Back from the Dead; '81 Scarab 38 Resto
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Winston finished up with the repairs on the boat and the trailer. There was a place on the bottom of the right side that was scraped up from falling off the end of a boat ramp last year we also fixed.
Also on the trailer we replaced the braking unit with a new one. Just about everything on the trailer is new. We put the boat back on the trailer yesterday. I like the way it fits the new bunk in the front now…
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Also on the trailer we replaced the braking unit with a new one. Just about everything on the trailer is new. We put the boat back on the trailer yesterday. I like the way it fits the new bunk in the front now…
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Thanks guys. Helmwurst, it gets dipped in the muddy coosa river on a regular basis, but we do wash it. It won't be seeing salt water though. We'll have to have it picked up off the trailer by a forklift or hoist on those trips.
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Can you explain the "brakeRite" system?,....does it have to be in conjunction with a specific electric brake system?....or any electric brakes?......You'd have a great youtube future... "Bad Heath" .....get the camera rolling!
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Still working on upholstery. We went ahead and tested the 18X35 mercury props today. it gets up easy, and we could push it to 5k rpm. Surprisingly we weren’t in the nineties, must not have been trimmed right. We had our hands full watching water pressure and water and oil temps. We might run it again some tomorrow
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Not too bad for a hull that was designed nearly 50 years ago!
I hope you don’t have to navigate too much debris in the water….![Smilie](/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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I hope you don’t have to navigate too much debris in the water….
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