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    Garvy

    Chincoteagers and eastern shoremen call them "scows" ...Jersey guys n Long islanders call them garvies...I own & have owned a few over the years ...shallow draft .. ride rough and wet but we love them just the same.. a carolina skiff with a hell of a lot more personality
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    Question to New Jersey decoy collectors. Who made this N J black duck ?

    looks like a Madara (not Madera)....Enoch Madara... Clarks older brother
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    Motor Issues, New Post

    Have you checked your fuel lines? the rubber line from the tank to the engine. Few years back I had hi speed fuel supply issue with a70hp yamaha turned out in the manufacture of some fuel lines (mine was a Moeller if I remember) they have a thin plastic like membrane in them that over time fuel...
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    Two Cycle Motor Oil

    one thing you didn't mention was how old your equipment is...if it is only 10 years or so old I'd read the owners manual (if you want it to last for years) to make sure the oil meets the equipment manufacturers recommendations (JASO M345 / ISO Etc.) I've run SAE30 in my saws.. but then again...
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    1st season /new boat

    nice looking garvey
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    Rowing a Higbee?

    its been awhile... but if I remember correctly they had a inlaid socket and oarlock that was in the fixed duckboards/floatation on the sides
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    Sneakbox identity ?

    It's not a Sammy Hunt his boats had hard chines
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    Any displacment hull sneakbox

    a displacement hull will only go as fast as the hull speed (1.34 x square root of the Waterline length) will allow adding hp and making a displacement hull "squat" will give the sensation of going faster but its a mathematical certainty your not. More Hp will help move the hull easier when...
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    High N dry waders

    I bought pair of the breathables last summer, have liked them so far. Brian and Ian are good guys they use their products as they say.
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    New old boat - help with maker and age

    that was built by George Heinrichs New Gretna NJ gussets on the frames are give away and the lines for that matter picture of George with a boat his father built and I restored and one he built for the Tuckerton show about 25 years ago
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    Show off your doublegun...

    Mr Clark has passed on I believe Write to John T Callahan John T. Callahan Arms Historian P.O. Box 82 Southampton, MA 01073. Provide the serial number, gauge, and grade and enclose a check for $30 for Sterlingworths and $40 for graded guns. You will receive a letter in 4-8 weeks.
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    Moving to Jersey

    if you like old decoys Sat the 23rd of this month NJ decoy Collectors hold a Show at the Parkertown Fire Hall,NJ waterfowlers may have some duckboats displayed too the next day 24th Frank and Frank hold a decoy auction at the nearby Eagleswood Fire hall, and dont forget the end of september...
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    NYS Assembly with a new gun bill...

    you know what cracks me up about all these laws too, police..active and retired,, are always exempt, so why are they allowed to have such access to firearms? the guy in Ca. last week he was a cop?? Drew Peterson? and I know if you look at how many others have snapped and killed themselves or...
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    Obama's Gun Plan/U.S.Military FIRING ON U.S.CITIZENS!!

    people should study history, go find out about the "Bonus Army" during the early years of the great depression, and How General "I shall return" MacArthur delt with it...nothing new
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    Sam Hunt - Sneakbox builder - seeking info

    SAMUEL R. HUNT, 92, of BARNEGAT 

Published in the Asbury Park Press 5/30/04
SAMUEL R. HUNT, 92, of BARNEGAT, died Wednesday, May 26, at the Great Bay Nursing Center, Little Egg Harbor. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, serving in World War II. He was a self-employed...
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    Deckmate screws?

    you know ideally the planks should have between say 10 and 16% moisture, a few days of dryin wont give you that, unless that cedar was logged a year ago maybe
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    Gus Heinrich BBSB

    that boat was built by Gus Sr. not Jr.(of Tuckerton seaport fame) and Sr. made a few small plywood ones I had one years back I bought it from the original owner,his gunning buddy had an identical one... they ordered them from Gus Sr. in like 1948 maybe if I recall.
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    Gus Heinrich BBSB

    is it built from plywood or cedar?
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    Help with who built this?

    it looks like a Geo. Heinrichs...Geo was Gus's brother he built boxes too
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    jersey garvey / chincotique garvey

    living around garveys n scows all my life I can say for one its a matter of grace... a boat moves forward thru the water...kinda like a plane thru the air... a jersey or Va. style boats look like its slicing right thru the water and usefulness.. pull a garvey up to the bank at a lower tide and...
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