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    Duck boats back on the water in Philadelphia

    After a 9 month review, an operational and safety redo, and a change to the route, the City of Philadelphia has allowed the Duck boat concession to return to business in the Philadelphia Harbor. According to media reports, its time on the water has been reduced by 2/3 and they are not allowed to...
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    All systems go...I finally made it in!

    After a challenging spring at the boat yard and a 7 mile ride up the Delaware River, I'm finally in my summer slip:D There is still lots left to do but it's the kind of stuff that I can do while I'm sitting around the dock and hanging out on the boat. New electronics too, so that means some...
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    Who else got water in their boat this weekend?

    Well, I wanted to get the boat wet this weekend, just not this way! I opened up the boat on Sunday and found that the couches and upholstery in the cabin were wet. I don't know where it came in at, but if found its way into the main cabin. I'm not talking about a whole lot of water, just...
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    Stainless steel propeller maintenance question

    Re: Stainless steel propeller maintenance question I Just got back from the boat yard with a little before and after, what do you think? So I went with a cleanser that I found at the HD called Bar Keepers Friend, the can said it was great on SS and rust and I think it lived up to the claim...
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    Is that what I think it is...a deer in the center of the chanel

    Not so long ago I was out on the boat motoring around on a beautiful morning and I see something in the center of the channel swimming around. Just so you can visualize, we're talking Metro area, Philadelphia Harbor, 1/2 mile from shore either side, directly under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge...
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    DSC Enabled VHF Radios

    Thinking about upgrading to a DSC VHF Radio. I understand that you have to sign up for a MMSI number, what then? I read that you can make phone calls on your radio and send distress info with a push of a button. Does anyone have experience with capabilities of this type of VHF Radio?
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    Iboats forums - New look, Same great place

    Like the new look of the website, more user friendly and easier to navigate. I tend to post in the spring and the fall when there's a lot going on, so maybe I'm a little late in noticing the upgrades. Anyway, it?s also good to read the post that come from this community and it?s nice to see...
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    Stainless steel propeller maintenance question

    I have outdrive paint over spray and general river muck on my stainless wheels and would like to brighten them up a little before I launch. It?s been like this for a couple of seasons now and this weekend I tried using goof off, it helped a little but not much. Is there something that I can...
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    Caulk Question

    I want to re-caulk because some of the factory caulk on my boat is fraying around various moldings and hardware. The beads are pretty thin in some places and the caulk is white very flexible. Original stuff is about 10 years old now; I would like to keep some on the boat for general...
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    EZ Bottom Painting Again

    Been using an ablative water based bottom paint for three seasons now. The 1st season I hired a hand at the boat yard to do the work and after seeing how easy this paint was to use, I've done it myself for the last two seasons. I keep my boat in fresh/brackish water all summer except for about...
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    Challenges of urban boating

    For all you skippers that boat in and around cities or any other well developed area, what have been some of your boating challenges? I have a trip planned tonight with some friends and at night I often mistake traffic lights for running lights. A good pair of field glasses on the boat are...
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    Duck Boat Accident...Tug Mate Pleads the 5th

    Last week in Philadelphia Harbor there was a tragic accident between a Duck Tour Boat and a Tug and Barge which resulted in the death of two tourists on the Duck boat. As the NTSB conducts their investigation more and more facts are coming out. When they got around to interviewing the crew of...
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    Meanwhile I downloaded the chart app to my smart phone

    While I hunt down an antenna for my old gps combo (previous post), mostly out of curiosity and the fact that I don't want to haul out the boat at this point of the season to install a fixed GPS, I downloaded the Marine East application from Navionics to my HTC Incredible Smart Phone. I tried...
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    Need a GPS Receiver for an NS25 Humminbird

    So my older NS25 Humminbird GPS Combo is giving me a message on the screen that the gps is not connected. Everything else works fine including the Cmap card reader. I called Humminbird to see if they had a gps receiver that was back compatible to my unit but they don't. I've been looking on the...
  15. freelancer

    Classic boat food for a day on the water

    I'm getting tired wet bread on my hoagies :mad: Looking for some suggestions for this weekend, I plan on being away from the dock most of the day. Help.
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    Last hurrah weekend for many, keep it safe

    For many regions of the country, this is the last big boating weekend of the season. Remember to: Keep your follow boaters in mind while operating your vessels, obey the rules of the road USE YOUR PFD's, especially with the kids Look under the hood before you throw the lines...you (should)...
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    If you make a living on the water...what's your story?

    Over the years I have come across many hard working men and women that earn their livelihoods on or around the water. Most of them do it because they love what they do, not because they'll get rich doing it. I spent more than half of my adult life working on boats but for the last few years I...
  18. freelancer

    Spiders are our friends-a mutiny in the works

    It's always been my policy not to kill spiders on my boat because I know they eat a ton of mosquitoes. Well this last weekend while un-booting the bimini top, a spider drops down into my 1st mate?s hair and down the back... well you can imagine what that scene was like :eek: Problem now is that...
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    How's your water-based bottom paint holding up?

    This year I went "green" with black water-based ablative bottom paint, the boat stays in the brackish water all season (about 7 months). It cost me about $100.00 a gallon and the finish seems to be holding up well with my average boat use. I have a base primer coat and two coats of the bottom...
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    Visions of doing the "LOOP", who's done it?

    I?ve been thinking about some day doing the loop from the east coast through the interior, around Florida and back to Jersey. Has any one taken this trip or any LOOP in the country for that matter? What was your experience?
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