Surfrunner almost sank today

[RIROCKHOUND]

Yeah we have a small leave in a hatch port that I'll deal with when we hual around turkey-day, we have had numerous add-ons and removed equipment, and I think some previous work was not sealed as well as it should be. This winter will be the first I will be really able to get involved with some indepth work on the deck.

[zacs]

all the water in my boat drains into the bilge. it really sucks, but the boat sits too low in the water for scuppers. this winter i will cut out the wet deck, remove the wet foam, remove the wet stringers, replace all of the above and hopefully it will sit high enough for scuppers like it once did. I will also be using newer lightter weight materials, so that should help too. And i will move the bateries and oil tank forward. I feel for you guys. I have three bateries on a rotation for stormy situations. I had to change one out at the begining of the storm and thats it. i have to check it twice a day when its raining, though or i am thinking about it all the time. Luckily I didn't have to think about it too much this [[dry]] summer, except thinking about where I was going to go fish.

_Z_

[MTC]

I raised a boat in Cohasset that had no drains... Guy didn't check the boat in 2 weeks. Called me and said that the new battery I put in 6 weeks ago was bad and his boat was sinking. I hauled it, flushed the engine and got it running on a Sat. night and the guy still had a puss on his face complaining about the radio I put in not working... Told him to find a new person to maintain his boat!