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The last "Let's See Your..." series that I started was for Webley top-breaks...
~ ~ ~ Ahoy the forum, let's see how you escape on the water ~ ~ ~
It's the middle of the summer -- Let's See Your Boats!
I'll start...
I had my son Captain our Arima 19' Sea Ranger (with 130 HP Honda 4-stroke) when we were on vacation, while I floated in Rangeley Lake with a waterproof GoPro camera & housing...
I haven't gotten anywhere near starting all the editing to join all the clips together yet, but I did snag a couple of screen shots of the "drive by" pictures to share with you here.
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ps: That hull and sheer line, plus the way she runs, sort of reminds me of a PT Boat...
Then again, I do have two "Cannons" aboard!
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cas wrote:I have a 24' Sea ray that I'm sawzall'n into little pieces and throwing away with the household trash.
Kinda like a scavenger hunt kit boat?
I have owned and sold several boats. I used to have a commercial salmon fishing license but just fished as a hobby and to make my fishing trips pay for themselfs.
Not much to look at. 1968 12' aluminum boat with a 1951 Evinrude 2HP motor on it. Did it's job, caught a lot of fish, and contributed to a lot of recreation. Of course it wouldn't pull a water skier and wasn't too good in a heavy head wind but you can't have everything.
I gave it to a nephew and of course he ruined it - sanded it and painted it. Took all the character out of it but it's still going strong.
My 11' Eagle Canoe. (don't laugh, it's paid for ) It weigh 45 pounds - less than 1/4 my weight. Last time I was out fishing I hooked into a Ulua (Giant Trevally - Caranx ignoblis) that towed me around for almost an hour before the hook finally pulled lose.
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Very nice , guys. Arima and Grady White are brands spoken of in hushed, respectful tones among those who seek tuna 30 miles off the Oregon Coast.
I have a nice, boring 16-foot Jetcraft and will soon start a build -- Sam Devlin's Candlefish 16.
Ji in Hawaii wrote:My 11' Eagle Canoe. (don't laugh, it's paid for ) It weigh 45 pounds - less than 1/4 my weight. Last time I was out fishing I hooked into a Ulua (Giant Trevally - Caranx ignoblis) that towed me around for almost an hour before the hook finally pulled lose.
??? Why is it necessary to protect the outrigger like that?
Don't have a good photo of mine all by itself, but here's one I took last week on a remote wilderness lake that I took my family into. Mine is the white one ... a 17 & 1/2 foot Kevlar with protective gel coat for all the rocks we have up here. Total weight is 51 pounds, it is fast, and can carry a lot of heavy gear. My oldest son's canoe is the brown one ... an 18 foot Kevlar canoe that can carry massive amount of gear and still move fast. The other two we borrowed. The red one is a 14 foot Kevlar, light but the shorter the canoe, the slower it is in the water. The other greyish one is an Old Town .... almost indestructible but it weights a ton ... a real gut-buster on rough portages. I would never get one myself. On the trip was my wife and I, my youngest son and his wife, and our two daughters and we invited their boyfriends to come along. It is always good to see how a boyfriend does in the wilderness .... lugging gear over portages, coping with primitive conditions, bears and cougars, pitching and taking down camp, etc.
Kirk: An old geezer who loves the smell of freshly turned earth, old cedar rail fences, wood smoke, a crackling fireplace on a snowy evening, pristine wilderness lakes, the scent of
cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester. Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
Beautiful picture Kirk. A good canoe is the height of my aspirations for water craft. Can't post pictures any more and I gave my canoe to my son a couple of years ago, just to old and stove up to use one now.
JerryB II Corinthians 3:17, Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
You are right, Jerry. I've been a lot of places in the north with my canoe, that I'd never be able to get to with any larger boat.
Kirk: An old geezer who loves the smell of freshly turned earth, old cedar rail fences, wood smoke, a crackling fireplace on a snowy evening, pristine wilderness lakes, the scent of
cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester. Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
Down to three choices for a fishing kayak for both fresh and salt water. You need a bit more length, generally speaking, in a kayak used for near off shore than on most lakes. So I'm looking at some of the longer models.
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"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
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Modoc ED wrote:Not much to look at. 1968 12' aluminum boat with a 1951 Evinrude 2HP motor on it. Did it's job, caught a lot of fish, and contributed to a lot of recreation. Of course it wouldn't pull a water skier and wasn't too good in a heavy head wind but you can't have everything.
I gave it to a nephew and of course he ruined it - sanded it and painted it. Took all the character out of it but it's still going strong.
Awesome little Mirrocraft, we have a twin in the extended family. Someone gave it to me I eventually gave it to my bro-in-law and nephew, with the condition they give it away when done with it.
Your motor is considerably newer than '51, more like '71. The confusion may come from Evinrude recycling names. Some of those '70s were called Sportsman, and Evinrude made a Sportsman 1 1/2 hp-2 hp single cylinder through the 40's. The new twin cylinder 3 hp that came out in 1950 pretty much replaced all the smaller models. And yes, I collect old outboards.
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I'm not paranoid because I carry a gun. Why should I be paranoid. I've got a gun.
I fish a lot of streams and small water. Some of it has very limited access, so most hard bottom boats I couldn't get near the water with. I bought a one man pontoon boat about 10 years ago, and love it! Several friends have them also, and we can access all sots of great places to catch fish!
