Maybe Halloween for me or 11/6...I'll have to see.
Later,
Rick

6th or 7th better for me. I have Halloween duties as well.

its better notaro even back to some light jiu-jitsu ill see if i can come out an see u fight where is the event being held?

jig-su
 

Give those cod a jig-su!:laughs:

Ok what we need is who is in for next weekend?? Oct 30 & 31

Macojoe==Nausetblue, Bigbo

Ok who else!!

revere. its nothing big.

31 is a fine with me.

weekend of the 7th? ill go sure :)

If you go the 30th, I would like to head out with ya. Live on the Fore River, so no way I will be late ;)
and if you are looking to launch farther south, I can head down there too..Lemme know if anyone has room...

31 is fine with me

going out sat fishing Buzzard Bay 4- stripers/ black sea bass/ the big lipped fish (tog) good luck on your trip , winterizing the boat sunday and off to LAS VEGAS the following week for 5 mother F'N days
later link sr:cool:

Winterizing already Link??? Man you I/O guys got it tuff:laughs:
How many hours you put on this year?

from my log I figure around 60 later link sr:cool:

Well My friend as long as we don't see a picture of you bruised and unconscious. ;) good luck to you. Next Saturday is good for my but I have to get home on the early side, I'm running a coffee house at my church. :) Yeah God.

Maybe I'll be driving a boat new to me :) a 20' Chris Craft. I test drive it tomorrow anyone have any knowledge on the 3.0 mercury I/0??

First thing you want to know is when was the last time exhaust elbow and manifolds were done. Be careful with raw sea water cooled motors that have been used extensively in saltwater.

Thanks for the heads up!! I'll have the mechanic check them out befor I buy it. They should make stainless replacement manifolds or sleeves for them. One time purchase. I would be trailoring it and it will definately get run with freshwater after every use.

Run do not walk away from this!! Run as fast as you can!!!

I am sorry I ever went from OB to a I/O!!! When the OB goes just hang another one!!!

I/O used you are going to sink a ton of cash!!! Salt water cooled will rot out the heads!! risers, elbows, bellows hoses, out drive bellows hoses
A car motor was never ment to be in a boat!!! Rusted oil pan, water splashing around the bilge will kill the starter and every wire will be coroded all the time!! You will spen hours and hours looking for that 1 wire that is rotted!!

Yes I had a bad time with mine but so does everyone else!! Tons and I mean tons of maintanice all the time!!

I have switch and will never never never turn back!!!

Now if the boat is good and you like it and get it for a song you can do like me and solve the problem!! and have a great boat!!

Good Luck!! You will need it if you go I/O

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if i pass my level 1 test, then i will be a heavyweight contender... hehehe. if u see a pic of me unconscious and bruised, then i must have lost...:rolleyes:

OFF TOPIC I/O vs. OB ---WGAF--- later LINK:cool:

Macojoe, I have alwayse liked outboards myslef but I'm not in the water a lot and I alwayse flush out after each use and it's not left in the weather. I'm gonna just test drive it tomorrow and I'll see how I like it.

Link what is WGAF???

Who Gives A Fork

Hey Pete NO THREAD IS AMMUINED TO HIJACKING lol

last i looked a v6 block was about $4000 ready to go from Mercury.

a new outboard was $15,000

huh

which is more expensive again?

also I/O's are better on fuel

all in all inboard is the way to go hands down.

To me the Question should be if a 3.0 I/O has the power for a 20 foot boat....

I ran a 3.0 merc. I/O in a 20 foot boat for 7 years.
The boat was a walkaround 2500 pounds.
It was great for trolling if thats your thing.

I thought it was underpowerd:smash:

AN I/O has more upkeep and more parts to fail.

Some good information both ways on it. As far as underpowered It is lighter than yours was. I think it's about 2,000. And It does around 35 mph. good enough for me. I'm not a sweetwater bass man lol.

I'm surprised the number of people who are still so obsessed with going fast especially with the price of gas still going up. (But in reality not that many people are going anywhere, nevermind going fast. This past summer powerboats barely moved from Fairhaven Shipyard.)

Out to the Canyons in a 35 foot Blackwatch we only did 22 knots.
Out to Cuttyhunk in a 25 foot Mako we only did 20 knots usually.

But hey, usually this is on boats that are fished 3-4 times a week. :D

And honestly, having spent my life on boats and around boat yards and having known plenty of people with both I/Os, outboards and inboards, the I/Os and inboards had less problems hands down.

Lets not mention the ficht debacle. :laughs:

And I/O engine parts are typically cheaper. You buy the parts at NAPA, not the boat yard. (Unless you like being ripped off.)

And please for those of you with outboards, stop buying your marked up "special" sparkplugs at the boatyard, they're not special. No matter how many times the dealer sprinkles charm powder on your head. Throw a set of Bosch Platinums in em and be done.

You want reliability? 30 foot lobster boat hull with an inboard cummins turbo diesel, dry stack, and keel coolers.

And you can fish year round in comfort.

All I can say is I have had both and F*** the I/O. I/O was the same year as the TROUBLED FICHT and I put half the hours on the I/O and spent triple what I have spent on the outboard, also had to be towed in on 2 seperate occasions and never went offshore luckily the TROUBLED FICHT has always gotten me home and as far as gas my new boat is at least a thousand pounds more with 40 more hp than the I/O performance is so much better and very little difference in fuel usage, however I do add oil now. And I now have a much longer season with the outboard now that I do not have to worry about freeze ups.

<<last i looked a v6 block was about $4000 ready to go from Mercury.

a new outboard was $15,000

huh

which is more expensive again?

also I/O's are better on fuel

all in all inboard is the way to go hands down.>>


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By the way price the total package with outdrive and all plus installation and report back on which is cheaper! I too can buy a new powerhead for $ 4000.00 And how about that huge engine box that takes up the back of the boat? Oh dont get me going there is a huge list ;)

Well I have also had both!! I/O is nice quite, cheap gas, easy to work on, and cheaper parts.

But in my opion Outboard is the way to go!! Tghe problem is with I/O is that there is always something to be done!!! It never stops!!
You are going to play with the I/O every year!!!! even if it is litle stuff.
My O/B which may be more on gas, more $$ for parts, and it is quiter the the I/O was!! Never has probklems!!so far. But when you look at it you will see for the most part the OB is going to run Much much longer with out a single problem and that imo is what I want care free boating.

Unfortunately I have committments on both weekends so I'm gonna wrap up the boat for the year. Would have loved to have made this trip. I wish we were out there today landing whale cod. Let's try again next year.

Sorry Youngmoon, perhaps there is someone else with an open seat.

Good luck! Tight lines!

Sorry it a no go for you fish on!! This wind has been a BIT$H!! Will it ever stop??