What did you do to your boat today

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• GMSLITHO Member Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭✭

  November 1

  Took the boat out of the water today for the winter 

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 1

  I'd show my winterization picture but you would not like it..

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• mbnarney Member Posts: 116 ✭✭

  November 10

   so I went to clean my drive today so I can paint it. Tried to get the outer prop nut off. No dice. Wouldn't budge wa afraid I was going to damage the props. Any issue with using my impact driver on it?

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• TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭✭

  November 10 edited November 10

  Did you try a breaker bar? I've had to use at least an 18" or longer sometimes to get some loose. And make sure to not over torque when putting it back on.

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• mbnarney Member Posts: 116 ✭✭

  November 10

  I will try a bigger breaker. What concerned me was the blades on the prop were starting to flex.

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• GMSLITHO Member Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭✭

  November 10

  maybe maybe warm ita bit with a heat gun 

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• aero3113 Member Posts: 9,044 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 10

  I would think you’ll be okay with an impact driver if the breaker bar doesn’t work.

  2008 330EC

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• mbnarney Member Posts: 116 ✭✭

  November 11

  Got those bolts off. Must have been installed with an impact. Mine is rated at 1200 foot lbs and my guess they were installed at about 500. Now I can finish prepping the drive for paint.

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• TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭✭

  November 14

  Installed the new VHF (Raymarine Ray53) and AIS (Em-Trak B921) - wired as suggested by @LaRea and others. Everything powered up OK, and VHF voice worked fine (tested with a portable) but since I'm in an all steel building and rack storage boats above me, I can't test anything that relies on GPS because I don't have a clear sky view. (GPS alarms were going off because of no signal.)
  
  Same thing happened when I installed a new active GPS antenna last year. I thought it wasn't working because the MFD couldn't find it - and it wasn't until the boat was outside and receiving a clear GPS signal that it displayed on the MFD.
  
  Fingers crossed it all works in the Spring.

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• mbnarney Member Posts: 116 ✭✭

  November 20

  Finished painting my drive and installed the new cockpit cover. I am over all the zippers and snaps involved with the camper back.

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 20

  Very nice....where did you get the cover? Mine is about done...

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• mbnarney Member Posts: 116 ✭✭

  November 20

  I had it made by a local down here. He has years of upholstery experience but is just getting started on boats. Most of his work has been with the cruise lines. Easy guy to work with
  
  

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• tricountytrail Member Posts: 208 ✭✭

  November 22

  
  So I'm beginning to research my autopilot/ then radar upgrades.
  I have to Simrad go9 now connected to my engines and a NMEA 2000 network with a smartcraft gateway which this forum was a great help setting up everything.
  Going to install a Simrad Nss16 Evo3s Chartplotter/Fishfinder Mfd with a bracket
  and use it to build my new system with newest hardware.
  Will need Auto pilot drive, rudder sensor, heading or precision compass, and eventually a Simrad halo 24 radar. any recommendations.  

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• GMSLITHO Member Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭✭

  November 22

  shoveled the snow off 

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• rasbury Member Posts: 8,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 23

  Brrr..Florida got it good this am too..

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