The first 30 for got away. I should have grabbed it. It was a tri-toon with lots of add ons and 85 hp evinrude. And a Hoosier sissies trailer. $6,500..00 It wasn’t the dollar short but the day late.

Now have eyes on a standard 28 with 85 hp Mercury, collapsible hard top and nice furniture and a dual axle bunk trailer. $3500.00 Not bare bones but some add ins. Gonna go look at it tomorrow.

Not a fan of a single axle “sizzzer� trailer as the first had but I think the first would have been a better overall value.

Anyhow.....this one might come home with me.

On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:29:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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The first 30 for got away. I should have grabbed it. It was a tri-toon with lots of add ons and 85 hp evinrude. And a Hoosier sissies trailer. $6,500.00 It wasn’t the dollar short but the day late.

Now have eyes on a standard 28 with 85 hp Mercury, collapsible hard top and nice furniture and a dual axle bunk trailer. $3500.00 Not bare bones but some add ins. Gonna go look at it tomorrow.

Not a fan of a single axle “sizzzer” trailer as the first had but I think the first would have been a better overall value.

Anyhow.....this one might come home with me.

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Hope it works out for you.

8:42 AMWayne.B
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Hope it works out for you.
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I hope so too.

here is one of the trips I was wanting to plan. I wish I could put the whole trip from Cave in rock Illinois to lake Barkley but can’t do it. That’s about an 80 mi river run. Then from there to Nashville Tn. From those who have done this I’ve heard it’s a really pleasant trip
to be in part of “the loop�

http://www.captainjohn.org/River_Cumberland.html

On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:53:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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8:42 AMWayne.B
On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:29:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Hope it works out for you.
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I hope so too.

here is one of the trips I was wanting to plan. I wish I could put the whole trip from Cave in rock Illinois to lake Barkley but can’t do it. That’s about an 80 mi river run. Then from there to Nashville Tn. From those who have done this I’ve heard it’s a really pleasant trip
to be in part of “the loop”

http://www.captainjohn.org/River_Cumberland.html

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Quoting that famous line from Jaws, "We're going to need a bigger
boat", or at least a bit more fuel in this case. That would be a
great trip. Hope you can figure out a way to do it.

Wayne.B
On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:53:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Quoting that famous line from Jaws, "We're going to need a bigger
boat", or at least a bit more fuel in this case. That would be a
great trip. Hope you can figure out a way to do it.

.........

Oh yes I’ve heard it’s very nice. And several marinas also alng the way the way. The guy posted just a few they stopped for. Their listed in that brown box on the lower right.

Wayne.B
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Quoting that famous line from Jaws, "We're going to need a bigger
boat", or at least a bit more fuel in this case. That would be a
great trip. Hope you can figure out a way to do it.

.........

Wayne, I’m not sure how this is equipped as far as fuel capacity goes. However I do have a couple large 12 or 15 gal. ( don’t remember which size) Moehler red plastic tanks I’ve picked up along the way.. I’m even thinking on mounting two long 30 gal tank/cells on both sides. Those are led 2-smokers are a thirsty lot. But still cheaper than going 4 cycle outboard or converting to I/O. I/O would be great. They can be had from clapped out runabouts for cheap. The conversion is way high though...

On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:29:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

The first 30 for got away. I should have grabbed it. It was a tri-toon with lots of add ons and 85 hp evinrude. And a Hoosier sissies trailer. $6,500.00 It wasn’t the dollar short but the day late.

Now have eyes on a standard 28 with 85 hp Mercury, collapsible hard top and nice furniture and a dual axle bunk trailer. $3500.00 Not bare bones but some add ins. Gonna go look at it tomorrow.

Not a fan of a single axle “sizzzer� trailer as the first had but I think the first would have been a better overall value.

Anyhow.....this one might come home with me.

Those between the toon trailers suck. It is harder to load, you have
to be very careful with what is under the stringers on the boat and
they tend to flip pretty easy because the axles are so short and the
wheels so close together.
A bunk trailer with a regular axle under it will trail pretty nicely,
even at interstate speeds. It is best (I have found) to have the
tongue down lower (not level) because the tilt of the boat tends to
add down force at speed and it trails better. I won't even tell Harry
how fast I have been with mine. For Richard, it was on Alligator Alley
at 2AM and I was pretty much alone there. Behind my van or Suburban,
it was pretty much unnoticeable. I do have a lighter than normal
pontoon tho, no furniture at all.

Tim wrote:
Wayne.B
On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:53:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Quoting that famous line from Jaws, "We're going to need a bigger
boat", or at least a bit more fuel in this case. That would be a
great trip. Hope you can figure out a way to do it.

........

Wayne, I’m not sure how this is equipped as far as fuel capacity goes.
However I do have a couple large 12 or 15 gal. ( don’t remember which
size) Moehler red plastic tanks I’ve picked up along the way. I’m even
thinking on mounting two long 30 gal tank/cells on both sides. Those are
led 2-smokers are a thirsty lot. But still cheaper than going 4 cycle
outboard or converting to I/O. I/O would be great. They can be had from
clapped out runabouts for cheap. The conversion is way high though...


You are an electrical guy. Build an inboard with a generator attached.
Take the power head off an old 2 stroke and add an electric motor. I have
though for a time that that would be a cure for the high priced 4 stroke
O/B’s.

Bill
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You are an electrical guy. Build an inboard with a generator attached.
Take the power head off an old 2 stroke and add an electric motor. I have
though for a time that that would be a cure for the high priced 4 stroke
O/B’s.


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Some time ago that was considering making a “hybridâ€� for my other which would have been a small Kuboda 2 cyl powering a large cap. DC gen charging batteries which in turn would feed a DC forklift motor. This would turn a foldable prop from a jack shaft. I think it’d be neat but who wants to hear that diesel rattle and choke everyone. “The Africken’ Queenâ€� would be a good name for itðŸ¤*

and I couldn't run my spa.On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 10:49:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Bill
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You are an electrical guy. Build an inboard with a generator attached.
Take the power head off an old 2 stroke and add an electric motor. I have
though for a time that that would be a cure for the high priced 4 stroke
O/B’s.


::::::


Some time ago that was considering making a “hybrid� for my other which would have been a small Kuboda 2 cyl powering a large cap. DC gen charging batteries which in turn would feed a DC forklift motor. This would turn a foldable prop from a jack shaft. I think it’d be neat but who wants to hear that diesel rattle and choke
everyone. “The Africken’ Queen� would be a good name for it?

I thought about doing something like that with a golf cart motor or
two and a pontoon. It would still end up using a bunch of batteries I
imagine. If you had the right charger you could use one of those quiet
inverter generators to help keep the batteries up but watts is watts
and you will still be depleting the batteries if you are running very
hard.