Why so few boating related posts?
 

On 11/4/10 5:34 PM, The No Spoof Zone wrote:
On 11/4/10 4:56 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:05:09 -0400,

wrote:

On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:43:44 -0400, The No Spoof Zone
wrote:

Harry owns a new custom built boat with a fly bridge and twin diesel
engines. My boat would suck at fishing, which is good because I don't
want my boat covered in fish guts. I would assume Harry's boat would be
fishing friendly.

I could be wrong but I doubt that it is custom built. His wife
probably appreciates fish guts on the back deck about as much as mine
which is not at all.

Gosh, I've done a decent amount of fishing in my boats and never had a
complaint
from my wife about fish guts.

Maybe washing the boat after fishing is a good idea?

If I fished, I am sure I would wash out the fish guts, but then it would
mean I would have to remove the carpeting from the deck.


PS - Even w/o fishing and with the carpeting, I still house down the
boat to get rid of drink spills and crumbs. I am always amazed at how
ants can crawl over the dock lines looking for anything to eat. And
they don't keep their new food goodies to themselves, they go back and
tell everyone.

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Spoofers can go to Hell in a handbasket

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:56:36 -0400, John H
wrote:

I could be wrong but I doubt that it is custom built. His wife
probably appreciates fish guts on the back deck about as much as mine
which is not at all.

Gosh, I've done a decent amount of fishing in my boats and never had a complaint
from my wife about fish guts.

Maybe washing the boat after fishing is a good idea?

It's a great idea. Can we assume that you don't have teak decks ?

:-)

Why so few boating related posts?
 

On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:02:18 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:56:36 -0400, John H
wrote:

I could be wrong but I doubt that it is custom built. His wife
probably appreciates fish guts on the back deck about as much as mine
which is not at all.

Gosh, I've done a decent amount of fishing in my boats and never had a complaint
from my wife about fish guts.

Maybe washing the boat after fishing is a good idea?

It's a great idea. Can we assume that you don't have teak decks ?

:-)

Yes, that would be a fair assumption. But, even if I had teak decks, I'd wash
fish guts off them. Actually, I don't recall ever getting fish guts on my boat -
maybe a little poop and scales.

Is teak not rinseable or washable?
--

Hope you're having a great day!

John H

Why so few boating related posts?
 

Secular Humouresque wrote:
On 10/30/10 3:14 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:27:53 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote:

On 10/30/10 1:33 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:46:21 -0400, Secular Humouresque
wrote:

I like to take 'em home to clean 'em up, slow charge them and keep
them
reasonably warm over the winter. I put a slow trickle charge on
once a
month, and also a charge on 'em just before I return to the boat.

A lot of diesel starting batteries weigh over 100 lbs, much too heavy
to cart them around unnecessarily. Our trawler has a pair of 8Ds
which are not uncommon, about 140 lbs each. I have to rig a block
and tackle from the engine room overhead just to lift them into place.

Let us know how you make out.


Yeah, I've been wondering whether I really want to do that. The
shrinkwrap guy says he can rig a "door" out of plastic so I can get
into
the boat during the winter if needed. But I doubt the boat will be
close
enough on the hard to run an extension cord to the charger to the
batteries. I might be able to run the charger off my little honda gas
generator and run a cord up from the ground to the charger.

That's what I'd do, and the zipper door is a good idea in any case.
We used to do that with our old Bertram up north. The shrinkwrap
provided a lot of solar heating so it was fairly comfortable on the
boat even in cold weather - good for getting winter projects done.

You'll find that the batteries won't need much charging as long as
they are completely switched off or disconnected.


What? Even the bilge pumps are disconnected? :)
From the "former" Lobster Boat captain...