Recent content by JASinIL2006

Scott, I don't this is a concern on our lake. I believe the only snowmobile activity on our lake is people crossing the lake to get to the few winterized cabins on our side of the lake (which is the opposite shoreline from where the road access is to the lake). Our lake is pretty deserted once...

Hi all, we are considering adding a floating dock section to our current land-based, permanent dock. The current dock is wood construction resting on a crib filled with rock. It is quite stable and is about 20'x25'. Our lake is a small lake (3 miles long x .75 miles wide) in Northern Ontario...

I went a similar route to what Froggy took. You can check it out in my resto thread (https://forums.iboats.com/threads/transom-problems-with-larson-186-sei-i-o-bowrider.552555/post-3970663) starting around post #92 and discussed on and off to post #141. Like Froggy, I didn't want any thru-deck...

Hard to tell without a good moisture meter or drilling a hole into the stringer. That large black hose running from the top to bottom of the photo looks like it has seen better days. Lots of cracking below the clamps.

I used the Headlight Coating from Meguiar's when I first bought my F150 new in 2019 and the headlights still look brand new. I think it's about time to reapply... I don't know how well that stuff works to bring back headlights that are already in bad shape, but as a preventative measure, the...

Same here. I made my ladder strap and it took all of 30 minutes. Very easy.

Sometimes people will wire certain things to the battery directly, like an automatic bilge pump or a radio/stereo (to preserve station presets).

As others have said, if you want to do hardcore skiing and only skiing, a ski boat would be ideal. If you want to do casual skiiing and enjoy cruising at other times, a bowrider is just the ticket. Skiing behind a bowrider, either I/O or outboard, is just fine for the casual skier.

I agree. My '97 Larson SEI I/O has a wood transom and wood-core deck, but the stringers/bulkheads are all fiberglass. I'm fairly certain that by 2003, they were wood-free.

My boat has stringers and bulkheads like yours; mine are thick fiberglass boxes with foam inside. I had to remove mine back by the transom, and I was able to cut out a section of the stringers and then glass them back in. Worked very well.

We bought a new gas engine Honda CR-V last Fall. We really preferred the hybrid version, but they omitted the spare tire in order to make room for the batteries. The salesman, who looked like he was about 18, tried to convince us that spare tires were no longer needed. He tried hard to convince...

I have used grow bags also, and my experience matched yours. They work great, especially because the plants don’t tend to get root bound the way they do in hard containers, but they have to be watered all the time.

Goodyear Endurance tires have been good for me. Every time I’ve asked the same question, I’ve never really found there to be a strong consensus.

Sounds like you’re making good progress! Laying down fiberglass is much more fun than grinding it away.

I would absolutely get a drain hose. When I had my engine out, a couple people talked me out of installing one, and I've regretted it ever since. Oil changes would be so much simpler with a drain hose. And if your engine doesn't have the remote oil filter located in a convenient spot, I'd...