Recent content by Mark W

Thanks Dave. Looks like a trip to Harbor Freight is in order. Heading there when i opens.

So the rehab on the Lund Ducker is going slowly. Most of the reasons are good, and a few are not so. I finally got the transom put together. I wanted to make it "pretty" but functional and durable was of higher importance. Used 1/4" X 20 stainless bolts of various lengths to bolt the outside...

Thank you Steve. Kind of figured this is the route to go. Finally getting warm enough here to get some work done on the boat. It needed way more work than I thought. You've never had that happen to you I'm sure. Mark

Wouldn't this be cool? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/invisibility-shield/invisibility-shield Mark

Before installing my plywood transom, do I need to seal it before painting it with a good paint such as Lou's FME or Parkers Paint? My plan is to just paint it good on all sides before installing it an then it will get sprayed again when painting he boat. Is this a mistake? The inside of the...

I don't know about the 6.5 hp motor. Maybe Ed can chime in here as well as I think he has owned every duckboat ever produced. I have a Hoefgen Duckboat (double ended marsh boat that weighs 65 lbs). A few years back I was home building mud motors out of small Chinese motors (1-1.5 hp). These...

Did some researching on the Hernando Beach area and all the canals. Guess there was some mining down this way and they used the ex cess mining material to build up the home sites. Along with dredging. Also found out that the "development" we were staying in was the only one of the 3 with...

It has happened more than once to us. I'd tell your VISA person to next day you a new card or you will look elsewhere. We've always had a new card in a couple of days.

Wonder what's in the jug? Cool dude. Thanks for sharing

Thanks everyone. Pretty cool place down here. So different than MN. Our only requirement is that every meal except breakfast is seafood of some type. We have been down this way before and have found some nice hole in the wall seafood joints.

Thanks Eric. I've spoken with a couple others who put the same longtail on the Lund Ducker with good results. Neither ever did anything to the transom. On the ducker I bought the transom boards needed some work so I'm thinking beefing it up a little would hurt anything.

Will going full width across the top provide more strength? I am putting a 7hp long tail on it and it is probably a heavier motor than the boat was designed for. Others have done what I'm doing and I never asked if they needed up the transom before putting in a longtail.

As mentioned in an earlier post, I bought a Lund Ducker to give it a go. I needed a project and redoing the boat, building a motor and refurbing a trailer is just what the doctor ordered. The transom used to be 3/8" plywood. On the inside of the boat it was probably at the most 6"'s wide and...