Recent content by BoyoBoyle

Thanks. Out in some clear water the motor pushes real nice. It can get pretty slow in lots of chop and wind.

Here it is, spent all summer working on it. Questions and comments please. Paid 500$ for the boat and trailer. Had a helluva time building it. https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2085035&id=72406282&l=8f8d75ec45

Wow! Thats awesome! That's exactly what i want to do with my boat. Im gonna have a trolley motor off the back and the rear seat offset to the right a bit and i've always had an idea to create a mini-console for GPS, Fish-finder, possible stereo, tray for miscellaneous, hooks for keys, whatever...

:o *Weight lifting off shoulders* (for now) Thanks!! And it doesn't seem too expensive! That way, it all peels off in the end i wont be too disappointed :D I'll probably pick up six or seven cans for my 18 footer though, but still... i hope it works out nice. Cavman.... THATS the color im...

to remove the paint? Well... Aircraft stripper isn't really that expensive, you can get a gallon for 30$ and that should be enough for a whole boat if you use it sparingly. I applied a decent coat on an area, would wait about 15-25 minutes and then scrape off the paint with a putty knife or...

I've been looking around trying to find exactly what to do when painting a boat, and i keep finding bits of info here and there, but I'm still confused. If you guys can help me out... that would be great! Ok, this is what i got. 18' jon boat, I sanded the whole thing down using Aircraft...

Exactly what i was thinking. Not only that, im thinking about buying a mini solar panel 12v charger, and when one battery dies down, i might switch to the other and charge the one the just died.

Thanks guys, but after looking around some other pages, it seems like my best option might be to get one of those perko switches, that way i have the ability to choose whether to run parallel or independently. Heres the site i found, does the diagram provided seem legit on how to use this...

redbug, you are the man! i see how it works. so when i go to charge my batteries, i can just plug into one battery and they both charge?

How do i hook up my batteries in parallel?

I have an 18' jon boat with a 55lb minn kota trolling motor on the back. It has no digital maximizer. Im looking for batteries and I found these Duralast batteries at autozone that are made for marine applications. I looked up the info and the one i would buy has 1000ca and 800 CCA and 180...

Ok... i just bought my 55 lb minn kota traxxis. Next week il be buying a battery for it. I already picked up the minn kota circuit breaker for it, so this means il need an extra wire connection from the battery(+) to the circuit breaker. I read the manual and Minn Kota suggests to use 6 gauge...

......might have to change the name

Thanks for taking a very complicated sounding problem and making it seem like a quick and easy fix! (im being optimistic but thanks a lot anyways!)

You know, its funny, my dad saw that and he told me about this old movie where he thinks the ghetto queen was taken from. Like it was some type of reference. Im thinking i might go find that movie, watch it, and if i like it, maybe take something from it for the name of the boat. Maybe a part of...