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I have a 16' Lowe. It only weighs 550 pounds and rated for 50 hp. I'll keep an eye on the transom...

You're just going to get more dents if you actually use it, so I would just leave them alone. As someone else said, character marks.

We'll all be running electric motors with satellite control. The government will "turn on" your motor on approved fishing days. Speed will automatically be governed by GPS location. I'll probably be dead by then.

As we all should. Unfortunately, we all know what's out there.

I grew up in various boats on Lake Erie, from 16 to 44 feet. I was also a professional mariner on The Great Lakes and a Maritime Academy graduate. Needless to say, I've spent a few hours on the water. I've witnessed a lot of stupidity. One of the best was a sailboat who thought he had...

They are called "Rules of the Road". I know it's water, but I didn't come up with the name. https://www.dco.uscg.mil/NavRules/ Learn them, love them. know them. Amazing, most boats don't have a horn or bell (or even a whistle). Funny, a guy has a $75,000 bass boat and a hand-held little air...

Check local dealers for "take-offs". Guy buys a new boat but wants a different trolling motor. They sell the "take-offs" at a deep discount.

Couple of the few tools I don't own is a set of torches and a welder. Before I retired I always had them available. Heat works wonders.

Just my 2 cents. Did this stuff for a living. "Knock'er Loose" is far better than PB Blaster. So is Kroil.

Lots of older two-strokes have pretty low compression. I've had a couple that 90 psi was normal. Mostly motorcycles. Some as low as 6:1, lower than 8:1 is common. Check the manual. Lots of thing can affect compression. Cranking speed, throttles wide open or not, air box on or off, type of...

The world is full of people you don't want to deal with. This sounds like one. Another boat will come along.

Have you seen the "vegans" that eat meat after they are out on the town and have had a few. Maybe a few too many. They go out and find a big greasy burger topped with bacon and cheese and cram it down their gullet. Kind of like a Muslim binging on pork and booze. Or a Jew eating cheese on...

Welcome to the zipper club! Congratulations, you survived. How long ago was your bypass surgery? I had the same, a triple bypass. Everything tasted like crap for six months. Took maybe a year to get my sense of taste back. Two years this November. Back up to walking the dogs two miles a...

Enjoy your extra dose of glyphosate with that fake meat. I'll take my glyphosate after it has been processed by a steer.

Some people work on electric circuits live. Some people work under their car with just a jack holding it up. Some people don't use a transom saver. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Boat = $$$$$$$$ Transom Saver = $

Not worrying about some scratches or dings is great. As long as it floats, and is in good mechanical shape (everything works like it should), and has all the safety equipment, what more do you need for fishing? I've owned some "show cars", and it's not always that great. A daily driver is a...

I have an old 16-foot Lowe Lunker II. Open boat with no benches to step over. Rated for only 50 hp, but the hull weighs less than 600 pounds. Flat floor, tiller, live wells, rod locker (I don't use the live wells). decent seat mounts. I learned to fish sitting down unless the gunwales are...

I hope their boats are better than their web site.

A nice 14-footer w/9.9 and trailer around here (NE Ohio) is $2500 and up. Condition means more than age. I have two buddies with 14-footers for sale right now. One has a very short transom, the other is like yours, split bench, walk-through, storage and live-well, only a 9.9 tiller. Both are...

Just my 2 cents. I just finished "overhauling" a trailer that's technically too small for my boat. Weight capacity is not an issue, it's the boat width and length. Installed bunks right next to the keel as well as out at the chine. The boat is 16' and the center bunks are 12', those at the...