Fishing Rhino

I'm going to suggest you try something simple. The next time it acts up, try squeezing the primer bulb. From time to time this happens on my 200 hp Merc and I have seen it happen to a friends 250 Merc. The first time it happened to me was on take off. The boat was about on plane when the engine sputtered. I pulled the throttle back, let the motor idle a bit, then it took off fine. Now, when I'm going through my preparations prior to heading out, I make squeezing the primer bulb part of my routine. Some times it's fine. But at other times I have to squeeze the bulb five or six times before it's fully primed. The tech told me that changing the check valves in the fuel line will not always solve the problem. Part of it is because the primer bulb is at about a forty five degree angle and the fuel can gradually drain back into the tank.

JG233 omitted the highlight of the day. When we got back to the ramp, there were two large girls and an equally large young man, launching a canoe which barely floated with all of them in it. It was lucky to have four inches of freeboard. They took a hard left and started along the eastern shore which was almost covered in lily pads. We heard one of the girls say, "There's one." One what? We didn't have long and the fellow seated on the floor of the canoe plunged both arms into the water, nearly capsizing the canoe. After some thrashing around, he hauled out a good sized snapping turtle which appeared to be about 18 inches across. They passed the turtle back and forth like some type of religious ritual, then placed it on the bow like a hood ornament. It clamped onto the gunnel with all four feet. The girl in the bow tried in a futile effort to push it off the bow of the canoe. After a while, she managed to tug it free from the bow, handed it to the guy who then placed it back in the water. Either they knew what they were doing or were very lucky they did not get bit. I'm guessing they were lucky.

Personally, I much prefer the jolt of mainlining them. Sniffing solvents is for sissies.

I'm not sure a jack plate will do much on the Z18 or its predecessor, the Z7 . Before you do anything such as adding a jack plate, or something like power poles, check with your dealer. Seems to me I read that those may void your warranty.

A picture would help to know what you are dealing with. Lacking that, you might be able to sandwich the existing transom between a couple of pieces of plywood. You are dealing with different forces. When towing the boat with the motor attached, you are dealing with vertical forces. When operating it on the boat, you are dealing with the torque. and leverage of the motor on the transom. My guess would be that the normal leverage of the motor would be more stressful on the hull than the up and down forces when you hit a bump or a pothole in the road. Your best bet would be to get that info from a dealer, or the manufacturer.

Here's some images of Devol.

The fish were tight to the bank. All were caught on Rage Tail Lobsters, Craws and a Keitech fat swing impact. The Rage baits were not weighted. The Keitech was on a keel weighted hook, 1/8 ounce or less. What did not produce were a topwater Whopper Flopper, a shallow running crank bait, a wacky worm, a Rage Menace, a Fat Albert and a few other baits. Interesting that these baits generated no interest while they eagerly went after the other three.

When I was a kid, far tays were also known as drifters, SBDs were the ultimate, silent, but deadly.

Only in polite company? That let's me out. Reminds me of the story of a fellow who visited the United States. Upon his return home, he told his friends that the US has some strange customs. When someone sneezes, others say "God bless you." If someone burps, they say "Excuse Me." When someone fartays, everyone laughs.

That, or pull back one click when approaching oncoming traffic at night.

There, I just added a like to your post. We can't have you jumping off the roof of your double wide. You might sprain an ankle.

I have one question for you Grumpy. Do you pronounce your last name far tay?

She has contacted the local post office and spoke with the supervisor at length. They have started a mail fraud case, but my wife was told that they could not rescind the new address/forwarding address. It will take two working days, and someone from the fraud division will contact my wife on Tuesday. I went to the USPS web site and this is what I found regarding change of address or forwarding address. Anyone can do it as long as they are willing to lie. "Note: The person who prepares this form states that he or she is the person, executor, guardian, authorized officer, or agent of the person for whom mail would be forwarded under this order. Anyone submitting false or inaccurate information on this form is subject to punishment by fine or imprisonment or both under Sections 2, 1001, 1702 and 1708 of Title 18, United States Code." That certainly won't deter someone who wants to steal your identity to tap into your savings account or max out your credit card(s). It only takes minutes to fill out the form. Don't need to go to the Post Office. You can do it from home, or a hotel room, or while having dinner as long as the joint has wi fi.

I received two monthly notices from Silverscript. On is a running list of med payments, the second is the monthly bill. My wife and I have always received them on the same day, without fail. However mine arrived and my wife's did not. She called Silverscript and was informed that they had been sent out on the same day. My wife, smelling a rat went to the Post Office and was told that she had requested her mail to be forwarded to a different address. You too can request that someone else's mail be forwarded to another address. In this case, my wife's mail was being forwarded to an address in Flushing NY. All you need to do is pay the nominal fee, I think it's a dollar, and say that you are the person, or an authorized agent. That's it. There is also a notice that if you are not that person or their agent, you can be convicted of mail fraud. Of course, that means they have to catch you. So, why would they want your mail. Maybe because it may contain a credit card statement, or a statement from an investment service that you do business with. Or all sorts of information that can be converted into cash. Here's a kicker, when your address is changed/forwarded, it happens immediately. You can show up at the post office with all manner of identification and a contingent of the National Guard, and it can take up to two business days to get the matter corrected. My wife was told to report it to the police department. When she did, she was told by the officer who was handling this matter that this was the first time he had heard of this scam. You don't need to reply to a phishing scheme or some other scam. This is easily done because the Post Office makes it easy to do. I wonder how long it will take them to close this wide open breach of security.

Please Tipper, please, do not tell us that she is Raider's ex. Her name is not Lucy by any chance?

Any local sign/graphics shop should be able to meet your needs. It cost me sixty bucks for the numbers, including installation. He wanted to slant them to match the name, but I did not know how anal the state might be, so I told him not to slant them.

When are you going to show us a rod rack?

It's so secret that even I don't know what it is.

No, but it left this momento. There are five lined up teeth marks. The bottom two do not show up well in the image.

Very nice. Imagine what you could do if you made a shoe rack(s) for Imelda Marcos.

Boats and bananas do not mix. Yesterday, JE1946 took me out on Quabbin. Things were going well 'til I hauled a couple of bananas out of the lunch cooler. John promptly scolded me for bringing bananas on the boat as they bring bad luck. I spoofed the "superstition", and things went downhill from there. Lost a couple of lures that got hung up on the bottom, and snapped a rod trying to free a third from the bottom. Bananas 3, Tom 0. To add insult to injury when we got back to the landing, I ended up in the water when I stumbled taking the step onto the float. Could have been worse. At least I stayed upright, and the water was not quite waist deep. Banana curse 4, Tom 0. Oh wait, I almost forgot. Among the fish we caught were three or four lake trout. The banana curse struck twice more. John had a laker break off at the boat, long before the bananas' presence was made known to him. Curse 5, Tom 0. Ooops, one more though this could be more a matter of ignorance than luck. Never caught a lake trout before. When I got it to the boat, I lipped the fish and promptly got three puncture wounds (correction five puncture wounds) for my efforts. But what the heck. If I hadn't caught the fish, I wouldn't have gotten wounded. Bananas 6, Tom 0. As an aside, we did catch a few smallmouth, and I learned not to lip a laker. And,............I did not say that I shoulda stayed in bed. I will say, I shoulda left the bananas at home. Funny, the water did not seem that cold. Even afterward I did not feel cold walking around soaked to the waist. I was lucky in another regard. I did bring my foul weather gear, so I had a pair of dry rain pants to put on instead of driving home in my skivvies.

There's one way to tell. The next time you have water in the hull, drag it onto dry land and see where the water leaks out.

Let's solve those problems. Put a cover on it with a six inch diameter piece of pvc pipe about six inches long to make a "fish chute". That will solve the problem of the fish jumping out, or osprey stealing your fish. Time to move. All you need is a second container in the boat that your live well will just fit in. Fill it with water, lift your "live well" out of the water, set it in the reservoir, and voila, scoot along as fast as your heart desires. It will lift out of the water easily since the water will drain out rapidly as you lift it. Get to where you're going and toss it back over the side. If you want, you can dump/bail the reservoir, and stow it out of the way until needed again.

Looks like a fuel shutoff valve to me.