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    Solar Panels for Trolling Motor

    I'm having trouble keeping my trolling motor batteries charged up, especially when out on the water for more than 1 day with no or not enough power to recharge the batteries. As a result I'm planning to install a couple of solar panels on top of my boat. I built an aluminum canopy to replace...
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    Carbon Monoxide Warning Sticker

    I notice that here in Washington State that any boat powered by a gas motor must have a carbon monoxide warning sticker to inform passengers of the dangers of carbon monoxide. This even includes outboard motors. I guess that the operator is exempt from carbon monoxide. :rolleyes: I must get...
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    What Winter Looks Like Outside

    Thought I'd show some pictures outside taken a few days ago when the frost stuck to the trees. Deer have dug in the lawn for grass and grandkids left remnants. Looking a little further southerly. The aspen trees are rather large in a wetland and the pines add to the windbreak.. Today it...
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    Elk Hunting

    I just got back from elk hunting in the Blues. The hunt was in a spike only area and I bagged mine on the first day. Didn't see another person in the area. My son-in-l;aw and wife came down the following day and helped me bone it out and pack it up to the top where we could get at it by...
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    1986 Bayliner and Calkins Trailer

    I'm a tin boat person so this is a new venture for me. A friend (at least I think so) gave me this boat and trailer. 1986 15' Bayliner with a 85 hp Force OB and a 9.5 hp Evinrude trolling motor. There are some cracks in the transom gel coat and I assume glass. This indicates to me a failed...
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    Towing without a tire

    Went down to the Snake for some fishing last week and towed my home built trailer along. The tires were shot but I figured that I should be able to get in one more trip before taking the time to replace them. Well, that didn't quite work out as planned. Somewhere along the way home one of...
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    1976 Evinrude 75642D Water in Cylinder?

    I bought a 1976 75 hp Evinrude that the PO said needed a new head gasket since there was some light colored foamy stuff on the middle spark plug. This was last fall and I've been sitting on it ever since. When I pulled the plugs I noticed a trace of tan colored stuff on the center cylinder...
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    Wild Flowers in Your Area.

    I'm noticing the progression of wild flowers in my area. We get a few months of various wild flowers here in the scab lands. The first flowers to show this spring were yellow daisies. Next came the wild onions. Wild onions are all over the place. Following the onions came some yellow...
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    Fishing equipment for Snake River

    I'm gearing up for this year's springers in the Snake. Today I poured some sinkers with claws for the upcoming spring Chinook fishery. This fishing from the bank requires some serious holding type sinkers since we fish in the rapids. Here are some pictures of the home made molds and pouring...
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    Whistling Well

    I'm wondering if others have a well that expels air very often. I just returned fro the shop and herd this sound like a high pitched alarm coming from the well area. When I went over to investigate a lot of air was coming out of the well top screened hole. When I put my finger over the hole...
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    Pickup Canopy Extension

    Correct if this is not in the right place. Since I ran out of abrasive chop saw wheels, I moved on to another project. I hope to try some steelhead fishing in the Snake next week and don't really want to pull my homemade camping trailer or put on my camper I thought that I'd upgraded my...
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    Tools, Old - New and Uses

    I suppose this has been done before but I thought it could be interesting if we did a thread on tools we use and how we use them. This could be both informative and keep us occupied during the upcoming winter months. I know that many of you have lots of tools and some that many of us have...
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    Theory of electrical noise in boats

    I looked for something already discussed regarding electrical noise and the theory behind it. I either missed it or failed to see it (its happened before). I have a background in metering AC electricity and see lots of similarities especially when there is a form of AC on the DC system...
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    1963 16' Star Dust I believe

    I'm new to this forum and haven't posted anything before so I'm checking to see if anyone is interested in my rebuild of this 1963 16' Starcraft. I purchased it around Feb. of this year and have done some work to it already. I didn't take any pictures of when I bought it. It had left the...
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