My before and afters

[Squid Hound Bob]

I just got a 7 year warranty on a evenrude E TEC.

[Fish On]

VF, nice job on the finish. You have a sharp rig there! I'm interested in what you used and the process you went through. My Hydra-Sports needs the same treatment....bad. If you feel like sharing your notes, I'd be most grateful.

I too like to add stuff to my boat every year. I've thought about a new motor but haven't pulled the trigger on that yet. I have a a 96 Johnson 175 which runs very good but is very bad on gas. The main reason to change is to go to a direct inject and get more miles on a tankful and of course the general increased reliability that goes with a newer engine.

Some of the add ons I've made to my HS include:
-electric downriggers
-beamer spotlight
-6 rod holders (2 clamp on, 2 gunwhale mount, and 2 hardtop)
-anti-skip stereo CD
-Fuel flow gauge (what a job that was)
-custom splash board

Always looking for more ideas. What else have you done to your boat that you really like?

You're welcome to take a trip on my HS some day this summer if you'd like to check it out. I'll be on sebatical the entire months of August and September and fishing as many days as the weather allows.

Tight lines!

[Vectorfisher]

Originally Posted by Squid Hound Bob

I just got a 7 year warranty on a evenrude E TEC.

I looked long and hard at the E-TEC nice motor, the deciding factor came down to who was going to give me more and which motor had been out in the publics hands longer. The Zuke was obviously out longer and for what I bought the Zuke for including sales tax, new cables, side mount control, SS prop, install, and a couple of new gauges was well under what they wanted for the E TEC and there price was to reuse my old gauges,cables, etc. I said no thanks and couldn't be happier to date.

[Fish On]

Vectorfisher,

Finally got those pictures of the splashboard for you. Please excuse the dirty appearance, I haven't quite scrubbed everything up yet for the new year.

Material is starboard.

[Vectorfisher]

I see, that is simialr to what I have now except the top of my has a cutting board and cupholders, my transom is a bit different than yours. Thanks for the photo's By the way I noticed you had mentioned a spotlight, did you mount this on the T Top? I had heard from someone that mounted up there it blinds you with glare??

[Fish On]

My spotlight has two settings,spot and flood. When on flood there is some shine on the front of the boat that does affect vision. It's much better when on spot. Th elight also rotates about 300 degrees and can light up the entire port side if bringing in a fish at night. I also wanted it for safety in case I had to look for something or someone after dark. My light is mounted on the hard top on the port-bow quarter.

[Hooper]

Hey Vec-

What year was your Rude????

[Vectorfisher]

Originally Posted by Hooper

Hey Vec-

What year was your Rude????

Mine was a 99 same year as boat