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  1. bekosh

    Hole through Transom

    Re: Hole through Transom I would look closely at where your waterline is. I does sound like you might be asking for trouble. Just last weekend we had a fishing boat towed into our marina. He had a big outboard and a kicker on the back reducing his free-board to about 4-6 inches. He was out on...
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    How did you come up with your boat name

    Re: How did you come up with your boat name When I had my Eclipse 216, we named her "Not So Fast!" because she tried to kill us on the sea trial. We were running 50-55 across the lake with the wind behind us and turned to head back to the marina. When I turned we tipped over the top of a wave...
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    How did you come up with your boat name

    Re: How did you come up with your boat name "Pain in the Boat", that's a good one. :D We had a period of less than stellar luck for a couple of years, totaled out 2 cars, smashed another one up 3 times, I fractured my shoulder falling of our old boat. Through it all the father-in-law kept...
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    A little Venting anyone?????!!?!?

    Re: A little Venting anyone?????!!?!? I think boats are very practical and useful.
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild I got the platform mounted on the boat and she's been in the water for a couple of weeks. I'm already seeing wear on the nonskid and it's obvious that I will need to put another coat or two of the marine paint on it. Still, the cat litter...
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild The mounting brackets were already on the boat so I don't know where the PO got them from. I think he was an engineer so he may have built them himself. It's hard to get to the inside backing plates, but from what I can see he used really...
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild Next up was the non skid surface. So I taped off the edges and applied another coat of paint and cover it up with a organic, walnut shell cat litter. Once it was dry I dumped off the excess. It turned out to be a lot more aggressive than I...
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild After the resin dried, I sanded the surface and edges smooth and counter sunk the holes for the under platform ladder. I used 1.5 inch diameter fender washers topped with 1.5 inch diameter 1/4 inch thick starboard disks mounted flush with...
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild Then the other.
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild I got it all done and mounted on the boat last week. I went with 6 or 9 oz cloth to completely encase the plywood and used polyester resin to save some money. $50 per gallon vs. $150 for Epoxy. First one side...
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild Here it's time to start applying the fiberglass. I used 6" wide fiberglass tape and covered all 4 sides.
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild Here we have the two plywood panels ready to be glued together. I used 1/2 gallon of Epoxy Resin that I had left over from another project. When I went to buy more epoxy I was shocked at the price today. Last time I bought Epoxy it was...
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    Re: Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild Here are the first set of photos showing the rot and cutting out the plywood. I used 3/4 inch exterior grade plywood. The old platform was used as a pattern. I made the cuts using a regular jigsaw and then used a router with a 45? bit to...
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    Cruisers 2870 Rogue Extended swim platform rebuild

    My 1992 Cruisers 2870 Rogue came with a good sized extended platform that the previous owner had built. It was a big selling point for me since we hang out on the back of the boat all the time. However, the rub-rail had leaked and there was significant rot in the plywood core. So this spring it...
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    my first boat restore

    Re: my first boat restore It's an opposed piston configuration. Here's a website on the type used in tugboats. http://www.tugboatenthusiastsociety.org/Pages/tugmach-diesel-modern-FM.htm
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    Checkmate 2400/BRX 1st Splash and Shakedown: Fun w/ Electronics...of all things :)

    Re: Checkmate 2400/BRX 1st Splash and Shakedown: Fun w/ Electronics...of all things You and me both. BTW, beautiful boat. Love the style of the Checkmates. Someday I'd like to get one of the little 13ft Checkmates to tear up the river with. Something like this. But with a little smaller...
  17. bekosh

    Highway Patrol upping their game...

    Re: Highway Patrol upping their game... The cops in Texas get all the nice toys.:mad: Have you seen the THP's new boat for patroling the Rio Grande? 34 foot, trip 300's and 6 machine guns.:eek: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/29/texas-navy-to-patrol-the-rio-grande/comment-page-1/
  18. bekosh

    Lose a anchor? OK Save all that line. Better yet.

    Re: Lose a anchor? OK Save all that line. Better yet. There is a way to rig your anchor so that you can pull it from the opposite end. Attach the rode/chain to the fluke end and use a plastic zip tie to attach it at the shaft end. If it becomes stuck, just drive up over the top of the anchor...
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    Short amount of anchor chain?

    Re: Short amount of anchor chain? I have the same problem. All I have is about 12 inches of chain. I think that with a limited amount of chain, anchor selection becomes more important. While a typical Danforth style works in most conditions, they really need the chain to hold well because of...
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    Found a boat with side mirrors like car

    Re: Found a boat with side mirrors like car They both did build a boatcar and still do.
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