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    Limited plywood supply

    I'm trying to source materials for my upcoming redesign/rebuild of a 15' tinny. Yes, that's right, I'VE GOT REEVITS! I'm not surprised that finding quality plywood is a problem. I would prefer to buy locally and the best I can find is BCX. I would have liked to have ACX. What is the difference...
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    Early 70's, I think.

    How often have I seen the question and thought, Why don't they just google it? But here I am. A boat mysteriously followed me home on the weekend. At least that what I told the admiral. It has a Merc 402 manufactured by Mercury Canada. I cannot trace the serial number on any site I've looked at...
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    Just pondering an age old question

    I shovelled the walk again today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold beer. The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking on various topics. Finally I thought about an age old question: Is giving birth more painful than getting kicked in the gonads...
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    Fishing and marriage

    Tim decided to tie the knot with his long time girlfriend. One evening after the honeymoon, Tim was organizing his fishing gear in his boat. His wife was standing nearby watching him and after a long period of silence she finally speaks. "Honey, I've been thinking and now that we are married, I...
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    Who wants to restore this custom creation?

    All for under $2000. Hard to turn down.:eek::lol: Bateau avec yamaha 30 hp - Trois-Rivi?res Powerboats, Motorboats For Sale - Kijiji Trois-Rivi?res Canada.
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    Happy new year.

    Happy New Year to all my forum buddies. I wish all a very prosperous and trouble-free 2013.
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    Is 5400 RPMs acceptable?

    Here's the story. The motor is a 2002 Bigfoot 60 hp on a 20' pontoon. The prop that came with it was a beat up 14x11 and after a few runs I switched to my backup 14x9. This worked fine except it had a tendency to overrev (above 6100) at WOT. I picked up a new prop last weekend and was talked...
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    Off to the Emerald Isle

    As of today the Admiral and I have been married 35 years. Geez, I must have been 9 when I got hitched:p. For putting up with each others carp (mostly mine) for this long we decided to treat each other to a trip to Ireland. So on Saturday, we're flying across the pond. Something we've been...
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    Oops and rbh, are you getting flooded out?

    Hearing on the news about many towns along the Fraser river declaring a state of emergency. Are you and other iboats members in the area on high ground? How bad is the flooding?
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    What happened to 1manual.com.

    For online manuals I always went to 1manuals.com. I even bookmarked the one for my Bigfoot model. Now when I go there all I get is 404 error, page not found. I guess I should have saved it to disk. Any other site I can go to?
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    Lost the thread

    I was looking for a thread from about a year ago on the restoration and update of an old cruiser. She was a biggun, about a 100' I thought. Anybody know what it was titled?
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    Be Good To Your Neighbor

    The judge said to the double homicide defendant, " You are charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer. How do you plead?" A voice shouted from the back of the courtroom, "YOU BASTARD!" The judge says, "You are also charged with beating your mother-in-law to death with a hammer. What...
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    Happy St. Patrick's Day

    A toast to all my iboats friends: To a long life and a merry one A quick death and an easy one A pretty girl and an honest one A cold pint-and another one HAPPY ST.PATRICKS DAY BEANNACHTAM NA FEILE PADRAIG
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    Think outside the box

    An elderly gentleman lived alone in New Jersey. He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament. Dear Vincent, I'm...
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    What to do with this motor

    I have been hanging on to this motor since I permanently retired my old runabout. It is a '72 40hp selectric. I know a lot of members are not wild on selectrics. It's been sitting in my shop for 10 years and was sitting at my MIL garage for 10 years before that. I have the controls but not the...
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    Beer, fishing, golf, and sex

    A man was walking down the street when he was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner. The man took out his wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead of...
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    Forum Member's Location

    For as long as I have been a member of this forum, a reoccurring issue keeps appearing, that of the location of the member posting a thread. So many of the answers to questions presented require location to determine what weather patterns a boat is subjected to, price of boat, available parts...
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    YEAH!!! Back on the water

    Finally back on the water after that @!%$#&* SOB stole the motor late last year. Couldn't find a GOOD 4 stroke within my budget. My Merc guy said there was a shortage because new ones were out of stock because Yamaha, Suzuki, Tohatsu and Honda were severely backed up due to the Japan sunami. He...
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    The Scottish Cow

    The only cow in a small Irish town stopped producing milk. The townsfolk found that they could get a cow in Scotland at a good price. They bought the cow and they were very happy as it was a great milk producer. They decided to buy a bull to mate with the cow to have more cows to ensure a good...
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    Justice Served

    This is an article from an Augusta, Georgia newspaper: Orville Smith, a store manager for Best Buy in Augusta, told police he observed a male customer, later identified as Tyrone Jackson of Augusta, on surveillance cameras putting a laptop computer under his jacket. When confronted, the man...
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