"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:42:31 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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the political nonsense, but I've been having a ball in my tin boat the
past couple of days.

http://www.swsports.org/images/tin.jpg

http://www.swsports.org/images/boat.jpg

This thing is a blast to run around in - I can't believe I didn't get
one of these years ago.

About that trolling motor - is it a tight squeeze, trying to turn it one
way
or the other with the big motor there? I mean, room for the little motor's
handle, if you know what I mean. I've been meaning to tow the Lund down to
Gander Mountain, bring out a display motor, and see if it fits, but other
chores keep getting in the way.

Nope - mounted as it is, it's great. With reverse, you really don't
need to move the handle all that much to maneuver the boat. In this
instance, I installed an electrical panel/distribution box for all the
electronics stuff, put the battery and anchor in front of the boat for
weight distribution and that was it.

Is the bow totally open, with no floor, or did you create a floor so you can
mount the battery level? I have yet to decide on a plan for my boat which
would accomplish this.

Works great. And 30lbs of thrust is more than enough to move the boat
around and the power drain is minimal.

That's useful info. I've been using tea leaves to try and figure out what
size to get, and the process has NOT been informative. More so than the
personnel in the store, though.