On 7/8/2011 7:40 AM, Harryk wrote:
On 7/8/11 7:29 AM, Tim wrote:
On Jul 3, 3:48 pm, wrote:
Had some old plywood getting soft in the center, and decided to re-do
the floor. when we pulled off the old carpet which was weathered
anyhow, we found out that in the times past someone had repaired the
floor by cutting out a center section and replacing it with standard
plywood. Evidently it had held for quite a while but it's days were
numbered. besides it gave us a chance to inspect the stringers and
other bracing etc.

So, after thinking about the re-floor, we decided to not go with
standard ply because it's not weather resistant, or marine due to the
expense, so we settled on "DRYPLY"

http://www.gp.com/build/product.aspx?pid=4882

A weather resistant plywood which has a lot of characteristics of
marine plywood but is more cost effective. Like $23.00 a 3/4 sheet at
Menards, and in stock too.

Regardless. It ought to last way longer than I'll ever have the boat.

It's 70 degrees as of so far, and rained all night and is to be much
cooler than it has been. Hopefully Jimmy and I can get the boat
flooring finished out today Carpet glued in, then I can start my re-
wiring before we install the seats.. Even with a box fan blowing down
on us, it's still been miserable working in the belly of that tub!


Not to worry, Tim...by your estimated completion date of 13 December,
it'll be nice and cool and you'll be able to try out the ice skate
attachments on the bottom of the pontoons, with the box fan providing
the necessary thrust. :)


Man! That was snarky.

On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:39:08 -0400, Florida Jim wrote:

On 7/7/2011 7:22 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:03:31 -0400, Florida wrote:

On 7/7/2011 4:17 PM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 22:52:35 -0400, wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
...


Hey Tim ...... here's my "Marquis" ;

http://www.re-tunes.net/2006D-45.html

Eisboch
Hey Rich - remember that problem I had with the air-conditioner in the travel trailer? I replaced
the circuit breaker. The damn thing has been working like a champ ever since, even in several
over-90 degree days. Sometimes the solution *can* be simple.
Was that the breaker in the camper or the supply breaker in the garage?
The breaker in the camper. We bought the camper new, but this circuit breaker wasn't newly
installed. It had several marks on it made by screwdrivers in the past. It's never gone out since
the replacement.
That's weird. If I recall correctly, the Air worked at home but not at
campsites, or visa versa

It gave us problems on one of our first trips to Virginia Beach, when the temp was in the 90's. It
would pop the circuit breaker. We had the same problem when we got home, on hot days. I cleaned the
coils and did what everyone suggested, except take it to a dealer. Then I took out the circuit
breaker and replaced it. Problem solved, but some folks thought that couldn't be the solution.
Turned out it was. Been working great ever since.

On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 04:29:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Jul 3, 3:48*pm, Tim wrote:
Had some old plywood getting soft in the center, and decided to re-do
the floor. when we pulled off the old carpet which was weathered
anyhow, we found out that in the times past someone had repaired the
floor by cutting out a center section and replacing it with standard
plywood. Evidently it had held for quite a while but it's days were
numbered. besides it gave us a chance to inspect the stringers and
other bracing etc.

So, after thinking about the re-floor, we decided to not go with
standard ply because it's not weather resistant, or marine due to the
expense, so we settled on "DRYPLY"

http://www.gp.com/build/product.aspx?pid=4882

A weather resistant plywood which has a *lot of characteristics of
marine plywood but is more cost effective. Like $23.00 a 3/4 sheet at
Menards, and in stock too.

Regardless. It ought to last way longer than I'll ever have the boat.

It's 70 degrees as of so far, and rained all night and is to be much
cooler than it has been. Hopefully Jimmy and I can get the boat
flooring finished out today Carpet glued in, then I can start my re-
wiring before we install the seats.. Even with a box fan blowing down
on us, it's still been miserable working in the belly of that tub!

Hopefully we'll get some of that rain. I'm getting tired of watering the grass. We've not had a
quarter inch in over two weeks. For some reason these damn storms go just north or just south of us.

Didn't get much done on the Marquis today. My carpenter buddy had some
appointments to take care of, so that canceled the day, but it would
have been great cool weather to finish the floor. But that's alright.
I'm re evaluating how i want the interior to be. Just making some
space-saving modifications.

BTW Thanks John for the Garmin 4000 series discussion today. pretty
interesting stuff.

Tim

My carpenter buddy, Jimmy and I got the new carped glued in today. man
it's gonna look good. had to quit because of the heat in the building.
besides we got most of the dirty work done and the carpet glue should
have a good stand over the weekend.

Instead of having the two forward seats on pillars like original, i
got thinking that mounting them on boxes would help use up a lot of
dead space underneath, and I remember seeing a restore/modification a
guy did to a cool looking SleekCraft on Iboats.com, and I got a good
idea of what I wanted. Jimmy said it wouldn't be a problem....

From something like this:

http://www.thehulltruth.com/attachme...in-boat-25.jpg

To something like this...

http://lasvegaspix.com/projects/slee...s/IMG_1848.jpg

May as well use the open space for decent storage.

On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:03:50 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

My carpenter buddy, Jimmy and I got the new carped glued in today. man
it's gonna look good. had to quit because of the heat in the building.
besides we got most of the dirty work done and the carpet glue should
have a good stand over the weekend.

Instead of having the two forward seats on pillars like original, i
got thinking that mounting them on boxes would help use up a lot of
dead space underneath, and I remember seeing a restore/modification a
guy did to a cool looking SleekCraft on Iboats.com, and I got a good
idea of what I wanted. Jimmy said it wouldn't be a problem....

From something like this:

http://www.thehulltruth.com/attachme...in-boat-25.jpg

To something like this...

http://lasvegaspix.com/projects/slee...s/IMG_1848.jpg

May as well use the open space for decent storage.



My old Winner 24 had the seats on boxes and there was a lot of storage
space inside of each. There was also a fold down foot rest on the
front of each box which was at a comfortable height. You might be
able to get some low rise swivel seats which would be a nice touch.

On Jul 9, 4:29*pm, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:03:50 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:









My carpenter buddy, Jimmy and I got the new carped glued in today. man
it's gonna look good. had to quit because of the heat in the building.
besides we got most of the dirty work done and the carpet glue should
have a good stand over the weekend.

Instead of having the two forward seats on pillars like original, i
got thinking that mounting them on boxes would help use up a lot of
dead space underneath, and I remember seeing a restore/modification a
guy did to a cool looking SleekCraft on Iboats.com, and I got a good
idea of what I wanted. Jimmy said it wouldn't be a problem....

From something like this:

http://www.thehulltruth.com/attachme...ed/59990-1984-...

To something like this...

http://lasvegaspix.com/projects/slee...s/IMG_1848.jpg

May as well use the open space for decent storage.

My old Winner 24 had the seats on boxes and there was a lot of storage
space inside of each. * There was also a fold down foot rest on the
front of each box which was at a comfortable height. * You might be
able to get some low rise swivel seats which would be a nice touch.

Wayne, we're thinking of taking the pillars off the original seats and
putting swivels on them then mounting to the top of a box. only thing
is, I'm sure someone makes a 'locking' swivel out there, but just
gotta look for it. I suppose.

On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 18:15:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Didn't get much done on the Marquis today. My carpenter buddy had some
appointments to take care of, so that canceled the day, but it would
have been great cool weather to finish the floor. But that's alright.
I'm re evaluating how i want the interior to be. Just making some
space-saving modifications.

BTW Thanks John for the Garmin 4000 series discussion today. pretty
interesting stuff.

Tim


No sweat. Actually it was the 400 series. I love mine now that I've found the problem, and I'm sure
the problem was caused by the dealer who installed the unit. Works great now.

On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 18:15:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Didn't get much done on the Marquis today. My carpenter buddy had some
appointments to take care of, so that canceled the day, but it would
have been great cool weather to finish the floor. But that's alright.
I'm re evaluating how i want the interior to be. Just making some
space-saving modifications.

BTW Thanks John for the Garmin 4000 series discussion today. pretty
interesting stuff.

Tim


Tim, you might find this interesting also:

http://www.lrd.usace.army.mil/navigation/navcharts/

Scroll down towards the bottom of the page and you'll see the Ohio River section of PDF charts.

There you'll find links such as:

http://www.lrd.usace.army.mil/_kd/It...ion=S howItem

....which has one hell of a lot of info about the Ohio River.

On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 15:19:34 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Jul 9, 4:29*pm, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:03:50 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:









My carpenter buddy, Jimmy and I got the new carped glued in today. man
it's gonna look good. had to quit because of the heat in the building.
besides we got most of the dirty work done and the carpet glue should
have a good stand over the weekend.

Instead of having the two forward seats on pillars like original, i
got thinking that mounting them on boxes would help use up a lot of
dead space underneath, and I remember seeing a restore/modification a
guy did to a cool looking SleekCraft on Iboats.com, and I got a good
idea of what I wanted. Jimmy said it wouldn't be a problem....

From something like this:

http://www.thehulltruth.com/attachme...ed/59990-1984-...

To something like this...

http://lasvegaspix.com/projects/slee...s/IMG_1848.jpg

May as well use the open space for decent storage.

My old Winner 24 had the seats on boxes and there was a lot of storage
space inside of each. * There was also a fold down foot rest on the
front of each box which was at a comfortable height. * You might be
able to get some low rise swivel seats which would be a nice touch.

Wayne, we're thinking of taking the pillars off the original seats and
putting swivels on them then mounting to the top of a box. only thing
is, I'm sure someone makes a 'locking' swivel out there, but just
gotta look for it. I suppose.


Like this?

http://tinyurl.com/6cpelkf