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Is it any wonder why I hate drug smugglers so much? Thoughts to family, friends, and fellow shipmates... Semper Paratus

Welcome! Like Roger said, you have to slow down in the chop. The boats are very stable and great to fish from. You can modify them to suit your particular needs and they are very economical to operate compared to a deep V. That means you can actually get out and use it even when gas is stupid...

As I've said here many times before, EPIRB/PLB is the way to go if you want to be SURE somebody is going to come for you when things go bad. Spot is a nice thing to keep folks informed on where you are on your travels, but like on the TV show mentioned above, I've flown right over a vessel...

It's good to have a sort of closure, for lack of a better word. I feel great today. The internet can be a great tool sometimes...

That was great, thanks for sharing it with all of us!

Thanksgiving is special for me in many ways, but one thing has haunted me for 20 years. On Thanksgiving Day, 1992, I had the ready crew duty at the CG Air Facility in Newport, OR. The day was almost over and we were getting ready to fly back to North Bend for turkey with our families…then the...

The pump says Bosworth on the handle. It was already installed when we bought the boat. The intake is in the bilge pump depression at the transom. Sure works great.

Thanks, Harvey. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. I'll be on duty and having dinner with the rest of our duty crew. We have so much to be thankful for as a nation. We're spoiled and sometimes we have to take that step back and put it all in perspective. Hope all of our troops across the...

Mounted ours aft of the laz like previously mentioned. No problems here. I put a plywood backer board in the laz. Rick

Harold, you've got a very nice looking boat. Well done!

Dude! That's freakin' sweet! If the guy saved the plans I bet he will sell quite a few of them. Very well thought out design. What did it end up costing ya? For the record, I based my design on several others I saw...the real credit goes to this great community of sharing ideas. Bravo Rick

Thanks to all who serve and have served! We honor you today.

All I know is I want one, and here's why. Lots of downrigger camera videos on youtube. I've been watching them for a while now. The Hero 3 seems to be a good one from what I've seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGOx0az3hUE

Single or twin, I suppose it goes without saying to make sure your bilge pump works... :roll:

Welcome! You going to have lots of fun... Rick

Mike, those fish bags are totally the way to go, eh? We love ours. Doesn't take up any floor space. Your bleed box idea is similar to what I was thinking of...a tuna tube. I think a length of 10" diameter plasic pipe mounted vertical with a bottom full of small holes would work great. Cut the...

Thanks for the kind words. This is fun stuff. We all borrow ideas from each other. Just another reason I love this place.

The aft corner mount location works fine. Mounting the downriggers where they are wasn't my first choice, but when we bought the boat it was set up for tuna fishing and had 2 pairs of rod holders flush mounted. One pair where the riggers are now, facing straight aft, and another pair facing 45...

I'd strongly suggest making up an OSB or plywood working prototype so you can try various ideas before going with the real thing. I just nailed it together with my brad gun. Easy to modify with another variation. Then you can make cardboard patterns for your final product. Originally I wanted...

I got real tired of the bending over to gut/filet fish in the splashwell. I was killin' my back. I also wanted to improve the wasted space here, so I looked through all the tables folks have made for this area and gathered ideas. I then made a prototype out of a sheet of OSB that I had lying...