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21 foot canoe on steroids ...aka ..Hudson Bay Freighter.. 56" beam, 2,000 lb capacity,15 hp Yamaha 4 stroke,you can stand up and fly fish in it too..I named it after the Indians on F-Troop....FAKAWEE..!!!!http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/...psb298c0cf.jpg
Great looking vessel ya got there.
No pics as she is down on the river,Mine is a 40 yr old valco,12ft,honda 10 H.P. her name is the Gonorrhea maru.
Nobody on SRP has a fishn boat ....??? :)
Was my dad's, after he passed away this spring I bought it from my mom, now just trying to live up to his legend.
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I had a pretty nice one when I was married and will get another someday. I tried to tell the judge I lived on it but, she wasn't buying it.
God I miss that boat. Ranger 396 with 200 hp Merc. It only went 75 in a 1 1/2 chop but it was scary enough.
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Now that I am single I am running that ad. WANTED woman that can clean and cook fish, must own boat, send pictures of boat !
Thought I might wake-up an old thread to show off my new, old boat.
Long story short, an old friend's Dad bought it brand new in 1987 just like it sits.
Tale is it had been in the water 4 or 5 times before he got sick and soon passed. Last registration was 1991.
They emptied the tanks and carbs, pulled the batteries, oiled the cylinders and covered it up in a nice garage with a concrete floor. When my friend's Mom passed and the house was to be sold, he had a garage built in his back yard for it.
That was about 15 years ago. I remember towing it over and backing it in for him. Never even looked under the cover.
He put new tires on and set it on jack stands.
3 years ago, he was fighting cancer and I told him he might sell me the boat if he got ready. He agreed and I paid what I could here and there and finally got it paid for. He was going downhill at that time and I did'nt have the heart to come and get it until after he passed. That was 2 year ago. He left the house to his ex and so I rented the garage from her for a few years. Still had not looked under the cover. Came with a thick folder of manuals, receipts and even cancelled checks. He paid almost 7300 for it new in '87! Seems the trailer was on a different invoice.
The pin striping on it are hand-painted! Takes a 1 7/8 ball!!!
Finally drug it over to my shop and uncovered it, hit it with the pressure washer. Boy, it looks next to new!
Ordered a water pump kit, carb kits, thermostat, and an older model fuel only pump to retrofit it to premix as I really don't trust the early oil injection system, esp the high dollar VRO pump which had sat for 32 years or so.
Hope to get it going soon. Thing actually looks pretty modern!
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OK I'll join in on the Necro.
I don't have her anymore since I gave up fishing.
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Nice, Tom! Looks like new, I daresay you could make a few bucks if you wanted.
Has crossed my mind, Mark. Gotta see if the cassette deck works.
Might be a deal maker? :rofl2:
Now that's just cherry.! Probably last of its kind, to be truthful. Others have long rotted away.
Good you replaced the fuel pump. Those VRO ( VERY RARELY OPPERATES ) aren't worth it. Unless your gonna use it to troll at low speed all day. Another problem is guys that don't use the boat but a couple times a year. The gas dries in the bowls, and the heat of summer pressurizes the oil tank and floods the engine with oil. Big $ maker for me.
But yeah, I'm game with it. Here's mine.
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I've had many boats since I was a kid. Still have my very first, homemade bass boat. She's just a shell of her former self, now.
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Learned all I know in that ol girl. We've been together since I was in sixth grade, fishing all the local tournaments once I started driving.
Couldn't tell ya how many times I got heckled by guys in high$ rigs, only to give um a grin at weigh in, while taking home a check.:rofl2:
My motto... The boat doesn't make the angler, its only a tool in the game.:nj
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Very cool, Mike!
Indeed, the oil was covering the lower unit and I found that every plastic hose clamp on the fuel system had cracked in half.
The VRO connections were bleeding oil slowly and leaking out. I really suspect the carbs and motor might be full of oil.
I can turn it over by hand so that's a good sign. Lots of rubber hose will have to go.
What do you use for clamps, Mike?
Spent 2 hours yesterday getting the 2 fuel tank's valves working right, Some stuck stuff. Patience got them free.
Wires are great. No signs of mice or dobbers. I had an old Ranger with a 70 so it's all coming back to me.
Mostly we use radius, zip ties. Those plastic squeeze clamps used by OMC, suck arse.
I like Oediker clamps, best.
Tom
That is simply awesome, I hope it all comes together for you..
I always drive company boats. I haven’t had one for a very long time. I do like to see others out having fun and being safe.
You'd have a stroke, if you've seen what I've seen, on the water. Boat traffic can be sooo thick on some of our lakes, you'd almost expect serious accidents every weekend.
The lack of respect to others trying to fish is unfathomable. I've left many of weighted treble hooks in the sundecks and furniture of those persisting to run to close to me. :roflmao
Damn, I love the color and vintage of everything in that boat Tom.
Wish I was closer to help bring her back to glory and go for a rip.
I’ll bring the CDN beer!
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15 Yamaha 4 stroke....
That's not a canoe, its a troller. Its so cool, even better if it had a mast, a few shields down the gunwales, Led Zeppelin, blaring.
Hell yes.!
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Hell yeah! Big mast right in the middle! A viking warship! ;)
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