Bowl drilled crooked?

[Last Mohecian]

Back was bothering me a little last night.  I got stuck sitting at work too long.  I plan to get out there sometime today and look for a flat spot on the bottom.  If I remember right my keel is rounded in front of the intake and the keel is lower than the center strakes.  I think I am going to have to check it about 3'  forward of the transom.  I believe at that point the keel is higher than the strakes.  I'll formulate a plan once I am confident I know how far out it is.

 

[ChryslerJet]

Matt Take care you have all the time to get it done right.  No need to hurt your back any more pushing it too far.  I understand sitting too long my wife gets the same way that's partly why when we moved here I agreed that she wouldn't have to work.

 

[Crusader]

Matt Take care you have all the time to get it done right.  No need to hurt your back any more pushing it too far.  I understand sitting too long my wife gets the same way that's partly why when we moved here I agreed that she wouldn't have to work.

Matt HAS to work, he has a boat habit he needs to feed!!!  crazy.gif  clap.gif  :smile29:

 

[ChryslerJet]

Matt Take care you have all the time to get it done right.  No need to hurt your back any more pushing it too far.  I understand sitting too long my wife gets the same way that's partly why when we moved here I agreed that she wouldn't have to work.

Matt HAS to work, he has a boat habit he needs to feed!!!  crazy.gif  clap.gif  :smile29:

Boat Habit wont do him any good if he hurts himself worse working on said boat habit.  Get well we will help out where we can.

 

[Crusader]

Not sure I get what you're trying to suggest CJ......Matt said his back hurt because he was sitting to long at work and that's the point my statement was referring too.

I get the whole "take it easy while working on the boat" thing....that's not nessesary to survive.

 

[ChryslerJet]

Not sure I get what you're trying to suggest CJ......Matt said his back hurt because he was sitting to long at work and that's the point my statement was referring too.

I get the whole "take it easy while working on the boat" thing....that's not nessesary to survive.

Yeah probably a misunderstanding in all this.  Yes he needs to work to support his Boat habit as we all do.  But I was trying to say not to push himself too hard trying to get the boat ready and rest that back of his so that he can work on and enjoy that boat later on because in order to do the next stage of measuring he needs to do to straighten that bowl and ride plate he needs to get under that boat and trailer.  Although that can help a back it can also hurt one that's already hurting even more.  Bottom Line Get Well Matt we are here for you.

Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

 

[Last Mohecian]

It's all good.  Trust me I am not going to push it.  Being down since October, I have followed the Dr. instruction pretty much to a T.  Getting under the boat is no big deal.  It is the sitting that is bad.  Sitting is the worst thing you can do for your back.  It's raining here right now so it looks like no boat work today anyway.  I need to pull the boat out a little to get to the back and that lets the rain into the shop.  Wet shop floor = slick shop floor and that could be very bad for more than the back.  :smile30:

 

[Crusader]

Not sure I get what you're trying to suggest CJ......Matt said his back hurt because he was sitting to long at work and that's the point my statement was referring too.

I get the whole "take it easy while working on the boat" thing....that's not nessesary to survive.

Yeah probably a misunderstanding in all this.  Yes he needs to work to support his Boat habit as we all do.  But I was trying to say not to push himself too hard trying to get the boat ready and rest that back of his so that he can work on and enjoy that boat later on because in order to do the next stage of measuring he needs to do to straighten that bowl and ride plate he needs to get under that boat and trailer.  Although that can help a back it can also hurt one that's already hurting even more.  Bottom Line Get Well Matt we are here for you.

Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

That's cool man, peace!!  :grin:

It's all good.  Trust me I am not going to push it.  Being down since October, I have followed the Dr. instruction pretty much to a T.  Getting under the boat is no big deal.  It is the sitting that is bad.  Sitting is the worst thing you can do for your back.  It's raining here right now so it looks like no boat work today anyway.  I need to pull the boat out a little to get to the back and that lets the rain into the shop.  Wet shop floor = slick shop floor and that could be very bad for more than the back.  :smile30:

Originally I thought you were afraid to get your boat "wet" from the rain....lol.  whatever.gif

 

[ChryslerJet]

Originally I thought you were afraid to get your boat "wet" from the rain....lol.  whatever.gif

His boat is scared oh wait nevermind that's Scarabs boat that's afraid of water.

 

[jimsplace]

Not sure I get what you're trying to suggest CJ......Matt said his back hurt because he was sitting to long at work and that's the point my statement was referring too.

I get the whole "take it easy while working on the boat" thing....that's not nessesary to survive.

Yeah probably a misunderstanding in all this.  Yes he needs to work to support his Boat habit as we all do.  But I was trying to say not to push himself too hard trying to get the boat ready and rest that back of his so that he can work on and enjoy that boat later on because in order to do the next stage of measuring he needs to do to straighten that bowl and ride plate he needs to get under that boat and trailer.  Although that can help a back it can also hurt one that's already hurting even more.  Bottom Line Get Well Matt we are here for you.

Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.

That's cool man, peace!!  :grin:

It's all good.  Trust me I am not going to push it.  Being down since October, I have followed the Dr. instruction pretty much to a T.  Getting under the boat is no big deal.  It is the sitting that is bad.  Sitting is the worst thing you can do for your back.  It's raining here right now so it looks like no boat work today anyway.  I need to pull the boat out a little to get to the back and that lets the rain into the shop.  Wet shop floor = slick shop floor and that could be very bad for more than the back.  :smile30:

Originally I thought you were afraid to get your boat "wet" from the rain....lol.  whatever.gif

Not everyone may agree, but I have always maintained that boats are made to get wet on the outside, but not on the inside.

 

[ChryslerJet]

Originally I thought you were afraid to get your boat "wet" from the rain....lol.  whatever.gif

Not everyone may agree, but I have always maintained that boats are made to get wet on the outside, but not on the inside.
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I can agree to that cause that's what someone let happen to mine before I got it and why its under a covering now.  But a little water isnt bad its when it sits there and you allow it to gather more little water buddies or worse yet the cousins Snow and Hail and then there was ICE.  After a party with all of them there is a havoc or wreck and a mess.  Now I can imagine that with a few manuevers out on the water your gonna get some in it, especially if Patch comes along with his little piddles.

 

[Last Mohecian]

Not everyone may agree, but I have always maintained that boats are made to get wet on the outside, but not on the inside.

Are they made to get wet inside, Sure.  Are they made to stay wet inside, No.

 

[ChryslerJet]

Not everyone may agree, but I have always maintained that boats are made to get wet on the outside, but not on the inside.

Are they made to get wet inside, Sure.  Are they made to stay wet inside, No.

Exactly!!  clap.gif clap.gif clap.gif

 

[jimsplace]

Not everyone may agree, but I have always maintained that boats are made to get wet on the outside, but not on the inside.

Are they made to get wet inside, Sure.  Are they made to stay wet inside, No.

Exactly!!  clap.gif clap.gif clap.gif

I have to ask what part is made to get wet inside?  Almost everything inside mine will rust, water spot, corrode, short circuit, rot or contaminate the fuel when water is allowed inside.  I must have one of those delicate boats designed to stay on the trailer.
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[Last Mohecian]

So you never had anyone in any boat that was soaking wet after swimming, skiing, wake boarding, or flat just falling in?  Marine materials are designed to handle that.  I guess you need to define inside.  :dunno:

 

[blazeracer]

My boat gets completely soaked inside and out every time it hits the water. We wakeboad, tube, kids spill cokes, dump popcorn and chips all over it, mud gets ground into the carpet. Then after all that heading back to the boat ramp on a windy day will brings white caps over the bow, especially on Hubbard. Then the cooler tips over dumping ice and beer bottle remnants everywhere. We were coming home from the lakeside concert in the dark one Thursday night and the rollers were HUGE just coming over the bow. The dash had water running over the gauges and stereo and into the boat, just chugging along. We were soaked from head to toe when we got to the ramp. Everything marine grade survived jut fine.

Half an hour with the shop vac, another half with a magic eraser, and a day in the sun to dry out and she's ready to go again.

Marine carpet, marine vinyl, marine gauges, marine stereo, they can all handle it.

 

[ChryslerJet]

So you never had anyone in any boat that was soaking wet after swimming, skiing, wake boarding, or flat just falling in?  Marine materials are designed to handle that.  I guess you need to define inside.  :dunno:

I don't think water inside the intake is a good thing.

 

[73 Sanger Flat]

Hell my V-drive leaks water and with me getting in and out all the time , mine has a lot of water in it when i put it on the trailer .. I will drain it good and then let it sit out in the hot sun the next day before it goes back in the shed and gets covered up .I even have a large fan that I will run if the boat is still wet when it goes in the shed .. . I try and keep the electronics dry during the day ..

Never cover the boat up when it is still wet inside , it just cause problem with everything .. 

 

[ChryslerJet]

Never cover the boat up when it is still wet inside , it just cause problem with everything ..

Thats when those evil waters start partying and making a mess of everything.

 

[blazeracer]

So you never had anyone in any boat that was soaking wet after swimming, skiing, wake boarding, or flat just falling in?  Marine materials are designed to handle that.  I guess you need to define inside.  :dunno:

I don't think water inside the intake is a good thing.

If you're getting water in the intake you got bigger problems than some wet carpet!

Then again, I imagine some of you guys with the "go fast" boats have more car parts than boat parts. Mine's a cruiser boat with marine everything. It's made for all day play on the lake in all conditions.