Recent content by 57chris

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    Big Cobia!

    It's been a while since i've posted, I finally stopped working on boats and started fishing on them! My brother and I frequently go out of Port Isabel, TX and head for the rigs hunting Cobia, Dorado, and big sharks. This weekend we finally found the big Cobia, battled them all day on light...
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    cheap round carb knobs?

    I'm looking for round knobs for my '57 Johnson 18, i've seen some knobs on ebay but they go for about 25 bucks a piece. If anyone's seen a cheaper source of these aftermarket or factory alternatives, please let me know. Thanks for looking! :)
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    VIP Sea Stealth

    Well, i'm finally starting a thread about a boat that I don't have to work on, lol. This is actually my brother's boat, but we live together and never fish without each other, so i'm as excited as he is. The boat is a 1997 Sea Stealth made by VIP, 22' deep V with a 150 Yamaha. The boat looks...
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    thinking of making a pontoon boat out of a catamaran

    I have a 16' catamaran sitting here, I took it apart to work on the hulls which are pretty much pontoons and now i'm thinking it would be fun to make something out of. I have two ideas, one is simply converting the old top frame into a deck, and the other is to build a new and longer deck for...
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    I let the pro's do it, lol

    My brother has a 1983 17' Dargel Skout, which is a flat bottom tunnel hull with a semi V on the front. He bought the boat used a about a year ago and it was allready pretty beat up on the bottom from being used in the shallows, but recently started taking on water. You could tell where the...
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    First sailboat, project Hobie cat 16

    I came across what looks like a deal, and i've allways been interested in learning to sail..It's a 16' Hobie Catamaran, guy has a good trailer and sails appear to be in good condition stored indoors, asking price is $400. I'm real close to picking this boat up, any advice or insight would be...
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    12' Sears Gamefisher resto

    My project is a 12' Sears Gamefisher. I picked up this little boat thinking it would be a quick patch job, however like so many other old boats it was worse than it looked. There were a couple of layers of old fiberglass patch repair on the bottom side of the boat, being the kind of guy I am, I...
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    1957 Johnson 18 FDE-11

    Just got my '57 Johnson Sea Horse 18 off the crate from North California, and it's like a time capsule! :D It's been sitting for a while, had varnished fuel in the filter and carb, got that cleaned up and spun it over...all i got was a few seconds of running a backfires. So pulled the flywheel...
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