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Loved the "and have not missed a day of work because of this incident." comment! Retirement is GREAT! Glad you had a super time, sorry the crossing didn't go better. Scott

Steve you asked about experience with old tin boats - ancient duck boat history "readers rigs" my early 60's 14' wolverine from 20 years ago. Boat finally died but of all my tin boats (3@ 14-ft) it may have been the best compromise hull. Scott

Damn impressive!

Not TX rigged, but in a similar application, I grouped the lines in groups of 6, and simply tied a chain of slip knots. Grab the end and pull to separate. These tangle free lines were also 6-ft long. For deeper water I'd swap out for "H" weight with 20' of tarred line on them.

Bob, Thanks for sharing the recipe! I've still got dozens of cast EPS decoys to do something with. Scott

As normal I'm a day late, but Stainless cable clamps are available. Additionally did I miss the actual coating formula you're using? Glue, water and thin set, but roughly what proportion of titebond to water? I.e. how watery before adding the thin set? Definitely enjoying your project. Scott

Eric, Beautiful work as always. Got me excited enough to go down and check out who made the old quick release vice I grew up with (50/60's). Turns out it was manufactured by Richards-Wilcox. The old work bench, Dad built into my folk's basement had a blacksmith post vice on one end and the...

Not sure if this towing method will work with your rig, but I don't want this piece of historic wisdom to disappear. This post in my files dates back to July of 2004 - Wisdom from the Mighty Layout Boys: Enjoy! Scott Hello Fellow Layout Shooters, It has come to my attention that there...

Just cause they say, pictures or it didn't happen: Saturday, my daughter's father-in-law Mark & I headed out, across ice as the sun rose and quickly hid behind the clouds. Weird day for ice fishing, it eventually got over 50F with the ice melt flowing down our holes but the wind, well chilled...

I'm off to hit the hard water this morning. Thanks for the motivational pics. My rig is way more primitive. No shelter, electronics or oysters, but should be loads of fun! I'm lazy and use old school tip ups while my buddy is a jigger. Scott

Don't forget your fuel hose. Really cold temps adversely affect the hose to fitting connections. I have less than pleasant memories cutting two hose assemblies up and swapping fittings and hose clamps - 4:30 am dark and in temps right around zero F. Got it to work but wasn't pleasant. Your...

Mike, I have a similar, maybe slightly smaller manual jack plate by TSG Custom, single vertical adjustment screw and four side bolts to lock it in place. Mine is not an "on the fly", the assembly relies on the four side bolts for stability and trying to loosen and tighten up the five...

Morning Carl, For what it's worth, I purchased a Suzuki DF30ATHL2 from Porta Boat in the fall of 2018. No problems at all with the order or delivery. At that time they were claiming having been in business 42 years. Best, Scott

Hi Steve, The route I went was a boot off Amazon with a section of bike inter tube to protect the hose and battery cables even further from chafing. My application didn't need to be waterproof only "resistant" from backwash or waves rolling over the stern. If your Southbays need a watertight...

She's back running great! I really thought Dave's reed valve suggestion was going to be it, but they were in great shape. With the carb in hand again, I dissembled it, and verified all the ports were clean and open. Even scrubbed a bit of smut z off the bottom of the bowl, but that was mostly...

Dave, Reed Valves, I hadn't thought of them but sounds like they could be an issue. Trying to find something on them on You Tube I did come across a video showing a Nissan 25 doing almost the exact same thing as mine but his is actually running better than mine as I have to carefully feather...

Gordon, yes to the constant pumping of the bulb. I've done this numerous times even thought the bulb stays fairly firm the whole time on its own. I guess it's into the fuel pump next. Searching back I see I last rebuilt the pump in 2009. Thanks Pete & Carl. I will definitely follow up with...

Hi guys, My Nissan 25 HP 2-stroke is giving me head aches. It is starting and idling great, but as soon as I start to run it up under load the boat will plane out then shortly after the motor stalls out. If I carefully feather in the choke I can get it to run at a higher load w/o stalling...

Hard to believe that the boat is 10 years old already but she is, and the accessories I added need work/replacement. Or maybe I should simply call this "Some of what I've been up to since retirement." The Before Shots: The homemade dodger is past patching. Dead Dodger shot 1: Dead Dodger...

Additional scull boat types: This was Steve's Humboldt: Humboldts also come as two man, but you better be good friends and weigh a lot less than me: My Great Bay which is a plywood version of Mystic Seaport's plans: Note the motor well behind the transom - def not traditional...