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    Saturated foam removal - no wood

    Resto Forum Gurus... Is there a way to dissolve poured in foam? I have a ProKat 2860 - no wood in this boat - that due to a bad bit of luck and a couple design flaws has the foam in the forward part of the sponsons full of water. The shower drain actually went into the foam instead of into a...
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    Anyone familiar with Pro Kat?

    Has anyone here done significant work on a Prokat 2860 or similar? These are wood-free hulls, but they seem to have some foam in the front part of each sponson. they also have a floor in the forward bilge area that prevents access to the actual bottom of the keel area...which does not seem...
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    straight up operator error...

    Not too proud to admit that sometimes I find boat handling in tight spots to be a challenge with my recently acquired '88 Bayliner 2450. Way, way harder to maneuver at slow speed than my buddy's Parker 2310 which I've been driving for years. Especially in reverse, there are times that big...
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    AQ 280 shifter seal replacement

    So.... My free boat ain't so free after all. See my thread in the hull repair forum if you want the gory details. Anyway, today I was replacing the prop that the PO hit some rocks with...and I noticed some leakage on the shifter seal.. Drained the oil and YEP! its got water in it. Since I know...
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    bayliner ciera 25' prop tradeoff questions

    Gurus of aquatic propulsion... I have a 1987 Bayliner ciera 25' with penta 225D (350 GM V8) and 280 outdrive. the PO did some rock boating and the current prop has some bend in it. It is a 15x17 elephant ear. The boat runs nicely...33mph @ 3800; 40mph @ 4500...which is as high as that...
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    Major hull repair - paging the Glass Guru's!!

    I've spent the last several weeks reading everything I could find on this site (a lot!) and others about doing repairs on a fiberglass boat... I'm hoping the gurus of 'glass will chime in here on my best path forward. Here's the background; I was given a 1987 25' Bayliner Cierra. Its not...
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