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silentneko
Registered: 10/07/06
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    11/06/09 at 03:58 PM
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hey guys I know you need some entertainment so here you go. After beating the snot out of my boat in Captiva via trying to cross 3 foot breakers, running miles across a 1 foot chop, and being slammed into a barnicle covered dock in a wind storm overnight, the boat held up very well! Not a drop of water leaked into the boat and the livewell worked great, kept all my greenbacks alive and kicking even while cohabitating with the shrimp.
But during my adventures I knoticed I needed to correct a few things. First she needed some rod holders, so I'll be installing one in the front and one in the back for now. Next I needed an easier way to access the electronics so I purchased an inspection hatch just big enough to get my hand through. Finally, I needed to redo the hatches, something happened when I cut them out, they didn't retain the shape I wanted, so I'm giving it another shot

Shot of me water testing her on the first day.

cutting the hole for the front rod holder

front rod holder set in place

rear rod holder in place

hole cut for the inspection hatch

hatch set in place

cut out of the new hatch lid

I planned to put the hatches still fresh with glass down so they might hold their shape, here I laid down some wax paper so it won't stick

glass laid out about to be wetted out

panels wieghted so hopefully when they dry they will retain thier shape.

I'll be putting another coat of interlux brightside on later tonight, or tomorrow morning, this time I'll add some grip to it so we don't slide around when it gets a little wet. more updates to come.


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    11/06/09 at 04:27 PM
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This is great!  A sequel!  Thanks for the update.


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    11/06/09 at 10:13 PM
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hey neko I have a ton of flush mounted cleats that would look great on that boat and unclutter the deck too.  I can give em to ya really cheap.


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    11/06/09 at 10:42 PM
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hey neko I have a ton of flush mounted cleats that would look great on that boat and unclutter the deck too.  I can give em to ya really cheap.

Leave off the cheap part.  Help the guy man!

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silentneko
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    11/09/09 at 12:00 PM
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hey neko I have a ton of flush mounted cleats that would look great on that boat and unclutter the deck too.  I can give em to ya really cheap.


I appreciate the offer, But for now I just want to be done with it so I'm gonna stick to the little cleats I have on it now. If I change my mind I'll send you a messege.

I ordered a few cans of webbing from ace and I went to work today. This was the first time I used this stuff, it's extremely easy, works like silly string. However due to my inexperience I put it on way to heavy in certain spots and used alot more then I needed to.

masking everything off.
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webbing applied
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I'll be painting the rubrails this afternoon and trying to finish the hatches.


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austins26
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    11/09/09 at 12:22 PM
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   tight work

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