Fishing Rhino

A little more info about my sister-in-law. When she got home, she could not leave here home except to visit the doctor's office. She was not to go away from home until cleared by the doctor to do so. She had in home therapy rehab. Had she left home against the doctor's orders, and a problem ensued, according to Medicare, she would have been liable for the entire medical costs and would have had to repay Medicare for what they had paid out. So, be careful to scrupulously follow your doctor's instructions. To do otherwise is folly.

Polyester fiberglass resin and plywood is not a good combination. In a couple of years the resin will start to crack, allowing moisture to get to the wood. The process accelerates from there. Epoxy is the way to go. It will make a stronger bond between the two layers of plywood, and will do a much better job of sealing the wood from the elements. However, if you are planning on keeping the boat for a few years, I'd rethink the CDX, which if I'm not mistaken is used for sheathing, subflooring, and roofing for houses. It is about the cheapest grade of plywood. Structurally, it is strong enough, but it can be loaded with voids in the outer and inner layers of plywood. The CDX indicates that one side is grade C, the other grade D and the X indicates it is bonded with exterior glue. It generally consists of fewer, but thicker plies. This makes it cheaper to produce, but less suited for what you are doing. Try to find a PTS plywood. It will have some interior voids, but the surfaces will be Plugged, Touched (filled) and sanded. Will make for a better bond, and tighter surfaces. I forget the grades but think it is either ACPTS or BCPTS. Even though epoxy should do the job, A good coat of exterior grade paint will protect the epoxy from the UV rays of the sun. No need to spring for the expensive marine grade paints. One other thing about polyester resin. It is not waterproof. It will absorb moisture, epoxy and vinylester resins will not absorb nearly as much water. Epoxy Resins vs Polyester Resins To: c22@catalinadirect.com Subject: Re: hull fairing From: "Kevin" kls@ipass.net Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:28:23 -0400 Just a few facts that I know concerning the comparison of polyesterresins to epoxy: Polyester is not an epoxy. It is a complete resin system that willslowly polymerize when it's solvent is evaporated - though this maytake months. That is why MEKP is added. It is a catalyst - not a component of the resin system - that speeds up polymerization, or curing. Epoxy is a true two-part resin system in that polymerization will not occur - over any length of time - unless the two components aremixed. Why epoxy is a better barrier coat than polyester and why epoxy doesn't blister... Epoxy is 100% solids (high quality epoxy, anyway, such as WEST, System 3, and others) meaning that there are no solvents - the lackof solvents is why epoxy resin and hardener do not have much of an odor, though some odor. The weight of cured epoxy will be the same as when it was liquid. Polyester resins have allot of a solvent called styrene and this styrene evaporates as the polyester cures - this is why polyester resin smells really bad. This evaporation leads to porosity withinthe cured res. The porosity is how water eventually permeates gel coat and causes blisters. All plastics absorb some moisture, chemically speaking, but polyester absorbs way, way more water thanepoxy. This is why epoxy is an excellent barrier coat. Epoxy is an adhesive. Polyester, though it has adhesive qualities, is not as good for bonding as epoxy... http://members.tripod.com/c22_fleet_6/epoxy-vs-polyester.html

Sister-in-law had knee replacement at the end of August. She is walking better than she has in years. Apparently the worst of it is the rehab. They really make her work, and kneading the scar tissue to break up adhesions is uncomfortable, but she is glad she had it done.

Off to the races yet? Have a good time, and leave little Ricky's girlfriend alone.

I've had both, and still do. On a trip to our daughter's home in GA, the speed control on my Minnkota burned out. Fortunately I was able to find a dealer with the part an hour from her home. It was still under warranty, and the dealer was kind enough to replace it immediately. Only took a few minutes. Last year on the Road Trip, I had a steering cable failure on my Motorguide. With a major assist from Alpster we were able to effect a temporary fix that lasted for the remainder of the week. The steering cable is crimped into the steering rack, and had pulled out. We were able to recrimp it by carefully using the cutting portion of the jaws on a pair of vice grips.

It is a 2009. The RPS was introduced in 2010.

The boat in the photo is a pre RPS hull. The main difference between the older hull and the RPS hull is the distance between the step and the transom. The step is much longer on the Z7 pre RPS. Probably twice as long. By shortening that distance, it puts the lift at the back edge of the step closer to the transom, reducing the leverage of the mass of the motor, allowing the hull to lift much faster at the rear. The Z-7 in the photo took much longer to get on plane than my Z-8 with the rapid planing system. A helpful hint for those whose boats struggle to get on plane at times. Steer the motor to the left or right when taking off. By pushing the stern to the left or right on takeoff provides more lift for the stern since you are using the lift afforded by the angle of the v bottom. When the rear starts to lift, you can steer a bit in the opposite direction to get on plane even faster. With a little practice you'll learn how much steering input is optimum for getting on plane faster, and the best tempo for steering slightly back and forth.

Yeah, but what you don't tell us is that you and your friend work as two of the many clowns that crawl out of a tiny car at the circus.

Not possible with a stepped hull. But the knees or other transom supports should extend onto the step so the transom is properly supported. It is not evident because of the angle of the photo, but the transom is a foot behind the step, and the bunks end at the step. Whether a boat has bunks or rollers, they should be placed so the weight of the boat is carried by the stringers or frames/bulkheads of the boat. If the weight is borne by a different area, the hull will deform. Since almost any material used in building boats has a "memory", over time, that depression will not spring back. Even if it does, the area will tend to deform when the pressure of the water acts upon it, forming a hook when underway.

What happens in the case of those who do not pay any taxes?

All television programming is driven by viewer demographics. If there was sufficient demand for fishing programming, you'd have more of it on television. It's hard to find sponsorship for programs with poor ratings. It doesn't matter how much we spend on boats, gear, travel, etc., in the pursuit of our passion, if the television ratings don't justify the cost of advertising. Maybe it's blasphemy, but I don't subscribe to any fishing publications, and I rarely watch fishing shows. That could be in part because I'm retired, and get to spend quite a bit of time on the water.

Walmart did a stupid thing. They should not have allowed unlimited purchases when they knew there was a problem on the EBT system, that resulted in limitless spending. If they were only concerned about folks going hungry, a fifty dollar limit would have fed them for a couple of days. That would have been more than ample time to get the system up and running properly. They got the "glitch" corrected the same day. I don't know what they were thinking. Did Walmart hope to get business of customers who usually patronize other stores? Did they hope for a bonanza that the government would pay for? I find it hard to believe they were merely being altruistic and did not consider the consequences of their action. Will the government go after those who made hundreds of dollars in purchases when they knew they did not have the money in their accounts (ebt cards)? Will they tell Walmart that they acted irresponsibly and negligently by permitting such large purchase, and leave Walmart dangling in the wind?

Aha, that explains it.

Apparently "southern hospitality" doesn't apply to the bass y'all.

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My first response would be yes. But as I ponder it, that would be changed to a maybe. Sports are not what they used to be. Our high school has no football team. Soccer, basketball and baseball for the guys. Field hockey, basketball, volleyball and softball for the gals. Basketball was strictly a finesse sport. Any contact, if seen by a ref, drew a foul call. You established position and that was it. No one could push you out of the way. Even incidental contact got called. A scramble for the ball did not incur a foul call, nor did incidental contact when going for a rebound. Today, in the key, basketball does not appear to be much different from football when it comes to contact. Anything goes short of tackling someone.

Did you mean wiz (wizard), as opposed to taking a whiz?

Well, that sure helps expedite the cleanup of the mess. The picture reminds me of seagulls at the dump.

I'm sorry, but I cannot provide a definitive answer. I know some fishermen have the Minnkota with the Ipilot and love it. I know someone who replaced his Motorguide with the autopilot Minnkota and within a few weeks he replaced it with another Motorguide. He was comfortable with the operation of the Motorguide and found the difference in the way each operated to be frustrating. I have a Minnkota Traxxis 55 lb thrust on my canoe. The speed control circuit burned out and was replaced under warranty. On my Nitro Z-8, the steering cable on my Motorguide pulled apart last year while on the road trip at Pickwick. Fortunately Alpster helped me get it apart and make a jury rig repair, which kept the boat going until I got home and took it to the dealer for warranty repair. I am uncomfortable making recommendations to anyone about what type of boat or motor is practical for their needs/wants. If I tell someone to try a bait which will cost them five or ten bucks, it's no big deal. But when it comes to boats and motors, you're talking some serious dollars, even if it's "just" a few hundred dollars. A boat is a platform on the water whose purpose is to get you where the fish are. The type of platform, how you rig it, and how you power it are choices based on personal preferences. I'll fish on just about any type of boat. My canoe is perfect for negotiating this narrow creek to get from the launch area to a local pond. It's also good for open water. East Antioch Lake at Rocky Mountain State Park in GA. And the Bass Hunter in the "puddle" behind our daughter's home in GA.

Practical: useful: appropriate, sensible, and likely to be effective. You are not going to move a twenty foot bass boat around with an electric motor, unless...........you devote every square foot of storage for batteries to operate an electric motor capable of moving the boat around, and even then, they are not likely to get the boat up on plane. The cost would be astronomical. A battery charger capable of recharging the banks of batteries overnight would cost an arm and a leg, if you could find one. If you look at electric cars (not hybrids) they are limited in the distance they can travel before they need to be recharged. You can refill your gas tank and be on your way in a few minutes. It can take hours to recharge the batteries in electric cars. Yes, there may be some chargers that can do it quicker, but you wouldn't want to have to buy one. Go to a recharging station and it will cost you more to recharge your batteries than it does to buy gasoline to go thirty or forty miles, which is about seven dollars for two gallons of gasoline. They are definitely not practical for towing a bass boat to the lake, and then home again. Since it is harder to push a boat through the water, than it is to propel a vehicle along a highway, they are a long way from developing a battery, motor propulsion for a boat that can do it for the cost of propelling a boat with an internal combustion outboard motor. I have a canoe with a trolling motor. It is a practical combination for fishing small lakes/ponds. I can fish for a day on a fully charged battery in good condition, and fully recharge the battery in about eight hours. There are some ponds I fish which I could fish my canoe, or my Nitro Z8. My 20 foot Z8 with a 200 horsepower outboard is my vessel of choice, because it is more practical. I burn less than two gallons of gasoline on a typical fishing day, and catch more than twice as many fish from the Nitro, and I can fish more comfortably. I spend maybe ten minutes running on the 200 hp gas engine to get from place to place, and three or four hours cruising from place to place at four mph with the trolling motor on my canoe. The pond or lake I am going to fish is the determining factor of which boat is more practical. For some, budgetary constraints may be the prime factor in determining which is more practical. If you buy a bass boat, and then cannot afford to run it, that would not be practical. It depends on what you want to do and whether or not you can afford it. That is the ultimate factor in what is or is not practical.

There is a tool for every job, but no tool can do every job. So it is with electric motors. Currently, they are not practical as the primary propulsion on a typical bass boat.

Ever see the movie Poltergeist? Maybe the third was moved to make room for your house. Uh oh, you could be in heap big trouble.

Booooooooo!

MA, NH, AL, GA.

An excellent observation. Before I got a bass boat, I used my canoe with a trolling motor. It "forced" me to work areas more thoroughly. I found small patches of bottom, clearly visible on the sounder, that I would have never noticed in a bass boat, because I'd be past them in a blink. Now, when I fish those ponds/lakes in my bass boat, I catch many more fish than I could possibly catch from my canoe, simply because I can move from spot to spot much quicker in the bass boat. I can take advantage of what I learned about the pond because I used a canoe for a few years.