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16x8 Ronnies hull, 454 about to be swapped for a full roller 496 at 615 hp. That is one awesome machine. I know zero about them, but with that kind of power, would think you could run over just about anything, in some of the thickest swamps and thickest watery vegetation that gives misery to us prop guys. Just run over it! One of those could have saved me probably hundreds of cumulative hours of righting entangled/fouled props, but as my runs are almost always less than a mile, can't see it being practical. But then WTF's that got ta do with it? Neat thread. Oh if its got anything wet to it, nothing can stop it. But green grass will, sticky mud can. Sand either wet or dry can stop any airboat if you are out of the water and sometimes if its only an inch or two of water it can get interesting on hard pack sand. The way it is though, with dry grass in the winter I can come out of the creek, run up about a 10 foot tall levee, spin it around on top and park it dry. I"ve not driven miles of dry, but I've driven probably half a mile dry down at the coast on the grass and buckbrush just to see how it runs... problem is if you do get it stuck.... took us 1.5 hours to dig it out of mud one morning last september.. and was very lucky that it broke free. And they will submarine on you... no level floatation etc..... thats why the first one mentioned... the 500, will be rebuilt to freshen the motor and sold... its sides and transom are too shallow and I got my Captain Nemo badge with it when the motor hesitated in a hard turn..... Deep water is NOT your friend in one... but 6 inches to 1 inch is a blast.... Thanks for the explanation. Someday I just gotta' spend an afternoon on one of those rigs. I could see it pitchpoling if the nose got buried and you were still on the hammer. Something to remember if I ever end up behind the 'wheel' on one. Thanks for taking the time. I now own 2 little runaround duck rigs, with one rigged to fish stripers/other. Just sold off my other little camoed Starcraft. Couldn't really justify owning 3 little boats that basically do the same thing. Though I certainly tried!
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87 Sea Ox dual console, 20 footer with a 150 Optimax. Gets me where I want to go in the Sound of L.I. Stays in the water from early May till Nov. most years.
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18' Crownline bowrider that i owned for a few years,..220 Mercruiser. Holy chit I believe I almost see a grin under that facial fur.
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Nice bait, now where's the fish? Looks like ya had a good day there.
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Sold this recently when my back could no longer handle the punishment of running offshore with my hair on fire. Hopefully we can get a replacement for it if I can get the disc issues fixed, otherwise we have a smaller Stingray pleasure boat here and up north and quite a few fishing boats and jetskis. I still have my hobby of repairing and dealing in old Evinrudes and Johnsons (50's-late 70's) Being on the water is my obsession. I guess you have to slow down sometime. This thing sure was fun, although I really should have bought a float plane; it would be quite a bit more useful.
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Don't have it any longer, but it was a fun beast on the CA Delta, chasing bass & salmon
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18' Crownline bowrider that i owned for a few years,..220 Mercruiser. Holy chit I believe I almost see a grin under that facial fur. That's a grimace.
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You look tense. You need to relax some dude.
"That's what happens when your leaders stop being an American and start being a politician." George S. Patton What would Yoda do...your ass kick it he would.
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You look tense. You need to relax some dude. You're right,..I'll eat an Ativan.
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I currently own a Cobalt 200 powered by a 5.7 Volvo Penta Dual Prop and a Lund Explorer Dlx 1600 single console with an old Mercury Classic 50 straight 4. That Merc will troll right down but I still have a bow mount Minnkota trolling motor on it. It's set up to handle gravel launches and submerged rocks and stumps in Northern Minnesota. I also bought that motor because it does not have power tilt built in. I put an aftermarket power tilt on the transom that provides set back and allows the motor to "kick up" when it hits a rock or stump instead of shearing off the lower unit. Also have a 17' Kevlar/Fiberglass Sawyer canoe. Cobalt 200
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1986 Sea Ray Amberjack. Had her since new....accounted for 12,000 hours of pleasure and thousands of fish. Some of the best times of my life! Parked at the dock behind me....the end of a long day...
We eat organic in our house, we just have to shoot and gut it first.....
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This is NOT my boat but is darn close to my old Susquehanna river runner aka "Riff-raft" 16 foot flat bottom V-drive, 427 BBC on the bottle. BTW, dry headers are really loud when they're right behind your head. Ran 100+ on water with a little chop but a rowboat could pass it in rough water.
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Starcraft 196, 150hp main, 9.9 Pro Kicker, just now installing Minn Kota Terrova80 W/i-Pilot, sonar and autopilot. Perch and Walleye catchin' machine... My wife is cookin' up some perch right now.... Waiting for spring is killing me !!
Old Fishermen never die, we just get reel tired.
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oops that was supposed to be a PM
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People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
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Mine's a Bell Northwind.......good stuff!!
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1986 Sea Ray Amberjack. Had her since new....accounted for 12,000 hours of pleasure and thousands of fish. Some of the best times of my life! The AmberJack is one of my favorite SeaRays. I've fished on one several times on a friend's out of Kewaunee. His has the big four cylinders- twin 190 I/O Mercruiser (Ford 460 chopped in half). Incredible fuel economy for a big boat.
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The DIPCHIT ADD, after a morning of drinking:
You despair, repeatedly, constantly! daily basis? A despair ninny. Sack up, despire ninny.
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