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    Hurricane Preperations

    I'm sure we could get some good advice for those who will be, or are dealing with the full force of Irene, but I'd be interested to know myself how to handle high winds/potential waves with boats on moorings. I'm lucky enough to be far enough north (Vermont) that I SHOULDN'T have to deal with...
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    OpenCPN - Why aren't you using it?

    I'm a big fan of open source programs (read:free), and any time I start thinking of some weird/crazy idea for some project, one of my first moves is to see if someone's made something to help me visualize/design/build/etc, more easily/faster. So, this season I finally get set up with a VHF...
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    Any engineer/techie types here play around with OpenFOAM?

    Im having trouble keeping up with the pinhole leaks in the steel hull of my houseboat this season, the bow is at the end of its working life (the rest has already been re-plated). She plows a bit more than I think she needs to, and I was thinking about redesigning the bow a bit before I rebuild...
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    Well, another [in]famous level to my internetting...

    If this didn't do it Then my stupid human trick that got sent out in the iboats email/flyer thing today has got to.... heh
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    Scored a heck of a deal without realizing it today

    I bought this faucet off of Amazon for the galley on my boat. This morning when I paid for it, it was $57 shipped. I checked in on the site again tonight to show a friend the styling of the faucet. List Price:$450 Amazon Price: $315 Had to go back and check my receipt email to be sure I was...
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    Finally bought myself a VHF radio

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004LQY1L8 With an actual unit, I can finally finish designing/building the overhead console I planned on mounting it, my Sirius receiver, and my stereo head unit into. Now its time to start studying up on proper VHF communications...
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    UN-necessary evil... (big rant)

    With a boat too big to trailer anywhere without a full size commercial rig, I've thought I was stuck storing my houseboat at the marina for the winter. With just a few choices, and all their rates about the same, and their lots all pretty much full, I stayed with the marina the previous owner...
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    Whats your bilge pumping capability?

    I found a deal on a couple 360ish gph pumps last winter, and bought them with plans of building some partial bulkheads and compartmentalizing my steel hulled boat so the entire thing doesnt have to get wet if I have a few good ones come over the bow. I was just running the numbers in my head...
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    almost floated my truck yesterday

    Lake Champlain is well past its flood level right now, which has pretty much shut down half the marinas. The marina I keep my boat at has a couple feet of water in the parkinglot. Yesterday I needed to unload some extra lumber from the boat, and bring it back to my friends house where Im still...
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    Can't find an ENGINE fuel primer bulb for a Gamefisher 15...

    I've tried searching all over the net, different words, different filters, and I just keep getting inundated with fuel line primer bulbs. I need the bulb that primes the carb. Anyone know where I can find one, or a similar enough replacement? Its an 88 Gamefisher, thats made by Force...
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    Re-prop question...

    As far as I know, when propping a boat, you pair it to the max working rpm of the engine. Lets say you never run up to max working RPM? I have a 40 ft houseboat, if I run it wide open (a little under 4000 RPM), I can hit the neck breaking speed of 8.5 knots, and empty the gas tank in no time...
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    what keeps you going thru winter?

    This is my first season with my own boat, and that boat has grown on me. See, I live on it. Now Im staying at a friends house for the winter because its a cheap option, which should let me pay down some loans I have rather than paying some steep rent for some crappy apartment. Im a little...
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    So there I was....

    This season was my first as a boat owner, and while I've been around boats for many years... never have I dealt with anything larger than maybe 18ft. So there I was, my first day on my 40' houseboat. It was exciting and a little intimidating at the same time. First order of business after...
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    All coal tars created the same?

    Knocking off all the loose paint and rust on the bottom of my boat and putting down a few coats of coal tar in the spring. Been looking around at coal tar epoxies, but not many specifically mention boat hulls (although if its good enough for sewage treatment, I hope it works almost anywhere)...
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    Ok... which outdrive is it...

    I looked thru some of the resources here, I've looked at pics from a google image search, Im still not sure which outdrive I have. The boat is assumed to be a 1970 Stardust Cruiser. Its somewhere around 1970, I just don't have any paperwork that can tell me for sure. Its got a MerCruiser 165hp...
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