I rounded the weight of my Honda up. <g> It's supposed to weigh 28 lb. like yours. Mine is air cooled, but has a water cooled exhaust. It's noisy when you're going fast, but has a comforting beat when

Hi, Mark John was replying to my thoughts as to a gas backup preferably with small remote tank. I plan to remove maybe 160 lbs of batts. just don't need all 3 packs. A gassie might just be the

Hi John, Hmmm, my Honda 2 hp is air-cooled, no water pump. Weighs 28 pounds and pushes Moonlit Turtle at hull speed. Loud little sucker, comparatively. Mark

Sounds about right, John. I don't want too much, but enough to cruise about the same speed. With the 3rd pack removed, I'd have an easy 160 lb lighter, and a gassie would be maybe half that, easy to

Just crossed my mind that there are places that could be good for meetings. If it's warmer, then any patio would work, like TJ's here in Creswell on the I-5 offramp. Good food, big patio, indoors or

These 'Strine racers make most of the modern boats look kinda wimpy. <g> Running out of time to watch this, I think; as part of the PT Non-Festival it may disappear at

I think a 2-2.5 hp. motor would be plenty for Surprise. The 4-6 hp. motors are a lot bigger and heavier. I've got a 2 hp. Honda you can try out, but it hasn't run in quite a while. I'll fire it up in

If we use a kayak, as bob suggests, we wouldn't need to have a guard Coot to scare the hungry carp away. Thankfully, the Fern Ridge carp aren't the kind that'll jump into your boat trying to get you.

Just as soon as I get Surprises motors back together, and coming soon I hope !! I will buy a good but probably used about min. of 3 to 5, or even 6 hp short shaft outboard for the well in Surprises

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Good project, John. After we talked about this, I walked along the marina thinking about what the issues might be. One thought was that sharp objects might be down there. Another is that, in places

John, I agree, not worth $200...However if it were original equipment from a HIGGINS PT BOAT it could be worth maybe $2000. I agree with your idea of hi power binnoculars, or maybe a scoped rifle

There's no Festival this year, but here are some interesting videos they put together for last year's non-existent Festival. Some of the features required tickets to see last year, but we can all see

Ah, one of those Honda "80" motors. A friend of mine found one in a shed on his property and offered to sell it to me cheap. He said it was 80 hp., and I said I didn't want anything to do with a

The brass stand looks like it's made to hold something easily removable. It's definitely not a binnacle to hold a compass, but it may have been bolted down to a bridge wing of a ship to hold a pelorus

Fern Ridge keeps drying up in front of our eyes. If we're gonna do a survey of the depths in the channels between the slips we'd better start soon, or we're gonna have to figure out how to measure

Had coffee at boat launch (above Willamette Falls at mouth of Tualitan R.) earlier and found this man getting ready to go catfishing and noticed the HP decal on cover. Also I've never seen a 4 stroke

John, That chunk of brass was claimed to be a compass stand on a P T Boat. Humm $200 bucks. So I emailed the "BRASS" that has restored the - P T 658 - here in Portland . After forwarding imiges and

It's getting to be time to think about what we're gonna do for Coot Thursday lunches when the rain chases us out of Richardson Park. I don't know if we're ready for going back to a restaurant, even if

I'll see if there's room in the Retired Old Geezers' book storage for the boxes of Coots' Library books people have cluttering up their homes. The floating library in Toledo WILL happen. -- This