molson9
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- Jan 14, 2015
- 33
- Boat Info
- 1988 300 Weekender, 12' dingy 8.8 merc, Garmin 2010c - card.
- Engines
- 2 merc 5.7's
If anyone has a source for the plastic curtains t clips. I need some too!!
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DWNA1A
Tried to message you, your mail box is over filled! Guess its like a sea box ya got to clean the crap out of it every now and then to get them flowing again! I may be up your way Saturday are you going to be at the marina?
Mike
ThanksI replaced both of my Nav lights with LED's. A buddy tapped on the hull next to the Nav light so I could figure out where the wires penetrated threw the hull. My case there is a bolster that covered that area. Once I removed the bolster I had access to more wire.
3 screws and the housing came off, only problem was the wires were too short to splice from outside the hull. So when I removed the old lights and replaced them with new ones I pulled the wires inside for the splice. This added addition wire with all that said (looked like past replacement jobs reduced them to impossible). Now I have enough wire to make a splice from ether side if necessary. But I'm told it will never be necessary cause LED's last for ever and don't use any power! The replacement light housings were large enough to cover the thew hull hole but had a different hole pattern. I filled the old holes and drilled new ones. Job done got nice bright LED Lights.
I replaced both of my Nav lights with LED's. A buddy tapped on the hull next to the Nav light so I could figure out where the wires penetrated threw the hull. My case there is a bolster that covered that area. Once I removed the bolster I had access to more wire.
3 screws and the housing came off, only problem was the wires were too short to splice from outside the hull. So when I removed the old lights and replaced them with new ones I pulled the wires inside for the splice. This added addition wire with all that said (looked like past replacement jobs reduced them to impossible). Now I have enough wire to make a splice from ether side if necessary. But I'm told it will never be necessary cause LED's last for ever and don't use any power! The replacement light housings were large enough to cover the thew hull hole but had a different hole pattern. I filled the old holes and drilled new ones. Job done got nice bright LED Lights.
I have narrowed my search down to a pre-'89 Weekender or Sundancer. Please let me have the pro's and con's of each. Don't really have any need of the extra bunk in the Sundancer and afraid of water intrusion around the outdrives. Weekender looks best but worried about the 29" draft; we'll be operating in a large Arkansas lake and beaching the boat on numerous islands will occur quite often, maybe a couple of times each outing. PLEASE let me have your thoughts.
Norris:huh:
IMO you've already hit the largest pros and cons. First Mate and I thoroughly enjoy the roomy feel of the 11' beam--it may be an illusion, but somehow it seems MUCH larger than younger models with 10'6" and 10'2". I really wanted the extra bunk, though, so I accepted outdrives and everything that entails. Had I not wanted that add'l interior space, I would have gone with the WE in a heartbeat since it affords the same feel. I've toured some WEs since purchasing my DA and found them to be lovely.I have narrowed my search down to a pre-'89 Weekender or Sundancer. Please let me have the pro's and con's of each. Don't really have any need of the extra bunk in the Sundancer and afraid of water intrusion around the outdrives. Weekender looks best but worried about the 29" draft; we'll be operating in a large Arkansas lake and beaching the boat on numerous islands will occur quite often, maybe a couple of times each outing. PLEASE let me have your thoughts.
Norris:huh:
Bumping for our shared need for curtain clips, too....anyone? Anyone?If anyone has a source for the plastic curtains t clips. I need some too!!
Made progress on search terms for curtain clips....
"Curtain carrier" and "curtain glide" generate more relevant results than what I was typing.
Haven't found the exact dimensions of this product yet, but at first glance it looks like it might do the trick....
JR Products Curtain Carrier Sew-In Elastic Type C
Several online sources have them in packs of 14, ranging from $4.99/pk to over $15/pk.
Guess I need to go count clips tonight.....
I get what you mean--my mechanic said he's rarely seen curtains in these boats, and that's probably why.I removed the privacy curtains altogether. They were getting nasty looking after all these years, and I took them down to see what I could do with them. Once I saw how much it opened up the cabin, I left them off, and then took down the tracks and packed them away in case I want to go back to using them.
Nice! First Mate mentioned doing this, but how about you make a field trip to middle TN instead? Pretty please, with <insertyourfavoritebeverage> on top?Today I broke out the buffer, some wax and went to work.
I had to do the most difficult thing today... I drilled a hole in the hull... LOL. It took me over an hour to get up the courage.
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