billhowardoutdoors
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Well, a little history first. I am an outdoors columnist for 8 newspapers in North Carolina, and freelance writer. I am currently working on 3 books (yes, all at the same time...), two of which are based on North Carolina's outdoors opportunities and one called Bowfishing the Slam. I am an avid bowhunter.
For my books, I need to hit the water for a variety of activities consisting of hunting both rivers and lakes, fishing the same, and bowfishing which will also take me to the coast (sound and Intercoastal Waterway).
That's why I went with this baby. It is a 14 ft Starcraft I got on trade for a canoe that I owned. The Evinrude is a 25 hp, and runs on first pull. I will need to fix the recoil for the rope on the motor though. One of the previous owners of the Starcraft used it for flounder gigging at times. Bowfishing requires a similar platform but I want to change it up a bit. I am redoing it all, so first had to pull everything out. I will be building a 6 ft platform and the other 8 ft will be floored from back to the platform. I am not going to use bench seats, preferring a more open boat. I am either going with 2 or 3 batteries as I will use 12 volt led lighting for bowfishing rather than a generator. I will be filming so I want to get rid of the noise. Speaking of filming, I will also have mounts for two cameras that will be aiming down toward the boat for an overhead view. On the sides, I will run shelves that will include rod/drink holders. Battery and extra storage will be under the platform.
As you can see, I have a few 'challenges' in making this work, but I've done the homework and I just need to make it happen and then test my design.
Hope ya'll enjoy as this moves forward, and I look forward to hearing from you with any suggestions also.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1151...ms/5846091244187399553?authkey=COurx9C47fPjaA
For my books, I need to hit the water for a variety of activities consisting of hunting both rivers and lakes, fishing the same, and bowfishing which will also take me to the coast (sound and Intercoastal Waterway).
That's why I went with this baby. It is a 14 ft Starcraft I got on trade for a canoe that I owned. The Evinrude is a 25 hp, and runs on first pull. I will need to fix the recoil for the rope on the motor though. One of the previous owners of the Starcraft used it for flounder gigging at times. Bowfishing requires a similar platform but I want to change it up a bit. I am redoing it all, so first had to pull everything out. I will be building a 6 ft platform and the other 8 ft will be floored from back to the platform. I am not going to use bench seats, preferring a more open boat. I am either going with 2 or 3 batteries as I will use 12 volt led lighting for bowfishing rather than a generator. I will be filming so I want to get rid of the noise. Speaking of filming, I will also have mounts for two cameras that will be aiming down toward the boat for an overhead view. On the sides, I will run shelves that will include rod/drink holders. Battery and extra storage will be under the platform.
As you can see, I have a few 'challenges' in making this work, but I've done the homework and I just need to make it happen and then test my design.
Hope ya'll enjoy as this moves forward, and I look forward to hearing from you with any suggestions also.
https://plus.google.com/photos/1151...ms/5846091244187399553?authkey=COurx9C47fPjaA