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10 January 2013, 22:19
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Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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Protector rebuild
We started today.
in the next month we will re-power, re-tubes, nu-teak decks and a general clean and replace of hardware.
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10 January 2013, 22:32
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: surrey
Boat name: el nino
Make: tornado humber
Length: 7m +
Engine: outboards
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 958
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whats wrong with the engines ? will you get the tubes in the states or over here ?
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10 January 2013, 23:45
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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nothing is wrong with the engines, 375hrs, 2 strokes.
We are making the tubes locally. All the parts are almost done, d-ring etc.. cutting the Protector logo tomorrow.
Also adding buoyancy in the transom.
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12 January 2013, 18:55
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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logos
Making the logos for the tubes
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12 January 2013, 19:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: surrey
Boat name: el nino
Make: tornado humber
Length: 7m +
Engine: outboards
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 958
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tried pm you but inbox is full
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12 January 2013, 20:52
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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fixed
Quote:
Originally Posted by falcon0310
tried pm you but inbox is full
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emptied my mail box
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20 January 2013, 15:49
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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more pics
More pics,
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20 January 2013, 15:56
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Stornoway
Make: Scorpion 8.1 mk2
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yamaha F300
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 204
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Nice project!  What engines are you fitting next?
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20 January 2013, 16:01
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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Honda
Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbie Diesel
Nice project! What engines are you fitting next? |
Honda 150's
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21 January 2013, 05:57
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Country: Thailand
Make: Zodiac
Length: 7m +
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 151
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwiboyd
Honda 150's
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Congrats She will look well with them.
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30 January 2013, 16:44
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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Motors hung
We just hung the engines this morning,
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30 January 2013, 19:11
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: surrey
Boat name: el nino
Make: tornado humber
Length: 7m +
Engine: outboards
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 958
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blue light do look good i have them on my drive
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06 February 2013, 13:46
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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Tubes
Tubes are half complete
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12 February 2013, 21:23
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Los Angeles
Length: no boat
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 34
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Do you employ people who make tubes or is there's other outfit in Annpolis that does it? Looking to have some Hypalon tubes made at some point. Thanks.
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17 February 2013, 23:38
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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more pictures
tubes almost complete,
My 5 yrs old son Willem helping Brian remove the non skid to we can lay teak decks
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17 February 2013, 23:40
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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tubes
Quote:
Originally Posted by atypicalguy
Do you employ people who make tubes or is there's other outfit in Annpolis that does it? Looking to have some Hypalon tubes made at some point. Thanks.
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Part of the production is done in Annapolis, some in Florida.
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17 February 2013, 23:44
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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bottom
once we have finished with this Protector, my boat will be hung for bottom stripping and a new VC offshore bottom.
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28 February 2013, 00:03
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Fort Lauderdale
Make: Fluid 10.6m
Length: 9m +
Engine: 2x Mercury 300hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 324
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tubes
Dry fitting the tubes
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28 February 2013, 00:21
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Member
Country: USA
Town: Pacific Beach
Boat name: Dash II
Make: Willard
Length: 7m +
Engine: Cummins
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 623
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looks nice.
what are you going to do with boat once completed? keep or sell?
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28 February 2013, 06:38
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 3,804
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Nice job... 
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