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cooper canvas/canvas work i hired mark cooper/cooper custom canvas out of sterling ny to do some canvas and carpet work on my boat last winter.it was 3,000 dollars worth of work.i gave him half the money up front,my only request was that the work be done by april,come april,work was still not done,but he did finish it by mid-april after many calls to get it done.meet him to go over work,he did a very nice job and with quality material and i was happy with his work,but he did not do the carpet work.so i paid him for the canvas work,but he asked me for the full amount of the carpet cause he had to special order the material,he said it would be about a week or so and he would get it done.i was not to happy with it,but the marina said he has been doing work for them for years and was trustworthy,so i paid him,that was in april and the carpet is still not done and he will not return any of my messages.i asked him to just refund my money,so i can hire someone else to do the job and still no response.i would never use him again,but if you are going to hire him,just dont pay him in full!!!!!!

just look at the top of tackle and techniques on this forum.first post is a copper spooling chart.

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thanks glen,ill give them a call today.

i called them a few weeks ago and the guy that answered the phone said they were only pumping out the campers in their campground and that they could not pump out boats,even though i see the pump out machine sitting right by the gas dock.i got the feeling they are only taking care of their own customers.

thanks todd,can anyone recommend a porta-potty company in the area that might be able to come to the marina to pump a boat?

10-4,thanks

mexico point pump-out station? heave not been out in a couple of weeks and was wondering if the pump-out station is working or is it still under water?

i cant help you out with fishing info. on tupper,but i would fish tupper and stay there,dont even think about heading south towards the old forge area to fish.now that schools are closing it will be an absolute zoo in this area and you dont dare put a boat on these waters until after columbus day.

okuma magda pro 30's,best bang for the buck.dont waste your money on the convectors if you go with okumas.

nice job dan,guess you are staying out west?

with the high water conditions and seeing the headline,i thought maybe we would get some reports of guys trolling the parkway,nope,just another non-fishing report in the fishing report section.

tunas reel troubles in ludington,mi.very reasonable and fast turn around times.

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"this old boat" section on the home page would be a good place to post info. about your decals.and other "boat"related stuff.

thats really great,oh great one,but what does decals have to do with fishing reports?

you should be able to find a trailer for 5k to carry a boat with a 10ft beam,you still are going to need another 20+k to buy the boat though.

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when you lift the throttle linkage on the carbs you are not advancing the timing thus flooding the motor.the only way to raise rpm's on a 2-stroke is to do it with the control box throttle.put it in gear and run it as if you were on the water,just dont over rev the motor and make sure no kids or animals are running around.if it still acts up,i would check compression.

are you putting it in gear and using the throttle on the control box to increase rpm's or are you raising the rpm's buy lifting the throttle linkage on the carbs?