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TOPIC: What did you do to your boat today?
What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104072
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I have this on my Land Rover forum and it's fun to read, just list something you did to your boat, I will start it off.
Today I took one of my NOS fenders and tied a couple lines to it to measure how long I would need and it came out at 6', then I sat in the sun and looked at them and the ocean and islands, that is all! Steve 
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104075
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I brushed the snow off the wood that's on the gunwales.
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cool runnings Mr 88
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104076
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Thats care, last night when I was walking in I patted my Waconda and got all the way to the door, turned around and went back to pat my Pacific Mariner, don't want to mess up Karma in my stable.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104081
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I looked at pictures of my boat(s) when the grass was green, the trees had leaves and it as 70 degrees warmer.... it's 8 degrees right now !
BTW... I finally figured out why the best looking boats are way up north in WI, MN. and other northern states ? They are preserved in glacial ice forms like the woooly mammoth and every once in awhile, you frozen northerns have nothing better to do than chip one of those finned classics out of the ice !!! |
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104082
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Yes and they have so many cool boats up there yaknow
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104086
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well guys, I live in north central Minnesota, and all the cool boats are not here anymore. bill Anderson bought them all. lol. greg
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104087
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today I finished up the trailer for the 14 Allison,will put winch stand on after the boat is on,,Bill
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104089
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Trailer looks good i need to do that
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104093
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I am like Chuck Cincinnati. Looked at my Snow covered boat and dreamed what I can do to it when it warms up Ha-ha
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104095
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frog wrote:
: thats funny...but true. |
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104099
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Which one? I looked at my Glastron surflite and wonder what color to paint it. I looked at my dorsett and wonder when the hell I'm going to finish it.I look at my u 2 and wonder when I'm going to use it and I almost finish sanding my deck for the delmar and work on the engine pod also work 8 hrs on someone else boat all in 1 day and maybe tomorrow I do it again it raining and cold nothing else to do.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104100
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That is funny this one did come from Jerry Sellner in the cities,pis are right after gel coat,now sanding ,Bill
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104101
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Well I didn't do much today except look at them, a rather sad sight sitting there with a foot of snow on them, with the wind blowing snow devils over them. Good thing my friend Bob came down yesterday to help me take the lower unit off the Hydrocon. We kicked back about a foot of snow behind the boat, put down a big piece of cardboard, untied all the ropes to loose the tarp, fired up Bob's propane heater, and went in to warm up. While in the house Bob helped me resize a couple more pics for the Hydrocon thread here. We went back to the boat tools in hand and in about 10 minutes had the lower laying on the cardboard with all the bolts, screws, gaskets, ect laying there. Sure would have made a great pic, I seem to have misplaced my camera. Good thing the job went well, we had -2* for a high here in north woods Wis.lol. gene
P.S. Bill Anderson not only bought many, he saved, restored, and gave a second life to many. Most look better than new. His collection has brought many new people to this boat rescue craziness, and I am one. |
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104102
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I messed around with my 30hp 1956 Johnson after market starter. Please see the post on Johnson Evinrude site.
Yesterday.... took my dog for an hour ride in my Evinrude Explorer on Lake Mead. It was almost 70...sorry. |
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104104
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Nice boat, can't wait till i can drive mine
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104106
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Feel your pain Commando, I can't wait for warmer weather
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104107
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See even with tons of snow and cold we still carry on this craziness, it keeps us sane, at least it does me, great to hear large and small what we do waiting for spring.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104108
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I ran the 1 amp battery chargers on them today. I do that every once in a while.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104109
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No boat item, but a boating item. Went to a Race Boat meeting.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104115
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looked out the back door at a snow covered tarp..and thought, i cant wait for the warm weather to get back to work.. i need to replace my floor. and mount and rig my new motor.. and it's 8* out side right now.. and in the 20's during the day.. so all i can do is gather materials and wait for warmer weather..i did cut & make all new seat bottoms before covering it up for the winter..so im going to cover them and have them ready for the spring when i uncover it..
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104116
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Bill, that boat looks absolutely gorgeous!!!! What's the motor-vation?
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104119
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A hull of a day. Started the re assembly of top and bottom.
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Florida's Amphicar restoration destination
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104121
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Me no boat work today gotta go look for my dog he keeps getting outta the kennel.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104126
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60 degrees and sunny here in California.
Putting the finishing touches on a pair of 58' Sea King outboards. Visited the local Graphics Shop to have the " ELECRTIC STARTING 35 " decals made. Larry Vintage Boatworks 
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104130
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I looked out the window at the snow and thought about going out. I looked and it was 5 degrees and my nose hair froze. I decided to go see what my wife is doing.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104131
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those are some sweet motors
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104140
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Worked on making the conversion lid for my turkey fryer to turn it into the steam generator so I can steam some chines for my Century Resorter.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104146
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Its not a classic but I cannot start work on my 1965 G3 until I finish redoing my 1987 smokercraft fishing boat. Tonight my son and I finished riveting in the transom , we have removed every rib and chine from the bottom then used aircraft sealer and wet installed every rivet in the bottom . Hope it will be a long time before any come loose and leak.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104149
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OK it wasn't actually today but i got my nonskid around the cabin area on the deck a few days ago had a little clump of intergrip and tried to work it out and now the problem is growing shouldda left well enough alone, but i got time now here in georgia it was very cold this morning and gonna be colder tomorrow ...its fixable but need to slow down.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104159
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Nice to see everyone busy waiting for spring.
I have been trying to locate a lower end for my Mercury 450, also found a cool cache of vintage water skis just an hour drive away so heading there tomorrow, $10 to $40 each and she has 90. You never know what collections people have, we will see what my legacy will be. 
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104188
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Recuperating from surgery. Never even gave my boats a thought.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104190
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firstfibre wrote:
Man, I wish I could find some old Adirondack skis like my Dad used to ski on. I remember they were stained wood with red stripes and white bindings on them.jim |
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104191
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I didn't go today Seattle traffic is bad but this was an awesome collection, I wanted to broker it all for a museum but most was gone maybe try tomorrow some of these skis sell for 4 times their asking price
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104205
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hodgify wrote:
Clecos, lots of clecos. Did you use 1422 or 1435? Shoot AD rivets? |
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104209
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Used 1422 and some 1730 and the rivets were from Spanaur a soft 1100 A rivet. Just finished applying a coat of gluvit to the bottom and have the heaters cranked to 80 . Hope to prep and put a couple coats of polyurethane on it tomorrow.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104210
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And the G3 waits out in the snow for its turn.
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104215
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sanded and buffed bottom one more time after this pic, then set it on trailer,,now sand and buff top then gel coat the in side,,this gets a 1975 75hp Johnson stinger with nitro Lower unit,,Bill
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104216
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bill, do you think of your own paint schemes and colors or does someone else help you with that? ron
btw i spent part of the day trying to decide if i should change the chrome mirrors on my boat. gotem on ebay real cheap and they're from the same time period. |
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104221
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Allison had a color close to this but I am making this like Blu By U so I can call it Blu By U 2,,the others I try to use auto colors of the correct years since they had no paint charts for boats and had poor pics,,Bill
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Re:What did you do to your boat today? 9 years 9 months ago #104240
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I bet there were some nice skis there, it's an hour and a half away so didnt' go, did get a nice ski in a barn today.
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