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Dave, Made trip from Gulf Shores to Florence AL about one month ago. Left Gulf Shores at 7am on Tuesday and arrived in Florence at 3pm on Sunday. We traveled hard but had strong down current and barge lock delays. Current should be better but you can expect lock delays. While I have not made...

Anyone with experience with the exterior tank mointors applied to the fuel ank exterior ?

During a recent survey, the surveyor showed me a tapered plug made of a soft rubber material, I.e., like a Nerf football. He recommended in that it would conform to any size hole. I believe made by Forespar.

Good luck. A lot of debris around fuel dock. We stayed in new section at Demopolis. Very nice but hike to office. Make sure they have golf cart at new section. Made Columbus next night, then Bay Springs, then Florence. All depends on luck at locks. Be safe and have fun.

David Left Gulf Shores Tuesday morning and arrived in Florence AL, our homeport, Sunday at 3 pm. Heavy current and medium debris until Demopolis, but decreasing daily. Heavy barge traffic, so difficult to schedule. Catfish at Bobby's is a treat !

Marin, thanks for reply and input. I fully agree on the downside of big wrench, and will look for alternate method. But remember, we boat in LA (lower Alabama), so big wrench/ bigger hammer/red headed wrench standard order of repair !

During sea trials after some upgrades, we stopped the port engine to check a water pump leak. In passing, the boatyard captain advised we carry a large pipe wrench to affix to the 2" main driveshaft to prevent shaft freewheeling of non operating engine which will damage the ZF IRM 220...

Dave, leaving Gulf Shores on Tuesday headed up TN Tom to TN and Florence, AL. Having major rain event in north and central AL and MS today, resulting in major runoff in Black Warrior and Sipsey Basins. Probably cause flooding in Tombigbee River. Check the USCE Mobile Dt web site for water...

BamaTrader, plan to come down Monday, after Festival over! Moving boat from Saunders on Canal to Lulus for fuel, and heading out early Tue morning. Are you living onboard ? If so will come eat dinner at Wharf and look you up.

THD, yor Mama shor did raise you right ! Just missed the collards with hocks, hushpuppies and ice cream on the pie !

Moonstruck, thanks for the good advise. We actually have a home in Gulf Shores and have been down for some of the upgrades. Having done some of the "ditch" before, we realize we are "going upstream" against the spring rains, but for insurance and personal reasons this is the travel window...

Having purchased our new 45' foot trawler Jubilee in Niceville FL, and moving her to gulf Shores AL for upgrades, we start next week on our trip up the TN Tom to our homeport of Florence , AL on the TN River. We have read all posts with great interest, and have used many TF ideas in our...