Recent content by Thorne

Hi Scott, we are up the road from you in Whale Pass. Best of luck to you with your new boat.

Ran over to Ketchikan yesterday with the family for a shopping trip. 34 mile round trip. Weather was decent, and nice to get off the island for a few hours.

The upper WOT RPM is 6,000. The boat boat was loaded lightly with me at 230 lb., 20 gallons of gas and about 175 lb. of gear.

I finally got out today. WOT was 5900 rpm, and I was going 33.9 mph. Getting the right motor trim was fussy at that speed. A little to little and it felt like the boat wanted to bow steer. At 4800 rpm I was going about 26.2 mph into a slight chop, which was a heck of a lot more comfortable...

Does anyone have the dimensions for the Permatrim that goes on a 90 hp Yamaha? Really only need length and width. I have the facilities to make one, and don't want to pay the $150 shipping to AK.

Thanks everyone for your well-considered replies. I'll re-read several times to commit it to memory. Speed was measured with GPS, wasn't considering tide at the time although it was a couple of hours after high tide in inner Port Chester, Metlakatla, AK. I'll check RPM at WOT the next time I...

After two coats of bottom paint I can cruise at 24 mph at 4500 rpm with 4 boys and some fishing gear on board in a light chop. 1983 22' Angler with a new 90 4-stroke Yamaha. How does that compare?

Persistence 2

Cut Station

Made a cut station that fits onto the splash well. Pics in the album.

Put it back in the water and went fishing.

Persistence back in the water since the work was done.

Put the new bilge pump in yesterday. It fits perfectly right into the recessed area by the drain. Get the kicker repaired, new radio installed when it arrives, the vinyl name attached and the dinghy inflated and stowed on the roof and I'll be done with repairs and upgrades until next winter!

When I met my wife she was living in a cabin with four kids a mile from the road, packing water in. Our first batch of kids (6 total) are grown and gone on to their own lives. She is happy working with her herbs, vegetables and fruit trees while I'm out chasing deer and halibut and pulling crab...