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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    Not a GW, invader boats iirc... which ai think was a Texas based company. His boss had a smaller GW with a 355. Pretty trick little thing.
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    Been a little cold.

    If the boat wasn't stuck in the yard I'd be on it right now.
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    Been a little cold.

    I'm looking at getting maybe 3-4 inches tonight into tomorrow. The 40 degrees yesterday I was outside in a tee shirt and shorts. Almost threw on some flip flops.
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    If I knew how dry it was going to be when I did mine I wouldn't have even worried about borrowing my aunts garage. From February to September we had something like 7 inches of rain total... rained about 1 day a month lol. If something really cool popped up I'd do it again but this is the boat I...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    So in my case it was pretty straight forward. The screws were more or less to hold the deck straight. The original deck was stapled to the stringers and then bonded to the hull with expanding foam... thats it. I added the cleats as sacrificial. There are no real changes front to back so for mine...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    I agree. Much like anything else at this point you're rolling the dice. It's been 10 years since I've even been to a show so it was nice to check it out again. I will say I sat down with a formula rep looking at the 33... had twin 400s on the back. He ran them with the older triple setups then...
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I would say so. The PB offers a more rigid bond vs the PL. I'd rather the bond between deck hull and stringer to be one unit. Not that the PL is bad but the PB works better as a general adhesive in my experience or for bedding... you want more of a bond here.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Hey Ted, if it sways you any... I just got back from the boatshow and they had a new Suzuki 300 that was leaking oil from the gear case on display. :rolleyes:
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    1995 Crownline 202BR Restore

    I did cleats to screw to then made peanutbutter to put on the stringer tops and cleats to actually hold down the deck. The screws are secondary.
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    Thinking about making a trailer cover... Opinions wanted.

    They gave a C.O. for my parents house with visible light coming through the joint of the extension to the original house... done by the PO obviously. That's really all I'd be concerned with. They won't CO something that didn't get a variance to put a structure too close to the property line...
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    Thinking about making a trailer cover... Opinions wanted.

    Due to the family business... and how much we all deal with code enforcement... can't take that chance lol. For a shed? Sure. But a big ass pole barn appearing in a spot that would most definitely need a variance to be placed there... gotta bend the knee. The biggest thing is they want a poured...
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    Thinking about making a trailer cover... Opinions wanted.

    Ironically we are building a pole barn but... its for vehicle parking. The town with permitting and other requirements managed to turn a 1k pole barn into a several thousand dollar venture... don't get me started. If it wasn't a shared living situation it'd be done already but I have to appease...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Yeah... but I'd still want twins. :LOL:
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    2000’s Bayliner 175 I/O

    Like 2015 or so. I want to say the VR series was the first in the lineup.
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    Thinking about making a trailer cover... Opinions wanted.

    So it's not a matter of knowing that I can do it... I can. I think it's more if it's worth the resources and time. The goal: Build a reasonably water proof Resistant cover to toss over the boat for the summer when it's on the trailer. Not looking for trailerable, just for sitting next to the...
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    Mercury Tempest, Turning Point Mach 3 or Michigan Wheel Apollo?

    I wouldn't commit to something I couldn't at least test but... all three are pretty solid choices. The tempest and Apollo are very similar if memory serves. The turning point is more like a inbetween of the mirage and enertia. The mach 3 (both the regular and OS) have been reported to cause a...
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    2000’s Bayliner 175 I/O

    I think the wood free models were later. That being said... they are "cheap" in the sense that when new they were ~10k new if memory serves. My local sams club had one for a give away years ago, same era. Everyone and their mother let their kids climb all over the thing. It held up real well...
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Seems to more or less follow the prop slip curve as well... which makes sense. Most of my area averages 5 foot depth so I'd be waiting a long time. Luckily the bottom is soft most of the time. The dredged parts of the ICW are deeper.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Thank you sir for explaining it like 2 year old i am. (Charts make everything easy) Probably just seems worse than it is on the 33 due to how long it takes to plane and the loss of forward visibility. Those wellcrafts are notorious for running very bow high.
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    I/O (Sterndrive) Conversion to Outboards

    Okay. I have a question. On the hump angle... my experience has always been that for the most part it's pretty close to dead rise until you climb on top. Ie my 19, 33 my buddies 38 etc... all basically rise to the point of obscuring view until youre out of the hole. I really doubt it's an exact...
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