What did you do to your boat today

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  Looks great!

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• Cableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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.
  

  2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes"
  Go Steelers!!!
  

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• diggin2day1 Member Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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!  

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• 04FV270riverrat Member Posts: 268 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  diggin2day1 said:

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  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....

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• diggin2day1 Member Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

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

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• zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  Started waxing my brother in-laws boat
  
  

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• zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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 

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• zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  Engines

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• Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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!!!

  07' Cruisers 390 (Previous Rinker's: 06' 342EC & 01' 310FV)
  
  

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• Black_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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. 
  
  
  

  Past owner of a 2003 342FV
  PC BYC, Holland, MI

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

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

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• Willhound Member Posts: 4,220 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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!

  "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
  2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  How come?
  
  

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• Willhound Member Posts: 4,220 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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.
  
  

  "Knot Quite Shore" - 2000 FV270 (Sold)
  2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)

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• Stodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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.

  2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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• Dream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,751 mod

  April 2019

  shawnmjr said:

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  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!

  Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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• Stodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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.  

  2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,580 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  Willhound said:

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  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...

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• zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

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

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• Ian Member Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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. 

  Regards,

  Ian

  The Third “B”

  Secretary, Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

  https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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• DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

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

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342

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• Dream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,751 mod

  April 2019

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

  Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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• LaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,880 mod

  April 2019

  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.  

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• DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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 $$

  No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342

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• Dream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,751 mod

  April 2019

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

  Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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• 04FV270riverrat Member Posts: 268 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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.  

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• 69fastback Member Posts: 951 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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. 

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• Black_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

  
  
  VC-17m all done. 

  Past owner of a 2003 342FV
  PC BYC, Holland, MI

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• Stodge Member Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭✭

  April 2019

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

  2002 FV 342 on Lake St. Clair - Past Commodore SHC - Vessel Examiner USCGAUX

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• 04FV270riverrat Member Posts: 268 ✭✭✭

  April 2019

  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.
  
  
  
  

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