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  1. colbysmith

    Charging issues

    Hi Donald, Hard for me to follow all the electrical talk, as each boat seems to have it's own system. And the only way to know anything for sure, is to know how the batteries are hooked up. IE, an electrical schematic showing how the batteries are wired to the charger, and how they are wired...
  2. colbysmith

    Rub rail - slit behind rail

    I was not able to find any tufgel at Ace, Menards or Farm and Fleet. I thought about using some dielectric grease, and forgot to, instead using the 4000 sealant. I debated on using aluminum pop rivets, but know those are not as strong as stainless steel. SS rivets of that size (1/4") would be a...
  3. colbysmith

    Rub rail - slit behind rail

    Finished up reinstalling my rubrail today. I ended up using ss machine screws, washers and nylon lock nuts. 1/4 x 20 x 1 1/4". Here's some photos of the job. First two photos of the rub rail with the rubber insert removed, where you can see the majority of the rivet heads were popped off...
  4. 01 rivet heads popped

    01 rivet heads popped

    Rub Rail had popped rivet heads. Removed, repaired, and replaced with machine screws, washers and nuts.
  5. 09 washers nuts in cabin

    09 washers nuts in cabin

    09 washers nuts in cabin
  6. 10 washer nuts in cabin

    10 washer nuts in cabin

    10 washer nuts in cabin
  7. 08 rubber inserted

    08 rubber inserted

    08 rubber inserted
  8. 07 rubber inserted

    07 rubber inserted

    07 rubber inserted
  9. 06 railing with new machine screws

    06 railing with new machine screws

    06 railing with new machine screws
  10. 05 railing with new machine screws

    05 railing with new machine screws

    05 railing with new machine screws
  11. 04 railing removed

    04 railing removed

    04 railing removed
  12. 02 rivet heads popped

    02 rivet heads popped

    02 rivet heads popped
  13. 03 railing removed

    03 railing removed

    03 railing removed
  14. 01 rivet heads popped

    01 rivet heads popped

    01 rivet heads popped
  15. F150 Weights

    F150 Weights

  16. colbysmith

    Rub rail - slit behind rail

    Just finished drilling out all the rivets. 29 of them. Didn't want to go the route of grinding down the material inside and pushing the rivet bodies through due to dust cleanup then. Probably going to go the machine screw/washer/nut route, but will decide that based on what is available at the...
  17. colbysmith

    Rub rail - slit behind rail

    Resurrecting this thread, as it seems to be more recent than the ones from 10 years ago. I had the tailend of my starboard front section of rub railing pop away from the boat last week. This was just about under my forward cleat, or next to the cabin helm. Pulling the rubber insert out, I...
  18. colbysmith

    Battery group size

    FWIW, on my 25, I run one group 24 or group 27 marine starting regular flooded wet cell battery. Then I have two group 31 AGM's in parallel for my house batteries. I was using two group 29 flooded wet cell batteries up until a month ago. The Fwc have worked fine for me in the past, but I...
  19. colbysmith

    New '05 25 Cruiser owner in Vermont

    Welcome aboard C-Brats. I like the name C-Shepherd. I can't say that I've ever seen or heard that name. You could probably just do a search here on C-Brats for C-Shepherd or Tiger, and see if anything pops up. Colby
  20. colbysmith

    My AIS-800 is hiding from me!

    It would be illegal for the end user to do that reprogram. I don't think the manufacturers or dealers would be willing to give any info out on how to reprogram the MMSI number.
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