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I played around with injecting a few different things in my soft deck. I first used thinned epoxy to try and give some structure to what was damaged. After I did that I drilled a series of holes about 3 inch apart across the whole section and injected in caned foam. Not the window foam but the other...

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Glad you made it back in safely. I also think you did the best thing a father can for his daughter, you showed her the life of living with what you need and not what you want. I think she will be much happier in the keys living on a boat then having to live in the rat race. If things get much worse ...

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Thanks

I was a bit nervous.

Pictures! Seriously? you had to ask if we wanted pictures?

I got pulled over two times pulling my c-26 back and I had a truck hd2500 pulling it. I think I would have been in jail if I had a smaller car. Maybe I am just unlucky or I look guilty? Hmm Crazy is not all bad. The guy with the small jeep trying to back his Triton in the water at the boat ramp was ...

Wow you pulled her home with your '91 Grand Marquis?

your crazy. Welcome to the board.

From my experience the mast is heavier when it is in the process of crashing down due to a broken mast raising bridle. Can anyone here really raise the mast themselves by muscle and not by pushing it up? I must be a real wuss because I would not even attempt it and I like trying those types of things.

I got to see the cushions in person. They look great.

I started racing Honda XR's back when they were heavy. I was very happy when the KLX came out, that was the first real 4stroke that could be raced seriously. I did alot of R&D work for a cycle shop out of California. Nothing like free parts! I built a trainer RC plane. They tried to fly it mysel...

Looks like we all kind of falling into the same things. Growing up I raced dirtbikes in a series known as the GNCC. Did that for ALONG while, and actually held a national number 46 was the lowest, I went to college for a few years, then came back and got slower. Ended up with a 72. When I had kids I...

Jeff if you go out and break up all the ice I will float my boat this weekend. It is going to hit 50

When Jeff and I went to the Cleveland Boat show they had a display for the plasiteak stuff. There seemed to be two types one for the inside and one for the outside. They both looked good. The inside stuff looked way to slick but the stuff for the outside looked like it would work great for the cockp...

Well I guess I can somewhat sew now. It is amazing what you can do when you have an older sewing machine, cold crappy snowy weather and beer. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/ronc185/bimini.jpg Not sure what I am going to make next. I need a tiller cover, and a hatch cover, perhaps some screen ...

I am all about seeing pictures. Send away Keyskipper I will post them for you!

I am going to replace the winch on my boat trailer because the older one has seen better days. It is a fulton 881. I have had zero luck finding what the capacity of this winch is? What is everyone else using for their trailer winch? I am going to loose the cable and replace that will a strap.

Stay safe Gus and get back soon!

my boat name is Sv hope

It is a bit tough to race two of these at once. I keep getting them confused.

Looks like you have some of the cold spillover from us. It is 11 here today fun fun fun.

enjoy the semi warn weather you got. I would trade my you 11 and frozen water for 50 and heavy seas anyday!

be safe!

I will have patterns for all the cushions in my C-26 when I am done. I am redoing everything. However it will take a bit of time. This winter I am just working on the top part of my dodger bimini. I will also have a pattern for that.

All in all Sewing sucks!

I know one thing. I would rather sand and paint then sew. I am trying to learn to sew and the only thing I have taught myself so far is I paint better then a sew.

I already find myself waking up at night jut to check to make sure the wind did not change. Great now i get to do two races.


THANKS

Crap

I am a bit OCD

I sanded mine down etched it and then painted it with Awlgrip silver. Looks like brand new.

I guess I should also add the 180K sailboat was out of my price range as well. I guess I was more tolerant since it had sails.

For me the boat show made me like my C-26 that much more. Built like a tank and the finish work inside is better then some of the hunters they had there.

I think the largest Sailboat was a beanu 36 for around 180k. Very nice looking boat. The 1.2 Mill super cruiser was just simply gross!

Those pictures are amazing. I can not imagine the lake being that low other then if the dam collapsed. How long has your drought been going on?

I drove past that area a few years ago and was amazed at how low it was, Now it is almost empty.

WOW

Fair winds on your trip.

Keyskipper we are at -10 today. Wave height is fixed at zero as well, everything is frozen.

My C-26 is SV Hope. I renamed mine when I refitted her last winter. It is a two part name, Since I did all the refitting in a store all in the dead of winter with crappy lights I "Hope" she looked good when she was in the light. The real meaning behind "Hope" was for my daughter ...