FV270riverrat

diggin2day1 said:

04FV270riverrat said:

 I finished up my dash update, thanks @diggin2day1 for the inspiration. I used 1/4” starboard with a vinyl wrap over it. I’ll prolly have some custom pieces made later on with cleaner cut lines...🤪 but it looks good for now!

I guess I should have made a template of mine when I did it... I have to look, I just may have!  

I can send you my stock dash pieces if you’re thinking of making something....

diggin2day1

@04FV270riverrat - let me
see if I still have my templates... I’ll message you this week. Thank you... your dash looks great!

zaverin1

Started waxing my brother in-laws boat

zaverin1

It’s a nice boat but lacks a mid cabin
it does have a decent v Beth and a couch that converts into a bed.
engines are mid ship to make room
for Fishing 

zaverin1

Engines

Liberty44140

Got about 2/3 done with waxing and did a couple of small gelcoat chip repairs. Those kits from spectrum are awesome. Looking forward to floating again!!!

Black_Diamond

Finished my water drains I added to the fender storage and the engine hatch gutter. 342. Drains go to a shower sump (white box near center on the pic). Pumps overboard. 

rasbury

Nice Black...and Zav, your a good brother in law!

Willhound

Paid my slip fees. Launch is supposed to be May 1st but still lots of ice on the lake. Harbour is clear. So will be able to launch, just might not be able to go far!

rasbury

How come?

Willhound

rasbury said:

How come?

All that white, and most of the blue on today's satellite shot is ice. And temps at or below freezing every night.

Stodge

I stopped at the boat last night to drop off some of the repaired canvas and the crew that waxes her was there working.  She'll be all pretty for launch date.

Dream_Inn

shawnmjr said:

Stodge said:

I stopped at the boat last night to drop off some of the repaired canvas and the crew that waxes her was there working.  She'll be all pretty for launch date.

A crew that waxes it, I need to get on that level. 

Yeah, there are several on my dock that get it done every spring.  I have a hard time parting with at least a tank of gas to get it done.  I'll just keep cleaning it myself!

Stodge

I know my limitations.  Now the plain old cleaning we still do.  But when it comes to a good wax job, I know it won't look as good if I do it.  

rasbury

Willhound said:

rasbury said:

How come?

All that white, and most of the blue on today's satellite shot is ice. And temps at or below freezing every night.

Holy crap, it's April!  We had 40's here in northern Fl this am....something is gone crazy with the weather, that's for sure...

zaverin1

Stodge,
look
at my wheel job lol
yew you can!

Ian

Today I changed the poop pipe! New from head to tank, when she’s outside I’ll do tank to pumpout port just in case the antifreeze/sludge mix oozes out a little and I can wash it straight out. 

Also installed a better fuse for my engine room led string I put in there before and repaired the tank sensor. Also pulled the batteries to take to exchange for nice new ones. These are dated 2012 so they’ve served us well. 

DanD2

Seeing as I can take the tarps off yet.....I guess I'll get going on the out drives.

Dream_Inn

Nice little cub cadet Dan!  Just large enough with that front bucket to do all sorts of things.

LaRea

While in the slip weathering Saturday's wind, the Admiral and I had Opening Day for the 2019 Trashketball season.  

Trashketball is a juvenile drinking game of skill in which you take turns tossing game pieces (beer bottle caps) onto the countertop in the cockpit.  If your game piece falls into trash can slot, or hits the faucet and makes a sound like ringing a bell, the other person has to drink and you throw again.  If the game piece falls to the deck, you drink.  If somebody makes up a new rule, both competitors drink, and so forth.

After a pitched battle, we both won.  

DanD2

Dream_Inn said:

Nice little cub cadet Dan!  Just large enough with that front bucket to do all sorts of things.

Love my Cub!!! I've done sooo much work with that thing over the years it literally has saved me thousands of $$

Dream_Inn

@LaRea - I bet you both were in great shape by the time the 8pm hockey game started!

04FV270riverrat

Off work today so I added a 3M Filtrete in line water filter to my galley sink so I don’t have to bring bottled water on board anymore.  

69fastback

I continued in with my “driver in training” program.  This was the maiden voyage of the year. Man, it’s one of my happiest days of the year. My daughter even rode the tube! Too cold for me to get in. 

Black_Diamond

VC-17m all done. 

Stodge

This is one of the replaced static windows.  You can see a building and some shrinkwrap through it.  Before it was clouded completely.

04FV270riverrat

I re painted my hull. The PO had it painted all the way up to the stripe instead of the water line...I’m not a huge fan of it but oh well.