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Amy Pole Her posted:I’ve got 8 boats and 4 jetskis. I’m out of control tbh Jet skis are a great way to burn 10 gallons of gasoline and oil in less than an hour. Had a few of them before. Edit: had a Wetbike Tomcat too: 
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Big Taint posted:By decreasing LOA: Which ones your favorite if you had to get rid of the rest? I’m gonna guess either the 52 or the fj-14
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May 14, 2020 03:21
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The SC is The Best Boat so she’s staying. The Whaler is great too. The rest could go. Was gonna be trying to sell the Catalina about now but the world fell apart first...
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May 14, 2020 03:29
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Talk me out of buying a forty foot trawler and moving onto it forever.
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May 15, 2020 02:01
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That sounds phenomenal so long as it has in motion satellite and 4g so, no?
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May 15, 2020 02:26
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Karma Comedian posted:Talk me out of buying a forty foot trawler and moving onto it forever. A guy I sailed with once does this, his cost of living is so low he is a ski instructor in Vail five months out of the year and that covers the rest of his living expenses for the year. He posts a lot of pictures of him hanging out with cute coed ski students all the time so I don't think he hates his life decisions. Your dating pool is significantly reduced because the trawler is only one to 1.5 steps up from living in a van. 2 steps up if you can get the boat to leave the slip under it's own power.
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May 15, 2020 02:34
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Trawler is not a sexy word, it needs a PR makeover.
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May 15, 2020 02:41
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taqueso posted:Trawler is not a sexy word, it needs a PR makeover. Turbo skipjack? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipjack_(boat)
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May 15, 2020 02:50
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Hadlock posted:A guy I sailed with once does this, his cost of living is so low he is a ski instructor in Vail five months out of the year and that covers the rest of his living expenses for the year. He posts a lot of pictures of him hanging out with cute coed ski students all the time so I don't think he hates his life decisions.  "You know, MacGyver used to live on a houseboat. So, you want to go back to my place and I can squeeze into your slip?"
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May 15, 2020 03:24
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I think you came to the wrong thread if you wanted to be talked out of it. Go for it. We only live a short while so follow your dreams while you still can. Yes, I'm facing my mortality why do you ask? Goes some way towards explaining why I have a new yacht arriving tomorrow. gently caress it!
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May 15, 2020 09:09
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Helped a friend pull the outdrives off his twin-sterndrive motorboat last weekend. Every bloody fastener was seized solid. Why is everything involving boats so poorly designed? The lower retaining pins are held in place by locking pins and corrosion. They have completely round and smooth heads so it's impossible to get a good grip on them, and mounted in a way that you can't strike them or get good leverage to force them out. We finally got them out by using a big rear end pipe wrench that could pinch strong enough for its teeth to dig into the steel of the pin head and get a good grip. The upper pins could be pushed through from outside, fortunately. They too were stuck solid but we had a six pound argument (aka a sledgehammer) to convince them with.  
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May 15, 2020 11:47
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Collateral Damage posted:Helped a friend pull the outdrives off his twin-sterndrive motorboat last weekend. Every bloody fastener was seized solid. Why is everything involving boats so poorly designed? The lower retaining pins are held in place by locking pins and corrosion. They have completely round and smooth heads so it's impossible to get a good grip on them, and mounted in a way that you can't strike them or get good leverage to force them out. Ugh, DuoProp. We had one coupled to a Volvo Penta diesel that saw thousands of F/R shifts, and it had a solid 2" of slop at the skeg when we got rid of it. I/Is are great for speed and efficiency, but awful at everything else. Sorry you got to deal with that.
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May 15, 2020 14:18
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Collateral Damage posted:Helped a friend pull the outdrives off his twin-sterndrive motorboat last weekend. Every bloody fastener was seized solid. Why is everything involving boats so poorly designed? The lower retaining pins are held in place by locking pins and corrosion. They have completely round and smooth heads so it's impossible to get a good grip on them, and mounted in a way that you can't strike them or get good leverage to force them out.
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May 15, 2020 17:11
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wallaka posted:Jet skis are a great way to burn 10 gallons of gasoline and oil in less than an hour. Had a few of them before. You’re stuck in 2001 my man. The 4tec 4 stroke is such a bitchin little OHV motor. The 2 strokers do suck it up though. But i mean, I have a 31 ocean master now with twin mercury optimax motors so i know fuel burn Edit that TomCat is something else though. I used to have one of those Kawasaki jet mates with the fighter stick control too. Amy Pole Her fucked around with this message at 18:11 on May 15, 2020 |
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May 15, 2020 17:43
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Also - the 23 in her element and current home 
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May 15, 2020 18:17
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Amy Pole Her posted:You’re stuck in 2001 my man. The 4tec 4 stroke is such a bitchin little OHV motor. I love the 2-strokes but man. I had a 24-foot double decker pontoon with an Evinrude 90 and it was about the same as the jet skis. 
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May 16, 2020 00:09
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Upper Decker
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May 16, 2020 00:20
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Popete posted:Upper Decker My wife’s idea.
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May 16, 2020 01:08
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2 strokes are the ultimate short sighted solution. It’ll be powerful It’ll be light It’ll suck up gas It’ll break It’ll cost $300 to get brand new *repeat* I’m excited to see if my 300 horsepower 1.5 L jetski can outburn my old 1990 Evinrude 250. It’s easily my worst motor in terms of burn but best in reliability
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May 16, 2020 05:40
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wallaka posted:My wife’s idea. My wife convinced me to name our boat Lemon Party. It was too on the nose and I’ve been paying for Neptune’s forgiveness since I changed it again after a couple of seasons.
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May 16, 2020 21:33
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Boys who love boys
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sharkytm posted:Ugh, DuoProp. We had one coupled to a Volvo Penta diesel that saw thousands of F/R shifts, and it had a solid 2" of slop at the skeg when we got rid of it. I/Is are great for speed and efficiency, but awful at everything else. Sorry you got to deal with that. Counterpoint, they can make pigs of lake boats actually capable of towing with just a 305. Hole shot is truly incredible. Not that the R/R didn't suck for you.
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May 16, 2020 21:56
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Neslepaks posted:I was just informed it should arrive in Oslo on 16 May. Do you have a name picked out yet,? monsterzero posted:My wife convinced me to name our boat Lemon Party. It was too on the nose and I’ve been paying for Neptune’s forgiveness since I changed it again after a couple of seasons. Because goatse yacht could open up a big whole if it gets renamed after the fact.
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May 16, 2020 22:28
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Goatse still makes me laugh, lemon party hasn’t aged so well. I would proudly fly a spinnaker with hands coming from the sides, grasping a meatball
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May 17, 2020 03:23
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Crunchy Black posted:Counterpoint, they can make pigs of lake boats actually capable of towing with just a 305. Hole shot is truly incredible. They actually put those things on 305s? I puttered around one summer in a ~20ft bayliner with a 305 and an alpha one and it was just barely capable of getting out of its own way. I can’t imagine giving it even more bite down low did anything good to the top end. I always thought the counter-rotating drives were behind big blocks or something. Certainly not Chevrolet’s favorite anchor.
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May 17, 2020 04:53
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Four Winns put duo Pentas as an option behind pretty much anything they built post...94? They were what I grew up on, learned to wake and drive on.
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May 17, 2020 05:18
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monsterzero posted:Goatse still makes me laugh, lemon party hasn’t aged so well. there was a browser game goons griefed a decade ago where they got the moderators to put in a flag with a "zia" symbol that was really the goatse. Cyber nations?
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May 17, 2020 06:52
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So a package arrived...
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May 17, 2020 07:24
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Wonder what's inside? Oh. Darling, it's the boat I ordered.    Plop it in.  And just like that 
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May 17, 2020 07:38
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gvibes posted:Salt water boat, or no? sharkytm posted:Ugh, DuoProp. We had one coupled to a Volvo Penta diesel that saw thousands of F/R shifts, and it had a solid 2" of slop at the skeg when we got rid of it. I/Is are great for speed and efficiency, but awful at everything else. Sorry you got to deal with that. Neslepaks posted:And just like that
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May 17, 2020 09:24
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Collateral Damage posted:Yeah. She's spent most of her life in the Baltic sea as far as I know. Outboards are great. Easy to work on out of the water, not too bad in the water for basic maintenance, super reliable (brand specific), 4 hour engineer overhaul of you're in a hurry, and much better shallow water performance. And that's a nice looking yacht. They're not my style, but that looks much nicer than the standard mass-produced cruiser.
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May 17, 2020 14:03
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Collateral Damage posted:Yeah. She's spent most of her life in the Baltic sea as far as I know.
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May 17, 2020 18:27
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Neslepaks posted:
Just in time to grab some ice cream cones and pølse and celebrate 17. Mai. Gratulerer med dagen!
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May 17, 2020 18:31
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Neslepaks posted:Wonder what's inside? That's awesome. Did you get to unwrap it yourself?
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May 17, 2020 19:09
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monsterzero posted:That's awesome. Did you get to unwrap it yourself? *opens pocket knife. looks at boat, looks back at pocket knife* "Honey, where's my pole saw?"
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May 17, 2020 19:20
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madeintaipei posted:*opens pocket knife. looks at boat, looks back at pocket knife* Looks like you need a bigger knife, sailor. Just kidding, I'd probably go ham with my keys because the box cutters all know when it's time to hide.
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May 17, 2020 19:28
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monsterzero posted:That's awesome. Did you get to unwrap it yourself? Unfortunately no.  It arrived friday night and I went and had a peek on saturday. Handover is tomorrow.
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May 17, 2020 19:54
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why the gently caress do I have to deal with trying to distinguish between 10mm and 3/8" clevis pins on a Swedish-built boat in Sweden? this is not supposed to be my problem, god drat it! (splashed fine last friday, no leaks, no other problems, now trying to get the mast up and discovering some pins have mysteriously gone missing and of course I don't have any spares of the right size, and I'm 99% certain I have a mix of metric and imperial hardware - the turnbuckles and backstays use imperial pins, while the forestay, the jib furler, the shrouds and everything on the boom uses metric ones )
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May 17, 2020 21:22
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Neslepaks posted:And just like that Why'd you go and buy a boat missing a mast and sails!?
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May 17, 2020 22:31
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That is a sweet boat Neslepaks!
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Thanks everyone. Now to learn to operate the damned thing.
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