What did you do to your boat today

JoeStang

I've had very good luck with the deep cycle & starting batteries from Sams Club. They are Duracell brand, but made by Penn Deka. They're $20 off right now too, $80 for a group 31.

They make AGM also, for a bit more.

JoeStang

And I'm kinda bummed right now. My boat is trapped in winter storage right now. With the "shelter in place" order, the storage yard is considered non-essential, so until its lifted I cant get the boat. Not that I really need it until mid April, but I have spare time now to bring it home and work on it. Such is life right now.

Cableguy Greg

JoeStang said:

I've had very good luck with the deep cycle & starting batteries from Sams Club. They are Duracell brand, but made by Penn Deka. They're $20 off right now too, $80 for a group 31.

They make AGM also, for a bit more.

I have the Duracell AGM's and they are good batteries. Deka makes a nice product here in the USofA.

Dream_Inn

Cableguy Greg said:

JoeStang said:

I've had very good luck with the deep cycle & starting batteries from Sams Club. They are Duracell brand, but made by Penn Deka. They're $20 off right now too, $80 for a group 31.

They make AGM also, for a bit more.

I have the Duracell AGM's and they are good batteries. Deka makes a nice product here in the USofA.

I installed one of these in my streetrod a couple years ago and have been very happy with it.  I think I may have to get that toy and play with it since my boat is also under a cover still and here in MD they have prohibited recreational boating.

raybo3

@Dream_Inn I thought your boat was in the water already?????????

Dream_Inn

raybo3 said:

@Dream_Inn I thought your boat was in the water already?????????

No, it is on the lift and completely ready to go (everything, including liquor) moved in!  I hesitated because I did not want to uncover it and then be stuck not be allowed to use it.  Which I technically would be.   I'd be a sitting duck out on the water in that boat right now.  

I'm really torn about not removing the cover this Friday with nice 60+ degree weather and I have Friday off (yes, I'm still going in to work).  But, I'd probably get stuck about half way into removing my cover & being told I can't sit on my boat, even just in the marina.

raybo3

@Dream_Inn my club has suspended putting out docks in (we remove them for the winter) and not sure when we will be able to put them in. If its too late in the season then I may not even go in this year........ 

aero3113

I was cleaning in the engine compartment today and came across this alternator wire on the starboard side. Thanks to my trusty Harbor Freight hydraulic crimpers and water proof shrink wrap, it’s like new now!

rasbury

Goodness! Good Catch!

aero3113

rasbury said:

Goodness! Good Catch!

Yea, I wasn’t going to work on the boat today but decided to go clean and get my mind off of things, glad I did.

Cableguy Greg

@aero3113, what did that crimper run you?

aero3113

@Cableguy Greg , I’ve had it a couple of years, I forget what I paid. But it’s $59.99 on the website now. With a 20% off coupon it’s a great tool to have.

https://www.harborfreight.com/hydraulic-wire-crimping-tool-66150.html

aero3113

I re-crimped all of my 242 battery cable ends with it, works great.

boatman37

Picked the boat up today from storage

PickleRick

More sanding..it eventually ends I've been told

rasbury

No, it does not Rick

PickleRick

@rasbury, this is the only time im happy my boat is only a 235fv

John41

Took off my rub rail on the port side and filled the holes with some 4200. I had water leaking inside the forward berth. I hope this takes care of the problem 

69fastback

I changed the oil in my outdrive today, because I didn’t get a chance to do it before I left for training in November, and then I started the boat. It’s all ready for a day it’s not raining. Maybe July?

rasbury

We are dying for rain in FL...very dry March...

mattie

boatman37 said:

Picked the boat up today from storage

Shortest swim platform ever!!


kidding

PickleRick

mattie said:

boatman37 said:

Picked the boat up today from storage

Shortest swim platform ever!!


kidding

Rudest thing I've ever heard a Canadian say😂😂😂

That boat makes the the pick up look like a toy.

reneechris14

boatman37 said:

Picked the boat up today from storage

Every time I see the pic I think the bow rail is all bent up becauce of the roof line behind it. 

PickleRick

Almost done with the starboard side other than whats under the rollers.  I have a house jack and plenty of blocks to get it in the air a little at a time.

boatman37

lol. Yeah. The swim platform is in my garage. Took it off last fall cause I had a soft spot. And yeah, when I glance at the pic the roofline of the storage place looks like a bent railing. It's an underground storage facility.

The boat is a 25'er. The truck is a 2018 2500 but that boat looks much larger than a 25'er behind that truck...lol.

PickleRick

Takes a big boat to dwarf a crew cab 3/4 ton, that's a lot of wheel base.  

GMSLITHO

Rick the boat looks great .how long did it take to do the one side 

PickleRick

Thank you, Ive worked on it about 30 min after work every day this week and an hour or two last Sunday.  

PickleRick

another approx 2x3 section finished. 

Aqua_Aura

@PickleRick How are you going to reapply the bottom paint? Paint it then move it on the trailer to get to the other areas. I want to do my own but I am worried about being able to get all the areas (I have bunks not rollers). I have seen a few different ways of doing it that don't include pulling it off the trailer and blocking it.