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Rod, that's very kind of you. I'd love to have it. Thank you. I'll send you a pm.

That's a great find! I'll bet it pushes the Water Feather pretty good!

I've been getting a little time to dig into this motor. Bought a Evinrude service manual off ebay and found a nice video series on disassembling a 1965 Lightwin on YouTube. Learning a lot about these little motors. Before getting to carried away the first thing was to do a compression test. I...

Looks pretty awesome Tod. My wandering was taking me to Colorado as a younger man but as far as I got was Arkansas for 13 years then a few years in Florida before returning (God only knows why) to Illinois. A couple of friends had issues with their out building barns with poorly constructed...

In my never ending search for my elusive quarry "The Duck" goes another day without finding any. I did however come across a Ducktwin with a build on date of 1965. Correction, it's a 1966 based on the model number. It's all there with, so far nothing broken I can find. Owner said it ran fine the...

Just a thought. Rivet an pad eye on each side of the aluminum seat towards the side of the boat. Turn your attached seat 90 degrees. Place a pool noodle over your drive shaft longer than you seat base. Place the longtail on the seat base and fold the seat back down over the shaft. Place a...

The big water blinds are still putting out 100 to 300 decoys. Man I don't miss those days. At most I use a doz. Mallards, 5 green wing teal and 6 geese. All Texas rigged in bags. Carbineer and a knot in the mono. Depending on location I have lines rigged from 3ft to 15ft. One island I hunt on...

Looks like the boat worked great! Great pictures too. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! Looked like a great time was had by all. Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Nancy, Maybe someone at the aforementioned lodges may have known your uncle. But if not here is some more information that may be of interest. Auction houses Kavanagh Auctions: This Ontario-based house regularly features Canadian and regional waterfowl antiques and decoys in its sales...

Nancy, A search shows there are two lodges in the Rainy River, ON area that offers guided waterfowl hunts. Lodges offering guided hunts Harris Hill Resort: Located in the Rainy River District, this resort offers waterfowl hunting opportunities. Camp Narrows Lodge: Situated on nearby Rainy...

The script font goes back to the 17th century. The surname Bettenhausen is of German origin, derived from the name of a place in Hesse and Württemberg. In the 19th century, the name was not widespread in the United States, but census records show that in 1880, there were 19 families with the...

Hi Nancy. Welcome. Your uncle's boat appears very old in its style of construction. It is not a scull boat but rather a sneak or marsh boat. They were paddled, oared or push poled through the marsh. The holes in the bow and stern are for putting poles through the boat and into the bottom of the...