Recent content by mbullen

I suspect the definition has drifted over time to accommodate colloquial speak as well as hybrid constructions... ..but.. In my world, It's either a jon or a v-hull based solely on construction. (both being "utility" boats - which speaks more to function than construction) The v-hull being...

Your 12th digit would be a letter. [possibly an I? (April)] From 1972 to 1984, two formats were used: Straight Year Format - model year is the last two digits, month is a letter in position 9 (A-L) Model Year Format - The letter M appears in position 9. This drops the model year to...

Do you actually know more having the Daily Mail event in your quiver? Or do you now hold more outrage about the subject as a whole after having read their framing about an inconsequential exchange of words. How does a conversational exchange out of context further your knowledge? You guys are...

...and one more just for giggles. It is in fact *very* difficult to identify the sex of a skeleton. Especially pre-pubescent skeletons. I'm not a anthropologist with a PhD, but I do have an Bachelors in Biology and have spent some quality time at Dr. Bass' Body Farm. And ultimately, identifying...

This is the last post I'll speak to this matter. I knew better than to engage in non-boat material. I did not intend to weigh in on any of the controversy, in fact, I stepped in without even knowing the content of the controversy. I didn't even read the article until much later in the...

What I think is irrelevant and the ideas you present are not conveyed in that Daily Mail link. You are extrapolating beyond the information given. This is point I have been underlining. If you want actual news and information about any of that stuff, it is available from legitimate sources...

Its a tabloid gossip piece contextuized to illicit emotion. The swimmer was on a talk circuit of universities. A talk circuit. Not a class. Not a press conference. A circuit. The audience - who obviously lean conservative or they wouldn't be there - laughed at a response from a professor...

Well, if it was all over the news, zero of the AI aggregators can find it. This made me curious, so I actually read the DM article... This is not a story at all. Nor an article. It is a retelling of an response given to a conservative speaker on a university campus. There is no primary...

You will not find a news outlet without bias. You *will* find many outlets with extreme bias. First step is to eliminate those wholly. Even the most centrist outlets are subject to the bias of the reporters now as the traditional newsroom with editors does not exist. All outlets are...

The Daily Mail is garbage. No need to extract anything. In fact, I didn't even read the article, see the video, or need to discern the bias or absence of bias on any quotations. I dismissed the entire package because it came from a garbage source. This is the proper procedure to remain in...

You wouldn't need to do gearcase unless it's leaking. Even then, one can usually just replace it more frequently. If you find the milky tell-tale in the current gear oil, a pressure test is available to narrow the specific culprit. Otherwise, you're on the right track. Fuel lines might be...

yes, the formula is roughly 12.5lbs per cubic foot of interior volume. If floors and consoles came from the factory, that was already eliminated as accessible volume. Also, it's best to run a compression check on the current motor before jumping to 'rebuild'. Old 2-strokes rarely have to be...

The 'HP Capacity' is based on the boat's construction and the transom's ability to absorb torque and force. The factory engineers make that call. Anything in the neighborhood of the max rating is going to be comparable (unless your insurance company objects). The weight of a motor falls under...

For what it's worth, the Daily Mail isn't a credible source for anything. Even the kernels of truth are propagandized to create the outrage and friction evidenced above. I would suggest discovering primary sources that are not market-based tabloids rated with extreme biases.

The use of the Elgin badge makes it pre-1964. Sears is one of the most difficult private badges to decode, too. In the aluminum world, Sea Nymph and Myers carried most of the weight, but Lone Star, Arkansas Traveller, and others gained many short term contracts. Additionally, many years had...