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Just like plywood on the bow and pigs in the boat. As has been said, "You can't make this s#!t up!" Besides, he has pictures.Ok, this is not real...right? We have all been had.
Was that super heavy? If it’s what I’m thinking, as a kid I would have had a difficult time hauling it. Your arms must have been like bowling balls.Now don't laugh, but as a kid with a first boat, and only had enough money for old cans of 10W30 for the ole 10 HP Merc, instead of TW3 oil, My Grandpa gave me an anchor.
He worked for the New York Central Railroad and had access to old rusty parts. That ole railroad hook used to couple RR cars weighted a ton, but it sure held my little 16 footer whenever I anchored.
It got left in a cabinet when I moved, and never got it back, but I sure wish I had it back. I would rustproof it and hang it in my boathouse. My Grandpa was my mentor and he would have been proud to see it there.
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Every spring, our local lake has these people. totally blinding. sad thing is most of them don't even eat the carp they are shooting.
Well, I established residency before UW History and Law by building tooling in Plant 2 after Boeing sent me to machinists' school in Kent. I learned a lot and was proud that I could receive a drawing and a block of metal and return an incomprehensible tool cut to .005" or sometimes 10ths". Mainly mills, I ran the 40' planer for a while. We were building the assembly line for the 747 and cheered at the PA announcement that the first had flown. Later, I learned to fly at the field across the street. The last 747 has just rolled out. I was a partner in a law firm when we hired someone who had worked in Plant 2. I didn't recognize him but luckily he did not make me out. I always kept my real identity a secret as my Dad was a lawyer who had always advised: "Anything you say can and will be used against you". Lawyers tend to be gossipy old women.Arminius
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:Old gearhead (and trial lawyer) looking for help with new project: 2003 Bowrider 200
He must have gotten his law license from Nigeria and his JD by mailing in ten cereal box tops. Oh boy do those gears turn in his head.
He doesn’t present as an attorney to me for some reason.
Yeah, it was heavy. It was a "hook". Maybe you are thinking of a coupler. That's not what it was. I hauled it back then, and I'm sure I could do it again, even at my advanced age. It laid flat, so no rolling around.Was that super heavy? If it’s what I’m thinking, as a kid I would have had a difficult time hauling it. Your arms must have been like bowling balls.
We had a 12’ aluminum boat with a 4hp Merc. My grandpa made the classic coffee can with cement and an eye bolt anchor. Zipping around the lake trying to jump my own wakes, I used to get that thing rolling and banging around in the boat.
OMG, I was watching the Pickers on the History Channel the other day and they found a warehouse full of those. I bet they can be had cheap.why not mount this:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/general-electric-searchlight-and-trailer/
on the sides, or top with a bit of plywood?
I've got a handheld with a real tight beam, when I run at night it's plugged in and on the seat or dash within my reach. I've lit up a few boats, most of them fishermen in small boats with no lights on. I don't really like doing that but sometimes when I 'think' something might be there I do check with the spot light.I have, when some douchcanoe boat with full on light bar was coming at me in a slow tight winding river. I had no chance to see anything... hit him full on with my spotlight and he got the hint. I was at idle speed as was he... but really, how clueless can some be with the whole headlight thing.
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Every spring, our local lake has these people. totally blinding. sad thing is most of them don't even eat the carp they are shooting.
Where I grew up, carp fishing was a sport in itself. But, it was done during the day. If you are bowhunting at night, you surely are a moron.I boat on the Ohio river so there are a lot of those bow fishing boats out at night.....all night. The move from one side of the river to the other with the lights on & on plane. Some of them can move fast much faster than I can run at night so I can't get away from them. They have bow fishing tournaments so there is a bunch of them out there. The best thing I have found to do is just shut down until they pass & my night vision comes back.
I finished my lighting project with the boat in the garage. I installed the LED docking lights shown above. In retrospect, I was initially attracted to a deck mounted flood light because my boat was in the water, in a slip, and I imagined myself doing the installation without getting into the water. Smaller LED lights with larger hull penetrations might have been a better choice for me as I now have lumps that may take impacts in docking. During installation, I could not rotate the 5" long LEDs down to accommodate hull rise on account of the tumblehome of the hull. The fascia shells don't seem really well attached so I caulked them heavily before mounting. The repurposed wiper switch is nice. All the critical comments above made me aware that the flood I initially proposed would have to be explained to every owner walking by at the marina and I don't need that much conversation.
Still going... Nov 21, 2022You guys just aren't telling him what he want's to hear.