My current set-up. With both of us, I can get through 4-5” of water rowing with 8ft oars, engine out of the water. Me up front, the kid on the...
Latest update: with the 6 HP outboard, two of us ( me 180- son 150 lbs) we clocked 10-11 mph on GPS. My son, alone, hit 14 mph. Problem, even with...
Well, the boat did well again. Stayed in the Chassahowitka river and very shallow creeks. The cold weather ( 35 degrees one morning) pushed all...
Last day, a nice Red, Homossasa River outlet, south, deep in the backwater shallows, where the mangroves give way to the marsh grasses. [ATTACH]
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Back in the Chassahowitka, more negative tides, I put a set of of 9 ft oars on it, performing great in 6” of water( and even less with the pole),...
Made the trip to the Chassahowitka River and bay, slight negative tide, low, very low. Pulled the motor up, poled many very shallow mangrove...
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Finally put the boat in, happy with it. The boat moves with little effort, surprisingly about 3 MPH at idle, about 10-12 ? at full throttle. Windy...
How long does the self adhesive last? I put in down on cured polyurethane paint. I am hoping to get years out of it before I may have to scrape it...
The walnut shell non skid looks good. Time will tell about durability.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
Registration snags, so I am using the delay to apply the HJDeck EVA foam and walnut shell non skid. The foam has self adhesive, we will see how it...
Way, way behind schedule, BUT the hull is now drying, Rustoleum bottom paint blue and Topside Sea foam. Hoping to get it finally in the water next...
Slow going with all the rain and humidity. I went with Wet Edge Polyurethane Sea Foam, expensive, slow drying but the paint is very high quality....
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