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Originally Posted by befu (Post 3880551)

Thanks for explaining the red sign. I saw that picture and was like "Wow, this guy has gone off the deep end for formula! He has posters and a neon FORMULA sign at his house." Good to know your just a normal bird fanatic like the rest of us....... :whistle:

And walking to the boat was not as easy as I thought, had to dig through two feet of snow and then deal with the snow blindness once I got in! Now I am back in to get a gear puller to remove the steering wheel. Fun times.

Brian

I would probably hang that big sign on the garage if I thought they wouldn't miss it!!!!! Lol I'm sure my neighbors would love it!!!
LMAO

I made the aluminum support structure the wood was getting to weak and needed support. I extended the aluminum with a grab rail to make the dimensions of the swim deck fit the boat a little better. I have always thought the platform looked to small for the boat. We also have a drop down three step ladder to bolt under the platform.

What do you think? Any comments?

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Originally Posted by 84 Formula 272 (Post 3880556)

But I haven't found anything amazing for cleaning and protecting the interior, and something that's not oily!! I have new interior and don't want to mess it up!!

Anybody got any miracle products you use on your boats?

I'm not the most OCD about cleaning, but find Spray Nine Marine cleaner to be amazing. Can find it at Carl's Hardware at LOTO, end of Horse Shoe Bend Parkway, or old HH, in the basement of Carl's Grocery store at the Bitter Sweet intersection. For really hard stains, Mr. Clean magic eraser. And, sometimes just leaving your boat in the sunshine will remove a stain. At least on white upholstery. Don't have a good oil for the vinyl, so hope someone else does.

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Originally Posted by 84 Formula 272 (Post 3881562)

I do like the full support under the platform. Looks nice and solid now. That is one reason I threw my teak one out and made one out of 1x4 oak. I tip in at 270 lbs (Yeah, I know I slow the boat down, thanks) and there was no way I was putting my weight on the stock one. Now, I can stand on the very corner and it is solid.

On mine I moved the whole assembly backwards some to leave a gap between the transom and swim platform. There is quite a bit of overhand between the transom surface and the rub rail there, so I wanted to maximize the usable portion of the swim platform without having to add another 1x4 or extend the existing brackets. You could slide it back, but that would cover your hand rail piece.

Are you going to leave the bracket raw aluminum or paint it to match the boat or transom? Black would blend in or you could do a blue as a nice accent color with the dark teak.

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It was warm today swim deck is mounted a look from the sundeck . I did move the whole structure back
1 1/2" it does make it more useable!!! I think I'm going to leave the aluminum natural for a while, I can always change it later!

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Rockford M282's and M262's and M600 installed today to go along with the 10" Rockford subs and the M1200 amp . I left the old Blaupunkt RL4500B box speakers on the dash they still sound good and kind of a throw back to the good old days before all this amazing sounding equipment we have today!!! Busy day on the boat!!!! And some beers!!!

More snow coming again!!!! WTF is this winter ever going to end?