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Recent content by Eric82

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    1979 Checkmate Entertainer Project

    Anything left? I am restoring my 82 Entertainer O/B over here in St. Pete. I know it's a long shot but I would be interested in any interior parts you have left or in the templates for the front seating area.....I love the way you did it, much better than the factory forward facing seats. Let...
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    Soggy Fingerglass in front of gas tank. HELP

    Know the feeling..... I had the same problem as you, when I bought my boat back in '98 the ski pole was ripped out and the floor and foam around the area was saturated, well I used the boat for several years, then it sat for almost 5 years, now I'm into the project, the whole floor was bad...
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    What plywood should I use for my floor?

    Thanks for the link, it helped alot:cheers I just got my balsa, and filler from Merton's marine, he gave me some good advice also, I had to put a hold on the repair for a little bit, I will get back into it soon and hopefully post some pics....
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    Floor Paint options???

    Slippery? Wouldn't this make the floor so slippery, you couldn't walk on it? I want to paint my floor too as the carpet get's too messed up in my sandy salty environment, I did an old boat once with regular marine paint mixed with non skid additive (looked like fine sand) this worked very...
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    Do you grease your balls?

    I agree... I would end up with grease all over everything, I've never seen alot of wear on a ball or coupling, but it seems like it wouldn't hurt....:banana:
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    Setup for 82 Entertainer, 150HP

    Hi everyone, any help would be appreciated..... I am currently restoring my 82 Entertainer which had a 235 Evinrude on it, but it needs a complete refurbishing so I am installing my very low hour '82 150 Evinrude until I'm done with the 235. I want good all around performance, good holeshot and...
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    What plywood should I use for my floor?

    Pics, give this a try.... hopefully this will work, let me know, Eric http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=198cqr9e.2v84tct6&x=1&y=mszp84
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    What plywood should I use for my floor?

    Pics Well I was going to post pics, but I guess I'm not allowed to yet.:mad: Does anyone have any suggestions? Can a moderator fix this for me? I'll try to attatch a link to a kodak gallery if I can't post them here. - Eric
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    What plywood should I use for my floor?

    New problem, balsa rotted :shakehead: It's amazing how these projects multiply on you, I went from thinking I had to replace a small section of the floor, to replacing the COMPLETE floor, to now as I was doing my final cleanup of the bottom of the boat I discovered a soft area (right below...
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    What plywood should I use for my floor?

    Thanks for the suggestions, I will try to get the "good one side" wood. :thumb:
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    What plywood should I use for my floor?

    Well I've got the complete floor ripped out :sick: of my 82 entertainer o/b, and I'm getting differing opinions on what kind of plywood to use. 1....I've been told marine plywwod isn't really an advantage for a floor the only difference is it has less voids than regular wood. 2. I was told to...
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    Newbie in Fl.

    Hi, my name is Eric and I live in St. Pete Fl. I bought my 21' 1982 Entertainer o/b with 235 Evinrude back in 1998....It needed ALOT of work, but the price was right. I fixed it up and used it for several years, but some of the more major stuff caught up with me and I lost interest for awhile. I...
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