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  1. Old Ironmaker

    Missing Walleye openner this year!

    What was supposed to be a quick paint job in our shack has become a full fledged kitchen remodel, build a bedrrom and new floors throughout. I am going to miss our Pickerel opener for the 1st time in 38 years because of this stinkin' joint. I do not like missing it one bit.
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    Need some carpentry advice.

    We are doing a kitchen remodel to put our lake home on the market. I now realize the ceiling has a 1" drop over 11 feet. I am putting up pine wainscoting over the plywood that is the ceiling now. I forgot the ceiling is thin plywood as my wife wallpapered it with a tin ceiling look alike pattern...
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    Buddy is looking at a 2000, 200 HP 2 stroke Evinrude, has a question.

    Neither of us have Evinrude experience. He was told that OMC had some issues around 2000. We have no idea what that really means. Is this a motor he should stay away from. I told him an 18 year old motor isn't really old for a Marine engine, my Mariners are 95'. Good compression, lower gear lube...
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    The Big Cats ore on fire up here.

    When the buds start on the Maple trees here in southern Ontario we hit the Grand River that empties into Lake Erie for the big Catfish. Here a big Cat is 20 plus pounds. Not that big compared to some you guys south get on the big rivers dumping into the Gulf. Yesterday we nabbed 5 all over 20...
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    What to use to repair small tears in vinyl seats

    When I had the top folded down someone must have leaned back against the frame and I got about 6 small 1/2" tears on the seat back. I tried to repair 1 tear with real Crazy Glue but not only didn't it stick it yellowed. I am glad I only tried it on 1 tear. I no longer have the top on as I never...
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    Oldtimers moment need help please.

    Simple question of which I am getting a headache trying to remember the proper name. What is the proper name for the water hose attachment to a OB or I/O everyone insists on calling "ear muffs" ??? Told you it was simple.
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    How many cars and trucks have you had over the years?

    We were talking about vehicles we have owned over the years at the shop. I decided to list them all over the last 48 years. I listed 32, then the next day would remember 2 more, then 3 more then my brother said what about the 65 Impala, oops missed another. I am putting together an album of old...
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    Anyone tow with a Kia Sportage

    I am in the market for a newer vehicle, One option is to trade in y Silverado 1/2 ton 4x4 towards a vehicle for my wife and get me something. I have been offered a fantastic deal on a 2014 Kia Sportage, a good friends Mom's who has taken ill and can no longer drive. It has 22,000 miles on it...
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    I hate car shopping!!

    We bought a used 07' Nissan Altima with the 290HP 3.5 litre in 08' with 35,000 kms on her. I have bought and destroyed cars of all ilk's in the last 48 years. The only car I didn't destroy was my 1986 L-88 Sting Ray. Had I not gotten married I would have blown the engine on it too. German...
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    For Longline trollers that use planner boards.

    I posted this on the freshwater forum then realized some of you salties use boards as well. Do you? I have never noticed any when fishing south, I have seen them used in British Columbia on saltwater. I need to take a pic of what we did on buddy's 23' Cuddy last year. We use planner boards on...
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    For the Long Line trollers using planner boards.

    I need to take a pic of what we did on buddy's 23' Cuddy last year. We use planner boards on Lakes Ontario and Erie to get the bait away from the boat and wake to the side while trolling for Salmonids and Walleye, even Musky. A planner board is usually set out from a mounted centre mast. It is...
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    Recommendation for carpet replacement to solid surface.

    I have a 94' StarCraft Superfisherman 190. It is carpeted on plywood from the top of the gunnels (aluminum underneath), down the interior walls and across the floor and on the rear casting platform. Other than in the bow area the carpet isn't really bad for a 25 year old boat, not bad for a 10...
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    Maximum width of vehicle/trailer on NA roads?

    I can't recall and my Google skills forsake me today. What is the legal maximum width of a vehicle and or trailer for a North American roadway? Without taking further precautions like signage or escort. I don't think Mexico has one based on my travels there. Thanks ahead of time.
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    Specs for my StarCraft Superfisherman 190

    I have never been able to find any real specs for my 1995 StarCraft Superfisherman 190. A Google search brings me here to iboats. There are general specs like weight, beam and length but not much more. I see roscoe led a Lund owner to a fairly good PFD from Lund for his 72'. If anything I would...
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    Looking for wiring diagram/help please

    We are working on Little Buddy's 1985 Grew 237 Cuddy. Of course the wiring looks like a bowl of coloured spaghetti after all these years. Googled boat and model and have gotten reams of diagrams but can't read them and the diagrams are all jumbled up with other non related schematics, even a...
  16. Old Ironmaker

    Water logged foam.

    This morning we started to pull the floor from a pals new to him 86' StarCraft. It is bad, you can actually pull chunks out by hand and some plywood from a previous butchered patch job actually came up with the carpet. Here is the kicker all. The factory foam between the rotted stringers is as...
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    What is real estate going for where you are?

    There is a thread on the Boat Topics and Questions about the lack of boat restorations going on. Below is my take as to why the less and less you see it. Here in Southern Ontario, actually anywhere within a 2 hour drive from Toronto real estate prices have gone so far out of reality we are...
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    Am I insane and say yes or am I insane and say no to this trip?

    I will try to Readers Digest this as much as possible. I got a call from a very close friend last week. To give you an idea how close we met the very 1st day of High School in the fall or 68'. We played ball together from that day in 68', worked together on weekends in the Steel Plants in HS...
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    TV show "COPS" can be funny

    Up late can't sleep so I am on the net and watching COPS on TV. The cop asks a woman if she has anything illegal on her or in the car. Of course not. He asks her to sit on a wall next to the sidewalk. When she turns a glass pipe falls out her hoodie and smashes on the pavement. :I'm going to ask...
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    Do you think PFD's should be manditory under certain scenarios?

    For example when under full power, during a storm, navigating in the fog, for those that can't swim 5 miles. I don't want my Government to tell me how to be safe but sometimes it's the logical and smart thing to do. I always have my inflatable on as well as my wife 100% of the time, now I feel...
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