HUMPH
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- Nov 4, 2009
- 7,618
- Boat Info
- 2003 410DA
2009 Walker Bay 13’
- Engines
- CAT 3126TA's 350HP/
50HP Honda
Exactly!
Haul Out
- Thread starter Russ Calasant
- Start date
Exactly!
Ms. Mymoney
Member
uh wow. Do you need someone to go with you?
I'll clean the boat daily, cook, lol. Please post pics, have a safe trip.
rondds
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- Oct 3, 2006
- 8,859
- Boat Info
- 2001 380DA
- Engines
- Merc 8.1s (2008)...Hurth ZF 63 V-drives...WB 7.0 BCGD (2013), Garmin 8208 & 740 MFDs, GMR 24xHD dome
All I need is the cover...
Russ Calasant
Active Member
Ron, that's depressing. Not only is she high and dry but she is all alone!!
rondds
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- Oct 3, 2006
- 8,859
- Boat Info
- 2001 380DA
- Engines
- Merc 8.1s (2008)...Hurth ZF 63 V-drives...WB 7.0 BCGD (2013), Garmin 8208 & 740 MFDs, GMR 24xHD dome
Yeah, I was only the second boat out in the whole marina, but usually first weekend in October that's where you'll find me. So much stuff to get done around the house before old man winter comes roarin' in.
searay40dad
Active Member
- Oct 23, 2006
- 1,161
- Boat Info
- 2001 480 Sedan Bridge w/ Novurania RIB
- Engines
- 660 hp CAT 3196's
uh wow. Do you need someone to go with you?
Thanks but i have enough deck hands who have conned their way aboard. Now if you look like Racquel Welch or Pamela Anderson, game on.
Xplicitlnck
Well-Known Member
Ill pay for fuel can I come?
Ms. Mymoney
Member
Lol!
Mark I
New Member
Around Thanksgiving. I want to be the last in the shed so I can be first coming out.
First year with this boat went great. Didn't use it enough due to moving but enjoyed it when we did.
Columbus Day WE was our last trip due to time constraints. Fishing from here to the end.
First year with this boat went great. Didn't use it enough due to moving but enjoyed it when we did.
Columbus Day WE was our last trip due to time constraints. Fishing from here to the end.
- Apr 26, 2009
- 5,809
- Boat Info
- '97 330 Sundancer, Raymarine C80 suite with radar, Mercury 310 Hypalon w/8hp Yammie 2stk
- Engines
- 2X 454 carbs w/ vDrives
I'm out.
As usual I did the freshwater systems myself, leaving the engines to the marina.
I tried a new trick for getting the pink into the AC system:
I closed the seacock. Then I used a rubber sewer pipe coupling adapter (designed to reduce 1.5in ABS pipe down to smaller pipe).
I attached the 1.5 in end to a piece of ABS pipe about 4 ft long, and stuffed the thinner end (after taking off the stainless clamp of course) into the strainer housing (strainer removed). It was not a perfectly water tight fit but good enough. I cut the top end of the ABS at angle so that it was just above deck height. It made for a perfect long funnel to the strainer housing. Then I turned the AC on, and poured the pink down the ABS pipe. I ran one gallon down the pipe then checked the outlet fitting and saw that there was antifreeze running down the side of the hull. Worked like a charm. Far easier than the old way of trying to wedge myself down there to pour into the strainer.
As usual I did the freshwater systems myself, leaving the engines to the marina.
I tried a new trick for getting the pink into the AC system:
I closed the seacock. Then I used a rubber sewer pipe coupling adapter (designed to reduce 1.5in ABS pipe down to smaller pipe).
I attached the 1.5 in end to a piece of ABS pipe about 4 ft long, and stuffed the thinner end (after taking off the stainless clamp of course) into the strainer housing (strainer removed). It was not a perfectly water tight fit but good enough. I cut the top end of the ABS at angle so that it was just above deck height. It made for a perfect long funnel to the strainer housing. Then I turned the AC on, and poured the pink down the ABS pipe. I ran one gallon down the pipe then checked the outlet fitting and saw that there was antifreeze running down the side of the hull. Worked like a charm. Far easier than the old way of trying to wedge myself down there to pour into the strainer.
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dpvandy01
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- Sep 6, 2007
- 2,535
- Boat Info
- 2007 38 Sundancer
&
2014 Sea Fox 256 Commander
- Engines
- Twin 8.1L Close Cooled V-Drives & 300 Yamaha OB
Season runs til 10-31 but I pulled the boat Monday for a two day scrub with the plan to relaunch tomorrow for the last two and a half weeks. Idea was to do the heavy scrub while it was still rather warm and the wash bay wasn't too busy. Sadly my outdrive had other plans. So, I'm on the trailer and clean as can be but off to Sea Ray for out drive service, winterization, wrap and storage in a week or two. I'll keep it at the club and overnight a time or two on the trailer just for fun. But essentially my cruiser season is done. Hoping to get the runabout on the water a few more times though,,? Pushing for 100 hours for the season. 88 and counting.
spikeitaudi
Member
I went down this weekend to basically Fill her up add stabile, do the last pump out and she should be pulled today. Will go down again once on land to do the official close up of the boat and winterize the water system minus the engine. I let the marina do the engine part. Just to much going on with the kids to even try to use the boat on weekends now.
AMFM3
Active Member
- Mar 11, 2012
- 1,390
- Boat Info
- 370 Sundancer 1995 Raymarine C 120 Plotter / Radar
- Engines
- 7.4 L Twin inboards,
V-Drives
:smt089All done...we're out. Everything winterized and awaiting the word for shrink wrap. When I get that, the canvas comes off and we're put to bed until April.
I guess that's means the boating fix will come from CSR. Not such a bad place IMHO.
Mark
I guess that's means the boating fix will come from CSR. Not such a bad place IMHO.
Mark
- May 14, 2008
- 3,540
- Boat Info
- 1988 390 EC
- Engines
- 454 Mercruiser Gassers
As of 4:30 PM today, we have joined the ranks of the un-boaters for another 6 months.
rondds
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- Oct 3, 2006
- 8,859
- Boat Info
- 2001 380DA
- Engines
- Merc 8.1s (2008)...Hurth ZF 63 V-drives...WB 7.0 BCGD (2013), Garmin 8208 & 740 MFDs, GMR 24xHD dome
Done deal...
Arrive at the marina at 0800...
Frames erected by 1000
Boat covering party over 1230
Say G'nite Gracie...
Arrive at the marina at 0800...
Frames erected by 1000
Boat covering party over 1230
Say G'nite Gracie...
Russ Calasant
Active Member
Nice, who made the canvas?
rondds
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- Oct 3, 2006
- 8,859
- Boat Info
- 2001 380DA
- Engines
- Merc 8.1s (2008)...Hurth ZF 63 V-drives...WB 7.0 BCGD (2013), Garmin 8208 & 740 MFDs, GMR 24xHD dome
Russ
This guy...this will be my 9th season with it. Need a little stitching and primping every couple of years, but great customer service and repairs.
http://www.fishercanvas.com/
This guy...this will be my 9th season with it. Need a little stitching and primping every couple of years, but great customer service and repairs.
http://www.fishercanvas.com/
Russ Calasant
Active Member
I've heard good things about those guys, just expensive. I think the ROI was like 8 years for me, anything more than 4 is too much.
rondds
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- Oct 3, 2006
- 8,859
- Boat Info
- 2001 380DA
- Engines
- Merc 8.1s (2008)...Hurth ZF 63 V-drives...WB 7.0 BCGD (2013), Garmin 8208 & 740 MFDs, GMR 24xHD dome
Russ, I think I got in on the ground floor. Bought it in 2004 for $1900.00. 4 years of paying for itself (shrinkwrappers around here are insane and they nail you for a bridge boat).
My dock neighbor has the same cover on his silverton, for what he paid in 2007 i can shrinkwrap my boat for 13 yrs . Its nice to have if you plan on keeping that boat. Shrinkwrap here for a bridge boat is going for $15-$16 ft, I got in on a group rate for $12
