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    Fiberglass Boat Cover Supports

    Any thoughts on these style of cover supports? I have a new cover coming from a tin boats.net sponsor, and I would like to give it the proper support it deserves. My boat has the sockets, and I tried the wood versions with no luck. They bend, bowed, and were general pieces of scrap. They...
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    can you add rope start to an electric start motor?

    My motor is a '94 Evinrude 25 HP longshaft. It only has the electric start. I was thinking tonight that if I drained the main battery down to much, that I would be SOL in trying to start this thing. Can you add a rope starter to this motor? I also have a 30lb thrust trolling motor that runs...
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    Scoping out project ideas

    I've been thinking about some project ideas for my boat and I wanted to get some idea of how long these may take or cost. The boat is a '81 16' Lund Pike. She's a good solid boat, but has seen a lot of service in the last 32 years and needs some TLC to get another 30. She started out as a...
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    Thorne Bros Robbery

    From Thorne Bros facebook page: NEED YOUR HELP! Thorne Bros. needs your help with the following: Last night Thorne Bros. was burglarized. Please keep your eyes & ears open (Craigslist, Ebay, forums, etc.). We are looking for a large number of ION Augers (anything less than $499.99 should be a...
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    94 25p Evinrude won't stop

    It was a day of mixed blessings today. Got the boat back out after a two month hiatus (lots of crummy weather and other obligations) and got my first Walleye on the lake I was on! but then the motor started to act up in a weird way. The motor fired right up, and we were off to fish. We got...
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    Where to put the panels?

    So i ordered myself the 6 way fuse box and 5 swtich panel that I referred back to on a previous post https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=27168. They finally came this past week, and I think I have the wiring part figured out. Like I suspected, the fuse box does have a...
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    Trolling Motors and Batteries

    I have two trolling motors, one is a regular style located on the stern, and the other is a Minn Kota Auto Pilot mounted on the bow. The motor on the bow has it's own battery,and the one on the stern is has been connected to the starting battery. Do these motors need to have some sort of...
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