Who's slacking around here? Why isn't the May picture thread up yet? What is it ......May 1st already!!??
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Who's slacking around here? Why isn't the May picture thread up yet? What is it ......May 1st already!!??
Got skunked with rain here today and it looks to be much the same all week long. Bright side is at least the lake and river levels are finally coming up from the typical winter draw down.
With the delayed spring in Chicago I had a chance to redo my trailer hubs and re-varnish the teak. Small projects but I'm really happy with how they turned out. Here's some pics of the teak.
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Teak looks good Big City http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n.../smiles_26.gif
First of many things coming this month:
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Boat Bling: Hot Sauce for water spots, Vinyl Sauce for cleaning the vinyl, and Vinyl Conditioner,
Over the past number of years I've been in the Exquisite Vinyl cleaner camp, and swore by that stuff. Not to mention how many times I've posted how great the product is. Not sure what has happened to their customer service? I placed a new order for a gallon of the cleaner, as well as the leather cleaner and conditioner for our vehicles on the 22nd. Paid for that day, haven't heard boo since. I've tried 3 times now to contact her, and no response. So, looks like a paypal dispute is in my future and I'm on to promoting a new product.
First reviews of testing the Boat Bling vinyl cleaner are very positive. I haven't really dug in and started cleaning yet, but couldn't help myself from giving it a try when the Fedex guy just dropped it off. There's another positive with Boat Bling, they have an actual website, accept actual credit cards through their site, and ship quickly..... all be it, across Phoenix :)
The Hot Sauce is going to be amazing. I just got the boat back from 2 months at the dealer for an issue I'm not willing or ready to discuss, anyway, it sat outside with the cover for those 2 months and got a little rain. Although they washed it, they didn't clean the tower and it was full of water spots. I had to give this stuff a try, claims its good for the entire boat including the tower and glass. (don't try to clean glass with the vinegar/water mixture)
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Been having some terrible weather the last few weekends. It's either raining or windy. Can't win! Hoping for this Sunday if the weather is decent and I can find a third.
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I should have taken a picture of the river when I crossed the bridge to work this morning. Looks like chocolate milk with chunks. :(
No boating here for at least another week.
I was blown away by exquisite.... but...... just picked up the totally awesome that is recommended a lot (and is 1/5th the price.) I'll be using it for at least the first part of this year.
Another beautiful afternoon on my favorite river.
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Whelchel86, great shot- I am looking forward to some of that this summer! Bigcity444, did you actually use varnish on your teak, or did you go the traditional route with teak oil? Just curious as I sanded and oiled the same parts on my Mariah last year, and the came out real nice and still look good this year. Oh yeah, the river here is too high and too many chunks.
This is a pic from last weekend on the TN River.
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I did Varnish. The wood wasn't dried out and turning white so this seemed the better option for me.
Sanded with 100 grit then wiped with thinner. 1st coat was 60/40 Varnish/Thinner. Next day sanded with 200 grit, wiped with thinner. Then 80% Varnish, 20% thinner. I still have two coats of 100% Varnish to go with plans to sand at 200 before each. These photos were taken after the first coat.
This is how I spent my day, had to go to my buddy's place to check as he heard his boat lift was not there for install by the marina. I was headed out anyways to go do something else in the area so I decided to swing by his place as well... Sure enough, no boat lift where it was left in the fall and nowhere to be found near the property.
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Missing boat lift, at least the dock is in though.
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Unlike my second stop...
Cool you flew a plane there? Sorry to hear about your friends lift.
Yeah, I can fly there and back in the same amount of time to drive one way for me. My friend takes much longer to drive there than I do so it's a "win" for everyone.
that friend must be very grateful..... Can't figure out what in the world happened to his lift....He'll need to talk to Insurance about it's replacement. July'll be here before we know it.......
I forgot to ask about the lift for the sailboat, is it possible that 2 went missing?? Holy.....
I never get tired of looking at that beach from the water!! thanks again Ben!! See ya in a couple weeks!
Entirely possible that the sailboat lift is gone as well, which is odd, I wasn't even looking for that one. I'm pretty sure though that the lift that I saw that was rotated 90 degrees tot he shore is on your neighbors property towards Beulah and not yours.
There's a lot of jawing going on for a Picture thread! More pics!
This was taken a few weeks ago at a local campground. Talk about a man who has it all!
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^^^ SS eye-sore:-P
Ironic, I'm looking for a picture......:(
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Got to do a little Cinco de Mayo wakeboarding over the weekend on the Mississippi, followed up with a block party in Alton, IL. Only the second time I've ridden since my injury last summer, feeling great to get back at it.
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Finally I can contribute! Had a great first day on the water. I really should have given the Saltare a good detailing but it was warm and the wind was calm so I couldn't pass it up.
The crew
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Sent this one to my buddy who was dying to get out but had prior obligations. Older guy I work with who is totally into being on the water, he doesn't ride but he's always out and has at least 4x the hours driving my boat as I do. Basically my pro driver. Sent with a caption "Something's missing"
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The Saltare ran great for the first time out. Only one minor problem when my buddy was pulling me. He stopped and turned it off as I was cutting into the wake. Said there was a bad vibration. I went under and felt the prop (no visibility in the river), didn't feel any dings. Started and in gear the shaft spun straight as an arrow observing from inside. Ran up to 50 MPH and butter smooth. I'm stumped, but there was a LOT of debris in the river. I'm guessing the shaft or prop caught some weeds and cleared itself when he cut the throttle.
Aside from that, idiot of the month award for me. I was distracted circling around my buddy and damn near ran over my new coated mainline. Hit reverse and no harm done.
Heated seat and heater worked great. Someone managed to pull one of the vent tubes off the heater core, forgot to put clamps on them last season. So just some clamps and it should be great. I actually forgot I had it for the first two riders when they got in the boat shivering. lol The heater was definitely appreciated though, and I have requests to put heater seats in more than just the drivers seat.
Hope to clean up the boat this week and get out again next weekend. Looking forward to a good season.
Nice looking interior Dunkle
Spent some time cleaning this weekend, and may have come to realize I am way too anal about how clean I want the boat to be. I probably have 6 hours in to cleaning the interior with another 8-10 hours needed this week. Thus far, I am very pleased with the boat bling cleaning products. In the past 4 years, the drivers seat hasn't been this clean and white, although this is the first time I've pulled the seat for cleaning, which allowed me easier access to clean the carpet.Quote:
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So much more to do before we hit the lake. The 2 months the boat was at the dealer has really put me behind schedule.
Looking great Scott. Immaculate. I keep mine clean, but unfortunately not to that level. I just can't get clear of other projects to spend that much time on the boat. I'm jealous.
First time out with the Launch!!! Everything I thought it could be and more. The power was very impressive and instant, in fact the prop seemed allittle too small WRT the way the engine could spool up. From idle to 4000rpm and the boat wasn't even out of the hole yet. Reminded me of driving on wet pavement with a heavy right foot. Way too much fun to drive.
As for the pics the kids played on the swim platform and set in the water feet dangling in the frigid waters. I lasted a few minutes with my feet in the water too. Could not imagine jumping in... My daughter got a little cold on the way home and made a new snuggie.... Dog included.
DAFF - love that first picture. Priceless.
Great pics DAFF. I'm glad the new ride is all you expected it to be. Awesome!
Daff, the first pic is awesome!
Scott, I need to do the same.
We made it out this weekend but forgot the camera! Here are a few cell phone pics I snapped to send to friends/family.
Couple shots from Friday night setting up camp.
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One of the boat ...
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Saturday Evening
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This was Saturday Cinco
Well, I'm waiting on the Vinyl guy. Just like me to procrastinate to the last damn minute.
But I went to a Lake house in Pickwick with some friends last weekend, and had a kickass time on the water regardless. Supra is ready to rock, just needs that back hatch redone, and some serious Haugy detailing.
Here is last weekend.
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Last Batch
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Look at that water.....
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Starting the fire with the Dragon's breath.
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The place we stayed with the awesome outdoor kitchen.
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Nice!!!!!!!!!!!
KG's pic of his kids reminded me of one taken a couple of weeks ago. Not quite as cute, but the same idea. Also throwing one in of my daughter just to even things up.
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Looks like a great time Haugy!
Titan, I'm so jealous of your bow speakers, and is that a sink faucet you can see on the left side of the first picture?
Yep, that's a faucet. It was a factory accessory. There's supposed to be a bladder in the storage area underneath, but it's not functional. I just repaired it, painted it, and it's basically filling a hole right now. I intend to do something else with the space sometime. Right now it's a great conversation piece.Quote:
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Great pics...should be adding some of my own soon, if all goes well.
haugy...went full haug huh?
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