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Looking at it, I would give that another year. I don't see much white shining through from your gel coat. Hard to say without getting my hands on it.

Ablative bottom paints are very sensitive as to what you put them on, and what you are putting on them. Some paints can be recoated over with only certain types of paint, while others can only go over certain types. It would be really helpful if you knew what was on there. Maybe your marina tech can help you. It would be normal for it to come off somewhat easily if you went after it with a scrub brush. They are kinda designed to do that. They ablate or sluff off microscopically with the slime that grows. If your current paint is covering the vast majority of the hull still, send it. If it is getting thin, this might be the last season before a recoat. If you can see your gelcoat over most of the area, it is time. Jamestown Distributors, West Marine, etc. have a ton of reading you can do about bottom paints, and they sell every brand under the sun. Good luck. Matt

We caught this beast trolling for walleye in 30 FOW outside of Chaumont Bay. It took a deep Bomber.

Ideally, the holders mounted horizontally would be used for running your inline boards. The way you have them set up on the rail is perfect. Additionally, running big boards with a tow-line, you would ideally have your holders in a vertical orientation on your gunwale well clear of your towline for the reasons mentioned above.

I ran inline planner board rods off my boat similar to what you are doing for years. I really liked it. For what it's worth, the holders never spun on the mount once set in place. As far as the proper angle, I gave each one a little more upward angle the higher they went. I had three per side. The bottom was just above horizontal, the middle was like 35°, and the top was like 45°-50°. It worked well, especially when it was choppy. The upper holder kept the line out of the water pretty well in rollers. The bottom holders can also run a dipsy if you mount it close to horizontal. Hope this helps a little. Matt

If you are running trolling bags, shorten up the lead lines, putting them closer to the bow. That will help with the steering, and put weight up front. I know a guy that wrapped a sand bag or two in a contractor garbage bag and put it in the anchor locker to keep his bow down.

The clamp on type looks to be an Anglers Pal.

I went from the 21' Trophy, year 2001 to a 1997 Proline. It is a much better built, better thought boat. The ride is not as good in my opinion, but everything else is that of a nicer boat.

I went from the 21' Trophy, year 2001 to a 1997 Proline. It is a much better built, better thought boat. The ride is not as good in my opinion, but everything else is that of a nicer boat.

Couple questions: 1. Where is it located? 2. Does that model have the doghouse for the IO's? 3. What are the chrome poles in the cabin? 4. The first pic looks as if something is standing on the swim platform. Is it permanent? What is it?

I ran a 2001 Trophy walkaround for a few years out of Chaumont Bay. I really liked the ride and sturdiness of the boat in the chop and slop of eastern Lake Ontario. Yes, they are owned by Bayliner, but from what I understand, Trophy started making their own boats in '99 or '00, and they got a lot better in quality, but still mid tier. While I liked the ride, the stability and the fishability of it, there were a few things that pushed me to sell it. I had the 21' and it got small really quick with 3 adults on it. With an outboard, there is only a small hatch to get to the bilge, and you basically have to stand on your head to get just your arms down in to work on the pumps, etc. That particular year and model had pump out fishboxes in the floor that were prone to fill up with rain water at the slip, or in the driveway. They got swampy fast, and made the boat list to one side, or the other. While the boats are newer construction there was still plywood in the floor of the cuddy, but I could not see the bulkheads, stringers, etc to examine them. My particular model was under powered with a 125 Merc two stroke on it. Make sure you have enough power for your needs. We had to run that 125 full blast all the time to get 28 MPH out of it. Gas hog bad. Hope that helps. Good riding hulls, with poor layout.

The access on his G3 was nonexistent. He was able to find some really big and stout pop-rivets. They seem to hold just fine as well if you cannot through bolt.

A buddy of mine tried using the versa-track on his G3 for cannon high speed riggers. He bought the rigger mounts and used them once, and thought the whole rig was going for a swim. No amount of tightening the screws into the track helped. He bought Bert's track and through bolted it. Way more secure, and absolutely no bouncing around when the 12lb weights move up, down or stop at the top.

Greg, I think I saw it at the Crescent Yacht Club(Bearup Marine) when you first got it. Loved it then, love it now. I would be looking at it, but the drive just went up in mine, so I have to take care of that right now.

Wait? Didn't you just get this boat a year or two ago? Didn't I see it at the CYC?

I run a '55 Johnson 10 HP. These old motors are built better, have more torque and are easier to work on than modern motors. If someone is looking for a motor for your 14' tin boat this would make a great motor. I'd be willing to bet it would pull kids on a set of skis too. Good luck with the sale.