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Jim: Welcome again! Have you moved from Austin to Corpus Christi? C-Brats now have the Texas coast covered- Wild Blue down south, TUXPAN in the middle, and Topcat up here in Clear Lake. We had left Topcat in the Corpus Christi marina for a couple of months this summer and came down...

Matt: I have a 1800 PSI Husky electric power washer that I bought from home depot more than an year ago fro $180. It works great. It is light enough to move around without spraining my back. It does a good job on the hull- got be careful with ablative bottom paint, of course, because it will...

Since when do laws have to pass the common sense test ? :roll:

For salvage to be claimed, the vessel has to be in peril. A boat that has engine failure but is anchored safely or a soft grounding would not be considered "salvagable". A hard grounding, an abandoned vessel, a vessel that is being blown on to a lee shore, or a vessel that is posing a danger...

Norm: Ours is also in the cockpit under the "head" window. It does not get in the way of people entering or exiting from the starboard side.

Addendum to the above message: Just got some new informtion- the surge was 17 feet, not 11 feet. The Kemah Boardwalk, a pretty big tourist attraction, is GONE. Restaurants are blasted through, rides are destroyed, the boardwalk itself was completely taken out by the surge. Alok

Just got back home from being an Ike evacuee. We personally did OK. Fences down, a huge pine tree down in the front yard- luckily it fell away from the house. The final storm surge was 11 feet instead of 20 because the eye went up Galveston Bay instead of coming ashore a few miles to the west...

Warren: As Bob said the fuses are on the starboard side under the aft seat- 15 amps, if I remember correctly. They blow often. Also jiggle the wires at their attachment to the switch- my starboard macerator has to go through a switch on/ jiggle the wires procedure each time. I guess the...

This is a “thank you” note for Marc Grove and his crew at Wefing’s Marine in Apalachicola, Fl. I live near Houston. When we bought our boat from Wefing’s, I was concerned about being a thousand miles away from the dealer. All I can say is that Marc, even at a distance, has been a tremendous...

Just made a 200 mile run back from Corpus Christi to Clear Lake- fully loaded boat with two people: 1.96 to 2.12 statute miles/gallon. The mileage did not change between 3100 and 3700 RPM; most of the time we were running at 30 mph even. Our Navman has not been "officially" caliberated, but...

Scan Marine's comments on fuel for their products. See specifically the section on kerosene which includes a comment on Klean Heat. http://www.scanmarineusa.com/techtalk_fuelcomments.pdf

John: my initial post which started this thread was from Jan 2007. That was a really humid winter, and I had water dripping everywhere with or without using the boat. Last winter I tried hygroscopic crystals but did not have much luck. However, the atmospheric humidity was much lower and it was...

Yup, Texas is REALLY hot! Alok

For the past month, the boat has been at a marina in Corpus Christi, TX in an uncovered slip. To cool the boat at night while sleeping, I bought a relatively lightweight 5000 BTU Goldstar window A/C from Walmart for $107 (this one has a remote control- the height of luxury!). I attached the...

Just another piece of information to add to the above: The Suzuki 150 motors now have excess of 250 hours. Last week we took the boat down from Clear Lake to Corpus Christi. Full gas, full water, full provisions, two adults, bimini, permatrims, Texas flag on top of the cabin, ensign on the...

Fred: Thanks for the tips. Question: What kind of jack would I use for a 8000 lb boat? Do I need to steal one from a Hummer?:D Matt: I would certainly prefer a hard non-ablative paint, but what I could tell from the Petit website, the Unepoxy is not designed for trailerable boats. Am I wrong...

Yes, - $10/foot for lifting, blocking and re-launching ($260-300, depending on how they measure the boat) - 2 gallons of paint ($400) - Special Cleaner; brushes, sandpaper, gloves, mask, etc ...looks like $800. By the way, even with the inside guides removed, crawling over the cross-bars...

Matt: I am also thinking about re-painting the bottom (with all necessary personal and environmental precautions!). If I understand you correctly, you plan to fasten 2 X 4s onto the trailer, then drive the boat up on to the boards. I am concerned that the weight of the boat being driven up...

I have a transom mounted transducer for the depth sounder. The boat is kept in the water and hauled out every six months for engine maintenance. Barnacle growth on the transducer has been a major problem. Not only does this look ugly, it also interferes with transducer function. This January I...

Thanks for the picture. The Suzuki setup is a little different- I will report back on the fix when it is done.