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So I live in Anchorage and certainly enjoy the outdoors. But I recently took a business trip to rural Alaska and thought I would briefly share how it turned out. The meeting was held in a lodge in the Bristol Bay region. The lodge is accessible by boat or float plane only. Great meeting...

After many a year plying the waters of Oregon, I have taken a job in Anchorage. Gotta' get there almost immediately so the Gregor will be left behind and sold. It will be fun to check out the fishing and boating action up there and I will be sure to stay in touch. Any Alaska tin-boaters...

As I move through the mods on my tin, I am always trying to be aware of the net weight gain. (Though I did not use aluminum framing...next time.) Buddychrist's thread (Top Speed!!!) motivated me to actually check what effect adding the weight of the mods had on top speed. The boat is a 1244 v...

HF currently has a half-price special on their wheeled trailer jack. I got one Sunday. Looks well-enough constructed, easy installation and works just fine. A couple of caveats; the nut securing the wheel assembly was missing (quick trip to HD solved that) and there is no way to lock the crank...

My new-to-me Gregor 1244 has aluminum channel mounting brackets on the transom for securing launch wheels. Here is a pic of the starboard bracket. I haven't seen them on a boat, but they seem like a good way to get the boat off the trailer to service the trailer, without having to set the...

I came across this Gregor 1244 welded V last summer. It’s a 1979 with an Evinrude 9.9 of the same year. The tin was smaller than what I originally had in mind, but in nice condition overall and pretty much stock. The hull has a 15 inch transom and is rated for 20 hp. The motor started right...