I use a Worksharp belt sharpener, you can take a butter knife and make a fillet knife, a few passes on each side keeps knives brutally sharp. That said I also keep a good steel on my cleaning table for touch ups while cleaning. Its a bit of an investment but you will never go back to any other method and youll end up doing all your friends knives too
just be a bit cautious if this boat has Volvo IB transmissions, very pricey to repair and parts availability is always a concern, BW Velvet Drives are a dime a dozen and parts are a lot cheaper than Volvo parts
The one in Montour Falls is my old boat, 454 Crusader, 1.5-1 72 series velvet drive, flat pad hull, boat had new stringers and transom a few years before sold,
Heres a Barnes solid copper my son found in the mud behind a buck I shot last year, perfect chest shot and the deer dropped like hed been hit by lightning. 120 gr Pyrodex for a charge out of a TC impact and you get one big hole at 100 yards in the target for 3 shots, Ill never use any other bullet
My son just turned 26, been fishing with me on Erie and Ontario since he was five, but he now has a serious girlfriend and a relationship with Bud light, still fishes with me occasionally, but miss his pain in the ass on the boat and really appreciate the times he does go, BTW nice boat
Looking to find a 28 PY soft top, condition is not important, rotten stringers and transom don't bother me at all as Ill strip it to the bare hull and rebuild from the hull up, looking for prop pockets not tunnel
Lakeland Products Group aka LPG rod holders, think they are defunct these days, was a bunch with track on Ebay I think, if I find the ad, Ill post a link
Depending on the extent of rot, you may be able to remove the glass, scarf joint new wood in place and re glass, a good 12 to 1 scarf joint with epoxy resin is stronger than the wood itself