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    Bob Weir of Grateful Dead passed on.

    My wife of blessed memory told me that she used to go to the concerts in Rochester where the Jefferson Airplane would play in the city while the Dead would play at the Rochester Institute of Technology. When the concert at RIT was over, the Dead would come downtown and jam with the Airplane deep...
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    Bob Weir of Grateful Dead passed on.

    Just last night he joined Jerry and they will be riding that train..
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    Replacing a transom on a 1989 Starcraft Islander.

    Just a little update. The kicker is parked in the garage on its stand and 99% of all the nuts and bolts connecting the wood to the aluminum have been disconnected. At first the bolts where I used M5200 to seal the bolt holes were a real pain and quite discouraging , but then I started using...
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    Cigarettes, shocked!

    Ok, that brings me to. Eh no, I'm not going there. Happy new year.
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    Cigarettes, shocked!

    Cigarettes are a great source of income for the reservation stores. In western NY there is a little factory where the cigarettes are made and they are sold in the store nearby.
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    Another boring winter day in northern Wisconsin

    Yesterday morning driving along Lake Ontario's southern shore there were branches flying through the air, but the lake was flat . The wind pushed the waves down and whatever was not pushed down went up as white foam and chunks of ice were surfing and skipping on the water.
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    My safety tip of the day is...

    Just a small update. Right now near the East end of Lake Eerie close to Buffalo the water has been pushed so hard by the wind that the level there is 8 feet higher than it was a few days ago and some sections of route 5 are flooded. That also means that the water on the west end is probably...
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    maybe changing from 4.3 liter cobra to 175 Suzuki outboard on a Starcraft Islander Islander.

    xxx
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    maybe changing from 4.3 liter cobra to 175 Suzuki outboard on a Starcraft Islander Islander.

    So I can launch and load at the ramp without doing damage. And why vertical? It worries me to trailer travel with the thing sticking out backward and possibly cracking the transom up, while when vertical the center of gravity stays a bit farther forward and it has less back and forth energy.
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    My safety tip of the day is...

    Charters return because most clients do not puke over the side as they are told to do and charter boat captains hate cleaning up other people's puke .
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    My safety tip of the day is...

    These waves on the Great Lakes are a lot more destructive than they would be in the ocean. The wave periods are much shorter which means that instead of 8 or 9 seconds apart , they are 3 to 4 seconds apart. That makes a 25 foot wave in Lake Ontario about as destructive as a 40 to fifty foot wave...
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    maybe changing from 4.3 liter cobra to 175 Suzuki outboard on a Starcraft Islander Islander.

    That was my original thought and I sort of retreated from that idea. What I would really like is a bracket/jackplate with an hydraulic piston or electric actuator that raises the outboard vertically instead of angling away and up, but so far I have not found one that will raise the outboard...
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    1990 bayliner trophy 24 foot walkaround

    Moving the engine farther back by adding a bracket will cause the stern to lay deeper in the water. Besides, I am not sure that you need a kicker with that engine. It looks like that engine can go slow enough for trolling. A good splashbox will keep the water out and removing a kicker that you...
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    Repainting a 1989 221V Starcraft Islander

    That is a nice idea, except that Lake Ontario changes color all the time. It is very often clear as glass. Near the rivers it is brownish after rains and then there is the green water I am always looking for because that is nutrient rich and where the fish hang out. If I follow your advice I...
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    What could these brackets be for?

    As a dodge guy he is probably able to read and recognize parts hidden under many layers of rust...
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    maybe changing from 4.3 liter cobra to 175 Suzuki outboard on a Starcraft Islander Islander.

    I have been looking for a 30 inch shaft. So far I have not found one. And yes I plan to have a splashwell, although a fairly small one. Part of the reason for the change is that I want to get rid of the big doghouse so I have more work space for fishing which is what this boat is all about. I...
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    maybe changing from 4.3 liter cobra to 175 Suzuki outboard on a Starcraft Islander Islander.

    The 700 pounds is divided between the engine and the outdrive. The engine is 560 pounds and rests on the stringers. The outdrive rests on the transom and weights about 150 pounds. So I would shift the weight backward onto the transom when installing the outboard.
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    maybe changing from 4.3 liter cobra to 175 Suzuki outboard on a Starcraft Islander Islander.

    I am almost done pulling the transom (very sloddily installed 2 years ago) out of my 1989 Starcraft Islander and as usual I ask myself if I should take the big step and remove the I/O and change to an outboard. With the transom being replaced, now would be the time to do it. I'm eying a new 175...
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    Less people in box stores.

    It is probably the reason why I like going to Costco. That place is always jam packed. As for Sears, It never was a favorite of mine.
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    Sewing machine for canvas,Which brand??

    I use a 80 year old pedal driven Singer made for horse tackle and leather sewing. If you can find a beast like that , you're in business
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