smoody
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Let me finish that sentence, $54 for 50 ft of Aluminum L. 2 - 25' pieces
Very nice pics, man that place is nice
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Let me finish that sentence, $54 for 50 ft of Aluminum L. 2 - 25' pieces
Very nice pics, man that place is nice
seems like you found a good buy, that's cheaper than mine and no shipping either!
Yeah it's like nothing else up here, but we pay for it all winter long! (all 7 maybe 8 months of it) With that much winter you have to be into winter sports to stay sane - Had an ice rink in the backyard last year for the kids, that was fun! But it's ice fishing and snow machining for me with some occasional cold weather hunts too.
Yeah it's like nothing else up here, but we pay for it all winter long! (all 7 maybe 8 months of it) With that much winter you have to be into winter sports to stay sane - Had an ice rink in the backyard last year for the kids, that was fun! But it's ice fishing and snow machining for me with some occasional cold weather hunts too.
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dedawg1149
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nice pictures and nice pike =D>
That old girl was 42.5 caught last summer...managed a 44" this summer that weighed 20lbs and I had a client catch a 49" right after I suggested that he put on a secret lure. All released to fight another day.
50* right now, overcast and rainy - perfect for moose hunting! Speaking of weather, I sure feel bad for the folks in Texas; what a storm. Thoughts and prayers... [-o<
50* right now, overcast and rainy - perfect for moose hunting! Speaking of weather, I sure feel bad for the folks in Texas; what a storm. Thoughts and prayers... [-o<
Zum
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Thats a big fish...nice pics
Waterwings
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Nice pics.....but too cold for me, lol ! You know, I've always referred to them tracked vehicles as snowmobiles, until I heard Palin say on tv the other night that they're snowmachines. We learn something new everyday 
yep our governess has it right =D> =D> =D>
We call it that so we can tell who is from "outside" (another Alaskan term, like mainland in hawaii)
you can tell someone has spent time in the bush parts of Alaska if they refer to a snow machine as a sno-go. That's the common term in the villages.
We call it that so we can tell who is from "outside" (another Alaskan term, like mainland in hawaii)
you can tell someone has spent time in the bush parts of Alaska if they refer to a snow machine as a sno-go. That's the common term in the villages.
Waterwings
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We can tell who the "outsiders" are here..................they don't say "Y'all", which can be used in a singular or plural sense, lol
Waterwings
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8)
Well got it done, I'm happy so I guess that's all that matters!
I shortened it up to the first rib as I intended...it just took up to much floor space otherwise. Ended up doing the edge support by riviting angle to the side of the gunwale - it supports the ply on knife edge, not ideal but more than adequate in this case with the small spans involved.
rigging the vertical posts to the existing ply floor was more difficult, but I like my solution even if it's a little ways from perfect. Hard to explain, hopefully you can see it in the picture. I cut a small piece of angle and attached it to the floor oriented fore-aft. I simply riveted my vertical piece of angle to the piece on the floor with a single rivet so they could pivot to the proper angle. Once achieved I added a few more rivets to lock it down. It's plenty solid.
Decked it, added the vertical piece and carpeted all. Looks great, is the perfect function (life vests and anchor are all in there), and it's plenty strong and sturdy enough for my 200+lbs to take a couple foot step down off a river bank onto it with no problems.
Thanks for the tips, it all helped!
I shortened it up to the first rib as I intended...it just took up to much floor space otherwise. Ended up doing the edge support by riviting angle to the side of the gunwale - it supports the ply on knife edge, not ideal but more than adequate in this case with the small spans involved.
rigging the vertical posts to the existing ply floor was more difficult, but I like my solution even if it's a little ways from perfect. Hard to explain, hopefully you can see it in the picture. I cut a small piece of angle and attached it to the floor oriented fore-aft. I simply riveted my vertical piece of angle to the piece on the floor with a single rivet so they could pivot to the proper angle. Once achieved I added a few more rivets to lock it down. It's plenty solid.
Decked it, added the vertical piece and carpeted all. Looks great, is the perfect function (life vests and anchor are all in there), and it's plenty strong and sturdy enough for my 200+lbs to take a couple foot step down off a river bank onto it with no problems.
Thanks for the tips, it all helped!
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smoody
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Nice job, I like it! do you plan to deck out the rest of the boat?
hatch17
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I think it looks great!
dedawg1149
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looks good are you decking the rest of the boat
no more decking, just that bit up front to hide the plate reinforcing I had to do on the bow cracks. It still has to be utilitarian - hauling camping gear, moose, etc...just can't add the weight to do anymore and as narrow as the boat is (36" bottom) you wouldn't really want most of it decked...too tippy.
By the way - I had the boat up to 30mph going down river this past weekend - it's a fun little ride with that 50hp jet on it. :shock:
By the way - I had the boat up to 30mph going down river this past weekend - it's a fun little ride with that 50hp jet on it. :shock:
dedawg1149
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congrats on the speed just be carefull
Waterwings
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Nice job! 8)
huh, I wonder why the old attached pics aren't showing up in the thread? They come up if I click, but the dreaded red x is all I see in the thread.
Anyway - I lucked into a new old boat -this one a 1648 so a little wider which is needed badly! It has a little console, but it's way too far forward and the motor is only a 45. I probably will move the console, find controls for my 50, and swap motors. Boat needs some welding where the bottom was ripped from the transom by boulders, but other than that I probably won't do much to this boat other than a floor and some rod holders! Sorry she won't be a very interesting conversion but I'm excited anyway!
Anyway - I lucked into a new old boat -this one a 1648 so a little wider which is needed badly! It has a little console, but it's way too far forward and the motor is only a 45. I probably will move the console, find controls for my 50, and swap motors. Boat needs some welding where the bottom was ripped from the transom by boulders, but other than that I probably won't do much to this boat other than a floor and some rod holders! Sorry she won't be a very interesting conversion but I'm excited anyway!
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ben2go
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Looks good.I need a bigger boat also.
