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  1. zaroba

    Anybody here like reptiles?

    Any reptile fans out there? if so, what do you have? i've got 4 ball pythons, 5 bearded dragons, a red tailed boa, 4 hog nose snakes, a corn snake, a ribbon snake, an iguana, 2 leopard geckos, 2 painted turtles, 1 yellow bellied cooter, 1 box turtle, 1 salcatta tortoise, a mali uromastixys, a...
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    15 hp 1953 Evinrude Super Fastwin - wont start or turn

    while helping my aunt and her husband clean out my grandfathers old house, I claimed the 1953 Evinrude Super Fastwin that he had in his garage. he had used it on his wooden boat long before i was even born. The rotted wooden boat was scrapped long ago, and the outboard had been put in the...
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    why you shouldn't make a transom out of 2x4s

    i guess this could go here since it has to do with making boat parts. hopefully it will help prevent anybody from trying to make a transom out of 2x4s i just finished making a stand for my outboard so i could move it around easily with it off the boat. I made it out of 4x4s with a 2x4 on top...
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    sledding in a boat? :p

    wondering if anybody has tried it. i can't imagine it would be too far fetched or even too hard. take a flat bottomed boat (like an aluminum bass boat) to the top of a hill, hop in, slide down. the ribs along the bottom of the boat would keep it going straight. it could probably work for a...
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    2 or 3 piece transom?

    i know its probably bad to do. but is it possible to use a 2 or three piece transome? transom in my boat is sorta like a triangle shape with the top cut off. which isn't making it easy to remove intact without butchering all the surrounding fiber glass. even if i cut it up to get it out and...
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    what governs a boats rated engine size?

    what governs a boats rated horsepower limit? i'm not planning to go beyond my boats limits or anything, i'm just curious. is it the weight of the engine so it doesn't sink the boat? i'm sure its possible to get a higher horsepower engine that weighs less then a lower horsepower engine, it...
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    hotwiring a 1971 Johnson 50hp?

    i like cutting corners. a lot :P the 1971 johnson 50hp outboard on my boat has a host of problems. the main things i know of are that i need to replace most of the remote control. it needs a new ignition switch, throttle cable, forward/reverse/neutral switch and i think a new choke switch...
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    put a drain hole in the bow?

    this is probably a stupid question, but oh well. i'm restoring an old glastron boat (http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=254803), and with all hot and rainy weather we've been having, its sat covered on its trailer in the driveway for the past few weeks. only trouble is that i don't...
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    need help with trailer and boat registration

    looking into getting the boats and trailer registered, but am running into a snag. mainly, it register a boat or trailer in pa, you need to be able to show proof of ownership. i don't have this for either of the boats or the trailer, unless they will accept emails from the people saying i can...
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    why use foam?

    ok, i understand that foam is a requirement for small boats to help prevent sinking, but it seems that the general opinion of it is that it absorbs water readily like a sponge and gets ruined easily. so why use it instead of other stuff? for example: styrofoam blocks. lightweight, and as far...
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    has anybody built there own trailer?

    has anybody tried building there own boat trailer? if so, how easy is it? what state laws govern home built trailers? did you use wood or metal? i assume it could be much cheaper then buying one. i figure a simple trailer could be made out of 2x4s or steel beams. 2 lengthwise to hold the boat...
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    Restoring an old Glastron boat

    i've wanted a boat for fishing etc for a few years now, and it finally happened. just got this old 15ft Glastron model 142Y for free from somebody and i'm fixing it up to use for fishing etc. heres a picture of it from the front: heres a picture of the 1971 two cylinder 50hp johnson engine...
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    hello everybody

    hi everybody. just joined this forum today and it seems to be a pretty busy forum. i love fishing and have finally gotten around to getting a boat of my own to use.
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