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I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a
blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. |
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"Tim" wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. |
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On Sep 25, 11:44*pm, "YukonBound" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings.. It'd never work. Panty Liner Ingersoll is so greasy, and most likely smells of sweat, and 2 stroke gas, he'd never be welcome.....anywhere. |
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"YukonBound" wrote in message ...
"Tim" wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being little atta boy to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. |
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On Sep 26, 6:32*am, "Harry ?" wrote:
"YukonBound" wrote in . net... "Tim" wrote in message .... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being *little atta boy *to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. *- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... |
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. BTW, here's a site where you might find some ideas. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/diy-marinizing/ Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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On Sep 26, 7:51*am, "JustWaitAFrekinMinute!"
wrote: On Sep 26, 6:32*am, "Harry * ?" wrote: "YukonBound" wrote in . net... "Tim" wrote in message .... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being *little atta boy *to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. *- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) Nice grammar. Panty liner. I'll bet Harrys right. You didn't go past grade 8. Now, why haven't you phoned yet? It's because you're a chicken **** greaseball douchebag. I've given you a Carte Blanche to come and see me...but you hid in Terris panties, whining under your desk like the little bitch you really are. |
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On Sep 26, 8:22*am, John H wrote:
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. *Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. *I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. *I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. *Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. *And *I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, *instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. BTW, here's a site where you might find some ideas. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/diy-marinizing/ Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. Almost as bad as your off topic Racist Run to Utah. |
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On 9/26/10 7:51 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Sep 26, 6:32 am, "Harry wrote: wrote in . net... wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being little atta boy to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... Gee, little man...I don't know where Slammer lives, but Don's location is no secret. Your cowardice is your problem. -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals |
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On 9/26/10 8:22 AM, John H wrote:
Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. You're ever the asshole, hey, Herring? -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals |
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"JustWaitAFrekinMinute!" wrote in message ... Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think *can't get find them*;) The true sign of cowards... Please translate "can't get find them". Is that some kind of 'freaky language'?? |
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"Secular Humourist" wrote in message ... On 9/26/10 7:51 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote: On Sep 26, 6:32 am, "Harry wrote: wrote in . net... wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being little atta boy to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... Gee, little man...I don't know where Slammer lives, but Don's location is no secret. Your cowardice is your problem. -- I've practically drawn a personalized map to my location..... describing all the attractions and sights along the way. If the freak can't find me, I'll meet him at any hotel he can stumble onto in this metro area. |
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"John H" wrote in message ... Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H Not destroying anything, Johnny. May be foreign to you, but I was paying Tim a compliment. We do have to encourage decent behaviour in this newsgroup.... don't you agree? |
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On Sep 26, 10:12*am, "YukonBound" wrote:
"John H" wrote in message ... Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H Not destroying anything, Johnny. May be foreign to you, but I was paying Tim a compliment. We do have to encourage decent behaviour in this newsgroup.... don't you agree? " Decent " behavior doesn't include Racist garbage , like Herring. |
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On Sep 26, 10:10*am, "YukonBound" wrote:
"Secular Humourist" wrote in message ... On 9/26/10 7:51 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote: On Sep 26, 6:32 am, "Harry * *wrote: *wrote in . net... *wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year.. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being *little atta boy *to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. *- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... Gee, little man...I don't know where Slammer lives, but Don's location is no secret. Your cowardice is your problem. -- *I've practically drawn a personalized map to my location..... *describing all the attractions and sights along the way. If the freak can't find me, I'll meet him at any hotel he can stumble onto in this metro area. Trouble is...there aren't any he's welcome in. The smell he leaves behind, they cant seem to get rid of. Besides, they don't want Mini- Bikes in the rooms. |
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"*e#c" wrote in message ... On Sep 26, 10:12 am, "YukonBound" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H Not destroying anything, Johnny. May be foreign to you, but I was paying Tim a compliment. We do have to encourage decent behaviour in this newsgroup.... don't you agree? " Decent " behavior doesn't include Racist garbage , like Herring. BINGO! I think that's the problem..... I don't think or act like his band of goons. |
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"YukonBound" wrote in message ...
"*e#c" wrote in message ... On Sep 26, 10:12 am, "YukonBound" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H Not destroying anything, Johnny. May be foreign to you, but I was paying Tim a compliment. We do have to encourage decent behaviour in this newsgroup.... don't you agree? " Decent " behavior doesn't include Racist garbage , like Herring. BINGO! I think that's the problem..... I don't think or act like his band of goons. You rely on Slammer to be your Miss Manners? No wonder you are such a dip****. -- Harry "The 'C' students run the world." |
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"Harry®" wrote in message ... "YukonBound" wrote in message ... "*e#c" wrote in message ... On Sep 26, 10:12 am, "YukonBound" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H Not destroying anything, Johnny. May be foreign to you, but I was paying Tim a compliment. We do have to encourage decent behaviour in this newsgroup.... don't you agree? " Decent " behavior doesn't include Racist garbage , like Herring. BINGO! I think that's the problem..... I don't think or act like his band of goons. You rely on Slammer to be your Miss Manners? No wonder you are such a dip****. -- Harry ....and speaking of 'goons'.................... right on cue! |
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On Sep 26, 7:17*am, John H wrote:
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. *Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. *I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. *I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. *Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. *And *I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, *instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. If I turned it into cash i wouldn't worry about getting another "barge" LOL! I haven't investigated the costs etc... yet. But from what I know he will work with the power supply you bring to him. and that's not a problem. seeing I'm set with two 4-cyls and alpha drives. He's not a marine dealer, just a repair/modifier kinda guy. Anyway I go, I'll probably still have more in it than what it's actually worth, but I'm actually planning on keeping it for quite some time. |
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On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:55:01 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Sep 26, 7:17*am, John H wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. *Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. *I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. *I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. *Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. *And *I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, *instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. If I turned it into cash i wouldn't worry about getting another "barge" LOL! I haven't investigated the costs etc... yet. But from what I know he will work with the power supply you bring to him. and that's not a problem. seeing I'm set with two 4-cyls and alpha drives. He's not a marine dealer, just a repair/modifier kinda guy. Anyway I go, I'll probably still have more in it than what it's actually worth, but I'm actually planning on keeping it for quite some time. I think it sounds like a good idea - definitely worth exploring. Sure hope you take some pictures of the work in progress, when and if. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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YukonBound wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. Say what? |
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John H wrote:
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! Are you looking to replace the KW? |
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*e#c wrote:
On Sep 26, 8:22 am, John wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. BTW, here's a site where you might find some ideas. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/diy-marinizing/ Oh, and sorry to see Don had to jump in to attempt destruction of a nice thread. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. Almost as bad as your off topic Racist Run to Utah. So visits to Utah are now racist? WAFA2! |
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YukonBound wrote:
"Secular Humourist" wrote in message ... On 9/26/10 7:51 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote: On Sep 26, 6:32 am, "Harry wrote: wrote in . net... wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being little atta boy to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... Gee, little man...I don't know where Slammer lives, but Don's location is no secret. Your cowardice is your problem. -- I've practically drawn a personalized map to my location..... describing all the attractions and sights along the way. If the freak can't find me, I'll meet him at any hotel he can stumble onto in this metro area. You would **** yourself before you would meet him, dummy. The sad part is you might actually be a decent person when you turn your computer off. |
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On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:19:31 -0400, LG wrote:
The sad part is you might actually be a decent person when you turn your computer off. you. OTOH, aren't |
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Tim wrote:
On Sep 26, 7:17 am, John wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. If I turned it into cash i wouldn't worry about getting another "barge" LOL! I haven't investigated the costs etc... yet. But from what I know he will work with the power supply you bring to him. and that's not a problem. seeing I'm set with two 4-cyls and alpha drives. He's not a marine dealer, just a repair/modifier kinda guy. Anyway I go, I'll probably still have more in it than what it's actually worth, but I'm actually planning on keeping it for quite some time. Good guy to know! |
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On Sep 27, 8:19*pm, LG wrote:
YukonBound wrote: "Secular Humourist" wrote in message ... On 9/26/10 7:51 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote: On Sep 26, 6:32 am, "Harry * *wrote: *wrote in . net... *wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being *little atta boy *to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. *- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... Gee, little man...I don't know where Slammer lives, but Don's location is no secret. Your cowardice is your problem. -- I've practically drawn a personalized map to my location..... * describing all the attractions and sights along the way. If the freak can't find me, I'll meet him at any hotel he can stumble onto in this metro area. You would **** yourself before you would meet him, dummy. The sad part is you might actually be a decent person when you turn your computer off.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Do these people really think they are that important to me... Both have threatened to come here too, oh, and send bombs.. .snerk Forget 'em, "internet hero's" is all they have;) |
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"LG" wrote in message ... YukonBound wrote: "Secular Humourist" wrote in message ... On 9/26/10 7:51 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote: On Sep 26, 6:32 am, "Harry wrote: wrote in . net... wrote in message ... I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana snip.... We should make it mandatory for the dopers in here to attend a two week period with you out there to be educated on how to be decent human beings. So long as you persist at being little atta boy to Krause, the guy that grunts out insults as his most significant contribution to rec.boats, you will never be taken seriously. - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aww, let 'em be. It's the only time Slammer and Bonnie get to feel tough;) You watch the pussies get all over me for the next few days, they are terrified anyone else here might come and find them, that's why they pick on only the ones that they think can't get find them;) The true sign of cowards... Gee, little man...I don't know where Slammer lives, but Don's location is no secret. Your cowardice is your problem. -- I've practically drawn a personalized map to my location..... describing all the attractions and sights along the way. If the freak can't find me, I'll meet him at any hotel he can stumble onto in this metro area. You would **** yourself before you would meet him, dummy. The sad part is you might actually be a decent person when you turn your computer off. The sad part is that you're probably not a decent person when you turn off your computer. |
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On Sep 27, 6:07*pm, John H wrote:
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:55:01 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: On Sep 26, 7:17*am, John H wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. *Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. *I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. *I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. *Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. *And *I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, *instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. If I turned it into cash i wouldn't worry about getting another "barge" LOL! I haven't investigated the costs etc... yet. But from what I know he will work with the power supply you bring to him. and that's not a problem. seeing I'm set with two 4-cyls and alpha drives. He's not a marine dealer, just a repair/modifier kinda guy. Anyway I go, I'll probably still have more in it than what it's actually worth, but I'm actually planning on keeping it for quite some time. I think it sounds like a good idea - definitely worth exploring. Sure hope you take some pictures of the work in progress, when and if. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. If that's what I decide to do, I'll follow up with the step-by- step pics, John.... |
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http://www.wabashriver.us/images/par...h/PA055734.JPG
I Ithink this guys got a cool idea. Strap two canoes together, small outboard, camping gear, and a dog. Then go exploring. |
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On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:16:04 -0400, LG wrote:
John H wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! Are you looking to replace the KW? No. I love that boat. So do my grandkids and fishing buddies. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:43:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
http://www.wabashriver.us/images/par...h/PA055734.JPG I Ithink this guys got a cool idea. Strap two canoes together, small outboard, camping gear, and a dog. Then go exploring. If it were my dog, he'd be cleaning up dog puke the whole trip. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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On 9/28/10 5:29 PM, John H wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:43:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote: http://www.wabashriver.us/images/par...h/PA055734.JPG I Ithink this guys got a cool idea. Strap two canoes together, small outboard, camping gear, and a dog. Then go exploring. If it were my dog, he'd be cleaning up dog puke the whole trip. All your dog needs is a master who doesn't make him puke. -- Republicans are the Party of No: No Leaders / No Ideas / No Morals |
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On Sep 28, 4:29*pm, John H wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:43:33 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: http://www.wabashriver.us/images/par...rked/1_histori... I Ithink this guys got a cool idea. Strap two canoes together, small outboard, camping gear, and a dog. Then go exploring. If it were my dog, he'd be cleaning up dog puke the whole trip. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. Well, maybe he's got the dog trained to hurl overboard. |
So, while y'all have been gouging at each other....
On Sep 28, 4:27*pm, John H wrote:
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:16:04 -0400, LG wrote: John H wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), *wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family *on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. *Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. *I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. *I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. *Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. *And *I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, *instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! Are you looking to replace the KW? No. I love that boat. So do my grandkids and fishing buddies. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. Yeah, I'd second that. The blast that his kids and grand kids have on the boat make it an investment! |
So, while y'all have been gouging at each other....
John H wrote:
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:16:04 -0400, wrote: John H wrote: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:13:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I went to a high school homecoming game/reunion last night and had a blast. I ran into my cousin who I had gone out on his pontoon boat last week and we did some talking about doing a river run next year. I have previously posted about going out with he and his family on the Wabash river launching in at Vincennes In. I find out that when the river is up you can go all the way up to to Hunnington and a bit beyond which is near Ft. Wayne Indiana http://www.wabashriver.us/access_points/index.htm Vincennes is the nearest launch to the Wabash for the both of us, and if you consider Vincennes to be "0" on the miles, you can consider that to make the full run north would be approx. 200 miles. We're very well considering doing that with the pontoons next year. It would make the perfect "mother ship" to carry all the stuff necessary to make a really enjoyable run. Besides, as you can see by the map, there's several ramps and marinas along the way. So if need be, stuff can be had with out a great inconvenience. We also talked about power. Making a run like that with a 1977 Johnson V-4 would be fine if I hauled a tanker behind it because it loves to drink the gas. I have in the past bought a couple of clapped out boats to salvage the mercruiser engines and alpha drives in case I needed them for future use for my 18 ft. Chris Craft. I know that the ratings are different and the 85 Sea Horse presently pushing the pontoon actually would have more torque than a 120 hp GM 3.0, but at the sacrifice of double the fuel consumption, if not higher. Besides, I'm more versed on working on an automotive style 4 cycle than a 2 stroke. And I think that eventually by force or by choice, the old 2 strokes are going to be fading out really fast in the near future, so may as well entertain the thought of doing a conversion this winter. He said he has a friend in Mt. Carmel who has a 28 ft. Harris who had his converted over a few years ago, and suggested I talk to him about his. He did tell me that a local welder in Mt. Carmel has done a good job at converting several over to even putting 350 GM's in them! Besides his shop rate being very reasonable, he's well versed in steel and aluminum fabrication so that sounds like a good recommendation. Then with the 3.0 GM I can outfit the charging system the way I want to power the options I want as well, instead of relying on the 10 amp stator 'battery charger' on the v-4. Sometime next spring I still want to make the Ohio river run with the '23 Marquis, but this new thought is a sounding like it could become a great trip. Sounds like some great ideas. It would be interesting to see how much it would cost to convert the pontoon boat to an I/O with the GM 3.0. Do you have any pictures of the conversion? Here's another thought: You might consider a two-step conversion, like one I just learned of. First convert your outboard pontoon boat to cash, then convert the cash to the boat you really want! Are you looking to replace the KW? No. I love that boat. So do my grandkids and fishing buddies. |
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