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Hey, the Potomac can be blue! From a distance. When the sky is just right... In all seriousness, it’s come a long way since the 1970s when DC upgraded its water treatment beyond mere settling pools. Nice job on the transom! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the tip - it is a really simple part. Re: lawyers, as much as I hate to say it (being a lawyer myself, although not a trial lawyer) you’re probably right. Sigh. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So, I finally just pulled the carb. The needle had fallen out of its seat, so the gas was basically in free flow regardless of the float height. I fixed that, and it will run with the choke on, but not otherwise. Looks like I need to rebuild the **** thing. I’m getting a bit more confident...

Clearly, that bass wanted to be caught. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I heading down to Tarpon Springs, Florida the first weekend in October for a (very sad) memorial. I’ll be traveling alone and will likely have to fend for myself as I don’t want to burden the folks I’m visiting with entertaining me. I am planning to take my 8’ and 9’ surf rods (the biggest that...

What a monster! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I like the quality/price balance of Tohatsus. I haven’t owned one, but my family did a bareboat charter in the Carribean a few years ago and the dinghy had a 9.8 Tohatsu that was really good. IIRC, all Mercury and Evinrude(?) outboards 15 hp and under are really rebranded Tohatsus with a...

Did you actually book-match your floorboards? If so, that’s quite impressive. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That makes sense to me - thanks! I treat all of my gas since I don’t have ethanol free available nearby. I will definitely give that a try. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I haven’t taken a look in a while, but for a long time the Duck Boats in the DC area were the original WWII vintage ones. Then I was in Boston for a wedding and the duck boats I saw were new builds. Broadly similar, but not ancient, and were USCG inspected IIRC. I just checked and in Boston...

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Thanks! My daughter, who is 4, offered to teach him to fish [emoji476] Life is pretty good sometimes even when a #%^*ing carburetor is clogged. Again. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Carburetors are my kryptonite. Sigh. I guess I have to get over my phobia at some point. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi everyone, I’ve been away from the forums for a while (new job + new baby). I hope all are well. I’m using my 2 weeks of paternity leave (during which my main responsibility seems to be to keep our 4 year old from driving my wife nuts) to FINALLY get my tinny going for the summer, and I...

The crushed fishing boat is also good evidence. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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You should not operate a boat if you can’t maintain a proper look-out. I’m a big believer in handicapped accessibility. But he should have an adjustable helm seat to get his field of view where it needs to be or else stay off the helm. Hopefully his insurance makes his victims whole and then...

I used a vacuum pickup blasting gun when I was stripping my trailer. It was a pain. Worked well for small parts though. My biggest problem was that for blasting, you really need a big 240v compressor. A 110v machine just doesn’t offer enough volume. I’ve heard of dry ice blasting in...

As a last resort, you can calculate max HP from the dimensions (length, width, and transom height). The formula is in the coast guard regs or its probably posted somewhere on this site. The hull plate would be on the transom if it were still there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is an excellent article on the performance penalties for the updates. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/heres-how-and-why-the-spectre-and-meltdown-patches-will-hurt-performance/ And it also includes a better description of speculative execution than my prior post, which omitted the...