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Whenever I think of Cape Cod I picture those awesome little boats that the big boats use for their tenders. They are dinghys but really sweet and hand made. http://www.rogercarrollboats.com/im...om_grace_lg.jpg
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Few pics from my first deployment. I was on the supply ship.     The Germans sure have some nice looking ships. 
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Fayez Butts posted:Post a picture for us non-cape codders, please! Since you asked. http://sharkytm.com/images/skiff/P1050188.JPG inside: http://sharkytm.com/images/skiff/P1050196.JPG Hull: http://sharkytm.com/images/skiff/P1050194.JPG Its not quite flat-bottomed, there's a break and the 2 sides come together somewhat, making it a semi-V up front. It'll still pound in a sea, but less so than a true flat-bottom. Sorry for the big images, but I haven't resized them. Its 6' wide inside the gunwales at the widest point, and can probably support half a ton with ease. I've seen similar skiffs loaded to the gunwales with bushels of oysters, and they still have a foot of freeboard. And yes, thats a 20HP Mercury, one of the ones with no separate throttle/gear control. Its all on one rotating assembly, which makes it easier to operate for non-marine folks. I'm not a huge fan of the motors, because you can't rev them without going into gear and loading the motor up, but it fired on the third pull after sitting all winter... so I'm not complaining. We still haven't gotten it, thanks to stupid university policies regarding boats and whatnot. Grumble... Grumble. sharkytm fucked around with this message at Apr 25, 2010 around 23:52 |
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Crazy685 posted:
And they SUCK for fishing.
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sharkytm posted:I'm in the process of becoming a true Cape Codder.... I'm buying a 15' glass over plywood and 2x4 skiff, the mainstay of boats here on the Cape for about, oh, 50 years. They are wide as hell, stable, take a beating, and so long as you paint them and keep them dry over the winter, pretty much indestructible. It needs some work, but nothing that'll prevent it from running this year. It comes with a 20hp Mercury 2-stroke, and an ancient trailer. Yee-Haw. That's a pretty standard boat everywhere. How far are your trips in it going to be? I'd have one by now if I could do most of my fishing within 5 miles of the harbor.
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Schwartz posted:And they SUCK for fishing. Wait, what? How so? They are incredibly useful for outrigger mounting and rod storage.
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T Tops are awesome for outrigging, thats about it. T Tops suck if you have to cast a lot. They do blow for fly rishing though. God, I just cant justify the T Top. It's more money, it isn't functional, and it will cause me to delay my trips by up ot an extra hour because of the bridges. Bimini Top it is. I cant imagine using a TTop for actual rod storage. I can store 8 rods in my boat as is in the sides. How many do you need?!?!
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Crazy685 posted:T Tops are awesome for outrigging, thats about it. T Tops suck if you have to cast a lot. They do blow for fly rishing though. God, I just cant justify the T Top. It's more money, it isn't functional, and it will cause me to delay my trips by up ot an extra hour because of the bridges. Bimini Top it is. Advent Horizon posted:That's a pretty standard boat everywhere. How far are your trips in it going to be? I'd have one by now if I could do most of my fishing within 5 miles of the harbor. This style started here (actually over in Europe) in the NE, and most of the makers of skiffs like these are up here. George Williams, Brockway, Ladybug, Etc... still made up here, and still used a huge amount for clamming, lobstering, and general knockabout work.
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I like riding Ferries. So I filmed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV7gA8Xirpw It was awesomely scary being there. The sounds and the complete darkness and being surrounded by fog was such a thrill for me.
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frozenphil posted:Wait, what? How so? They are incredibly useful for outrigger mounting and rod storage. I do not enjoy broken rod tips, and casting sideways isn't always an option. I'll take my skin cancer and enjoy it. Also, no fishing due to oil spill. gently caress.
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Schwartz posted:Also, no fishing due to oil spill. gently caress. That sounds familiar. My dad's been told to 'dust off his Exxon Valdez boots'.
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Taking out the 27 this saturday, while my brother in law tails behind me in his Polar 21. Gonna be a pleasure cruise, which is more up his boats alley. God I need to figure out a way to do the seating on this thing.. I'll have a better idea after this weekend I think.. but by the time I decide it'll be back up to law school :\
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I just made it back from helping my dad run his boat to se alaska for the summer. I forgot to grab pictures down in the engine room(1671 mains), but heres a couple of shots of the boat it self: All loaded with freight and ready to leave port townsend  Anchored up in Gull Cove Alaska.  My view while on wheel watch  My dads been doing this for a while And heres a link to all my pictures if anyones interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/352692...57624070253396/
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Negromancer posted:I just made it back from helping my dad run his boat to se alaska for the summer. I forgot to grab pictures down in the engine room(1671 mains), but heres a couple of shots of the boat it self:
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I've recently become interested in boats, and I was wondering what you can expect to get for between $100,000 and $500,000 (big range i know, but i have no idea how much boat that sort of money buys you, considering a good RV can be upwards of 900k like the one my neighbour has), if your main concern is comfort and luxury and not speed or anything? I'm not a sailor, nor do i know any, so something i can learn to run myself would be good i guess.
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Garth Fader posted:I've recently become interested in boats, and I was wondering what you can expect to get for between $100,000 and $500,000 (big range i know, but i have no idea how much boat that sort of money buys you, considering a good RV can be upwards of 900k like the one my neighbour has), if your main concern is comfort and luxury and not speed or anything? I'm not a sailor, nor do i know any, so something i can learn to run myself would be good i guess. a 10 second search leads me to this. http://74.54.247.166/boats/Search/S...gory.aspx?c=605 Preoptopus fucked around with this message at May 17, 2010 around 03:02 |
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Preoptopus posted:a 10 second search leads me to this. http://74.54.247.166/boats/Search/S...gory.aspx?c=605 How often do you do a search for cars and see outrageously priced examples in the listings? How the hell am I supposed to know whether these are accurately priced or not?
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Garth Fader posted:How often do you do a search for cars and see outrageously priced examples in the listings? How the hell am I supposed to know whether these are accurately priced or not? I would trust duPont. They are kind of a big deal. Edit: are you mad for asking a general question, and getting a general answer? Preoptopus fucked around with this message at May 17, 2010 around 03:07 |
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Preoptopus posted:I would trust duPont. They are kind of a big deal. I realize, but i have no knowledge of the different brands and types of boats, the details. Is there a certain type of boat or some sort of key word i should be looking for, for big comfy boats with no emphasis on speed? Sort of how cars have coupes, sedans, wagons? EDIT: It seems you can expect about 10% of the cost of the boat in operating costs per year. For the money and the amount of use it'll see, chartering might be better (unless i win the lottery or something i guess). Garth Fader fucked around with this message at May 17, 2010 around 03:47 |
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http://www.jameslist.com/yachts For all your beater needs.
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sharkytm posted:Nice pics, what does he run for auxiliaries? I want to say the hydraulics are run by a 671, and the 2 generators are similar size. The boat has been on the market for a while now, but I cant seem to track down the add which has all the specs listed. It felt so nice to be back on the ocean and to have the constant hum of the generator to fall asleep to.
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thebushcommander posted:Paging the goon that built a house boat with his dad to this thread to post awesome pictures. Turns out, I do have something reasonably interesting to post. Here is the boat during happier times:  A winter squall brewed up, snapped a bunch of lines, and spent a couple hours smashing the boat against the rocks on the lee side, stove in two hull segments pretty badly.  So, I took a bit of spring vacation to come down and help fix it. Each pontoon is made up of six watertight segments that are bolted together. So, in theory, they can be removed, floated out from under the rest of the boat, and repaired. In practice, this requires a sledgehammer, but really worked pretty much like we thought. Here it is with the forward hull sections unbolted and partly flooded  Losing 1/3rd of the flotation on one side leaves things a tippy. I did come up with a new boat name. Eileen.  Here are the busted bits  Can't leave the boat tipping over like that, so we built a temporary prosthetic hull:   Sunk it:  positioned it:  And pumped it back out again:  Maybe we should call it "Peggy" instead. And here is what was below the water:   Once dad gets it patched and reskinned, I'll schedule some vacation to put them back in. Here is the web page with the whole build: http://sites.google.com/site/robreiheld/houseboat
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Thread needs more action. 114 mph on water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U9n...feature=related and then there is always. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U9n...feature=related
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I dont know if its the stupid kid in me, or why I just want one of these..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHs...feature=related Something about 30+HP 2 stroke on the back of 9 foot of small boat just makes me giggle like a little girl. Edit: With out killing myself, those guys are insane. Its like wedging a 502 big block in a Yugo.vvv BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at May 22, 2010 around 00:10 |
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At least post a vid of people being really really stupid with them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9enl...feature=related Maybe its just an Australian thing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqJv...feature=related Preoptopus fucked around with this message at May 21, 2010 around 23:14 |
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gently caress all your 'luxury yachts'. Luxury submarine up in here:   65 meters long, 305 meters rated depth, 10kts submerged speed and can stay down for up to 30 days. Sadly the site hasn't been updated since 2004, and I can't find any evidence that the company still exists, or ever actually produced anything 
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I mamnaged to find a couple pics of my dads old excoastie hurricane: Click here for the full 1436x911 image. Was never very fancy looking, but it was a lot of fun to do this in it:  Nothing like taking a 24 foot boat out into the ocean with 25+ foot swells
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Negromancer posted:I mamnaged to find a couple pics of my dads old excoastie hurricane: No kidding... We literally just bought one of these from the local fire department as our new yard utility boat. The tube has some leaks, and the engine needs rebuilding, but the trailer alone is worth way more than we payed for it.
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sandoz posted:No kidding... We literally just bought one of these from the local fire department as our new yard utility boat. The tube has some leaks, and the engine needs rebuilding, but the trailer alone is worth way more than we payed for it. Sounds like it is in great condition compared to ours when we got it. Before the coast guard can sell them, they have to be unusable apparently. So that means they strip EVERYTHING out of it, puncture the tube and then drag it around a parking lot to gently caress up the bottom. So we had to patch the tubes, patch a bit of fiberglass on the bottom, put in all the controls/fuel tank and a motor. Sadly we went the cheaper route for a engine, and used a 190hp mercruiser instead of the turbo diesel it should have had. Now you just need to go joy riding in it as much as possible, preferably in large waves or at least big wakes. Just gotta try and keep the prop in the water or else the landing sucks.
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Negromancer posted:Sounds like it is in great condition compared to ours when we got it. Before the coast guard can sell them, they have to be unusable apparently. So that means they strip EVERYTHING out of it, puncture the tube and then drag it around a parking lot to gently caress up the bottom. So we had to patch the tubes, patch a bit of fiberglass on the bottom, put in all the controls/fuel tank and a motor. Sadly we went the cheaper route for a engine, and used a 190hp mercruiser instead of the turbo diesel it should have had. Oh, we've got the diesel all right, and as far as I know there's no damage to the bottom. The electrical system is trashed though. I don't know how much joy riding I'll be doing after we install the lowest pitch prop money can buy, however.
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sandoz posted:Oh, we've got the diesel all right, and as far as I know there's no damage to the bottom. The electrical system is trashed though. I don't know how much joy riding I'll be doing after we install the lowest pitch prop money can buy, however. In fact, I just found out that it's CG designation was 23101, which means that it's a 23' boat, and it was the first of it's series 
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For any members that found that old boat motor or just firing yours up for the first time in.... ever, here is a good link to go over your outboard, plus most of the tips apply for inboards as well. http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=158086 Really some good info here. Every year it never fails that I forget to do lower unit oil right away. Luckily, I do it after the first few runs  At any rate, I had an idiot moment today, remember goons that your distributor cap goes on 1 way only and no matter how frustrated and sweaty you may be, it's no excuse for shoddy work.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:For any members that found that old boat motor or just firing yours up for the first time in.... ever, here is a good link to go over your outboard, plus most of the tips apply for inboards as well. Good list but he forgot replacement of thermostats. 2 years is what's recommended for my Yamaha outboard.
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fordham posted:Good list but he forgot replacement of thermostats. 2 years is what's recommended for my Yamaha outboard. And on larger motors, the poppet valves. Plus, a soaking of the water passages in salt-away if its been used in salt water a lot.
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I don't much care for boats and stuff, but I saw this and took a picture of it for you. So here's a picture of a boat.
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Replicas of the Pinta and the Nina, neither of which I would want to cross the ocean on [url]http://img.waffleimages.com/bed01beb61756c23fe1e4e84b47fa5b0fc6e00ff/IMG_0460[1].JPG [/url]Can't get the link to work, any suggestions?
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boondocksts posted:Replicas of the Pinta and the Nina, neither of which I would want to cross the ocean on You ever see the USS Constitution, or the replica of the Mayflower? Jesus, they're teeny-tiny.
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Autonautical insanity? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOCxT89ynbA
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 Work in progress. Poor boat looks sad 
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sandoz posted:
how much does that thing weigh to require a dual-axle trailer?
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