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03-16-2016, 08:20 PM
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City: Groton, CT
Vessel Name: Datenight
Vessel Model: North Pacific 45
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgwash
Betcha had fun pryin' them 2 fenders apart.
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Was that a wisecrack?
Rob
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03-16-2016, 08:20 PM
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City: Seattle
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Find any covers for those fenders, Larry?
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03-16-2016, 08:44 PM
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City: kemah
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1,135
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It would be nice if you would clean up your mess after diving.
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03-16-2016, 08:58 PM
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City: Here
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,937
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgwash
Still lotsa fishnet at Sturgis.
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Am I the only one that got it ? 
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03-16-2016, 09:10 PM
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City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,341
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Taint nutten rong wit pullen sometin wort-while oot o' da dumster!
First time I went to dump garbage in a dumpster (of a new to me marina) there was a really good condition bimini top in it; stainless frame and all! It fit perfectly onto fly bridge of a 31' sedan I'd recently purchased. I figure the used-value was in the 2 to 3 hundred $$ range. 
Yes - I do keep my eyes open around marina dumpsters. But, the goods best be on top and easily retrievable. I like free-diving in clean water - not dirty-diving in dumpsters! 
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03-16-2016, 09:13 PM
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City: Vallejo, California
Vessel Name: Mahalo Moi
Vessel Model: 1986 Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,074
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Datenight
Was that a wisecrack?
Rob
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Like Nancy would always espouse, "just say no to crack". Good one, Larry"
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"Mahalo Moi"
1986 GB-42 Classic
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑβΕ
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03-16-2016, 09:53 PM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boatpoker
Am I the only one that got it ? |
Guess so.
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03-16-2016, 10:00 PM
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City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,154
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Larry! I'm shocked and horrified! You've gone way too far this time!
Keep up the good work.
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Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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03-16-2016, 10:20 PM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Originally Posted by HopCar;
Larry! I'm shocked and horrified! You've gone way too far this time!
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Hah! You thought he used his photoshop magic didn't you? Well, I tell ya Hoppie, all he used was a selfie stick.
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03-16-2016, 10:28 PM
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City: Miami Florida
Vessel Name: Possum
Vessel Model: Ellis 28
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 5,154
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Hawgwash, too much information! I did not want to know that.
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Retired from Hopkins-Carter Marine Supply
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03-17-2016, 02:34 PM
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City: Southern Maine
Vessel Model: Prairie 36 Coastal Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 2,494
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boatpoker
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Oh, wow. That was my first road bike. Always had a soft spot for trumpets since then. You brought back some great memories!
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03-17-2016, 04:55 PM
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City: Here
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,937
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptTom
Oh, wow. That was my first road bike. Always had a soft spot for trumpets since then. You brought back some great memories!
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She is a rare breed indeed. Built during the union takeover of the plant she is a one-off, a T160 (Yes, T160, not a misprint), 750 Bonneville twin.
The other two are a 67' Daytona 500 and a 69' T120 Bonneville 650
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03-17-2016, 08:19 PM
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City: Lions Bay, BC
Vessel Name: Phoenix Hunter
Vessel Model: Kadey Krogen 42 (1985)
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 2,693
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Dumpster find
While we are on the topic of motor bikes and dumpster diving...true story. Several years ago, probably around 2006, the dilapidated, near tear down house down the block was sold when the guy who lived there died. There were several old cars on the property, an old Alpha and a few other bits and bots, rusted old hunks of stuff. One day there was a smallish shipping container that was being loaded with all sorts of rusted old motor bike frames, fuel tanks etc. Really, it looked like junk to me. The fellow who was loading the container told me these were old British motor bikes from the 1950's and 1960's. I'm not sure what make he said they were, but he said they were kind of like the classic Indians. BSA's? I don't know for sure. But it was important enough that these had been purchased by a collector and were being sent back to England. All told I think there were about 20 frames. I got the sense this was a rare and important find.
Jim
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03-17-2016, 08:44 PM
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City: Longboat Key, FL
Vessel Name: Bucky
Vessel Model: Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,182
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Very similar to Jim's story, I once bought a dumpster full of old artillery wheels at an quarterly Govt. auction in Ft. Meade, MD. I was in the antique truck restoration business at the time and had a 1926 International 60 series that had the same 6 X 36 solid rubber tires as were mounted on the artillery wheels. I bought the dumpster for 220 bucks and there were 17 wheels in there. Kept six for my International and sold them for 200 bucks each and still got another 200 bucks for the dumpster when I was done with it 5 years later. It was one of those lucky days. I guess those tires would be worth a boat-buck each now.
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"When life gets hard, eat marshmallows”.
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03-19-2016, 02:24 PM
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City: Gibsons, B.C., Canada
Vessel Name: Island Pride
Vessel Model: Palmer 32'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,109
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I picked up some teak oval railings from the dumpster. About 20' although a lot of it was curved for the bow rail.
I have made a lot of small stuff and repaired many pieces over the years from that find.
I still have a lot of small pieces and one ~4 ft long.
To me it was a fine find.
I have also left old, yet good, fenders, chairs, and other pieces after they took up space for a few years without finding a real use for them.
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03-25-2016, 11:24 AM
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Guru
City: New Orleans
Vessel Name: Panache
Vessel Model: Viking 43 Double Cabin '76
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,246
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All or the vast majority of my three strand white travel lines are from my marina's dumpters. It seems there are some owners that confuse dirty with worn. Picked up some brown where the line wraps a creosoted piling? Into the dumpster. Picked up some green? Into the dumpster.
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03-25-2016, 12:04 PM
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Guru
City: SF Bay Area
Vessel Model: Tollycraft 34' Tri Cabin
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 12,341
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sbu22
All or the vast majority of my three strand white travel lines are from my marina's dumpters. It seems there are some owners that confuse dirty with worn. Picked up some brown where the line wraps a creosoted piling? Into the dumpster. Picked up some green? Into the dumpster.
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One man's trash can be another man's......
However... Usually, one woman's trash stays where they put it.
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03-25-2016, 12:06 PM
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City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sbu22
Picked up some brown where the line wraps a creosoted piling? Into the dumpster. Picked up some green? Into the dumpster.
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So now you have color coded lines, how cool is that?
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03-25-2016, 12:19 PM
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#39
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Guru
City: Juneau Alaska
Vessel Name: Arctic Traveller
Vessel Model: Defever 49 RPH
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 607
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Many years ago I spent about a year in a very high end marina, and the dumpster diving was incredable, but most folks put the good stuff on the side. Folks with expensive boats throw out the most amazing stuff. I scored a NEW section of 1/2 X 60ft nylon line once. As I was hauling it away, a guy said "I didn't think that would last long" He just had no use for it, but I still use it two boats later. Later someone left a perfectly good roller furler along with a nearly new jib that just happened to fit my boat. Stereo's, TV's, dvd's, and tools were comon. I kinda miss that fun.
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03-25-2016, 12:22 PM
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Guru
City: Juneau Alaska
Vessel Name: Arctic Traveller
Vessel Model: Defever 49 RPH
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 607
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgwash
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No, I got it instantly. Anyone who has been couldn't miss the reference. Fond memorys.
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