Stus-List Spring prep

2014-05-02 Thread M Bod via CnC-List
This spring is challenging - the weather is just starting to warm up. Hopefully this weekend I can strip off the boat cover, get the boat paint done, quick polish/wax topsides and do some initial interior cleaning on the new boat. Target is to splash Friday next week. Bit of a challenge

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2014-05-02 Thread John Irvin via CnC-List
If it ain't broke don't fix it. Are you sure it needs attention? -Original Message- From: M Bod via CnC-List cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: ‎2014-‎05-‎02 2:15 PM To: CC list cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Spring prep This spring is challenging - the weather is just starting

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2014-05-02 Thread Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List
02, 2014 2:15 PM To: CC list Subject: Stus-List Spring prep This spring is challenging - the weather is just starting to warm up. Hopefully this weekend I can strip off the boat cover, get the boat paint done, quick polish/wax topsides and do some initial interior cleaning on the new boat

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2014-05-02 Thread Graham Collins via CnC-List
I'd leave it alone without reason to change it. My boat had been on the hard a while before launch, stuffing box was fine. The valves on the thru-hulls on the other hand Graham Collins Secret Plans CC 35-III #11 On 2014-05-02 3:15 PM, M Bod via CnC-List wrote: This spring is

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2014-05-02 Thread Chuck S via CnC-List
City, NJ - Original Message - From: CNC boat owners, cnc-list cnc-list@cnc-list.com To: CNC boat owners, cnc-list cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 2:15:11 PM Subject: Stus-List Spring prep This spring is challenging - the weather is just starting to warm up. Hopefully

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2014-05-02 Thread M Bod via CnC-List
I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully its in good shape. Not expecting I'd want to try and change it out my first time while its in the water! But a quick haul is not that bad. And I've wondered about the thru hull valves - exercised them all back and forth a few times. They 'seem' OK, and

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2014-05-02 Thread Graham Collins via CnC-List
If the valves all move that is great. What sort are they? The issue I had was that mine are the tapered plug type, and a couple were worn enough that they leaked. The temporary fix was to put a grease fitting on the drain plug holes and crank some grease in, the longer term fix was to

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2014-05-02 Thread M Bod via CnC-List
Graham, Girlfriends grandmother was there, but recently passed. 99 yrs old she had a good run and was ready. Florence Chisholm. All have a patient who managed the facility - she saw some photos I had taken around the province in my clinic and asked if they could get copies. In the end they