Southbound!

[TripleB]

Another sunset

 

[Headless hula]

If theres any doubt.

 

[TripleB]

“We”, that’s funny right there. Only one with tools in his hand is Hula.

Just an FYI, supervising Hula is a very stressful job

 

[Headless hula]

An aerial photo of key colony beach.

 

[TripleB]

Can you say tourist?

 

[snowhammer]

Watch out for bike racks in the parking lot

 

[Headless hula]

Watch out for bike racks in the parking lot

2 dizzy "Jersey" goils took 15 minutes to put locks on their schwinns. Are you kidding me? Seriously worried about bike theft in kcb?

Whatever. I could see if it was in front of the Walgreens off the island.

 

[snowhammer]

We watched a guy drive over a bike rack at Key Colony Inn, it was still attached to an SUV.

 

[Headless hula]

We watched a guy drive over a bike rack at Key Colony Inn, it was still attached to an SUV.

I dont doubt it.

This is definitely the land of where zero fuqs are given.

 

[TripleB]

Doggy walks are done

 

[TripleB]

Hula was a bunch of beers in and called it a night, heading to stainless marine tomorrow am

 

[Headless hula]

 

[Headless hula]

Mini road trip thread inside of an epic road trip thread.

 

[sonicss31]

Mini road trip thread inside of an epic road trip thread.

What you buying or who’s buying what?

 

[Tractorsdontfloat]

View attachment 723348 How about picking a fresh Key Lime for your beer

@TripleB , you better hope @Headless hula heads home soon. Lime tree is looking kinda barren. Gonna have to let the poor thing recover.

 

[HydroSkreamin]

Or just go to the store and get some to pin back on. Hula will never know...

 

[lake p.a.l.]

I've heard the traffic to/from the Keys can get ugly. Wouldn't it be easier to run the boat to Miami??

 

[monkeyswrench]

I've heard the traffic to/from the Keys can get ugly. Wouldn't it be easier to run the boat to Miami??

Any excuse to run that boat would suffice! I think they need to go looking for limes with it. Then again, with that view off the patio, why travel?

OK, silly question for the Great White Northerners. Why would you leave a sunny beach with a boat at the dock, to go back to a place Eskimos think is too cold? Family, business, blah, blah, blah...sanity, health...sun?! I'm confuddled

 

[DrunkenSailor]

An aerial photo of key colony beach. View attachment 723368

View attachment 723377 Can you say tourist?

This might be the two best back to back posts I've ever seen well done boys.

 

[Headless hula]

What you buying or who’s buying what?

I'm going to stainless marine to go get my setback bracket for the kryptonite.
Besides, if I didn't do a "shop tour" for RDP, I'd be in serious danger of losing my position as midwest chapter president.

 

[Headless hula]

 

[Headless hula]

The whole building is Stainless Marine.

 

[Headless hula]

Meet Letty. Shes the one to help you sort out what parts you need, and get your order rolling.

 

[Headless hula]

Back from Miami. It's time for lunch.

 

[Headless hula]

 

[Headless hula]

 

[HNL2LHC]

Damn your own lime tree. You better look into a keg to burn through all the limes. LOL. Great looking projects and the shushi is making me hungry.

 

[RichL]

Back from Miami. It's time for lunch. View attachment 723505 View attachment 723506

'Bout time that thing got some use.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Good, stretching the legs on the boat! Looks like great weather too.

 

[Headless hula]

Really sweet azimut 72 at the docks.

 

[Terminal Velocity]

View attachment 723356 2 down working on 3, plenty of lime left, this could be a while

Not to add to the chores, but that cutting board would be BadAss out of IPEE and a reminder of the trip for years to come.

 

[attitude]

Very jealous of you guys right now! My girlfriend and I had a week long trip to Florida planned during the Miami boat show this year. We were going to arrive a little early spend a couple days at the hotel on the beach in Sunny Ilses then explore the boat show for a couple days and then head down the keys. This was going to be a dream vacation for me as I’ve wanted to explore Miami and the Keys forever and the Miami boat show is on the bucket list. But we found out we’re having our first kid in mid April and had to cancel the trip. I’m sure I’ll make it there one day and if I’m lucky maybe even own a house there

Awsome thread btw!

 

[TripleB]

Getting food ready for the grill, honey mustard and teriyaki chicken plus asparagus

 

[TripleB]

Getting close

 

[snowhammer]

You guys eat as well as you work

 

[TripleB]

You guys eat as well as you work

Hula does, I supervise

 

[sonicss31]

You guys eat as well as you work

Haven’t seen anything that needed to be carved by a southpaw.

 

[TripleB]

Haven’t seen anything that needed to be carved by a southpaw.

Hula and the chisel

 

[Tractorsdontfloat]

View attachment 723615 Getting close

@TripleB , asparagus grows really well around here every spring which I’m sure you know. That looks like a great meal that needs to be duplicated this summer at Hula HQ 2.0 on his dock. I’ll bring the wild aspergrass, you bring the yard bird tits, and Hula can supply the beer.

 

[Headless hula]

So getting back to this shop tour.

Stainless marine makes a whole pile of different parts for your marine application. Manifolds, sea strainers, battery boxes, tab and drive indicators, set back brackets in a whole slew of different configurations. From a single to quads, they have a bracket for your outboard boat, and makes all these parts in house.

Here's a couple pics of them making sea strainer lids on one of their cnc lathes.

These parts start out as 1" thick pieces of polycarbonate squares. First operation is done in a cnc mill.

 

[Headless hula]

All of their parts are fabricated in house, and polished in house as well. The setback bracket parts all start out as flat sheet stock and are cut out on a cnc plasma. I was told this machine has a capacity of 1/2" stainless.

There are various press brakes, punch presses, shears, etc.

 

[Headless hula]

They also do their own mandrel bending to make exhaust tails, risers, etc.

 

[Headless hula]

I was really blown away at the amount of parts they keep in stock, on the shelf and ready to ship. Exhaust tips, beauty rings, raw water pickups, crossovers, the list goes on.....

 

[Headless hula]

A couple shots of a bracket getting fabbed, etc.

The above pic, shows an employee welding up an exhaust manifold.

 

[Headless hula]

They also machine a bunch of their own billet aluminum fittings.

 

[Headless hula]

Stainless Marine is quite capable of producing just about anything you'd need for rigging. I was really surprised at the size of their facility, and number of employees they had working.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

 

[Taboma]

Stainless Marine is quite capable of producing just about anything you'd need for rigging. I was really surprised at the size of their facility, and number of employees they had working.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
View attachment 723760

Thanks for the pictorial walk through of Stainless Marine, job well done sir

Were you able to pick up your own OB setback ? I believe that was your plan so you could drive it back.

 

[Sherpa]

very cool story and write ups....... You guys are funny. I will also add I'm taking notes from an old boss; "Steal with Pride" I dig those gates.. right click, save as..!
I've built quite a few custom gates for friends....I'm always looking at cool stuff like that. And that stainless marine place...... wow.

--Sherpa

 

[Headless hula]

Thanks for the pictorial walk through of Stainless Marine, job well done sir View attachment 723764 Were you able to pick up your own OB setback ? I believe that was your plan so you could drive it back.

Yup. I haven't made a decision what color I want it powder coated, so I picked it up raw aluminum. I have a guy up in cheeseland that does awesome powder coat work, so I'll have him fo it when I decide what color itll be.

 

[575cat]

I have spent thousands & thousands with them in exh .