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trawlercap

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About trawlercap

  • Birthday 08/29/1955

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  • About Me:
    Retired Bering Sea fish boat capt.
  • Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.):
    Writing, working on boats, E-bike
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    Bend Oregon

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  1. WOW! I never imagined a barn find from the mid-eighties. These boats are so well built, if left out of the elements, they must last into last days!
  2. Sure glad it worked out, give us a report!
  3. Sorry if I'm late in responding. Yes I saw the funds, I'll mail out tomorrow, very cool thanks. We were on the mainland side, six hours south of Tucson, and little town called San Carlos Sonora. Is an awesome place for a boat, any boat really. Is the best place I've ever been to get boat work done, cruise around etc. 4 lane hi way down and back, think Phoenix with salt water.
  4. I have a brand new, never opened rebuild kit. Check the number and see if it would work for you. I had a Pro 50, I loved it. Never felt a need to get rid of the auto-oiler. It survived getting flipped and running underwater (is why I bought a carb re-build kit, but never needed it.
  5. SS screws buried in titanium plate is a ticking time bomb. If you show cracks or swelling like this, as soon as you cut into it, you'll find white salty looking crystals of electrolysis., Second to last shot shows "added"fittings I had to deal with. Last shot shows the fiberglass cut away, and the hump full of white crap.
  6. The bow has one of these SS buttons every 10 inches or so. Today I removed the last one, underneath I find five screws (not machine screws tapped in proper, but SS wood screws) buried in the titanium plate (that secures the bow rail) If it was harmless I'd just cover it up again, but electrolysis has attacked with enough power to buckle the fiberglass. I have 20 of these puss pockets on the rail. look close you can see the previous owner painted over the cracks with house paint....:-) Reading up since this post, it's called galvanic action, when to two dissimilar metals combine in salty water. These fittings were improperly bedded, allowed super salty Sea of Cortez water to enter and stay trapped under the fittings. In the second image, you can see how wide open five screw holes were to the sea. I "should" be ok if I seal off the areas with epoxy, and be very careful on anything I re-bed.
  7. I should receive my soda blaster today. I need to remove my bottom paint as well. This morning I removed the name decals with hair dryer, tried acetone to remove glue, not much success. Sanded with 1500, still not the best, every step is a learning thing.
  8. After peeling the stickers, before acetone and sanding
  9. I should receive my soda blaster today. I need to remove my bottom paint as well. This morning I removed the name decals with hair dryer, tried acetone to remove glue, not much success. Sanded with 1500, still not the best, every step is a learning thing.
  10. Hey guys, I'm really pleased to see an active board here! After my first HPS got stolen in Mexico, I bought one from a friend in Mexico a few years later Has a new 70HP 4 stroke (divorce sale) I knew the scuppers were under water most the time. While on a 3k mile trip home to Oregon, I pulled the copper pipes, and found wet, but not rotten balsa. I let it dry at 75 MPH towing Az. Utah NV and Ca. I line the holes with System Three fairing epoxy, wonderful stuff to work with. I have more to do to fair it. I will pull the motor and oversize drill the mounting holes. Silicone was used on everything, just a pain! I have a lot of work to do, but in an ideal shipyard, next to the house, in the shade....:-)
  11. Where did you get the seat upgrade, I have the teak, it’s old and heavy!
  12. Where did everyone go? Is there a different thread or site?
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