Hey Dock!!
 

Hey Dock,how Did The Bottom Of Your Boat Come Out? Did You Try It Yet? Just Wondering.

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I just pm'd him today asking the same question :D :D

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He's in Miami at the boat show this weekend.

I've seen the bottom of the boat. It is complete, but he has not tried it yet. Hopefully next weekend we can go and get mine and his boat.

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WAS THE BOTTOM REAL BAD?

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Hey guys, just got back from Miami or I would have posted sooner.

Jeff and I went down a couple of weeks ago and the bottom looked great. It was actually very true but it did have a hook right at the transom approximately 1/4 inch.

According to Dave Turner at T & T Fiberglass in Jacksonville that is a pretty good size hook. He did a GREAT job of removing the hook and truing the hull. He repaired a strake on the starboard side that I had never noticed a problem with, but looks like it may have been a defect from the factory.

A 1/4 inch hook will definately pull the bow down.

I hope to have the boat in the water next weekend. The engines are back in and it is almost ready to go!

Will keep you all posted.

Dock

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Thanks Dock, Did You Have A Good Time In Fla?

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Oh Yeah!!!

"Two nights at Mango's makes a hard man humble".

Good show, not the best I have seen, but good, then the OSO/FPC party at Clevelander, then the NorTech party at the Delano and a couple stops at Mango's. We missed the Poker Run America and the Cig party's this year. There is just too much to do in a short time. We had a lot of folks with us that wanted to take South Beach in this year.

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Dock, did your guy grind or fill the hook at the transom? I'm researching for mine.

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Fill & sand smooth, then buff.

He puts a graphite power on the hull and runs a straight edge over it to find the high and low spots.

It took about three attempts to really get it flat & straight.

I have been told by several that you always want to "FILL" or add material.

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How far foward did the fill go? Filling seems to me to not be right/correct. I would think you would have to fill a long way foward to get it following the rest of the bottom.