Need more chatter in here people!

Doral-Canvas

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Re: Need more chatter in here people!

Yes I agree, seem to be very quite here. Let's get this Doral Boat forum busy!
 
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Welcome aboard Doral-Canvas. You will come to realize that we are a very strange bunch in here. At least from MY point of view :rolleyes: having fun and boating what else IS there to do :D I have an older one as you will see from my signature and I am working on getting it ship shape for fishing with my twin6 yr old grandsons this summer. I have a lot of work to do on it as the previous owners did not take care of it at all. The floor was rotten under the rear seats as is the dog house cover, battery tray and holding tank area but thats what you get when you get a cheep one :facepalm: What are you boating around in these days? BTW I need a reasonabley priced mooring cover for mine as I just spent over $700 to fix my camper top to accomodate my height as I am 6'6" and the budget is real low at point in time :eek: you may pm me if you wish.
 

Chevyboy454

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Welcome Doral-Canvas! Yes we are a strange bunch. I too am in the market for some canvas on my boat, unfortunately my boat did not come with anything, not even the alum bars :( Where would a guy find stuff like that?

@Boateric Your repairs cant be as bad as mine :) If you want a hand bring her down your only an hour or so from my place on the 401 :) Keep your eye out for a Motor 80 - 120 with power tilt cash is tight so cheap as possible would be awesome ;) P.M. me if you want my number, Maybe Ken, yourself and the fam and I can hit the water this summer sometime and have a Doral boat day.

Cheers Rick.
 

BSAFlash

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Re: Need more chatter in here people!

G'Day Doral-canvas,
Welcome aboard.
I had a quick look at your work site link, looks good but needs more traffic.
I am currently investigating new top covers, spoke to Doral but due to my last purchase I need to be careful with buying limits from a single supplier (trying to avoid GST and duties by spreading my purchases both by time and supplier).
My current covers lasted 5 years. They have now shrunk to the point where the Velcro joints don't overlap enough to keep the water out.

My original clears came with insect screens on them, great idea but the quality of the screen material used was very poor, they self destructed within 3 mths. (dealer over here blamed me for not removing the clears while underway in the rain!).
 
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Well guys guess my boat just became a project yesterday as I tore the flooring out of it to find a lot of soggy rotten wood :facepalm: Might need some more time before I can get it in the water this year. But on the brighter side I know that I won't fall threw the floor after it is done when I am out on the water :cool: catching the BIG ONES. I am still going to be on hold with boating this year untill the misses gets better from her surgery with breast cancer. I DO have my priorities right when I put her over the boat so I am just going to putter around working on it during her recovery time as I know she will get tired of me in the house all the time. It will make a good excuse to get out of ehr hair for a little while :rolleyes:
 

BSAFlash

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Now you have yourself a project!
My mates Wife sent him off to his Mums' for a month and his Daughter moved home (His Mum is in her 90s') while she was going through her treatment (seems he was stressing her).
Don't forget to ask if you need help with repairs.
 

kenmyfam

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Re: Need more chatter in here people!

Well guys guess my boat just became a project yesterday as I tore the flooring out of it to find a lot of soggy rotten wood :facepalm: Might need some more time before I can get it in the water this year. But on the brighter side I know that I won't fall threw the floor after it is done when I am out on the water :cool: catching the BIG ONES. I am still going to be on hold with boating this year untill the misses gets better from her surgery with breast cancer. I DO have my priorities right when I put her over the boat so I am just going to putter around working on it during her recovery time as I know she will get tired of me in the house all the time. It will make a good excuse to get out of ehr hair for a little while :rolleyes:

Got any photos of the floor situation ???
I can help out some when I am in the country !!!! One word of advice though, don't fix it with half measures. Rip out all the bad and the questionable areas. I am currently in China and hope to be back for the long weekend.
 

BSAFlash

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G'Day there Kenmyfam,

Any chance of you clearing your message box?
 

Chevyboy454

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Re: Need more chatter in here people!

lol I was thinking the same thing Ken. Think your inbox is a it full. Have fun on that floor repair I added a few extra braces when I did mine. Wish I would have left a hatch for the on board gas tank though. Wouldn't mind seeing some pics.

cheers Rick.
 

kenmyfam

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G'Day there Kenmyfam,

Any chance of you clearing your message box?

Message box cleared out. Did not realise it was full !!!! It used to tell me when it hit 90% with the old forum version. I guess it does not anymore.
Start sending again. I will get to them when I can.
 
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BSAFlash Thanks mate I ALWAYS need help with repairs (to my boat) but just don't have the people with that type of skill around me that can do them to my satisfaction. Anyways the boat is retarpped for now or at least until I start to drive the wife nuts and then I might get back to working on it again. Oh BTW also repairs cost $$ and that is on hold as well because my wife has to stop working and the her full time pay will be reduced to a little under 1/2 reg pay. We will just have to do what we can with what we got and pray that the rest gets caught up some how.
 

Chevyboy454

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Hey there Boateric, I sent you a PM while back. I don't mind helping out if you supply the Timmies! I'm not that far from you.

Cheers Rick.
 

kenmyfam

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Hey there Boateric, I sent you a PM while back. I don't mind helping out if you supply the Timmies! I'm not that far from you.

Cheers Rick.

We could possibly gang attack it sometime when all the local help is available. Have to arrange the time though.
 

Chevyboy454

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I like that Idea! Many hands make light work! With Kenmyfam's engineering experience and my past experience re-building my floor we could get er done in no time!

We should set something up.

Rick.
 

JBF 1962

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The waitings now over! Got all the boats in the water up at the good ol PPYC yesterday, tied up beside my brothers Wellcraft before the rain hit! :)
 

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Chevyboy454

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Bout Time ;)

Now for some decent weather to take her out!

Rick.
 

JBF 1962

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well, the people that know seem to thinks its going to be a hot, dry summer...
 

Chevyboy454

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I'd like to meet those people! So far every time they say it's going to be nice it seems to rain! Which just always seems to be on my days off.

Rick.
 

kenmyfam

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Just has to be nice this weekend !!! first trip out for our boat !!! as soon as I get back from China.
 
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