Getting started on getting the 245 Explorer ready

[seabob4]

All will be well, trust me.  She's a great boat, Scott, you did excellent leg work, Bruce, you have a beautiful boat that will serve you well for many years to come...

So just got back in "walking" the dog.  She walks herself, she just likes me out there.  Back inside to nice cozy warmth, cold natty light at my side (do I get accused of PUI?  Well, maybe...).

All is right with the world!!!

[seabob4]

Bruce,
That's the outfit I was thinking about.  They're good...  

[gran398]

All will be well, trust me.  She's a great boat, Scott, you did excellent leg work, Bruce, you have a beautiful boat that will serve you well for many years to come...

So just got back in "walking" the dog.  She walks herself, she just likes me out there.  Back inside to nice cozy warmth, cold natty light at my side (do I get accused of PUI?  Well, maybe...).

All is right with the world!!!

Excellent

You and Baby Girl may need to crank up a Florida fireplace this evening

[seabob4]

All will be well, trust me.  She's a great boat, Scott, you did excellent leg work, Bruce, you have a beautiful boat that will serve you well for many years to come...

So just got back in "walking" the dog.  She walks herself, she just likes me out there.  Back inside to nice cozy warmth, cold natty light at my side (do I get accused of PUI?  Well, maybe...).

All is right with the world!!!

Excellent

You and Baby Girl may need to crank up a Florida fireplace this evening

Maggie has the heat right where it needs to be right now...toasty warm!  And the little one?  At the foot of the bed, sound asleep.  Tomorrow?  A little Yamaha servicing to do.  Got a bunch of parts from SIM Yamaha today...

[flounderpounder225]

Bruce
Definitely call and talk with them, if I had done that in the beginning I would have saved myself two tow ins from the gulf.  I drained my tank when I bought the boat but you cant get the nasty stuff that resides in the tank.  The fuel in my racor  is crystal clear ever since I had the polishing done.  Pull your sender, and see how much fuel is in there, you want some fuel for them to work with, the guy here uses a forklift with a trailer ball, and he raises and lowers the bow back and forth, to get the correct attitude, then goes in from where the sender mounts and his machine cycles something like 50 gals per minute for the small tanks like ours, that much turbulence in there busts all the trash loose and his bank of filters does the rest.  I had about probably around 50-70  gals of fuel in mine, he cycled 250 gals through his machine, said there was chit going through his filters that looked like eel grass and about 3 or 4 gals of water were removed.  Total cost was around 350 and that was with a quart of fuel treatment that he recommends.

just make sure you take care of that old nasty gas, if you have someone around you that does tank cleaning and fuel polishing you might consider it?   Marc

Well that didn't take too long to find. :
http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/mas/2813975465.html

http://wffpms.com/

 I guess I will try to determine how much fuel is in there then decide my next course of action.  I did notice my tank has two fuel pick ups.  I can uncap the unused one and temporarily install a hose barb to pump out the fuel.

[wingtime]

I fired them off an e-mail.  I'll pull the sender today to have a look see in there.

[wingtime]

Did some buffing and wet sanding on the 245 Explorer today.  I'm really happy with how well things are cleaning up.  The hull is fully buffed out and waxed.  The starboard cap up to the gunwale is wet sanded.  Here's some aqua porn:

The po did a terrible job of removing the Aquasport bill fish logo and putting a dolphin in it's place.  You can see the old adhesive smeared around and a ghost of the Aquasport bill fish here:



Here's the starboard side of the hull looking good.  This is BEFORE wax:



The required Half N Half shots:





Starboard hull side name with the "Fishies" removed:

[seabob4]

Looking good, bud!!!  IIRC, we were using ArmorCote Gel back then, looks like it has held up!

[Circle Hooked]

Great job, lookin like a different boat  

[Blue Agave]

Looking good!  I know it's tidious, but two coats of wax will go a long way.

[gran398]

Looking good, bud!!!  IIRC, we were using ArmorCote Gel back then, looks like it has held up!

That was good stuff  Bob. Amazing the perceived color difference between the two halves.

Sweet job Bruce

[wingtime]

Well turns out my office landlord's fishing buddy owns All Tanks Fuel service in St. Pete and he will be next door working on a forklift tomorrow.  I'm going to pull the 245 to work in the morning so he can clean my fuel tank for me while he is here.  Money well spent in my book.

[flounderpounder225]

Well turns out my office landlord's fishing buddy owns All Tanks Fuel service in St. Pete and he will be next door working on a forklift tomorrow.  I'm going to pull the 245 to work in the morning so he can clean my fuel tank for me while he is here.  Money well spent in my book.

You don't know how well spent  And fortunately you probably never will.  Good job

[wingtime]

Well, the fuel tank is all clean!  You should have seen the nasty stuff that came out of that tank!  Price wasn't bad either and all the nasty fuel is gone.  Now I need a loan to go fill it up!  

[gran398]

Ya'll have non-ethanol there B?