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09-21-2015, 12:28 AM
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Guru
City: NARBONNE
Vessel Name: 'Snow Mouse.'
Vessel Model: BROOM FLYBRIDGE 42.
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To follow on and confirm Janice's battery cell testing works perfectly.
Common sense will tell you to clean the tip of the red probe after touching the battery acid and NEVER EVER use a naked flame when working/checking batteries as they give off explosive gas.
What barnacles, I found that if you use fly spray in the nooks and crannies the spiders will come abseiling down after a few minutes and they can then be easily hoovered up, or otherwise sent to arachnid heaven.
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09-21-2015, 01:39 AM
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City: Diberville Mississippi
Vessel Name: KnotDoneYet
Vessel Model: 1983 42' Present Sundeck
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During my "disconnect" yesterday I realized we had a pretty good spider infestation in the breaker panel. Wonder where those big yellow wires go to?? It's a spider superhighway.
Note: A shameless plug for our forklift service accounts... Hope the can doesn't mysteriously - disappear...
Forky
1983 Present 42 Sundeck
Twin Lehman 135's
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09-24-2015, 05:22 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Greetings,
One tip I just passed on to Mr. jw in a PM I thought I'd share regarding bilge cleaning with a shop vac (SV)...Rather than lugging a water/scum/sludge filled SV on and off the boat, buy a length of sump pump hose to use as an extension (comes in 24' lengths) and leave the SV on the dock or in a dock cart.
$12 @ Home Despot...
Ah, it may have been mentioned and I apologize to the OP of this tip but a mini butane torch can be used for soldering, heat shrink tubing, hose softening, small nut/bolt heating and for putting that perfect finish on your creme brule..
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09-24-2015, 05:31 PM
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City: Stuart FL
Vessel Name: Lucky Lucky
Vessel Model: Pacific Mariner 65
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Ingenious. Thanks RT.
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Lucky Lucky
Stuart, FL
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09-24-2015, 07:49 PM
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City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hmason
Ingenious. Thanks RT.
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RT is ingenious
Pesky at times
Funny nearly all the time
Now I'd better hide
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09-24-2015, 08:17 PM
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City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
Join Date: Jan 2014
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09-24-2015, 09:15 PM
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City: Diberville Mississippi
Vessel Name: KnotDoneYet
Vessel Model: 1983 42' Present Sundeck
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Forky
1983 Present 42 Sundeck
Twin Lehman 135's
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09-24-2015, 09:32 PM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 16,563
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Techniques/inventions gentlemen (and ladies) please.
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09-26-2015, 07:24 PM
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City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
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"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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09-26-2015, 08:17 PM
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City: Sydney
Join Date: Jul 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by healhustler
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Don't you have a HOT LONG cycle
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09-27-2015, 10:41 AM
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Guru
City: Diberville Mississippi
Vessel Name: KnotDoneYet
Vessel Model: 1983 42' Present Sundeck
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Ah.... The old "tumbled cat" exercise. Yeah. Who hasn't seen that scenario played out .....
Forky
1983 Present 42 Sundeck
Twin Lehman 135's
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09-27-2015, 11:07 AM
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City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
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Re this spider talk I've heard that spreading walnuts around will keep spiders away. Something in the walnut they don't like. The way I read it on a Facebook post there's no need to crush or otherwise modify the walnuts. I know the FB source. She's a very respected neighbor.
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09-27-2015, 11:30 AM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by manyboats
Re this spider talk
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Say no more.
Here's the solution;
https://youtu.be/Jr_xkoqUjVY?t=2
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09-27-2015, 12:25 PM
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City: Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgwash
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Saw that. Lucky he wasn't killed. Actually his car was damaged very little even.
Ok, investigation questions. Why did he have a lighter? He didn't have cigarettes. Most common reason for non cigarette smoker to carry lighter is to light other types of smokes. Had he perhaps been smoking something else? Or perhaps he's just a gentleman, always ready to offer a lady a light.
I just found that curious as I've never owned a lighter in my life.
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09-27-2015, 12:35 PM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgwash
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Idiottttttt! To flam-on bic cigg lighter trying to pier inside at fill pipe area of opened gas tank cap with pump nozzle inserted and gas fumes galore...... can he spell stupid... guess not!!
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09-29-2015, 10:00 PM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
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I actually have a tip that may be useful.
When I installed a bow thruster on my Nordic Tug I had difficulty laying it out so that it met the manufacturers recommended location and cleared the locker bulkheads under the forward berth. Then it hit me... strong earth magnets. I raided my kids toybox (some years ago) and found some magnets. I temporarily stuck one on the inside or outside of the hull using funtack (that blue sticky stuff for hanging up posters) and go to the other side and stick on another magnet with an opposing pole. They even self center. I've got magnets at work that I've salvaged from a motor with which I can hang a phone book up on a vertical steel surface, so cored hulls and thinner wood hulls may benefit from this too, if you can find strong enough magnets.
I also marked out my waterline on the inside of the hull in different areas for reference using this method.
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09-30-2015, 06:50 AM
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Guru
City: Diberville Mississippi
Vessel Name: KnotDoneYet
Vessel Model: 1983 42' Present Sundeck
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That is a great idea!!
1983 Present 42 Sundeck
Twin Lehman 135's
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09-30-2015, 07:04 AM
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Enigma
City: Slicker?
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Greetings,
Mr. NS. Very attractive solution...
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09-30-2015, 07:25 AM
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City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
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NS - Good one!
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09-30-2015, 08:37 AM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northern Spy
I also marked out my waterline on the inside of the hull in different areas for reference using this method.
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Great idea, NS.
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