What have you done for your boat lately?
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Bambooflyguy
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Wow nice Jeff! So now how boats in the Dodd fleet?? I lost count…..
Jeff Dodd
Steelhead
Jeff Dodd
Steelhead
Hey Steve!
We try not to have them all in one location at the same time, making it difficult to count them up
We are ready to launch and play! 
New floor with lithium ion batteries wired for 24v Minn Kota 80# thrust Terrova motor. Charging connectors
in place for each battery.
front deck extension back in place. Makes for a lot nicer casting platform. 
Finished the project. 
New floor with lithium ion batteries wired for 24v Minn Kota 80# thrust Terrova motor. Charging connectors
in place for each battery.
front deck extension back in place. Makes for a lot nicer casting platform. Finished the project.
Bambooflyguy
Legend
Looks like a fish getter….or a Tesla!
Rob Allen
Life of the Party
New 3 bank battery charger 3 new batteries, new boat cover new spare tire carrier.
Next up draining the carbs like I should have done in November then fill her up with non-ethynol 92 octane. Then I want a new drop cross member for my trailer so I can add longer center bunks. Bass boats are designed to drive the bow onto self centering bunks. Trying to center the boat on the trailer with only stern and mid bunks is very difficult, especially in the wind and current
Next up draining the carbs like I should have done in November then fill her up with non-ethynol 92 octane. Then I want a new drop cross member for my trailer so I can add longer center bunks. Bass boats are designed to drive the bow onto self centering bunks. Trying to center the boat on the trailer with only stern and mid bunks is very difficult, especially in the wind and current
Finally gave it proper storage.
2 125# rated kayak hoists from Amazon on front and back. $40 total RAD Sportz brand.
2 2x6s across the trusses. I already had one so just had to spend $12 on a new one from Home Depot.
The truss legs are only 2x4 so probably only 5# per square foot rated, but with the 2x6s across 5 trusses it should be fine.
The raft and this much frame is only about 125# total. I do have some random crap stored up in the rafters, but I would say 100# max total of that stuff spread over the whole thing. So I think it's totally fine for weight.
The only part I'm worried about is the hooks and the bolts that connect them to the pulleys. I'll probably remove the hooks and just use straps. I know they say it's rated at 125# each, but the hardware on some of these Amazon vendors can be crap. I may replace the lag bolts as well.
I'll do that before I park a car under it.
Pretty happy with it. Thanks to a guy on Mountain Buzz forum for the idea. I should've done this a long time ago!
2 125# rated kayak hoists from Amazon on front and back. $40 total RAD Sportz brand.
2 2x6s across the trusses. I already had one so just had to spend $12 on a new one from Home Depot.
The truss legs are only 2x4 so probably only 5# per square foot rated, but with the 2x6s across 5 trusses it should be fine.
The raft and this much frame is only about 125# total. I do have some random crap stored up in the rafters, but I would say 100# max total of that stuff spread over the whole thing. So I think it's totally fine for weight.
The only part I'm worried about is the hooks and the bolts that connect them to the pulleys. I'll probably remove the hooks and just use straps. I know they say it's rated at 125# each, but the hardware on some of these Amazon vendors can be crap. I may replace the lag bolts as well.
I'll do that before I park a car under it.
Pretty happy with it. Thanks to a guy on Mountain Buzz forum for the idea. I should've done this a long time ago!
Fell MOB+ tetherless kill switch installed and functional. No more tethering with a big long string getting tangled around myself, my fishing stuff, and my dog when fishing without a partner. And a solution to my recurring nightmare: treading water while watching my boat and my dog cross the lake without me.
Can you share some details on that stuff?
Yeah, first, it's about 200 bucks or so. Its a gadget that wires in parallel to your existing kill switch. The instructions are pretty straightforward. You install the base wired into the existing kill switch wires, a "switch on" power source, and grounded it to the existing ground buss. My base fit nicely in an existing hole in the dash, so it looks pretty custom. There's a fob that comes with it, and of course if you want an easy way to connect it to yourself you gotta pay more for a lanyard and fob-holder. Which I did because I'm old and the 30 bucks just doesn't mean that much to me anymore. The fob communicates to the base, ideally you clip the fob to you, so if like I you're clumsy and unathletic, when you fall over it goes with you. When it gets wet it turns the boat engine off. When you get about 50 feet away, it turns the gas engine off. I haven't tested the wet part yet, but the distance thing works flawlessly. I'll likely wear it on the lanyard I wear for my electric motor control, so when I go in the drink I can turn whatever engine is running off. There's other details, but that is the operative installation and operation information I felt relevant for my needs. The tether thing is a pain in the ass and I don't wear it, limiting it's utility. Of course, all you other powerboat guys wear yours at all times, right?
Now I'll get one of those Garmin thingamabobs and my loved ones have little excuse to lose my body for long.
I shoulda replied before now but I've been dealing with the crud.
anyhow...this made me laugh. The image of your golden retriever enjoying the wind in his face at the bow while you're watching the boat get smaller. Funny but not funny....all that stuff...And it reminded me of a time when I had an old hard top Bayliner Trophy. One fall day I took my youngest son out to play around on a local lake. He was prolly 10 or 12 at the time. We were doing man overboard drills....tossing a bumper out and having him swing around to get it without running the dang thing over
. It was tough for him cuz he's got a learning disability but we were having fun with it. When we were done, he resumed his favorite activity at the time which was messing with his Game Boy in the bunk area and eating whatever mom packed. I decided to wash off the boat and started working my way to the bow with a bucket and brush in one hand and the hard top hand rail in the other. As you prolly saw coming, I missed the grab bar as I stepped forward and sploosh...I'm in.
After a moment of cold water panic, I assess and remember I have my life jacket on so I'm gonna be all right. There's a bucket, brush, and one rubber boot floating around in the water next to me and I then I freak out cuz I'm afraid my son's gonna panic, throw the boat in gear and run me over and/or chop me to bits trying to save me
So I holler for him to NOT do anything cuz I'm okay...only to learn he didn't even know I fell in! He was all focused on cookies and Mario! What a moment ! Can laugh about it now.
The next thing I learned, was using the single swim step that came with the boat was TOUGH when cold and fully clothed....nothing at all like a hot day , in trunks, splashing around in a bay somewhere.
ah well....survived another Darwin day.
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Nice clean install. Any worry about hooks getting snagged up in them? Murphy's Law and all that...
Oh I am sure hooks will get snagged and I will somehow get tangled up in the whole mess with several yards of fly line.
Finally installed the Xmas present I got for myself. Burnewiin cutting board station.
I had a DIY one I used last year and learned I can never again live without, so I got the real deal.
I run Burnewiin rod holders off the sides of the boat and their stuff is just on another level of quality. Made locally, too.
I had a DIY one I used last year and learned I can never again live without, so I got the real deal.
I run Burnewiin rod holders off the sides of the boat and their stuff is just on another level of quality. Made locally, too.
I have the same Suzuki 200 on my ocean boat. Such a great motor! Crazy what they were able to pack into that little 4cyl.
this reminds me of a halibut trip out of homer ak. on the way back to homer, the gal assistant started pulling fish out of the box, and fileting them on the back of the boat, on a pretty basic cutting board. i think she cut up 6+ fish.... have no idea how she didnt cut herself. and i didnt see any fancy gloves.