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The new ACQ and copper-based PT wood is nowhere NEAR as durable as the old PT. Very often, it is made using a terrible grade of wood...

CDI makes a decent rectifier/regulator. OEM is very expensive nowadays. Not sure if I'd venture into the tractor/motorcycle...

I think you are right. The only difference I see in most of them is the material the pigtails are made of. For what it's worth, out...

That is exactly what I was referring to in an earlier post. Mount them bottom center, and they will work well. In fact, they make...

Here is what a casting deck from the front bench to the bow looks like in my boat. It's very useful.

I just did a Starcraft Mariner-V 16 foot. I used 5/16" SS carriage bolts in replacement of the long rivets, with the smooth heads out...

Of course, sometimes you catch them in the middle of the day. This was my last trip out for striper - 49" caught on a jig and a bass...

45" and 47", at night, caught on the dark side. You could catch all the 20-30" fish you wanted directly under the lights. Slower...

Doug, In the Chesapeake Bay, around the CBBT, we catch them right under the lights, but the really big ones often prefer to sit just...

Excellent, FuzzyGrub! I signed on tonight just to post that the wood WAS pressure treated. That explains why it was still solid...

I would have to search. They sell them at West Marine, but the price was kind of crazy. I make them on an as-needed basis. Not sure...

You, my friend, must have never gone, or at least not when it was good! I have a place, where you catch nothing in the daytime, but at...

Personally, I would just put it on the floor right behind that front bench. Actually, I would build a deck extension over that front...

Growing up in Florida, sometimes fishing in the daytime wasn’t so great, and you got roasted. So we would go to Port Canaveral and fish...

Hey…. For what it is worth, having a bright all-around light on a tall pole works well at night. I use a 48” long pole and these LED...