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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    It look very good and great idea
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  • goalie59goalie59 Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭

    Pulled my props off and going to send them to the prop shop to have some pitch removed. Hoping to be able to increase my rpm so I can reduce gallons per hour and lessen the load on the engines.
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    @goalie59

    Really cool video on propeller & skeg repair…

    https://youtu.be/YgWlPRMRM3E
    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • GMSLITHOGMSLITHO Member Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭✭
    goalie59 said:

    Pulled my props off and going to send them to the prop shop to have some pitch removed. Hoping to be able to increase my rpm so I can reduce gallons per hour and lessen the load on the engines.
    What make boat are they off of 
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  • goalie59goalie59 Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭
    2005 Rinker 410 with Cummins diesels. 
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  • goalie59goalie59 Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭
    Mattie 
    that is cool. Those are the guys that are going to do my props. 
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    goalie59 said:
    Mattie 
    that is cool. Those are the guys that are going to do my props. 
    Very cool vid. Love watching pros at their craft. Almost like ASMR boat porn!

    Kawartha guys know how to fix props - lotta rock up in that area. Most boats up there zip tie an extra prop somewhere in the bilge.



    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • JakesRinker300JakesRinker300 Member Posts: 91 ✭✭
    I started compounding the hull on the 300 today. My first time ever lol. Bought the torq and some chemical guy products at the advice of a friend. 
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  • Pat310Pat310 Member Posts: 603 ✭✭✭
    First 50 degree day in a while. Went to the boat and almost sh!t myselfso did the yard foreman
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WoW, @Pat310 !!
    Nice to know that the stands work!! Thanks for trying them out for us! 😂
    2008 330EC
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  • GrahamuGrahamu Member Posts: 921 ✭✭✭
    Make sure that you check the area where the stand pads are located on the hull, hopefully they are where a bulkhead is and no compression of the hull. 
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,059 mod
    Holy cats!  Are the stands sinking into the gravel?  They should be on plywood or something else to spread out the load.  Jeez, you are lucky!
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    faaaaaack.
    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • YYZRCYYZRC Member Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW!
    2006 390 EC
    2008 350 EC
    Georgian Bay
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  • oscar1oscar1 Member Posts: 803 ✭✭✭
    you got lucky 
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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,919 mod
    Wow!!  I sure hope they got it back on those blocks and everything is ok.  I would crap myself!!!

    Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express

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  • Pat310Pat310 Member Posts: 603 ✭✭✭
    Couple hours, few extra stands and a bottle jack. All good. Thank God. Would have been like dominos and took out a few boats down the line
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They should’ve had the wood under the blocks from the beginning. Hopefully it will be standard practice from now on.
    2008 330EC
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  • Pat310Pat310 Member Posts: 603 ✭✭✭
    Yard foreman has been there 40 years and said only second time its happened
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here’s a pic of when I first looked at my 330 and how I keep it I’m my backyard now. If you zoom in, you can see the blocks and stands all have a plywood base to spread the load. I highly recommend for you to request to have a wood base. I wonder how insurance would handle the claim if something happened?



    2008 330EC
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  • Pat310Pat310 Member Posts: 603 ✭✭✭
    Straight ones can get have wood base but angled ones tend to slip out when on wood and gravel or so I’m told 🤷‍♂️
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    At least have them put the wood under the blocks.
    2008 330EC
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  • mattiemattie Member Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭
    @aero3113
    Does look better naked without the stripes…..
    246BR, 276BR, H310BR current
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks @mattie , when I was finished I was very happy with the look.
    2008 330EC
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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had my forwarded window panels replaced a few weeks ago. Used the original surroundings with the buttons and zippers, just replaced the clear panels. I installed them today. Very happy.


    2008 330EC
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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One thing I thought to be a design “crap, we didn’t think of that” was the stapling of seat back material to the plastic backing producing a nice perforated line. After many years of flexing, warm and cold the plastic weakens and snaps along the edge. Took the plunge (with my canvass/vinyl guys guidance) and decided to replace as the fixes I had tried came to the same fate - no good!

    A sheet of 96x48x1/8”. HDPE from Grainger ($85), under $20 hot knife from Harbor Freight, careful marking with china pencils and a white sharpie from the Depot and a few holes punched in fingers from staple removing and the first small one ready for vinyl reattachment - not my job though.



    Going out now to do the long one next to it.

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • IanIan Member Posts: 3,057 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And now the long across the stern back ready.


    And only when I was done did I realize the 3 vent holes were “310”

    Regards,

    Ian

    The Third “B”

    Ravena Coeymans Yacht Club

    https://www.rcyachtclub.com/

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  • JakesRinker300JakesRinker300 Member Posts: 91 ✭✭
    Installed two new shore power bezels with covers. Old ones were looking pretty bad. The labels are hideous and will be coming off. 


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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 8,059 mod
    Today I fixed a devious "reverse polarity" problem in my shore power system.   

    The symptom was that I was getting the red light, but only when using the port side (transom) power inlets.  My first response was to replace the shore power receptacles, which have been the source of the problem for some people.  It didn't help. 

    After much trouble-shooting and tail-chasing, I found the problem: a failing connector at the disconnect switch in the cockpit.  It's one of those Anderson PowerPole connectors that Rinker used for high-voltage connections.  It looked fine on the outside, but I couldn't unplug it no matter how hard I tried.  When I eventually pried it apart with a screwdriver, I could see just a little bit of melting. 

    Rather than trying to rebuild or replace the connector, I just connected the wires directly using crimped heat-shrink butt connectors. 






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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pat310 said:
    Couple hours, few extra stands and a bottle jack. All good. Thank God. Would have been like dominos and took out a few boats down the line
    Bottle of Jack fixes everything...
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