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That boat should hit minimum 45 mph trimmed out. The mounting position is to high. That causes the bow to plow water, not good for speed or handling. Cavitation plate trimmed down on max should be below the hull running surface unless on an extention bracket. Once it is lowered you should only have to use trim tabs to adjust list due to loading or wind. All bow height or porpoise reduction should come from a good range of trim. Got a engine hoist?...do it yourself and save the agravation of someone telling you its your operator error. The dealer is not even on the bus! If I'm wrong you can put it back to original and I'll jump off the bus...but slow down a little first! Mark Got thinking a little more on this. The dealer should be willing to at least loan a different pitch prop for testing. Also about the height. The anti ventilation plate should be running on top of the clean flow from the hull and create it's own small undisturbed wake and rooster tail. This indicates good positive down pressure under the plate while on plane. This is a trial and error thing that requires 2 people to do while testing. Stainless props can slip if the motor is too high because they grab more water than aluminum. I think to start with height, be sure the plate is at least even with the hull bottom visually in the level plane of the hull and plate by adjustments to trim. You could use a yard stick or something straight edge to determine if the motor is too high. Be careful to not be so high that the motor could overheat. Too low and you get excess drag and loose speed. It's one of those things of trial and error. Testing is key after each change. Don't do more than one at a time before testing to eliminate one problem at a time.

Yeah!...only a simple minded gear (18 forward 4 backward) jamming trucker could get it there in 4 days! Lol!! Thanks Tom! Scales....speaking of which....I'm a little overweight on the front axle :rolleyes:

Looks wolfy! Nice!

I know Les!...I even travel 500 miles north into Quebec to catch some nice pike. Can't beat the fun of watching them come out of the lily pads and grass after a buzz bait on the suface! Big jointed jitterbugs and mice are just hammered with reckless abandon, flying out of the water like a tarpon sometimes. Those from cold water are the best eating fish. Yeah more difficult than walleye to clean but not that bad really.Then there's the wait....it's lying next to the boat...motionless...just a flick of side fin...get the net...SPLASH!..off again!..laugh like h at my son when he was younger! Almost jumps out of the boat! LOL!

Northerns are some of the best eating fish. Remove the y bones for some of the best white flakey flesh you could ever have. As good as walleye or perch in my opinion.

I go by the factory all the time in Missouri along I 44. They have acres of replacement boats just waiting for you! Hope the next one is strong, and the welding quality.

Cher is in the Tops store picking up some ingredients right now. Got two fillets of king in the fridge left from the pack I did on the grill a couple nights ago. They are going in along with shrimp, mussels, scallops. Gonna spice her up a bit for a gumbo effect!..I feel a bit warmer now!

Very very impressive!..great trip with a daughter who is obviously a great outdoorsman (woman!)..that's a mighty rifle and shows she's not afraid of taming it to be a true marksman! Great shot! Very nice to share Sean! Mark

Yeah, I agree. This time I'm trying a little different approach. I dried the skin really well, then left it uncovered in the fridge. When I put the turkey on I cranked the heat up to 325 and salted the outside of the skin. Also before putting it on the grill I loosened the skin from the meat and chucked in some herbs. Then dry rubbed it on the outside. I'll see how it works this time. It's done!

Happy turkey day from the pit!

Brass wire yes. Just enough to loosen foul from sabot plastic and residue. I use a little solvent then patches with solvent until they come out clean. If you can remove the barrel before cleaning that is best. Keep from pushing foul out in the chamber that way, and you can see the shine! End with the rug sweep and a well oiled patch.

Don't eat that Ray...it don't look right....... the coyote, not the deer.

Wingmaster yes, and it was really sad looking when I got it. Patina is ok for old rat rods but not for a shotgun. This one has been used for my trap gun since around 1971. Won a lot of shootoffs with it when younger. Still trap with it. I was becoming shy with its appearance along side of all those 1000 dollar over under guns and such at the shoots a few years ago. I had to dress her up a bit so I didn't look like a hillbilly even though I am. I took the gun apart, cleaned and polished every metal and re-blued everything except the reciever and bolt. The reciever was polished to a mirror with jeweler Rouge on a buff wheel, and then got a jewling effect applied with thumb twist on 400 grit emery paper in overlapping pattern. When it was done I shot the metal with ultra clear acrylic to stop corrosion. The stock sanded smooth and refinished along with the forearm. The bolt left mirror finish. The whole thing looks way better now and folks first looking at from distance, were surprised to see it was an 870. Now the flat mat black slug barrel just make it an awesome looking gun.

It went to crap over here...Indiana ohio line this morning

Same here with old shotgun. Model 870 Remington born before me. Serial number 5477...the gun...I feel older than numbers today. I need refinishing like it did. Put a Remington rifled barrel on it 2x7x32 scope, not a great scope, but works for now. Very accurate and trustworthy to 200 yds with Hornady sst. Great round for long shot terminal performance. Close range I like winchester partition gold. Sst is too fast under 75 yards in my experience. Better expansion with winchester at close range, but not as good as sst for accuracy at 200yds.Still a great shotgun at home in any place most rifles can hit deer in the pie plate in ny. It deserves new glass of higher quality.

Let some baked beans fly and put him down!

Actually that was down at the Hatteras inlet. Ocean side just outside the pass. The island has changed a lot from storms. I hadn't been down there for 16 years. The inlet got much shallower and wider. Not so much room to wander outside the dunes and shrubbery going to the sound side.

Beans...grandma browns.

That sounds like a great thing to have on top of the big lead slinger. Pays to have good glass on the 12 guage, especially if it shoots 3 inch mag. I had cheap glass on top of a cheap, I mean "inexpensive" shotgun (cause it shot one hole groups at 50yds) for 175 bucks. Single shot heavy barrel 3 inch 12 ga. Kicked hard! But stable with the sluice pipe size barrel. Cheap glass broke from recoil. Now I have a glass more than twice the value of the gun and makes it shoot LIKE a million dollars! Lol Leupold...