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447 rahmankhatab37_0077@...
rahmankhatab... Offline Send Email
Oct 23, 2011
9:07 pm
If You or Someone You Love is Struggling to Get Pregnant, Then This Will Be the Most Important Letter You Will Ever Read... Start Now :...
448 diego
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Oct 24, 2011
4:54 am
I have to replace the plastic inside the navigation stern light. Does anybody knows where might be possible to find it? Does anybody knows if they are made by...
449 Frank Curl
fmcurl Offline Send Email
Oct 25, 2011
1:36 am
I am not sure about the lights, but all the bronze fittings on KIKI are Perko products.   I still have the originals and the color and the finish is the same...
450 rahmankhatab37_0077@...
rahmankhatab... Offline Send Email
Oct 25, 2011
1:40 am
Increase Your Height 2-3 Inches How a New Discovery Made A Short Man 2-3 Inches Taller In 6 Weeks I Discovered the Secret to Add Several Inches of Solid Height...
451 diego
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Oct 25, 2011
7:56 pm
I did looked into the Perko line first thing, but I couldn't find anything similar. The closest match was J.M. REINECK & SON. Let's see when I get the parts....
452 David
djmcfate Offline Send Email
Oct 25, 2011
8:24 pm
Diego, The original castings on the BW are from Wilcox Crittenden and J.M. Reineck has reproduced them. I contacted J. M. and their reply is here: ...
453 diego
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Oct 25, 2011
10:00 pm
Thanks Dave, so hopefully my parts will be correct!!! Yeppppaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! (ok this is a typical Texian expression isn't it?)...
454 djmcfate@...
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Oct 25, 2011
10:07 pm
Sounds Texian to me!!! Let us know if everything fits. Very Best, Dave Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry...
455 Frank Curl
fmcurl Offline Send Email
Oct 26, 2011
3:45 am
After reading the replies, I think my memory has failed me again.  Sounds like WC is your best bet. Frank ... After reading the replies, I think my memory has...
456 diego
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Oct 29, 2011
5:20 am
I would like to replace the toerail, but sadly I think that on my boat it is bolted down, the nuts are (useless to say) not accessible in most cases. I was...
457 Stan Anderson
zombiedog222 Offline Send Email
Oct 29, 2011
1:00 pm
Hey, I am replacing the mahogany on my BW14 project. I had only one stubborn bolt and used my Dremel Multi-Max on it. I cut slightly high so that I wouldn't...
458 SallyRoach
navigatrix... Offline Send Email
Oct 29, 2011
1:22 pm
Diego, Several of us have had to deal with this problem of toerail replacement.  The easy thing to do is to persuade a small person like a child to enter the...
459 Brent C
clifton281 Offline Send Email
Oct 29, 2011
4:37 pm
Diego I've been meaning to write this up for the Yahoo! group anyway, so here goes: You have to take off the side shelves to get to the toerails in way of the...
460 diego
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Oct 29, 2011
9:35 pm
BLESS YOU BRENT!!!! I was wandering how skinny people at BW might have been to be able put together the boat. If I try to get under the cockpit I will never...
461 clifton281 Offline Send Email Oct 31, 2011
3:32 am
We had a flexible socket extension at Bluewater, about 12" long, that really, really helped putting the nuts on. I've looked for one off and on over the years...
462 Diego Discacciati
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Oct 31, 2011
1:50 pm
Actually a I had to be creative and put together a 10" extension+3" extension + deep socket 3/8" and still it is not easy (a 20" available at Lowes, is too...
463 navigatrix@...
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Nov 2, 2011
5:26 pm
Thanks for the tips on how to get to the nuts around the cockpit area. I also used a variety of extensions on my 3/8" drive ratchet to access the nuts. I was...
464 diego
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Nov 2, 2011
10:18 pm
Yes, Chuck and Brent, you are probably correct, I think those nuts add to the hull deck bondage. I couldn't see clearly, but it felt there were less nuts...
465 Diego Discacciati
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Nov 11, 2011
4:34 am
ok, I removed the screws and I have been wrestling with the shelf for quite some time. I can only move it forward or backward less than an inch, not enough to...
466 SallyRoach
navigatrix... Offline Send Email
Nov 11, 2011
12:40 pm
Diego, FWIW, I took my shelves out about 3 years ago, and remember having to remove all of the wood attached to the shelves before being able to get them ...
467 Diego Discacciati
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Nov 11, 2011
2:51 pm
Screws are all out, wood trim also but the sucker is moving freely back and forth about an inch, but no more than that. The entire side shelf should slide...
468 clifton281 Offline Send Email Nov 15, 2011
2:21 am
I just noticed that RigRite.com has a new style of jib boom pedestal - sounds more like what was used on the later Blackwatches when the bronze castings became...
469 diego
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Nov 26, 2011
9:42 pm
Howdy boys, any idea how the mast is grounded to the hull in our little beautiful boat? Thanks DD...
470 epchotas Offline Send Email Dec 30, 2011
1:00 am
Anyone have any idea of the weight capacities for the Blackwatch 24? Need Total weight capacity, total person capacity, total weight per person, and total...
471 David
djmcfate Offline Send Email
Dec 31, 2011
2:39 pm
I can't believe that PA is makeing you come up with these specifications!! They seem to be treating the boat the same as a flat-bottomed Jon-boat!! Let's...
472 David
djmcfate Offline Send Email
Dec 31, 2011
3:00 pm
From a 'practical' standpoint, when I've been out with six adults, gear, beer, and other odds & ends, the boat preformed just fine. However, she tended to...
473 Elliott Chotas
epchotas Offline Send Email
Dec 31, 2011
5:28 pm
Thanks Dave!  I'll try those numbers.  I'm going to go and talk to the PA Fish and Game Commission in Harrisburg, PA next week.  My last sailboat did not...
474 Scott
scottduke83 Offline Send Email
Jan 23, 2012
2:50 am
I was wondering what everyone is using for ladders for their boats. I was thinking about getting this: ...
475 Frank Curl
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Jan 23, 2012
4:37 am
Howdy, I assume you are thinking about a transom mount.  I wonder if it will interfere with the rudder movement if you are thinking about the stern. I have...
476 Diego Discacciati
ddhd1970 Offline Send Email
Jan 23, 2012
6:16 am
Hi, I was visiting marine shops last week because I wanted to do the same. The ladders that I saw were not impressive as a construction. The one that you...
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