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  1. BWR1953

    Nobody fishing?

    A few days ago, buddy took me to a 460 acre private lake and I fished from the bank while he and another friend did some work at the property. I wasn't expecting much, since it was so hot and the water was only a foot deep at the shoreline. Nice surprise with this 3.5 pound largemouth! 😎
  2. BWR1953

    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    I had to wait for a bunch of parts to come in. They're here now and a couple days ago I made a parts run to a local marine store to pick up some tinned 8 gauge wire and stuff for the trolling motor. I've also been busy "clearing" stuff from the garage by selling or scrapping things in there...
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    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    I have to figure out which gauges to use for the dash. The donor boat had some good stuff which is needed for that powerful XR6. I'll do some testing and mixing and matching to see what will work. I'll likely have to add another sensor or two for the engine. And also put in some indicator...
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    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    30 Aug 24 I have two Power-Pole Micro anchors for this boat. I got the first one installed.
  5. BWR1953

    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    29 Aug 24 I tested the trolling motor for operation today. It's a 12/24v Motorguide Brute with 67 pounds thrust. It tested fine. Should work well for this boat.
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    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    25 Aug 24 Got started measuring and drilling holes for the trolling motor. Ran into a supply problem and had to order some stuff, causing more delays.
  7. BWR1953

    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    21 Aug 24 Did some more layout testing for the trolling motor and got a bunch of screws removed. Left a few too. The "door" that clamps the trolling motor to the bracket was too tough for us to open, so I got my buddy to do that for me.
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    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    19 Aug 24 Got the boat back into the garage. It's still a mess in there though. Another task for another day. Gotta get the boat splashed first!
  9. BWR1953

    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    18 Aug 24 The garage was a total mess and had been for a long time. I won't say how it happened, but he's moved out now. :ROFLMAO: My wife and I had planned on going out that morning to get the garage cleared out enough to get the boat back inside to be worked on. Annndd.... I got out...
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    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    12 Aug 24 In spite of our best efforts over a couple of days, we weren't able to remove the jack plate ourselves. So, I took the boat over to my friend's house and made short work of the task. 😄 Close enough! (y) The PO told me that the tach never worked on the XR6 and that it...
  11. BWR1953

    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    28 Jul 24 We dropped the engine down as low as it could go in the jack plates and it was still too high above the AV plate. It needed to be removed.
  12. BWR1953

    1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

    Pix are working again. Time for a major update. :cool: I'll add the pix by date taken. In spite of the absolutely oppressive heat plus humidity and my limited mobility, progress did continue during the photo fiasco. Slow, but steady. Typical for me. :sneaky: Preface: "the boy" is gone...
  13. BWR1953

    Photo dilemma

    Many thanks to whomever had the right size hammer to fix that problem! :LOL:
  14. BWR1953

    Photo dilemma

    Pics are working again!
  15. BWR1953

    Curious, how are old boats disposed of that marinas refuse to haul out?

    I had an acquaintance who acquired a sunken 54' Bluewater for only $4k which had sunk at a marina. He had it recovered, then brought to his place which was nearby the marina. He had about 20 acres to work on it and over a couple years completely repaired and restored it to better than new...
  16. BWR1953

    Posting photos with ImgBB

    Does it require creating an account?
  17. BWR1953

    Why I do not have new boats.

    The reason that we don't buy new boats is that we don't have the money to afford them. Whatever size/type/style we're talking about. Period. :sneaky: Jeff Bezos spent a half a billion dollars for his yacht. He didn't consider making sure his ancient 2-stroke had the proper link n sync...
  18. BWR1953

    Photo dilemma

    It's been like a month now. Getting pretty discouraging. 🙁
  19. BWR1953

    Aluminum Hull Straighness?

    Pix definitely make the difference. Looks bent to me. I'd be all over the dealer, manufacturer, BBB and anyone else who could help. Bummer, man.
  20. BWR1953

    Aluminum Hull Straighness?

    Maybe one of the bunks isn't aligned properly?
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