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Old 07-10-2016 | 10:49 AM
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As Glenamy reminded us, if it gets too much....
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Old 07-10-2016 | 10:53 AM
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I have a question.

The boat sits in the water all the time or just the weekend?

Do you have shore power with a charger so that the bilge pumps don't kill the battery and it sinks at the dock?
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Old 07-10-2016 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by rak rua
As Glenamy reminded us, if it gets too much....
Does this mean that if I get too much shart here i'll have to make a move over to here ?

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Old 07-10-2016 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by scottgjerdingen
Does this mean that if I get too much shart here i'll have to make a move over to here ?
Hey, it's your avatar...... Up to you!
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Old 07-10-2016 | 11:47 AM
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Just a thought. Forget about those float switch type bilge pumps and get an auto sensing pump. . . . . Something in the fifteen hundred gph range


seriously though, those float switches are worthless go auto
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Old 07-10-2016 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ActiveThunder
So it is safe to say you totally ignored my advice to hire a marine surveyor before you bought this boat.
This does not guarantee crap...IMO and recent experience.
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Old 07-10-2016 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by scottgjerdingen
Does this mean that if I get too much shart here i'll have to make a move over to here ?
No..... We may give you some crap over here, but you start posting on that site and they'll ban you right after they get your IP and get you put on the perv registry!

Now find a site that pays you to put your clothes back ON, then you're onto something.
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Old 07-10-2016 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by tommymonza
I gotta believe it's a given that he is thick skinned . Being he is Thickheaded not listening to people telling him to not buy the boat to begin with.

To each his own.

I Have done my fair share of stupid purchases in my lifetime also, many of them being boats.
I have spent most of my money on women, boats and whiskey......the rest, I wasted.

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Old 07-10-2016 | 12:20 PM
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so what happens when the bilge pump gets plugged up with rotted wood particles and debris then blows the fuse or burns up the pump itself ???

Probably a 21 year old bilge pump(s) at that to.

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Old 07-10-2016 | 12:27 PM
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So you have a boat that probably has rot and mechanical issues(at least bellows), is taking on water and has an inoperative bilge pump and you can't take it out of the water. It's insured. You prevented it from sinking?
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