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Boat Yard Blues – Part Two
on February 29th, 2012 in Florida Keys, FLORIDA:, MODIFICATIONS & UPGRADES TO KISMET, Ranger Tug, TRAILERABLE TRAWLERS :, TWEETS: by Jim Favors | 2 CommentsI am truly in the swing of things on day two in the boat yard. The good news is the On & Off product helped de-wax the hull, one of the steps needed to properly prepare the hull for bottom paint. Next, and it was probably overkill, I applied acetone…
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on February 27th, 2012 in MODIFICATIONS & UPGRADES TO KISMET, Ranger Tug, TRAILERABLE TRAWLERS : by Jim Favors | No CommentsWe never addressed the issue of bottom painting our Ranger Tug until one day, while taking our boat out of the water in Ft Myers Beach; we were surprised by the excessive growth of barnacles on the hull of Kismet. We recognized the problem and we wanted to take care…
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