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Davy J
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Initially Posted - 04/03/2011 : 06:06:29

Here's something you don't see everyday.

Changing keel cable, turning ball and winch. Pressed my powerboat lift into service for haul-out.

Bottom paint is in my near future.

Davy J

2005 Gemini 105Mc
PO 1987 C25 #5509 SR/SK
Tampa Bay

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 06:26:45

Leave it to Davy J for out of the box innovation!

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 07:28:16

That's pretty dang cool man...wish I had something like that available to me.

You might make some money making that available to other sailors....

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Davy J
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 08:13:45

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">You might make some money making that available to other sailors....<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yeah.... except that they have to be very good at lowering their mast while on the water....I have a bridge at the end of my canal that has only 12' clearance

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 08:27:52

Sure hope the up button on the hoist doesn't stick or you might be replacing the tabernacle and or the stern rail too!

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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 08:31:23

Might want a little

red flag on the end of the mast.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 09:31:33

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Stinkpotter
 Might want a little

red flag on the end of the mast.
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Heck, you might want a light at end of lowered mast! Couple months ago someone hit my raised outboard and tweaked it slightly. This never occured to me. I now just raise it enough to barely touch water and not all they way out as it will extend out even further. Not to sound biased, but I and others in my marina as sure it was a certain inexperienced power boater backing up. I am confident they knew they hit me from the paint scratches left on my outboard. I mistakenly thought the marina cameras would find he culprit, but to my dismay they are only focused on the docks in order to catch thieves stealing from boats with the goods in their hands. To make a long story a little shorter, my mechanic has a "big" employee who was able to pretty much align it back using his weight and needing only a little sanding with a dremel tool. Davy, get a light, one that flashes!
Steve A

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 10:16:42

Having your own lift sure is handy. Excellent.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by piseas
 Couple months ago someone hit my raised outboard and tweaked it slightly. This never occured to me. I now just raise it enough to barely touch water and not all they way out as it will extend out even further. Not to sound biased, but I and others in my marina as sure it was a certain inexperienced power boater backing up.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I know of what you mean. Jacking your outboard into the fairway is just asking for trouble. I've seen this happen and the sound of crunching wood is quite unsettling. Even though I keep my outboard straight up and down, and centered (black Merc in pic), I've come to my boat to find the outboard askew meaning someone bumped it.

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piseas
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 11:38:07

Don, My outboard is more like the one in the foreground of your pic but a little lower. I have considered since this incident, parking stern in but come to realize I can still be hit, but now on the bow, perhaps causing even more damage. Its extremely unsettling to say the least. You would think that the perpetrator would leave a note.
My mistake to think sailors were any better than all the rest. My brother told me his parked car got hit and someone left a note. HA! they gave incomplete information so as not to be found. I guess that individual just wanted to make sure it "looked" like they were doing the right thing in case anyone was looking/witness.
Steve A

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islander
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 12:25:21

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">My brother told me his parked car got hit and someone left a note. HA! they gave incomplete information so as not to be found. I guess that individual just wanted to make sure it "looked" like they were doing the right thing in case anyone was looking/witness.
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Steve, You mean somthing like this?

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 12:48:18

We used to have a 28' Bayliner in the slip next to us. "Inexperienced" was a good term. They routinely backed into neighboring boats with their boat, but fortunately, they had an inflatable hanging from davits on their stern, and they usually hit with that doing no damage except to their pride. They tried very hard to whack our outboard one day, and would have succeeded had I not been able to get a foot on their bow so they hit the finger pier instead of my engine. They were very apologetic about it, and they did no appreciable damage to their bow when they hit, but I was glad to see when they managed to get an interior boat house.

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two port feet
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 18:38:42

Things happen. I think the mast collapsed when a loose shroud got raped around a tire while tailoring. Can't say for sure. It's not my boat, but I feel for the owner.

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