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Post by firefightnlife on Feb 25, 2008 23:18:46 GMT -4
but without it, it's hard to survive(i'm too young to retire)
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Post by willyhuntsdeer on Feb 26, 2008 4:39:37 GMT -4
mine was a fisher marine hawk 2v - w-40 hp mercury, it had steering wheel steering and all the bells and whistles , i sold it a week after my brother was out on the river and had a big ole cabin type boat full of drunks run right over top of his bass boat in broad daylight.
thank gawd they saw it coming and had just enough time to bail out of the boat, the peole who done it hauled ass down river to the boat ramp and after being on shore witnessing this all take place i hauled ass by land in my car from the west virginia side back to the maryland side boatramp where they were about to pull there boat out of the water when i rolled up.
thanks to the wonderful world of cell phones i was able to call the DNR and state police and have them meet me there, the guy who was driving tried to say they never hit anyone or anything' but the big hole in the upper side of his boat said differently.
when he went to court he was convicted of BWI and actually had his drivers license revoked indefinately and was fined $1500.00 and court cost, had to pay for my brothers boat and got 2 years in jail.
BTW...he had 7 prior DWI convictions and was under a revocation on his license at the time this happened.
after all that crazyness i decided i would do my fishing from land...lol
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Post by firefightnlife on Feb 26, 2008 16:10:47 GMT -4
i might end up selling mine, due to never registered it, and it just sits there, and need the money
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Post by boatcapt on Feb 26, 2008 20:59:18 GMT -4
My 1 and only personnal boat was a 16' Coleman canoe - My work boat is a 50' X 15' and I see all this money that gets pumped into it every year, I remember the phrase "A boat is nothin but a big black hole and all this money goes into it and disappears and never comes out"- B O A T bring out another thousand!
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Post by starsnstripers on Feb 28, 2008 9:44:22 GMT -4
Loggy, hello, I read that you are going to the flats. Have you done that much?the reason I am asking is, that I have been thinking about it for some time, I just dont want to put my boat in salt water, I'm sure it is brakish there, but to what extent, I have a 2006 18 1/2 Ft. Smokercraft deep V, with a 115 Optimax on it. I heard that saltwater is not good on alu. boats, whats your thoughts, and what boat do you fish out of?
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Post by loggy on Feb 28, 2008 19:44:41 GMT -4
Hi starsnstripers.
I have fished lower susky primarily where its brakish water. Have also fished chincoteague & wachapreague, va(both 100% saltwater) over the years. The SW doesnt hurt an alum boat. I just car wash down after trip(inside & out) plus flush lower unit.
I have a Lund Wilderness 16' SSV w/25 Johnson.
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Post by starsnstripers on Feb 29, 2008 8:42:35 GMT -4
Lunds are nice boats, It would be hard to wash out the inside of my boat, it is all carpeted. I fish Lake Raystown,every weekend, I live about an hour from the lake, the stripers there are tricky to catch, the carpet keeps the inside of the boat quiet, when I walk around in it, or drop a sinker every now and then, them 2 oz. sinkers make a loud bang without the carpet. I have heard of Chincoteague, but not Wachapreague.
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Post by loggy on Feb 29, 2008 13:20:37 GMT -4
Wachapreague is bout 30 miles south of chincoteague.
I had option of lund factory flooring installed but declined due to sw use. See ur point.
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Post by firefightnlife on Feb 29, 2008 13:35:11 GMT -4
what about using the outside carpet in a boat like that green carpeting that the put put places use?
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Post by loggy on Feb 29, 2008 13:50:01 GMT -4
thats what is nornmally used. salt residue the problem or likely concern.
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Post by firefightnlife on Feb 29, 2008 13:52:59 GMT -4
that stuff should hold up to car wash
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Post by loggy on Feb 29, 2008 14:15:12 GMT -4
that stuff should hold up to car wash Saltwater trapped under any pockets beneath rubber or carpets synthetic base is the concern whereby corroding vulnerable alum riveted areas. In saltwater applications its better to have nothing on alum boat flooring to afford complete flush down. What my Lund dealer said anyway which when he with 25 years boating dealership xperience speaks...I listen!
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Post by firefightnlife on Feb 29, 2008 14:24:03 GMT -4
yeah i would too, never thought of the pockets
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Post by loggy on Feb 29, 2008 15:05:29 GMT -4
Another factor is most alum boats have drain channels at each support rib on floor. If carpeted/covered...potential clog area. I woulda liked flooring in mne which woulda even made Lund dealer some xtra $$$$ installing but he suggested not. A fine dealer indeed...not our just to make a $$
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Post by firefightnlife on Feb 29, 2008 15:19:26 GMT -4
sounds like a keeper
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