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Hurricane Ike Salvage Sale
Boats salvaged from Hurricane Ike are being sold through USAuctions.com, an independent salvage liquidator working with multiple insurance companies.
Click here to view boats for sale. All are sold "as is" and "where is."
I repowered my twin gasoline engine
Silverton and now, nine months later,
I’m ready to launch. The boat was laid
up with two near-full 75-gallon (62.7L)
fuel tanks to which I added fuel stabilizer
after two months on land.
I’ve been told
to dump the fuel and start with a fresh
batch. As I did take steps to prevent the
fuel from degrading is this necessary? Is
there a way to test the fuel to verify that
it’s still usable. With fuel prices as high as
they are I would hate to dump the fuel if
it's still usable.
Upgrade: A Look at the Most Used Component Onboard. Can you guess?
Powerboat Rigging: Underwater “Bling”
Electrical: Sourcing the Gremlins
Boat Handling: Boarding Helps
Electronics: Swinging a Compass
Sailboat Rigging: Prop Sense
Pro Series: Spar Refinishing
Safety: Boat Yard Safety
Gear & Gadget: Crew Communications
Projects: Teak and Holly Floor. Engine Repowering
Tech Tips
Hurricane Rode: To make an anchor
line or mooring line that utilizes the high
breaking strength and chafe-resistance
of polyester with nylon’s ultra-stretch
properties, use a combination of threestrand
polyester rode from the cleat
through the chock with the remainder
being a nylon rode. Join these together
with spliced eye-to-eye loops to avoid
having a knot in the rode, which weakens
a line by as much as 50%.
If you cruise on waterways shared with commercial fishermen, and your boat is equipped with a Spurs or other shaft-mounted line cutter, you were likely unaware of the dangers below.
Without a cutter installed, a crab pot line or fishing net could wrap around the prop and shaft, continuing to wind itself tighter and tighter, eventually bringing your boat to a dead stop...
A tank constructed of plywood and "waterproofed" with multiple coats of epoxy resin. Baffles prevent the contents from surging in the tank and scallop-shaped cutouts in the corners vent each compartment.
When you need extra tankage consider making your own. Potable water and holding tanks made of plywood coated with epoxy resin are inexpensive, simple to build and are easily custom-made to fit any tank shape or hull contour...
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