vgabndo
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A GOOD heliarc technician in Santa Rosalia???
Sounds like I can save fifty bucks off the cost of a TIP for my boat (already in BCS) by taking it to Santa Rosalia rather than to Loreto. Does
anyone have experince with a good aluminum melter between Mulege and S. R. ??
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Cypress
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What happened to your boat?
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vgabndo
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I got careless out at Isla San Ildifonso. Trolling in the sun in the lee. When the wind came up, I missed ten vital minutes, and wound up quartering
downwind in the white caps for nine miles to San Nicolas beach. On too many occasions I pounded the crap out of her against the back of the wave
ahead. I figured I had zero chances to broach and get away with it. I have some cracks in my welded hull. Like the man said, most people don't want
to experience just how much ocean a good sixteen foot boat can survive. I'm pretty sure I know everything I want to know about that particular
situation.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
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Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Cypress
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Sounds like you're lucky that both you and your boat made it back to the dock. I'll pass on the experience of 9 miles of ruff water in a small
boat. Good luck with the repairs.
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Bob and Susan
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yea there's a good welder on the road you would normally take to get out of town...
he welded a small part on a trailer for me a couple of years ago...
about 1/4 mile up from the TIP office
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Bob and Susan
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about here...
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Get some stick arc aluminum welding rods and take them and some scrap aluminum to your local welder. Yo u can see if you want to risk your boat. A
lot of mexican welders have some of them.
Don
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vgabndo
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Man I love this website! Thanks for all the good info. I understand there is a real good guy near the levee in Loreto. I saw a Ford bell housing he
fixed and it was downright artistic. I think his name was Chico. In the long run it might be most economical to get the TIP and welding in Loreto.
The plan is to get the cracks stuck back together, coat the inside with Rhino Liner, and fill everything under the soon to be reinforced floor boards
with two part foam. I might squeeze another couple of years out of her, and she WILL be insinkable! We're usually only able to be on the water about
10 times a year.
I might have to go to Santa Rosalia just because the map is so darn good!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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It seems like you have a good plan for your boat because they are tempered and welding takes the temper out and usually crack again. But since you
are making it unsinkable I would go out with you.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
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Diver
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My father-in-law would use Shoe-Goo ! 
But then, I wouldn't go out with him ! 
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vgabndo
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Hey, J B Weld and silicone sealant, for a while, kept it so you couldn't HEAR the leaks.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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