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    Bad day on the water - NEED ADVICE!!

    Thanks for tip! Will check out all those items.
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    Bad day on the water - NEED ADVICE!!

    Thanks for the good list of items to check. I’ve definitely considered the cost vs. value of the boat, and we’re basically almost equal at this point; however, given the significant increase in cost of used boats we’ve noticed in our part of the world due to COVID, as well as insurance covering...
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    Bad day on the water - NEED ADVICE!!

    Thanks, all, for the excellent advice. This is exactly what I was looking for. As I mentioned, I don’t want to risk bringing an invisible issue out on the water with us, i.e. I don’t want to cut corners - just looking to see if there were any different experiences out there. They did inspect the...
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    Bad day on the water - NEED ADVICE!!

    Hi All, Had a really bad day on the water last week. Our Alpha One leg hit a deadhead square on at about 25 knots. Busted the bell housing and gimbal ring in half, and the leg was hanging by the hydraulic rams. Started taking on water through the gimbal bearing. We managed to save the hull...
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    Water from bilge screw holes - NEED ADVICE!!!

    I'll certainly let you know what I find out! Someone on the SROC forums suggested holes for previously-installed through-hull transducers; however, there is absolutely no evidence on the exterior of the hull of any hole repairs having been done. To the best of my knowledge, the only transducer...
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    Water from bilge screw holes - NEED ADVICE!!!

    So I got the new pump mounted, and there was plenty of bite left in the mounting board. The pump is solid. Before doing so, I sucked out as much of the trapped water I could using a syringe and shop vac. I didn't waste any time closing the old holes properly with epoxy, as the damage has already...
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    Water from bilge screw holes - NEED ADVICE!!!

    That will definitely be plan B if I find that the wood is too deteriorated to hold screws!
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    Water from bilge screw holes - NEED ADVICE!!!

    I'm still curious as to whether the Seacast would displace the water within that space. If it's liquid enough, I'm thinking I may be able to pump it into one of the existing holes so that it forces the water out the other and in the process of doing so, completely fills the empty space between...
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    Water from bilge screw holes - NEED ADVICE!!!

    Thanks - that's exactly what I figured. It's a bit hard to see in the photo that I attached to my first post, but the mounting board is clearly defined with the forward and aft edges sloping down where it is glassed to the hull, so I am reasonably confident that it is not connected to the...
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    Water from bilge screw holes - NEED ADVICE!!!

    Thanks, guys - I appreciate the advice. Seacast sounds like an ideal solution, but would also likely require removing the motor to make enough room to get tools down there to cut out the old piece - a job that I do not have the equipment nor the space to accomplish at the moment. If I drill...
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    Water from bilge screw holes - NEED ADVICE!!!

    Hi All, Replacing the factory-installed bilge pump in my 21 year-old Sea Ray bow rider. Since the new pump mounting bracket (naturally) has a different screw pattern, my original plan was to marine-tex the old holes closed and drill new ones (see attached photo). HOWEVER... when using...
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    Newbie Hull Accessory Installation Question

    Outstanding!! Appreciate you taking a look and confirming my assessment. Will pick up a tube of 4000 today. From what I’ve read about these horns, I’ll definitely be needing to get it off again at some point… probably sooner than later…
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    Newbie Hull Accessory Installation Question

    Great news!!! Thanks for confirming. Looks like this job just got much easier. Still appreciate all the earlier advice on dealing with fasteners in a wood core, as it’s going to come up sooner or later.
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    Newbie Hull Accessory Installation Question

    So I as under the assumption all along that I was dealing with a wood core; however, it now appears that I may have been mistaken - which would be great news. Maybe I could appeal to the trained eye of one of you more experienced boat builders on here to confirm from the attached photos that I...
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    Newbie Hull Accessory Installation Question

    You bet. I’ve worked with the stuff before, and it does the job really well - ONCE! Thanks for the reminder.
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