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  1. starcrafttom

    16 foot Jon Boat attempts the Great loop speed record.

    I agree. The point is not how you want to do things its that different people have different ideas of a good time and ALL of them are valid. I get the slow going see a lot and enjoy your time, But I see the challenge of going fast and hard and that there is joy in that regardless of the...
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    16 foot Jon Boat attempts the Great loop speed record.

    ????? a Stunt women was killed while doing her job performing a stunt on a moive about the cannon ball run NOT while driving on the cannon ball run. Spend more time reading what you are quoting then quickly searching for a head line to make your moat point.... just a tip. never mind , I will...
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    16 foot Jon Boat attempts the Great loop speed record.

    there are multiple yearly events that go back to the 70's that do exactly this in cars and motorcycles... This is nothing new or on heard of.
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    16 foot Jon Boat attempts the Great loop speed record.

    Well he is 20 miles offshore of Virginia beach now. Must be flat seas or a rough ride. Looks like he's going to skip the Chesapeake bay all together
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    Buying the Merlin

    My 27 flat hull with a 225 honda at 24mph burns 10 gal. a hour. or 2.25 to 2.4 mpg Sounds like you got hat beat. if your trailering thru marysville let me have a peak. Hell you can stay the night if things line up
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    Buying the Merlin

    what is you mpg at cruise? and what is your comfort cruise speed/ 30 mph?
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    16 foot Jon Boat attempts the Great loop speed record.

    I just checked and hes up by myrtle beach. hope he makes it.
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    Buying the Merlin

    `14K????? you stole that boat. The outdrive is twice that to buy. Congrats. I think that bench seat are is going to make a great kitchen and maybe room for a head.
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    16 foot Jon Boat attempts the Great loop speed record.

    Well I love crazy stuff like this. I love cruising or driving to just look around but some times I like the challenge of speed and endurance. Drove a Honda 1800 civil from Jacksonville N.C. to Dallas straight thru. 24hours behind the wheel to see my brother. slept for 10 hours when I got there...
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    Daydream SOLD - Welcome Adam Lucke

    Very sad day indeed. I hope you find a hobby that fills the void.
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    Is it worth up grading

    Also check o see if you hub is slipping. The rubber between the prop and the shaft is designed to give if you hit something. some times it starts to slip but not completely. so you are not getting a full turn of the prop for a full turn of the hub. unless you are really heavyly loaded you should...
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    Anyone thinking Inside Passage / SE Alaska summer 2025?

    Susan and I will be in your area but in a bigger boat. Doing a cruise liner with friends.. 2500 of them
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    Rubrail end cap missing (CC23)

    When your talking about stock parts from limited or low production boats you just have to remember the rolling stones. " you cant always get what you want, but it you try real hard, you just might find, you can get what you need" close enough is a life style I fully embraces.
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    Re-Bedding Fixtures and an Apology

    Well to do a thru deck hole right takes a few steps. If you are cutting thru glass with a wood core you want to make sure your bolts dont crush the glass and core. so from memory, whats left of it. 1. drill hole 2. back cut the core ( the material between the glass) at least twice the size of...
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    Re-Bedding Fixtures and an Apology

    4200 if you not sure you want it there and may move it. 5200 if you now you want it there for ever. Regardless of which you use make sure you ruff up the glass surface first. Other wise the 5200 or 4200 might not bind as well as it should. I tape off the area, sand it some, clean with alcohol...
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    Garmin Reactor 40 not meeting expectations

    2.5 MPH is a little slow
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    CA Boating changing forever?

    Wow. I have spent so much time in sly park swimming drinking and fishing. Well without all the boats it should be good shore fishing. Loved to fish Folsom for the land locked kings on light gear. So glad I no longer live there. I would organize a boat the closer day and just go any how. F em..
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    CA Boating changing forever?

    Which lakes? you are in my home town of Placerville. We Moved in 2003. I used to fish 3 or 4 lake in a long weekend. If ice house was not doing good we would go to sliver lake on 88. or sly park. I saw in the news that this was happening on some southern California lakes but not up north. it...
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    Princess Louisa Inlet Cruise after Friday Harbor Gathering

    Well it looks like Susan and I will be tagging along on the PL cruise. We have not been there since 06?? And that was in the 22. Anyone interested in hiking from egmont to the standing wave at Skookumchuck narrows. Its a very cool sight to see.
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