Recent content by Blu_Lunch

I am posting on my website 16 boxes of Korean War slides I purchased at auction that were shot in Korea in 1953. The soldier was in the 801st Medical Air Evacuation Squadron based at K-16 Seoul Korea. A lot of the slides had minimal info on them but a lot of the aircraft was not ID. Some I know...

Today I went to West Marine and bought all the materials from my V-17 to replace the stringers and deck I am going to start laying glass next weekend. What type of wood should I use for the stringers, I need to replace the entire center stringer and about 5 feet of the side stringers. The old...

Yesterday at work during break we were out behind the shop. There is a 9 iron and some golf balls and a few guys chip the ball around to pass the time. Jeff the guy in the clip stacked 2 balls on top of each other and hit the bottom one you see what happens, I was impressed what he did...

I had a couple of soft spots on the V-17 deck I was going to wait till next year to fix it. While sanding the bottom to paint I found where the boat was sitting on a bad roller had damaged the keel about 2 inches worth{ it worn thru several layers of glass and it was forming a drip of water on...

My O/B will be ready to be picked up in 2 weeks I plan on having this ready to rig then http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=404584

Can someone with a early CC take pictures of the teak wood work. I plan on replacing the starboard stuff with teak. I am interested in the front hatch in front of the console the trim on the console and the rear hatches. Also need the thickness. Thanks in advance.

I'm looking for about a 2 foot piece of the original aluminum transom cap, somebody that did there transom over has to have a piece..............PM me here

I was suppose to get the V-17 Wednesday but I finally brought her home about a hour ago.

Looking to buy a good running 70-100 HP outboard with control and wiring, it's for my V-17......PM here with phone number

I took the plunge I bought the V-17 tonight, I'll be picking it up Wednesday night, the scoop it's 1975 V-17 Transom, stringers and floor rock solid interior need to be redone and the console is a mess but no worse than my 20 was, I need to find a nice 90 hp and do the paint and a good washing...

I'm going to look at this hull he says its a late 80's but it looks like a V-17 it's perfect for the small lakes and rivers here....... http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/boa/1761870731.html

I seriously thinking about getting Smart Tabs for my V-20 CC, I don't need load leveling but I want the low speed plaining ability. Comments, I'm going to get them in the next several days. Anybody running them?

http://westernmass.craigslist.org/boa/1748580799.html

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Finally got the boat out today the new motor runs great a lot more bottom end to it. I had 2 problems today, one I have the ball scuppers and they became clogged and would not seal with Maple tree helicopters a lot of back wash coming in to the boat so I figured I use the bilge pump to help I...