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    State of Minnesota

    Minnesota has had huge issues over the last year with vehicle and title registration. I just got a postcard for getting my new registration sticker. I look at the card and they have the year of my boat wrong. Being a vintage boat having the right year on the title is kinda important if you go to...
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    Trim tabs

    I am pondering the install of the trim tabs on my old aluminum boat. Problem is there is really not a straight edge on the transom area on the back. I plan on mounting the tabs as close to the lower unit as possible because that is where the hull is less curved.
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    Best tool to cut up a fiberglass boat

    Skill saw or saws all. I tried giving away a 14' arkansas travler nobody wants it. Time to go.
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    Middle Eau Claire Lake WI

    One of the few public operated locks left.
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    Windshield gasket

    So there has to be a secret I am missing when it comes to getting the gasket to stay in place on the windshield while it is being installed. I tried to put the gasket on before mounting and that did not work the gasket will not stay on. I tried to put the windshield in place then the gasket and...
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    Cool Find

    Anybody have any guesses about what makes this a special tree? It is a swamp oak and over 150 years old as a clue. The tree is in north central Minnesota.
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    Lone Star experts

    I saw this boat on a consignment lot evidently it is a 1958 or 1957. The windshield is that stock? It is plexiglass. The seat dividers do not look stock, look home fabbed. They boat looks ok but is it just extra parts added? The guy has a non period correct motor on it a 35hp evinerude and wants...
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    Vintage Starcraft question.

    Does anyone have any idea what kind of mahogany Starcraft used for it's bench seats in a 1957 era boat?
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    Nice Fish

    Went fishing off Cape Cod Saturday morning caught my biggest striper.
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    3M product used on rivets

    Can't find it is a discussion what is the 3m product you use on rivets before you buck them in?
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    Towing a boat Minnesota to Florida

    I have decided to pull the pin and move my 1448 jon boat from my home in Minnesota to the Gulf coast of Florida. I will have a spare and related tools will have new bearings is the trailer. What are the odds I can make the trek without issues of some kind?
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    Craig's list scam?

    I recently listed a boat on craigs, not a high value deal but still I have concerns. I listed a 1957 Alumacraft flying D for $650 there was a buyer in contact wishing 10 minutes of the posting being up. The guy also agreed to buy a Mercury Mark 55 that is in pieces for an additional $200 without...
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    Stumbled upon a project boat

    Well I thought I was clean I gave up my tri state scanning of Craigs list for boats for sale by owner. I was doing well without support groups. The other night I stayed up late was stressed out from work and had a few beers I figured what would it hurt to just take a glance at just the local...
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    Restoration forum question

    I do enjoy the restoration forum one of the first sections I check when I visit. I am in the process of getting back to my current resto project as summer winds down. I am curious about some resto projects, when I redo an old boat I feel it is important to have a period correct motor. I have...
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    I almost made it but in the end I didn't and I am not ashamed.

    My little girl got married Saturday afternoon to a fine gentleman. It was a beautiful day and the facilities were wonderful we all had a wonderful time. I made it thru walking her down the isle, I made it thru the father daughter speech and halfway thru the father daughter dance before I cried...
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    Block serial number

    I have what I thought was a mercury 400 according to the listed serial number. The serial number on the block is 1426900 no idea what year or model the block is? Any ideas? The serial number says it is not a 400 block but can not confirm what block it is?
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    Anybody going to Tomahawk?

    Any posters here headed to the Tomahawk National antique boat meet in Tomahawk WI next week?
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    MN DNR boat landing inspectors.

    Evidently randomly it seems the MN DNR has people at boat landings to inspect boats. I encountered an inspector at the boat landing yesterday morning. I was putting the boat in for a short test cruise to check some carb work. I don't linger or screw around when I go to launch the boat I get...
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    I am sure it was funny to watch.

    So after a stressful week at work my wife suggested we go boating last night. We went to a close lake and were on the water in 15 minutes. It was a beautiful evening and the old mercury 400 was running great. Was running down the lake when I heard a pop, little concerning but I looked back at...
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    Prop torque

    When I bought my Alumacraft Deep C it had a mid 60's Mercury 350 35hp motor, the prop torque was evident. I repowered with a Mercury 400 45hp and there is no evident prop torque. Is it possible that with the 45hp motor it gets up higher on plane thus somehow eliminating the torque? Both motors...
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