Marinette Boat Forum

Boat and trailer are very clean and well maintained. Will be available for sea trials after June 15. We are selling because we own a fishing boat in Marathon, FL and enjoy 5 months of winter fishing there. No longer have salmon fever. Asking $20,000 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9z95oara1e2xodd/AABbJof...

Added satellite coax jacks to the M this year to accomodate our new Windgard Carryout G2 protable dish. We bought it for our travel trailer and decided to use it when were on the boat.
Also added a tire pressure monitor system to the trailer. Piece of mind while on the road. (www.tsttruck.com)

That's one heck of a project! Please post progress reports.

I have to do some touch ups this year and have the interprotect and bottom paint, but not sure what the etching process is. Sandblast or grind to bright metal finish. Remove all blasting/grinding/sanding residues with a clean air line and sweep with a clean brush or broom. (Vacuum clean for best re...

Maestro wrote:Dennis,

What was your method for sanding the chines and weld seams? Seems like this would be tricky with an orbital sander.

What grit did you use for sanding the aluminum to shiny?

Jasco paint stripper and 80 grit by hand.

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Nice looking vessel. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Jeff.

The thruster requires two dedicated batteries (24v) and delivers 55 pounds of thrust. Note that It is out of the water when on plane.

It works fantastic. We always stern into our slip because with the thruster I have control. I would say that it is the best addition that we have made to our beautiful BIG M.

We (wife and I) did a complete bottom job in 2006 on our 'new' 1975 28' Marinette Express (aluminum) trailer boat, Surface Interval. It really needed it and I wanted to know if any corrosion was hiding under the many coats of paint. Thought you might enjoy reading about how we did it. Bought 4 new B...