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  • zaverin1zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭
    My bro got the new canvas put on 
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My light is plenty bright enough...only used it once on the water...other than that just spotting Gators at the marina..
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  • zaverin1zaverin1 Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭
    Oops never attached the first time around 
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Today - finished cleaning drives ready to pain while waiting for tech to change CityID in port engine
    Got that done, fired up VVM and both engines showing data. Yay!
    Muffed and ran up engines to check out impeller replacement - all good, great flow.
    Power washed top deck and gunwales and hull.
    Power washed the engine room and drives
    Attempted to change waste pumpout to tank hose but no go - see separate thread I’ll post
    Buffed fully hull bow to stern below the rubrail. (Above rubrail and across the stern still to do)

    So it was a busy day.....

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • ruggeroleruggerole Member Posts: 162 ✭✭
    Installed factory platform and Aquatraction. Lovin it
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  • Cableguy GregCableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Got her in the water. I still need to do some cleaning, but she is floating.
    2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes" (Sold)
    2022 Cherokee 294GEBG Black Label land yacht. 
    Go Steelers!!!
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Today
    Gave her another spray down then dried. 
    Applied F11 to prior buffed lower hull
    First coat drive paint
    Cleaned anchor locker
    Put rode back in
    Buffed starboard side above rub rail

    Had club meeting so had to leave. 

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2019
    Finally installed a mid-ship cleat on our 2014 310EC. One that is now within arm's reach while at the helm...





    Port side install is next.
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice upgrade @TonyG13 , that will be very useful.
    2008 330EC
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My 270 has one but be danged if I can reach it....good for spring line once your docked but no way to use it from the helm without standing on something...
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    @aero3113 - Thanks - that's the plan!

    @rasbury - It does amaze me with all the R&D that companies put into a product that something as basic as an easily accessible cleat is commonly omitted/overlooked.

    The "official" mid cleat on the 310/320's IMHO is in one of the worst possible spots. Impossible to reach from the helm, or if accessing it from the fore deck, you come dangerously close to falling overboard trying to tie a line or fender to it. The reach is only for certified contortionists.
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    @TonyG13 going to do the same but with retractable. Soon.

    Today:

    Replaced the LED string under swim platform
    Finished painting drives.
    Buffed port side above rub rail and stern. All done.
    Emptied car trunk of stuff been using for prep...

    Planning to splash Friday.....

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good luck @icoultha!
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  • CarsnmorellcCarsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭
    I cant believe how much hatch covers help keep my interior cool.  I like my Ac at 68, It struggles.... always has.  These make a huge difference!!
    2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down
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  • DanD2DanD2 Member Posts: 848 ✭✭✭
    @Carsnmorellc Where'd you find the hatch covers?
    No longer a boat owner.....previous boat - 2005 Rinker Fiesta Vee 342
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  • MarkBMarkB Member Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great idea!

    Boat Name: King Kong

    "Boat + Water = Fun"

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  • CarsnmorellcCarsnmorellc Member Posts: 230 ✭✭
    @DanD2 I had a local upholstery shop do them.  $100
    2001 340 Fiesta Vee 20P Hill Marine and 2 new 6.2 Horizon motors. Whine Down
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    Not up to @javhav standards ;-) but a $30 jar of Spectrum Color and a few hours of my (free) labor. Still have some sanding/compounding/polishing to do. Most importantly, the color matched perfectly...







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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice job @TonyG13 !
    2008 330EC
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MarkB said:
    Great idea!
    @TonyG13 are they snap on, elastic fit, velcro...?

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    icoultha said:
    MarkB said:
    Great idea!
    @TonyG13 are they snap on, elastic fit, velcro...?
    @icoultha - Ian, I think you meant this for @Carsnmorellc (regarding the hatch covers)?
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, bad paste. Seeing as you replied, how did you get that ugly scar?

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    Ugh. The only reason it happened was my daughter complained the lake was too rough for her and insisted I drop her off so she could walk home. One of the touch-n-go's by us has metal sheet retention walls with steel I-beam posts for tying off. They are supposed to have plastic protective caps - but of course most are missing. No wood, no pads. I was as careful as I could be with my approach, but as my daughter stepped off I heard "crunch." Even well placed fenders don't work for this place.  At least it: 1. Only involved the blue gelcoat and not also the white. And 2. It's in a shadow area, so it's pretty hard to see using the "10 foot rule." Next time she's stays aboard and throws up overboard :-)
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2019
    Bad luck but it happens and no feet, hands or arms were lost. 

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So are we going to hear the story of how that gash got there??
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭
    rasbury said:
    So are we going to hear the story of how that gash got there??
    See above :-)
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep...it happens. Mine sure has some ware on it....I guess if you have real good docks everywhere you go you don't get the marks...but just have to pivot on a piling because you  have 30 mph winds to get into a slip....
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Launched!


    After that that wiped everything down, put up bimini, flushed water systems, vacuumed inside, cleaned cockpit deck and put in marine mat. 

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • javhavjavhav Member Posts: 420 ✭✭✭
    @TonyG13 looks sweet what did you use to fill it in and are you going to feather sand the edges and polish  
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  • javhavjavhav Member Posts: 420 ✭✭✭
    Put on engine covers getting ready for the shake down this weekend 
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