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Postby NuffDaddy » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:48 pm

Feelin' Fowl wrote:A buddy of mine hunted out of a tunnel hull on the Mississippi this season. Couldn't believe the areas they got to in that thing. Something like that would be awesome!

Tunnel hull would be badass. A tunnel with a poly bottom boat would be sweet around here. Everything is sand and gravel. Could probably run WOT in 3 or 4 inches.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby NuffDaddy » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:50 pm

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Feelin' Fowl wrote:I hope a Gator Trax is in my future, but I'll be happy to start with a nice wide 16' mv...

I want the 4 man gator hide really bad. Just dreaming though

Idk if I would want that. Then it becomes a dedicated duck boat. It would suck to just go out and play around in. Wouldn't be too bad for fishing, just the whole boat would be a deck. I think I'd like to have two pods in the back and a rod box on each side if I ever got one.
pretty sure the doors remove to make 4 cockpits with bench seat type deal between them. Would be a great bowfishing rig too with the whole thing being decked.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:52 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:
Feelin' Fowl wrote:I hope a Gator Trax is in my future, but I'll be happy to start with a nice wide 16' mv...

I want the 4 man gator hide really bad. Just dreaming though

Idk if I would want that. Then it becomes a dedicated duck boat. It would suck to just go out and play around in. Wouldn't be too bad for fishing, just the whole boat would be a deck. I think I'd like to have two pods in the back and a rod box on each side if I ever got one.
pretty sure the doors remove to make 4 cockpits with bench seat type deal between them. Would be a great bowfishing rig too with the whole thing being decked.

Even removed it would be a pain in the ass. I like it to be fully open. Walk back and forth. You can still hunt 4 men VERY comfortably out of the 17 foot boat. That's with the deck up front. The way those rounded chines are it opens up the boat.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby NuffDaddy » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:53 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:
Feelin' Fowl wrote:I hope a Gator Trax is in my future, but I'll be happy to start with a nice wide 16' mv...

I want the 4 man gator hide really bad. Just dreaming though

Idk if I would want that. Then it becomes a dedicated duck boat. It would suck to just go out and play around in. Wouldn't be too bad for fishing, just the whole boat would be a deck. I think I'd like to have two pods in the back and a rod box on each side if I ever got one.
pretty sure the doors remove to make 4 cockpits with bench seat type deal between them. Would be a great bowfishing rig too with the whole thing being decked.

Even removed it would be a pain in the ass. I like it to be fully open. Walk back and forth. You can still hunt 4 men VERY comfortably out of the 17 foot boat. That's with the deck up front. The way those rounded chines are it opens up the boat.

I like the lay down idea. And a bigger boat is nice for hunting big water. My 16' is scary at times out there.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Sun Mar 09, 2014 8:57 pm

NuffDaddy wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
NuffDaddy wrote:[quote="Feelin' Fowl"]I hope a Gator Trax is in my future, but I'll be happy to start with a nice wide 16' mv...

I want the 4 man gator hide really bad. Just dreaming though

Idk if I would want that. Then it becomes a dedicated duck boat. It would suck to just go out and play around in. Wouldn't be too bad for fishing, just the whole boat would be a deck. I think I'd like to have two pods in the back and a rod box on each side if I ever got one.
pretty sure the doors remove to make 4 cockpits with bench seat type deal between them. Would be a great bowfishing rig too with the whole thing being decked.

Even removed it would be a pain in the ass. I like it to be fully open. Walk back and forth. You can still hunt 4 men VERY comfortably out of the 17 foot boat. That's with the deck up front. The way those rounded chines are it opens up the boat.

I like the lay down idea. And a bigger boat is nice for hunting big water. My 16' is scary at times out there.[/quote]
Yeah. My 1640 gets spooky at times. It actually feels more stable with a load in it. My main hunting lake can really get rolling with a stiff wind, and it sucks picking up decoys in a jon boat with waves hitting it broad side. My next boat will definitely have 20 inch sides.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby Goldfish » Mon Mar 10, 2014 1:50 pm

You htis should craigslist Minneapolis boats.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:17 pm

I always told myself I wanted a boat big enough I could piss out of without being scared of tipping.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:18 pm

3legged_lab wrote:I always told myself I wanted a boat big enough I could piss out of without being scared of tipping.

I can do that off the back seat of mine. But it's too narrow toward the front.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:20 pm

Its possible to shit off the back too... If you were wondering.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:35 pm

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3legged_lab wrote:I always told myself I wanted a boat big enough I could piss out of without being scared of tipping.

I can do that off the back seat of mine. But it's too narrow toward the front.

You could piss any direction out of mine but I usually step out on the pods.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:37 pm

3legged_lab wrote:
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3legged_lab wrote:I always told myself I wanted a boat big enough I could piss out of without being scared of tipping.

I can do that off the back seat of mine. But it's too narrow toward the front.

You could piss any direction out of mine but I usually step out on the pods.

When I had Ollys boat I'd piss off the hunt deck all over his mud buddy. Made it run better.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby 3legged_lab » Mon Mar 10, 2014 8:41 pm

That's not nice.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby Goldfish » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:39 am

That's also how he welded Olly's exhaust
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Re: Older outboards

Postby Olly » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:48 am

Goldfish wrote:That's also how he welded Olly's exhaust


I pissed on my own muffler.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:50 am

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Goldfish wrote:That's also how he welded Olly's exhaust


I pissed on my own muffler.

When we went to seminole last time you were snoring, pissing on it fixed that too. It was harder to piss on joe bc he was on the top bunk.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby Deltaman » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:03 am

NuffDaddy wrote:
Feelin' Fowl wrote:A buddy of mine hunted out of a tunnel hull on the Mississippi this season. Couldn't believe the areas they got to in that thing. Something like that would be awesome!

Tunnel hull would be badass. A tunnel with a poly bottom boat would be sweet around here. Everything is sand and gravel. Could probably run WOT in 3 or 4 inches.


Tunnel hulls are awesome for running skinny water, but if you get too shallow and ground out, your ass is stuck :shock: No picking the motor up and pushing or floating out like most boats.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:07 am

Deltaman wrote:
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Feelin' Fowl wrote:A buddy of mine hunted out of a tunnel hull on the Mississippi this season. Couldn't believe the areas they got to in that thing. Something like that would be awesome!

Tunnel hull would be badass. A tunnel with a poly bottom boat would be sweet around here. Everything is sand and gravel. Could probably run WOT in 3 or 4 inches.


Tunnel hulls are awesome for running skinny water, but if you get too shallow and ground out, your ass is stuck :shock: No picking the motor up and pushing or floating out like most boats.

Just don't stop. :lol:
Some day I'd like to have one. But it would be flat bottom with polly on it to save the hull from rocks and to help scoot across the shallow spots. And it would be really wide and long. Something like a 22'x90" so it would draft crazy shallow.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:08 am

Where the fuck can i find a prop for this engine?
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Re: Older outboards

Postby jehler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:49 am

Try iboats
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Re: Older outboards

Postby NuffDaddy » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:49 am

FlintRiverFowler wrote:Where the fuck can i find a prop for this engine?

I got mine off eBay. Try and find a part number off the prop and punch it into google.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:52 am

jehler wrote:Try iboats

How much mph you estimate I could be losing with that chunk out of my prop?
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Re: Older outboards

Postby assateague » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:19 pm

About 17.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:32 pm

assateague wrote:About 17.

I wish.
I think my dream boat has become one of the big skiffs like Troy on swamp people runs. With the 115 hp tiller on the back.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby jehler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:32 pm

2-3
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Postby jehler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:32 pm

If that
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:33 pm

jehler wrote:2-3

3 mph would put me at 26-27 and I would be thrilled with that.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby 3legged_lab » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:39 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:
jehler wrote:2-3

3 mph would put me at 26-27 and I would be thrilled with that.

Thought you sold that motor, I must've missed it.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:40 pm

3legged_lab wrote:
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jehler wrote:2-3

3 mph would put me at 26-27 and I would be thrilled with that.

Thought you sold that motor, I must've missed it.

Sold the 15 merk. This one is for sale
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Re: Older outboards

Postby 3legged_lab » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:42 pm

I see.
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Re: Older outboards

Postby Goldfish » Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:44 pm

FlintRiverFowler wrote:Where the fuck can i find a prop for this engine?

Lol. Tried to help you already.
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