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Yea, squash the PVC idea now. Doesn't hold up well in cold temps to rough use. EMT conduit is your best bet and easy to work with . Borrow or buy a conduit bender. Theres good tutorials on bending on u tube if your not familiar with bend measurements. A frames are super easy to build and stow...

I would think if you roll the blind down to sides of boat and bungee/strap it in place there's no damage. Your grassing just needs to be flexible to allow that. Salt grass, rafia, blind grass ,all would allow blind to be rolled.

Another option may be synthetic deck 5/4" boards. That stuffs pretty strong and you can even get in a duck boat friendly color.

I believe TDB use to sell replacement grassing rails for their boats. A black hard ,I believe synthetic type. Maybe you could adapt a set of their replacement's to your desired dimensions.

Thats all dependent on how high your seated in hull as you need room to clear combings of course but also your calf's and be at a comfortable height to use. Figure out your seating arrangement than with oars in hand see if there's any clearance issues with combings ,etc. I'm sure your aware of...

Might want to consider if you'll get water infiltration into floor at screw holes . Sealing after screwing should help.

Suzuki is only manufacturer still building their own small motors. Tohatzu builds Mercurys small motors and previously Yamahas

Some 15,s were built on 20 blocks and some on 9.9 blocks. Check that before buying. The Merc 15 2 stroke on my Ghenooe is on a 9.9 block which makes it only 2 lbs. heavier than the 10hp that its rated for. 72 lbs. Ran that motor on a A.A. Blackjack for a few years.

You need to be real careful on battery selection as most new 4 strokes require a high C.C.A. battery. Something you might not achieve with say a lawnmower , motorcycle or snow mobile battery as someone mentioned. Even my Tohatzu 25 requires high C.C.A. battery.

Consider which motor dealer you'd rather deal with. Maybe closest, best service, et. I,ve got a 25 Tohatsu on a 16' jon. Been a great motor. Suzuki's are good to. Also consider which is currently running best warranty deals .

I,ve only bought 1 motor thru my brothers commercial waterman's license. No tax was the only discount. The warranty restrictions are probably due to motor being used commercial , hence a harder life. Of course waterman benefits as using it as a write off on taxes.

Just bare in mind. Any bad habits you let him do now you,ll have to correct latter. Its a lot easier on the trainer to teach it right the first go a round.

Resuscitated.

I would think a couple floating V board silo rigs would work good for swan.

They,re beautiful.

Looks like hes having fun. If your going to hunt that dog you may want to make him sit stay till sent so that he,s not breaking on shot each time. May require putting him on a short lead till he,s good with staying. Just step on lead when your throwing.

By now you should have taught him to sit/stay I hope. When he returns with bumper give him the sit/stay command. Then take bumper from him introducing a leave it command. If he doesn't leave it roll your hand into mouth so he's forced to leave it in your hand. Training retrievers or any dog for...

The piece with screw looks to be a deformed male canvas snap. They are available with the screw attached or as a crimp on style. Can also be bought in small quantity's at bx, store like Lowes. They are available in bulk on Amazon. Get stainless. Of course that needs to mate with a female canvas...

Thanks Anthony. Mine are Coastal,s then 18" body. I just always referred to them as oversize. My Blk. Ducks came from Beans. Mallards from Cabelas. No different than the Bean decoys.

Run line inside of Scd. 40 conduit of correct size and tuck it under combing or along floor. In electrical Depts. of Lowes you,ll find adhesive black plastic/nylon little square mounting points that a zip tie can be run thru to secure conduit or wiring. Instead of trusting the thin adhesive...