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  1. JB

    Boat names.

    This is the biggest group of boaters I have conversed with, and it is the first group that almost never mentions a name for their boat. It's "my Bayliner", or "our pontoon", etc., etc. This is also the only group that doesn't know my boat as "Sunshine III", rather than "my Whaler".<br /><br...
  2. JB

    Trailer help

    If you know boat trailers see my post in the trailers board.<br /><br />Thanks
  3. JB

    Help me buy a trailer

    See my post on the TRAILERS board.
  4. JB

    New trailer for my BW 17'

    Someone clobbered my trailer in the parking lot while I was on the water last weekend. Got it home, but the frame is seriously distorted. Got offered $300 in trade for a new EasyLoader (sp?). I had an EasyLoader back in the early 80s and as I recall it lived up to its name.<br /><br />Is $1500 a...
  5. JB

    To whom should I give this little motor ??

    I have an '84 Johnson 2 hp long shaft motor that was used as a kicker on my Whaler Montauk by the previous owner. I've repowered with a 4 stroke and don't need a troller. The engine starts and runs well but is very touchy about the jet adjustments. It could probably use a carb overhaul. It has a...
  6. JB

    Ahoy, Montauk and Fishnff!

    I said I would report on the Suzi/'Rude 70 EFI 4 stroke. I spent a couple of hours propping her out today. With a 14x18" SS I got 38 mph (GPS) at 5800 rpm Started easy as a car, quiet as a car. Excellent hole shot, smooth, quiet cruise at 4000 rpm, upper 20s in mph.<br /><br />My Son's Merc 90...
  7. JB

    OMC 2hp water pump

    I have recently bought a 1984 Johnson 2 hp kicker that was in sad shape. Overhauled the carb and magneto. Compression seems good. Got hot after about 10 minutes running so I ordered a water pump kit from a dealer. When I dropped the lower end to replace it I found that it didn't fit. The...
  8. JB

    Sturgeon Bay, WI chinook run

    Back in the early 80s I fished the channel at Sturgeon Bay for chinook salmon in August and September. We caught some monsters.<br /><br />Is that run still active? Are the catches still good?<br /><br />Who has fished there recently that can give me an update? I live about 1200 miles away now...
  9. JB

    Trim 'n' Tilt transferability

    Can the power trim assembly from a 1980 OMC 100 be transferred to a similar vintage OMC 70? Has someone done this swap?
  10. JB

    Ficht and four strokes

    I am investigating repowering my 17' Boston Whaler Montauk. I have the original 1980 Evinrude 100 on it and she is a tired old gas hog. I fish big water, often 20 or 30 miles from the nearest human being and I am getting paranoid about a major breakdown with only a 2 horse kicker to get me home...
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