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We have always had a little propane grill on our bigger boat (20ft pontoon), I have a little Coleman portable propane grill/stove (like the one in the picture but mine is red) that I take in my little tinny.

Best anchor you can buy IMO. These anchors will hold large boats in place and don't weigh a ton. Like others have said use a 3-5ft peace of chain, it help slide the ring back and forth.

My dads an amazing man that's for sure, he's a retired structural engineer so stuff like that comes real easy to him. I bet if I go through some old albums I could find some pics.

Yeah thats my next project, maybe this winter. Its a 1959 Serro Scotty that was given to me a couple years ago. The outside is a little beat up but the inside is in really good shape! I need to clean out the garage and pull it in this fall and start redoing the outside.

Nope all aluminum, it was originally a 21ft boat. After a engine fire and it sinking at lake Powell in 1986, my dad cut off the damaged transom and added 4ft to make room for a 350 small block inboard. We ran it for about 10 years before the motor through a rod. It again sat until about 2011...

This boat has been in our family since it was new. My grandfather bought this boat in 1955 in Portland, Or. It's been though a lot over the years, it's fallen off the trailer on Interstate 70, it's been on fire, it even spent a couple weeks at the bottom of Lake Powell. For the last couple years...

He's a little nutty, but he'll put you on some fish! And he drinks HOT Bush beer thats been sitting in the sun for who knows how long!

You should be able to unbolt the transom board and pull it out. Soak all the bolts in PB blaster. Use the old rotten board as a template and cut yourself a new one out of 1" plywood (marine grade if possible), or what ever thickness the old one is. If there are parts that are rivited you'll have...

Years ago I went fishing with a guide service out of Homosassa, Fl. I believe the guides name was Frank Roush. He ran twin tiller 115hp mercs on a 24ft (96" wide) homemade wooden flat bottom boat (that he made himself). He used his whole body to steer the motors by standing in between them and...

Yes way ahead of ya! Thanks for lookin out though! They are going to do a full tune-up on the motor (like the last guys was suppose to do), inspect the pistons/cylinders, check all the seals, and then swap out lower units.

I just called a marine shop/boat dealer and I'm dropping it off on Friday to have it tuned up "right"! They also have a lower unit off a 1976 110 there that might fit it. If it does they said they would trade me straight across for mine, I'll just have to pay for the labor.

Well the Mercury 110 is unsiezed! I soaked it overnight with PB Blaster, then used a brass rod to rattle the cylinder through the spark plug holes while turning the prop and presto chango the motor is free!! I'm still going to use the Ted Williams motor for a while though. I would like to find a...

Thanks for the tips guys. I do have some PB Blaster in the garage, I'll give it a try when I get home. I don't think I'll beat it with a hammer, I'll leave that to the professionals. And my Minn Kota 45 PowerDrive was delivered yesterday so hopefully I won't have to paddle my "unfortunate a$$"...

Heres a question for you. Before I left his shop he pulled the plugs and sprayed wd-40 in the holes. He said it could help loosen things up? Have you heard of that?

onthewater102 - Thats was the first thing I asked him. He said it was spitting water but not running. I guess I should clear up the fact that he's not a "boat motor mechanic" either. He has a small engine shop, works mainly on chainsaws, mowers, go-carts, ect. The closest marine machanic is...

Bad news on the motor front. While the mechanic was testing the newly overhauled motor it got extremely hot, he shut it off and left it over night. The next day he came back to a seized piston. Lame! He did give me a "cherry" 1973 Ted Williams 9.9hp as a replacement. I gave him what he had into...

I decided to go with gray hurciliner on the floor for now. I cleaned it up with a wire wheel and some solvent. Layed down 2 thick coats about 12hrs apart. It's coming together nicely! Now I just need the motor back and I can go test it out! Seats, fish finders, lights, and a power drive bow...

Carpet Still haven't decided on flooring.

Thanks for reminding me satx!

Put the girls to work swabbing the deck! Going to paint the inside tomorrow!