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Take a look at this website for dory "type" plywood skiffs. http://www.oldwharf.com/ow_workskiffs.html I have one of this guy's Swampscott dorys. http://www.melonseed.com/regattas.html

Don't leave without trying some Mexican restaurants. Lot and lots of good ones.

One of my Boston area employers had a division in Salt Lake & I used to go out there often. Moab is just too far for a day trip. You could rent snowmobiles in or around Park City. The ski mountain areas are less than a one hour drive from downtown Salt Lake. I live in New England & Utah's...

Since new small (LIGHTWEIGHT) 2 strokes essentially went away the value of same has gone up. When working on my 3.5 hp 1994 vintage (bought new) Johnson my mechanic said he could have sold it about 6 times. My old school OMC has 2 cylinders & runs far smoother than the one cylinder 5 HP Honda I...

You suffered a mild case of frostbite. I am 67 now and can't afford to REALLY get chilled hands because they will not get warmed up. In my 20s once shore fishing (air in 40s but wind blowing but water just barely above freezing) for lake trout in the spring in the Straits of Mackinaw with bare...

Chris thanks. I'll report after my "brush-up" hike.

I'll be going in to brush up a walk in spot rough blind I've used for early season woodies & mallards on a small creek in eastern MA this weekend. Hope the old aluminum canoe I stashed is still there. Last year the spot didn't produce well for us but the season before was terrific. For whatever...

A 3 to 3 1/2 HP 2 stroke (light) OB will solve your problem.

Sacrificial raw 1/4 inch plywood with some sort of flat paint on outside & inside of transom will last about 5-10 years

I can show you the ropes for Rhode Island pheasant release area Simmons Mill Pond. Anyone hunting Dartmoor Farm or Assawopsett Rond complex WMAs? PM me if interested

Anyone figured out access for non residents anywhere except the launch "beach" not far from Little Compton at the head of the branch?

I've never read that releasing pen raised birds has worked to restock and upland bird populations.

A taxidermist told me that bear skin leather is something that taxidermists keep for themselves. Softer than deer & great for clothing.

I like 1s through a modified choke. 1s are effective & provide a denser pattern than BBs.

I've never bothered to re-prime/seal used cork decoys. For new cork I've used spar varnish thinned 50%. I've gone over to mostly light weight decoys but when I do touch up cork decoys I mix flat rustoleum paints.

Is there a good flow of water "out"? For any outboard I expect exhaust water to be warm but not hot. I wouldn't take the head off of even a 3 HP OB myself. When I had an overheating problem w/my mid 90s vintage 3 HP Evinrude I noticed that the mechanic "faired" the head on glass (very flat)...

I've been told that a canvas covered boat fully filled/faired will be heavier than fiberglassed. Not sure what the downside of "forever" is with glass. If this boat was built in 1940, glassing it to get over 100 years seems like a win.

"Building the Maine Guide Canoe" would be a good reference if you decided to recover it in canvas.

I have yet to see a decoy anchor that is substantially more useful than a strip of lead flashing w/hole drilled to attach the line.

Couple times seen a smallish mallard female in a field I go by on the way to a coyote calling spot. She looks kind of bedraggled & could be just immature. But it seems early to see 3/4 grown ducks of the year.