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It’s about a 1000 lbs without the motor. I have a light duty trailer with little 12” wheels, no problems. I’ve pulled it thousands of miles and have only had one blowout on a crappy old tire that needed replacing anyway. I will say one thing about a boat trailer, have good sturdy fenders! When a tir...

Thank you Ken for doing the leg work and making the walk through videos. Exciting to have a new destination!
Matt and Heather

Ride back from Chattanooga

3 boats to Chattanooga

Heated game of dominos on the dock.
Matt B

Chris and I were the 1st to arrive at the floating cabins about noon today, we took a quick shake down cruise.
Tom, your Baklava dessert arrived, thank you so much. We will enjoy!
Matt B

John,,, I found a picture of the faired bow on my Palm Beach. It has a very similar bow profile to the BB. You will be sanding/planing a lot of wood off of the stem to get it fair. From my picture you can see how far back the chine meets the stem. Neel Neel, I like the way you tied the 1st bottom a...

Rain has been removed from Friday and Saturday forecast!
Matt B

Tom J wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:00 pm

The baklava is on its way! scheduled to arrive on Thursday and should be at the Hales Bar Marina office when you get there...

Heather wants to know if it’s addressed “in care of Heather” she just told me she could eat gobbs of it.
Matt B

65 hp Merc weighs 190 lbs, a new Yamaha 40hp weighs 214 lbs, build a good motor well to tie it all together back there, Strap it on and floor it, it’ll be fine. That said, I would be respectful of rough water. Throwing more HP into the equation to try and go faster in a boat doesn’t have much effect...

Yes, we may catch the edge of some rain on Friday but I keep an orange rain suit like Deadliest Catch show onboard.
Matt B

Sounds great,
Thank you Matt,

Matt B

Wow, milling your own lumber is way cool !
Matt B

Looks like the storm will blow through Tennessee on Wednesday and Thursday with a little left over crud on Friday. I got an auto bilge pump installed yesterday on the Malahini so it can babysit itself in a downpour.
Matt B

Sure, I‘m game for a new dot on the map. It’s not because Hales Bar is awful but I’m always interested in what’s around the next bend.
Matt B