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Re: My X finally arrived. Now some questions
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:57 pm
by Tomfoolery
Wow. That's not OEM, for sure.
Got any pics?
Re: My X finally arrived. Now some questions
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:38 pm
by JohnCFI
My 98
also has a bilge pump near the Heads door (on the back of where the ice box is). Exits about midships well above the waterline.
Re: My X finally arrived. Now some questions
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:03 pm
by bartmac
Been trying to work out where the lowest point is in a Mac26X and fit a manual bilge pump there...or at least the suction...currently have 2 x 12v one on each side but want a manual backup..had thought to put it in the cockpit so your on deck steering any way
Re: My X finally arrived. Now some questions
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:34 am
by Mac26Mpaul
Nice one Dennis
As to bottom paint. When I first got my boat, it was my number one priority to remove that old bottom paint!
Three years later its still there LOL. There is a paint stripper available (which I'v forgotton the name of but can find out) that makes light work of removing bottom paint. I was given a sample bit and did a section a foot square and sure enough it worked very well taking the hull back to white gelcoat. However now I probably wish I hadnt bothered testing the paint remover because there was no point in removing the primer under that antifoul. Your bottom paint should have a coupla coats of primer under it and that is a very good thing to have on these boats.
When I do evenually get around to it, my plan is simply to sand off the loose antifoul and use a roller to give it a coupla coats of matt black paint. A black bottom makes these boats (having so much freeboard) look much better in my opinion (when on the trailor anyway...)