Recent content by MattR

When that happens LDUBS, I think you can just cut some from the bottom and add it to the top and it should be fine....lol.

Yes that is a 16 foot MirroCraft in the background. After I paid the guy for it, I was then informed he didn't have a title for it and had paperwork all filled out to send into the WI DNR to get a title for it. He "said" he would send it to me, but not holding my breath. If he follows through...

I knew the part regarding the corner radius and drilling holes for the corners, yet all the rest is knowledge I didn't have previously. My worst fear regarding the project was not that I might be reducing the boat's value by making it usable for my short shaft motors, it was doing the project...

It looks like this project would be rather simple. I set the 18hp on the transom to get a visual idea of the available room.

I do appreciate that people took the time to reply/comment. With all due respect and not to be rude, yet I am guessing nobody that replied has ever tried to find a long shaft conversion kit for a 1971 Johnson 20hp before. NONE available in my area, and even if there was, the cost alone since...

Hi everybody. How many of you had to cut down a transom to accommodate a short shaft motor? The boat is a 1981 Smoker Craft Alaskan 14 footer and want to mount either my 1971 Johnson 20hp or 1950 something 18hp, both short shaft. Thanks, Matt

Nice looking boat Driftingrz.

Well 2inch might be over doing it, yet I think that's the smallest pipe around the yard...lol.When I go on the river, I am sick of the anchor just dragging across the bottom since the spots I fish do not have many good underwater rocks to snag with the anchor. So this pipe type anchor might just...

I think I might have some 10' pipe sections that are 2 inch. Once I get to the river to try it out I can post results if anybody else is wondering that river fishes also.

Has anybody used these on a fast moving river? and from the bow of the boat since that would help reduce drag from the current? To give a good idea of the speed/power of the current I am talking about. I use a 12lb river anchor and have to let out 50ft minimum anchor line before it grabs and...

Jdholmes, Thanks on giving me some tips on what to look for. The only type of foam work I did before was in the ice shanty and that was just the pink board stuff. As long as the weather holds out a bit I will cut into the inside walls tomorrow. I figure if I cut out about a few 3"x3" inspection...

I do not mind taking a cut off wheel on the grinder and cutting out a small section of fiberglass to check mine. My main problem is I do not know what waterlogged foam looks like, or how to tell if it is. I am just wanting to know how to tell if the foam is waterlogged once I see it. Once I...

A couple of decades ago I had an old Chrysler 7.5hp outboard. It did not come stock with electric start, yet had everything there to hook up a pigtail plug to go to your battery. FuzzyGrub mentioned about charge rate and I can second it. It was fine enough to keep a battery topped off as long as...

Not ripping it apart unless I know it is waterlogged though. Not sure how to tell without ripping it all apart either. Any suggestions?

I have a fiberglass Tuffy and the inside sides I believe are foam filled. I put some drain holes in the lower rear section and one side had some water in it, the other did not. Boat still sits level in the water. How do I make sure foam is not water logged? The foam is enclosed inside...