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    bottom paint question

    Soda blasting is the same method as sand blasting, but baking soda is used. Soda blasting can be used with more sensitive substrates like fiberglass as the soda is less abrasive than sand. sanding, particularly vacuum sanding, is easier to contain the waste as blasting blows stuff everywhere...
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    Jimmy Buffett Dies at 76

    As I move along the coastline near Sitka, I remember fondly his contemplative pieces. - Death of an Unpopular poet - Remittance Man - Ringling, Ringling - Railroad Lady - He went to Paris Wasn’t a fan of the Cheeseburger Margarita schlock but quite a Fantastic songwriter with some songs that...
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    Name Change

    And remember to get a tattoo with your boat name, so if you go overboard the rescuers will know which deck to toss you back on.
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    Residential A/C in boats?

    Beer bottle
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    Maybe You Should Check Your Work

    Post #22 being oscar's, and I am in agreement with both of you.
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    Maybe You Should Check Your Work

    Did you enjoy working in Poland?
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    Goodbye

    Catch a fish. Read some Hemingway. Catch another fish. Thoreau is good.
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    Shipping a Monk 36 from San Francisco to Vancouver, BC

    I pulled my boat out at a public ramp on the Columbia after motoring down the coast from Tacoma (berthed near Portland for a few years). The commercial rigs using a fifth wheel would need a steep ramp.This can be an issue with a semi because of traction. I opted to build my trailer with a...
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    Shipping a Monk 36 from San Francisco to Vancouver, BC

    My Cruise-A-Home is the same general size, but a few tons less weight than the Monk. With a lowboy trailer it's quite possible your towing height would be under the max allowable with the flybridge in place. Quotes to haul my boat from Tacoma to Southern Oregon were around 4K, four years ago...
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