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Anyone care to share any good fishing/boat related black friday deals they have ran across? Always good deals to be had on electronics especially. I bet there will be some good ones in lifepo4 batteries too.

I have my older 45 lb thrust bow mount Motorguide trolling motor wired straight to a basic lead acid battery in a battery box on the floor behind my small front deck. I plan to upgrade to a 100ah lithium battery asap plus I want to get rid of the battery being in the way plus the wires sitting...

Slowly been tackling my first foam removal project here and there. Thus far I have experimented with a hammer, flat fry bar, drywall knife, oscillating tool with cutting blade, and a wire cup on a drill. I've found that all seem to have their uses depending on the access available and prying...

I probably already know the answer to this, but anyone else had problems with this new style EPA compliant cap? Its what came on the Moeller 3 gal tank that was included with my Yamaha F25. Motor randomly starves for fuel at high rpms, which is why I'm not really concerned it's anything motor...

I bough this 1989 Fisher Marsh Hawk 3V a couple of weeks ago as potential winter project. It is a 16' x 48" mod-v riveted hull. The boat is all aluminum aside from the transom and the hatch lids which is nice. It has two small ~10 gallon livewells, one at the rear of the front deck and the other...

Can anyone tell me anything about this model of boat? Primarily the bottom width, hp rating, how much wood is in it etc. I found one for sale that is in pretty rough condition about an hour and a half away from me. It's fairly cheap but given what I can tell from the ad pics it is in need of a...

What's the boards opinion of diy honing using a drill chucked ball hone on 2 stroke outboards? I have a few 25hp Yamaha motors to rebuild and was planning on rebuilding myself, including the honing... so I asked a question on a Yamaha facebook page looking for advice on which hone to buy. Had a...

Random question and probably not totally relevant for this subforum (delete or move if needed)....but has anyone on here ever worked on an old Airstream camper? In a way, seems like it may have some similarities to the aluminum boat restoration world. I was just curious if anyone here has...

One of the bolt holes where the lower unit attaches is stripped out on my Yamaha 30. The bolt is an M10x1.25 with 40mm thread length. What length helicoil insert should I look to buy for this job? I've only used one once before and it was a thu hole scenario so I didn't have any worries about...

I know to avoid treated boards for trailer bunks for aluminum boats. What about for fiberglass hulls? My dad has an older Procraft fish and ski that needs the bunks replaced so I was going to help fix his sometime soon.

Yall have any tips for repainting cowlings to look OEM? I'd also be interested in tips to do camo paint job on them. I have about 7 or 8 cowlings off of various year Yamaha 25s (2cyl, 2 carb models). Most all are in decent shape as far as as the condition of the fiberglass. A couple have some...

The pics below are from a few years back when I mocked up my trolling motor bracket. The bracket is a bent sheet metal type that Alumacraft sells specifically for their flatbottom jons. I ended up putting two 1/4" x 2" sheet metal screws in the rear flange into the deck and then used three...

Would anyone be interested in purchasing some parts off of a short shaft 1982 Mercury 9.8 hp? I have one I got as a project a few years back. Done a decent bit of work on it but keep finding things I need to fix if I want to sell it comfortably as a complete and running motor. The coils are on...

Anyone used the Boat Buckle brand auto retractable transom tie downs? They have a larger model and a mini model. I know the mini model is is zinc plated which is a turn off even though I'm exclusively fresh water. I think the full size model is stainless though. There are also similar products...

I'm working on fixing up an old 1990 Yamaha 25 that I've posted a little about on the motors forum. I have determined that this thing will absolutely need new battery cables if I get the motor fixed up to that point that it's worth the time/money. In the meantime I figured I'd decide what I am...

With the current prices of plywood, BCX, OSB, etc what are some alternative materials for replacing a transom? I've personally only used plywood in the past which was easy to work with and, at the time, cheap. Even with the current prices, I suspect that may still be the cheapest option...

I picked up a 1990 Yamaha 25, model 25ESD, Friday. Had good even compression and started and briefly ran so I got it. Got home and checked the spark and looked it over good and found nothing that stood out....until I looked up the plugs that came out of it. Thought they looked incredibly small...

I'm kicking the tires on getting a Minn Kota Terrova for my 1648 flatbottom (new or used). I see the shortest shaft length available is 45" shaft which isn't too long but ideally I'd still like it shorter. If I could find a good used one I would have no hesitations of cutting shaft down to...

Anyone with any experience adding a NMEA 2000 engine interface to a newer Yamaha F25 EFI? I know the amount of data that can be displayed varies by model size. I know it will show rpms and engine hours but would be interested to know if it also shows things like engine temp, water pressure, and...

I'm in need of an anchor light for a small 1440 jon boat I'm working on. My 1648 has one of the nice flexible 48" led ones that THMarine sells and my original plan was to buy a second base for the 1440 and just use the one light between the two boats. Then I saw that the base alone is almost $50...