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    NJ fishing reports

    Was this from today or yesterday?
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    Bottom Paint Questions

    I ended up getting my boat pulled for the season, but was surprised to learn that the entire bottom of my bracket was loaded with barnacles. Both my hull and bracket were painted prior to the start of the season, but only the bottom of the bracket had barnacles nothing on the sides or hull...
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    Hardtop Through bolts leaking?

    I have the same issue and plan to address with silicone once my boat gets out front.... I do not believe there is any leaking in the pipes. It is just the holes that the bolts go through on the metal support that the hardtop sits on. I have a bolt and washer on top followed by another washer...
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    Hull plugs

    I have a couple containers of stay afloat and rescue tap
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    Replacing Beckson Hatches

    thanks any chance you can take a pic of how they look? I was thinking thru bolting as welll or at least those screws that are no longer catching.
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    Replacing Beckson Hatches

    I’ll double check the part number as I wanted to use the screw in. However, I thought the profile design was the same except one is screw in while the other is pop out. Are the screw ins thicker and not recessed like the pop ins???
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    Replacing Beckson Hatches

    I’m looking to replace the deck hatches on my tanks as they have seen better days. I’ve already tried resealing them but the screws don’t quite grab anymore and I can’t get the lid snug. So I decided to replace and was thinking about filling the current holes with marine Tex and drilling new...
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    NJ fishing reports

    No fish here either...got out at 7am basically idling the whole way out because the fog was so thick. We went in around 830-9am as we had a similar incident. I seemed to track every boat on my 20 year old radar but had one guy flying over a wave and forced us to speed up and reel in our lines...
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    Removing Bolsters on a 228

    Try slightly towards you as well. Mine are on slight angles so maybe pulling directly up won’t dislodge it
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    Removing Bolsters on a 228

    What year? Mine just pulls straight up. Maybe it’s designed differently but I take mine off after every use...
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    NJ fishing reports

    Heading out of Barnegat Inlet as well (keep my boat in Bayville). Thinking of just heading north a bit, but staying in that area. Plan is to hit the inlet right around 7AM in hopes that the traffic is on the lighter side. Moving forward, I definitely will be waiting until the end of the...
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    NJ fishing reports

    Same here...This weekend is my last before I pull it to start working on my laundry list of items. Friday is looking good, fingers crossed!
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    looking for GW replacement items ? Where to find

    Do any of the marine town hinges have detent point so the panel can stay locked either 80, 115, etc?
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    Bilge hose

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    Stripped down and waiting,,,,

    Do you have any pics of the transom fixes that are failing? Also, what are you having done to the bait well lid... Fixing the filet board or the entire lid? My lid aged a lot this season and is bothering me but have too many other things to address this off-season.
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    Seafarer 228 Garmin 8610xvs vs new Simrad Evo3s?

    Agree with the above but I think some of the newer combos have radar. For example, the GO7 XSE has no radar capabilities but the GO7 XSR does have radar capabilities. However, I thought I could have two combos and share the transducer but you can’t . They don’t really talk to each other...
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    Worn Non-Skid???

    Thanks for all the feedback. Now I have to take a closer look as I just thought it was factory.
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    Aft bilge pump replacement

    Agree with the above advice, but I think it depends on how old the original pump is. So just be prepared in advance... I bought the same exact pump but the bases were slightly different. They looked identical but the clips on strainer were in slightly different positions. I plan to follow...
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    Worn Non-Skid???

    Deck is your typical non-skid with the diamond pattern. It’s in good shape minus a spot or two that have a little silicone that I need to remove. Does shine up nicely with starbrite deck wax. I’ll gladly stop scrubbing :)
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    Worn Non-Skid???

    I thought it was just aged as it’s a slightly different color. Just looks dirty to be honest with almost a grayish tint to it. Now I am curious how much of my boat has this. Assuming all under the rails, but I don’t think the top of the stern does. Is this something that could easy come...