Old boats new boats

[WidgeonmanGH]

They say that the best days of owning a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it. today I did both! I sold my big boat a Weldcraft 201 Maverick DV. I had not been using it for years. Too expensive to fix and if I did it was too expensive to fuel. It needed to go so I sold it to my brother. But with my tassel of grand kids I need to be taking them fishing. Kayaks are awesome but they don’t work great for that. So I picked up a 15’ smokercraft. I will still be using the kayaks for ducks but my Kokanee fishing just got more comfortable. Now I am looking for a long shaft 20hp. Also I will be car topping this ( winch boat loader) when I take my little trailer. Going to be a fun summer!

 

[Green Duck Truck]

Smokercraft are great boats. I have an Alaskan that is a tank. I bought a Tohatsu long shaft 20 from Online Outboards. Good motor!

 

[WidgeonmanGH]

Took another couple of steps toward getting the ole aluminum boat cartopped. This will be to both flip the boat over and boat onto the rack but also I can move it to the back to lift the motor on and off of the boat and into the suburban. I could probably muscle it but why pull a muscle on a slippery boat ramp? Going to replace the cable with synthetic rope next. I will add new foldable antlers to the rack to handle the width of the boat. Stay tuned.

 

[badhabit]

Roger, did you ever raise your motor up?

 

[Green Duck Truck]

Roger, did you ever raise your motor up?

Did you mean that for Chris, Bruce?

 

[badhabit]

No. I was at your place picking up decoys and we discussed how deep your cavitation was compared to the hull. That was why you had trouble planing.

 

[Green Duck Truck]

Ah, my bad, I remember now. Never did raise it. I did get a fin for it, which pretty much took care of my planing issues.