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Starcraft Fishing 16’ Skiff, 60hp OB Motor - all systems NEW
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<blockquote data-quote="boatpasture" data-source="post: 472399" data-attributes="member: 25516"><p>Sounds like real good advice. Wish someone had clued me in to it a couple years back when I became obsessed with antique woodworking tools and mechanical watches.</p><p></p><p>I signed on to TinBoats to get educated and have learned a sh_t-ton already. This, particularly where it comes to small outboard–––about which I have very little knowledge–––and the extensive lore about brand reliability, weight, boat-loading and shape, noise, and so on. </p><p></p><p>Our decision matrix is evolving quickly. Really want to get ourselves onto the water this season. My son and I are fly rodders and do most of our fishing wading in freshwater creeks and along the edges of smaller, freshwater rivers. But we're close to the tidal Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers and my in-laws live along the Toms River and Barnegat Bay in NJ, a 4-hour drive up I-95. We want to go after some salt and brackish water rockfish, and shad, and snakeheads for a change, and have concluded this means a super easy-to-trailer-and-launch, no-frills, pointy, aluminum outboard skiff.</p><p></p><p>BTW, ever heard of Sea Maid boats? Early 1960's. Three aluminum thwarts and a bunch of rivets. 16-feet and a 90's era, 25 hp Mercury with a tiller? Think something like this might make a good starter boat? I recognize I'm asking before I've plugged it into the schema you wisely recommend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boatpasture, post: 472399, member: 25516"] Sounds like real good advice. Wish someone had clued me in to it a couple years back when I became obsessed with antique woodworking tools and mechanical watches. I signed on to TinBoats to get educated and have learned a sh_t-ton already. This, particularly where it comes to small outboard–––about which I have very little knowledge–––and the extensive lore about brand reliability, weight, boat-loading and shape, noise, and so on. Our decision matrix is evolving quickly. Really want to get ourselves onto the water this season. My son and I are fly rodders and do most of our fishing wading in freshwater creeks and along the edges of smaller, freshwater rivers. But we're close to the tidal Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers and my in-laws live along the Toms River and Barnegat Bay in NJ, a 4-hour drive up I-95. We want to go after some salt and brackish water rockfish, and shad, and snakeheads for a change, and have concluded this means a super easy-to-trailer-and-launch, no-frills, pointy, aluminum outboard skiff. BTW, ever heard of Sea Maid boats? Early 1960's. Three aluminum thwarts and a bunch of rivets. 16-feet and a 90's era, 25 hp Mercury with a tiller? Think something like this might make a good starter boat? I recognize I'm asking before I've plugged it into the schema you wisely recommend. [/QUOTE]
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