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    Whats Your Favorite Screen Name?

    Funniest or Sarcastic, Wise or just Witty ...<br /><br />SlowlySinking and Fkinscreenname are mine
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    Starcraft in Salt Water ... yea or nay?

    My buddies are blitzing me with no no no now that Ive already sent 1000 bucks down on the Starcraft ... I dont understand why other aluminum boats are ok in salt (aluminum yachts, trawlers, sportfisherman,(sportfisherMEN?) :p party boats, charter boats and coast guard boats just to name a...
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    First Mow with the Honda Mower!!!

    I was pleasantly stunned to find the 20 horse monster as velvet smooth as could be, the motor purring as quiet as a sewing machine motor but absolutely ripping thru the overgrown lawn at the Red Eagle, it didnt even slow down on the thick heavy stuff that the Lawn Boy had to chew its way thru...
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    Does the Honda tractor steering wheel use a tapered mount like a boat wheel does

    I need to change out the steering wheel on the honda to a snapper style handlebar, the honda folk figgered on tiny little ginks going bonzai around the bonsai trees ... <br /><br />its either that or remount the seat further back, and that might mess up that gorgeous, gleaming like a brand new...
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    War against the Oil Companies - Cheap Transportation

    I will NOT give up my beloved Crew Cab Z 71<br /><br />however, for running around getting lil schit, I dont need nine thousand nine hundred pounds of towing capacity<br /><br />My solution ... <br /><br /> <br /><br />Once i get my own set up going Ill take a picture of it and post it but for...
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    I bought a new tractor!!!!

    New to me anyway :p <br /><br />Well I took a ride (round trip was nearly a hunnerd miles) to check out the Honda<br /><br />three words ...<br /><br />oh <br /><br />my <br /><br />GOD!<br /><br />the house was a starter castle, monsterous thing, in a neighborhood where the average income had...
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    Honda Lawn Tractors ... Any good?

    A guy on another forum has a honda twin cylinder tractor for sale, says its great and always kept up etc etc<br /><br />anyone have experience with the honda? the pressurized oil system sounds great, should last longer than those splash lubed Briggs I/C motors
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    Not sure where it goes ...

    but the problem is this, putting an aluminum boat intot he salt for a long time, coccured to me that the Reynold Wrap fleet must be taking some sort of special deal with the devil ... The 110 foot Atlantic Star sits in salt water always. and its not a big puff of aluminum oxide The fiesta is...
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    Transport insurance???

    I am buying a boat in michigan and having it brought down to cleveland for me to pick up and take it the remaining 400 miles. The seller is buying "transit insurance", however when it is attached to my Delaware truck does it then become covered under my total coverage policy? (it has full...
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    Two quick painting questions ...

    the little tinny needs some painting on the inside, I was considering using rubberized pool paint. My buddy did this on a freshwater boat that never sees rough water, I wonder if anyone tried this on a salt water boat? Im hell on my boats, I use em HARD, and have been known to bounce off a sand...
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    Electric Legality

    Would using a genset to run multiple electric outboards cause problems with the law? you arent using a gas outboard!<br /> :D :confused: :D :rolleyes: :D
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    Low power draw trickle charger needed ... great idea if it can be figured out

    Like most of us, I am getting older, and the idea of cranking a 3 ton boat by hand is daunting to say the least.<br /><br />Idea:<br /><br />Mount a battery box on the boat trailer and hook it to the electric boat winch, blah blah blah, standard set up<br /><br />heres where it gets different<br...
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    How bad is the OMC stringer drive?

    I am a bit of a Starcraft Nut, and my idea of the Perfect Ocean and Bay boat is the 26 Islander, a massively deep, wide and sleek beast that is also relatively light and therefore fuel efficient. I am considering a 3.8 GM V6 equipped with the infamous "Stringer" drive, do they deserve the bad...
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    NJ Requirements .. whats needed to make a 16 footer legal?

    its a gas/ electric runabout, used in salt and fresh water, any idea what is needed to make it pass inspection if a coastie decides to give it the once over?<br />Thanks!
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    Bimini made from PVC tubing?

    I have an idea for a top using two inch schedule 40 PVC tubing to make a standing room high top for a 16 foot Starcraft, the latest addition to the fleet<br /><br />I need to find a clear primer (not purple) and a clear cement (not orange) of course, since Im just going for a little grab and not...
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    Hey, I like this name change thing!

    And its soooooo ME! :p <br /><br />I know, I know, its gotta go!<br /><br />lol
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    Transmission whine??? WTF???

    coming home Red made a weird noise, a whine right around 2700 before it would shift<br /><br />i didnt think to hold it in gear at that RPM to see if the whine persisted<br /><br />it also makes a slight shudder from dead stop, something I attributed to the jackshaft set up, its a two piece...
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    Guess my pic is a perp too

    anyone want to resize it to something acceptable?<br /><br />behave now, NO MICROFICHE!<br /><br /> :p
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    Little Red Truck, where for art thou?

    Methinks it got poofed!<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />(edit)<br /> :D :D :D :D :D :D <br /><br /> :p
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    What do you think of the Garmin V GPS?

    Iboats has it for 341 with shipping, and it has turn by turn directions like the neverlost system, and fishing grounds built into it from what I understand<br /><br />its a bigger screen too, and works in portrait or landscape modes<br /><br />that Street Pilot III is nice but way too much...
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