Whew, I inherited my wife's computer a few months ago and lost all my bookmarks... I finally am getting back on tin boats! Man, this is a good site, and nice people, best boats made, etc., etc. Okay...
I finally went out today, to a very small creek that flows under a remote road. Strange story, but I was asked to pull in this 6.5 bass for an 87 year old man who had hung it up in some sticks at the creek bottom. He told me he didn't have the strength to pull it in himself, and was yelling...
Our outboards and small engines don't do so well with ethanol gas - it doesn't store well. I found this site that lists ethanol free gas stations:
https://pure-gas.org/
I am just wondering about the lack of V hull small aluminum boats here in the southeast; I travel in midwest and north some, and they definitely seem to be more popular there. My old Dura Craft is the V bottom style, and around here, it is about the only one I ever see. Plenty of flat bottom...