Bozeman Bob

The hull and outdrive will transfer 95% of the surface water temperature to you block and keep it from freezing. Probably need 24 hours of 20-25 degree air temp to have any effect on the block freezing.

Most if not all are called Boga or Bogo Grips. I believe that is the name of the original MFG and they are all now called by that name.

A good example would be the OPs issue. A overpitched prop is like him pulling his boat up a steep hill all the time, he is working the hell out of that engine, which in the long run will prematurely wear the engine out along with using more fuel. Under pitched is like going down that same hill only your in 3rd gear floored , way over the redline, and still using more gas than if you were in 4th gear cruising.

They do not have a recommended pitch range, they have a recommended RPM range.. The MFG has no idea if your putting the motor on a 16' bare aluminum hull or a 19' fully loaded fiberglass hull. There is a huge difference in those two and they would not set themselves up for engine failure by suggesting a pitch without knowing all the facts.

60 lbs IMHO is not going to make any difference in your towing capabilities. Seriously if it's that bad I would be looking for another tow vehicle before I would be thinking this 60 lbs is too much strain on my car. What are you towing it with ? A Smart car ? Not trying to be a smart ass but your talking less than a total of 1,000 lbs on two wheels,I could pull that. Bad advice on prop change, your prop should allow your engine to hit the recommended RPM range for maximum fuel and speed efficiency. Otherwise your putting a load on the engine with too much pitch or letting it Rev too high and inefficiently as far as fuel economy goes along with the danger of blowing it up by being under pitched.

Picture shows a FB, unless I am seeing things. OP wrote he did not want a FB. It is a very nice looking boat , well powered , at a great price !

The OP. asked if it needed to be retimed. If it was timed correctly to begin with then there should be no reason to time it again. Its not a bad idea to check it every couple years as the timing chain may stretch or distributor gear wear a fraction. I am all for setting it up correctly from the beginning and timing would be part of it in my case, with or without points . It would not be a bad idea to time it and I should of stated it that way, my bad.

Wonder why with the Delco you have to buy a new distributor. Its pretty basic, gear on bottom attached to shaft that on top that "points" to the next plug that is to be fired. Electronic module now picks up the signal and fires it at correct time. I have used the Petronix complete system on several motors with the original distributor, no problems. Didn't notice any increased fuel mileage and with a carb, after sitting for a few days it takes a few cranks to fire. Then its a touch of the key the rest of the day. Its a pain to set the points correctly every couple years. Dwell meter ,vacuum gauge and feeler gauge is the correct way to do it, so carb and points are synched. No ,you do not have to retime the engine.

We're so smart ^ haha. Mellon head U, a PRIVATE college/ research institution / mostly funded but US taxpayers dollars for research,much like Woods Hole out on the Cape researches the Ocean. Maybe if the NY used some of the 108 million paid in taxes each year by sports people along with the 60 million for the actual license on environmental issues over the last few decades we would be better off. Way too much money for the EPA goes towards administration cost than actual remedial work. Done with this .

So all these rules and regulations that have been on the books for decades are going by the wayside ? What's left of the factories that are part of the Great :Lakes watershed, are they going to disconnect all there pollution equipment and just start dumping all there waste into the air and water ? Every state and province has environmental laws that are over lapped by the feds. Government and Research Facilities that are all funded by us, the taxpayers and is redundant at best along with them doing anything to keep there free ride going. Maybe that money used to fund them could be better spent on rebuilding our infrastructure and the trickle down money from that will slow down the unemployment in the USA. Carnegie ? the guy that equipped a small army to shoot and kill striking workers who were paid poverty wages? Then he ended up with so much money that he built Carnegie Hall to see his name in lights The Lakes will lose nothing, Trump Train ,all aboard .

It was sold a couple weeks ago.

The line of sight for a person that is 5'7" and " standing" on the water would be 2.9 miles. Handhelds are great back up radios ,especially if for some reason you end up treading water.

Yes there is a expiration date on your flares. I would also check your boat lights, running and anchor. If you have fuses some times the metal connections on them lose contact with the end plate clips so the lights don't work. Usually you can just take them out and turn them a bit and reinstall. Doesn't hurt to have a spare bulb and fuse on board. No tears or rips in your life preservers , charge up the batteries and you should be good to go. Of course all of this is after checking your fishing lines for nicks , wear and tear ,drags working ,spoons-tackle box all in order and stocked like your cooler along with your fishing license being current.

So the hull comes in around 3500 Lbs ,not sure what you have for power but I would guess the whole package with trailer is 5000 '- 5500 lbs loaded . You have a good tow vehicle for that setup and oversize brakes on the truck as well. If you had a 19 ' or smaller aluminum boat you probably wouldn't even need trailer brakes,that's why I asked. Surge brakes if properly adjusted work great and there is a rubber snubbers available to take most of that jerrky stop and go reaction away if that's what bothers you. I take it you don't dock it and always trailer her.

How big of a boat are you towing ? and with what ? What's the issue with your surge brakes ? I am sure it can be done, just be ready to Bust Out Another Thousand. Probably google or you tube it to see how its done.

The only thing about the money spent for stocking, launches and even enforcement is that we more than fund that with our own cash spent for a hunting and fishing license . Matter of fact I believe there is a huge surplus that is put into there slush fund where it is distributed to who knows where ,,, probably food stamps. Just googled it and taxes alone generated in NY from sportspeople amount to 108 million. On top of that there are 1.88 million fishing licenses purchased and 823,000 hunting licenses in NY at aprox 30.00 per license. Yep I am fine with the minimal money they spend to keep us happy,[ somewhat sarcastic] and not beefing about what little we get in return for ALL the money they generate off us.

What his budget ? Without that you will get a ton of answers that may be out of line with his funds.

As far as the Asian Carp immenant invasion of the Great Lakes goes, this should of been addressed 5-8 years ago.Who was president when it could of been nipped in the bud ?It's too late now,there in the Great Lakes. The man made backward flowing river/ canal that goes through Chicago should of been completely closed off , electric shocking is not going to keep them out. I would guess that 99% of this alleged money cutback is actually going to " administration " ,( see well paid politicians, ) and not for actual remedial work. I have seen so much BS fake news that I will wait and see if this is not more of the same far left news media trying to drum up as much rhetoric to get as many special interest groups protesting Trump for something that he hasn't done.

You can put some blocks on all 4 corners of the boat on the outside of the trailer take a floor jack with a piece of wood on the jacks pad. Then raise up the boat and throw a 4x4 [ or something that wont break ] across the blocks ,lower boat on 4x4 and remove trailer.

A light boat on rollers, tie transom off to something secure, like a tree. Give the bow strap a couple inches of slack then pull the trailer forward a couple inches. Bottom will now have new exposed area to apply paint to. When done winch it back to the roller stop. Putting the boat on blocks or stands will still leave you with unpainted spots unless you have multiple stands and then you can move them around as you progress. Yes its much easier on stands ,if you can borrow them . Boat stands are not cheap.

Marine plywood or similar wood. I would put the top piece in first and then butt the three side sections against the top so they act as a support. Might even put some 2x2 [ or smaller] on the sides up against the top piece for further support. You could get a two part resin and coat all the wood to prevent rot and even glass in the sections that butt against each other. If doing that you could use a A/B or A/C sheet of plywood. I am going to guess at this point its a working boat and its more about functionality not looks. So on that note I would nut and bolt the wood to the doghouse using a flat headed SSteel tapered Phillips head bolt and put a cupped washer under it to keep thing from hanging up on the heads and give it a flush look.. Use 3m4200 for caulking the bolts holes. Then maybe get some sound deadener and glue or screw it with oversized fender washers to the wood. Never had to do this, but that's how I would go about it..

Sounds like maybe a choke issue. Have you tried setting that to spec and actually watch it open up as it warms up and close as it cools down? Otherwise if it's still in good condition and the metal is not starting to breakdown then I would take it to a local race type shop and have it rebuilt if the total quote is around 200.00 Otherwise I would go new -Jegs.com and ebay have them for around 325-400 if I remember correctly. Edelbrock makes s great carb as well.Might be able to find one cheaper if you spend some time on Google etc.