Western
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I never did the Kakak thing, but when we where kids (Lived in Harrison Ark then) we would float in canoes while fishing, lake Taneycomo, Buffalo river and the White river.
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I never did the Kakak thing, but when we where kids (Lived in Harrison Ark then) we would float in canoes while fishing, lake Taneycomo, Buffalo river and the White river.
TheKid
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1995 ProCraft fish & ski with a 115 hp Mariner and a 1990 PlayCraft 24' pontoon with an 88 hp Evinrude.
And that is the main reason I never went to seadoo.
yelbike
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Funny thing is I bought it the fall of 1996 as a demo from the dealer. The following year I blew the engine 3 times. The exhaust to manifold bolts kept shearing and breaking. Water would feed back to the cylinder and hydro lock. I would bring it in they would give me a loner for three weeks. The forth time I blew it up, it was on my dollar as warranty was up. I was in the military at the time making next to nothing for income so there was no way I was paying $1800+taxes to rebuilt it from the dealer. Long story short I rebuilt it myself and found the true reason why the exhaust bolts kept breaking. The engine mounts were bad, so the engine would torque and twist between the pump and the firmly mounted exhaust. Something had to give and it was those bolts. Anyway the machine ran flawlessly for 9 years until I forgot to reinstall the cap on the oil injection tank. All the oil leaked out and burnt the engine. Not at all bombardier fault, user ( or loser) error. I just need a wisco wk1298 piston kit and it would be ready to go.
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AroniaFarmer
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TheKid said:
How fast have you gotten that mariner up to?
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AroniaFarmer
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dusty3030 said:
How do you like the pontoons? I've only been on one once and that was a long time ago.
dusty3030
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Love it. Pontoon boat in the South is the equivalent of a yacht on the coast. Float, swim, eat, drink, fish, pull a tube and more. A 24 to 28 footer is ideal boat for a family.
TheKid
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The speedometer shows around 43 to 45 when I get it trimmed just right. Haven't checked it with GPS.
mvwicker
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Missouri and Arkansas are both blessed with some of the best floating streams in the world.
Western
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You got that right, used to be a "secret", but that ended. Bull Shoals was a nice lake, but I never fished it, only below in Taney.
tcreeley
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Used to kayak a bit, my son in his 17' Old Town Millenium (nice handling kayak) before heading out of Northeast Harbor in Maine.View attachment 305836
My Chesapeake Lt 17 kit kayak I put together one spring, -- here at Mistake Island Lighthouse from Beal Harbor in Maine.View attachment 305837
Here is my 48 Farmall Cub that I sold a few years after, and our 3 kayaks we used to head out to the coast in- Cranberry Islands, Castine, etc. Maine.View attachment 305841
My Chesapeake Lt 17 kit kayak I put together one spring, -- here at Mistake Island Lighthouse from Beal Harbor in Maine.View attachment 305837
Here is my 48 Farmall Cub that I sold a few years after, and our 3 kayaks we used to head out to the coast in- Cranberry Islands, Castine, etc. Maine.View attachment 305841
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mostly_gas
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'07 19 ft Princecraft / Merc 115 Optimax, 16 ft Lone Star '67 Johnson 20hp for fishing
