500/520 DB official thread

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Tom - here are pictures of mine and my dock mate’s - both are 58’s. Mine is Captain Navy and is 40” to the aft shade with a 26” extension. His is black with a 46” extension and no overhang.
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Thanks Carter - I really appreciate the view of the structure underneath also! It appears both of your's had the kedar strip in the existing flex-a-rail where it appears that Steve added another flex-a-rail awning track.
 
Tom - they added a strip on mine for the back shade. When I take it down and use the slant back winter enclosure, it uses a different one...
 
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View attachment 84066Here’s a picture of the two strips on mine. The first one is the slant back mount and the second one is the aft shade strip (further aft).
 
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The black screen uses the same transom attachment points as the aft camper canvas. So it easily removes (zipper on the top) and is replaced my the camper canvas which slides in the tracks at the aft end of the bridge. In our covered slip in the summer, we don't use the camper canvas. In the FL slip, we put it up when we are not on the boat...post 883 shows each of the attachment points.
 
Havana Shamrock said:
One problem with our era Boats is the delaminates of the cabinet doors. As we know finding the material is unlikely so my buddy took his doors to have another solution done
I like this idea where you could pick a color or material to match your decor.
We have 1 door behind the sink that suffers from this.
Here’s our door and his larger doors after the repairs.
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Based on this issue do you guys use the "No Damp" Moisture Absorber Dehumidifier's year round? Seems to make sense if you do not mind them sitting around all season and managing the risk of them tipping over.

Thoughts?

In addition have any of you made any of these repairs? Some folks suggested a SS Trim at the bottom of the doors with de-laminating issues. Others have suggested full face repairs.
 
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I run the AC units on the Dehumidify Setting when I am not on the boat. Keeps the relative humidity around 55% when we are not aboard - even in FL Oct - May.
 
rlynch03 said:
Based on this issue do you guys use the "No Damp" Moisture Absorber Dehumidifier's year round? Seems to make sense if you don not mind them sitting around all season and managing the risk of them tipping over.

Thoughts?

In addition have any of you made any of these repairs? Some folks suggested a SS Trim at the bottom of the doors with de-laminating issues. Others have suggested full face repairs.
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I have the issue with the cabinets delaminating. It is quite bad on my boat. It was there when I bought it so I knew I would have to do something about it at some point. I tried to repair them this winter with no luck. The outer layer is just too brittle to do anything with. They will need to be re-laminated entirely to fix them.
I use damprids in the winter and run the boats AC on dehumidifier during the summer months. From what I have been told the material is flawed and not much will stop it from delaminating.
 
I don’t have the delaminating problems it’s actually water that splashes from the galley sink to the 2 doors behind the faucet. My for now my wife put a clear film over the bottom 3rd of the doors to keep them dry and it works.
 
carterchapman said:
I run the AC units on the Dehumidify Setting when I am not on the boat. Keeps the relative humidity around 55% when we are not aboard - even in FL Oct - May.
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Even though I prefer not to run those units all of the time. That probably is the best way to manage the humidity.
 
Jeremygavin said:
I have the issue with the cabinets delaminating. It is quite bad on my boat. It was there when I bought it so I knew I would have to do something about it at some point. I tried to repair them this winter with no luck. The outer layer is just too brittle to do anything with. They will need to be re-laminated entirely to fix them.
I use damprids in the winter and run the boats AC on dehumidifier during the summer months. From what I have been told the material is flawed and not much will stop it from delaminating.
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I have a few bad (flaking) spots (mostly under the beds for some reason) but you have to really look for it in most places. There is a ghost spot on the bathroom door and the cabinet door right above the Galley Sink that I fear will get worse.
 
A little off topic I know we’ve discussed tripping the windless breaker and how difficult it is to remove the dc breaker cover my buddy came up with an easy fast solution.
He installed an access panel in the door of the panel I thought it was easy solution.
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Havana Shamrock said:
A little off topic I know we’ve discussed tripping the windless breaker and how difficult it is to remove the dc breaker cover my buddy came up with an easy fast solution.
He installed an access panel in the door of the panel I thought it was easy solution.
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That’s a great idea. Mine tripped last year in the middle of retrieving the anchor and it was not a lot of time to trip the breaker back on. I am going put this in my todo list.
 
Alarm in the trunk off the swim platform. Anyone know what this alarm is tied to? Not sure mine works?

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It does beep like a truck backing up when going down. I rebuilt that piece yours is mounted to this winter using starboard. Mine was looking a little weathered. Also my alarm is on the back of this piece so it’s not even seen.
 
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