Pair of Jacks

I have been a member of BostUS and all my boats are insured by BoatUS via GIECO since I bought my first boat 45 years ago and I now own 3 boats. I get the unlimited towing from BoatUS Tow. I consider myself a fairly good sailer/boater and marine mechanic and would not go boating without the tow insurance. I had to use it once when I filled up at a marina that had water contaminated gas. We were 8 miles from the dock in my 1995 21’ SeaRay when the engine fouled out. I had 2 non-nautical guests on board…fortunately the weather was good and TowBoatUS was responsive and a great service. They had four other toes that same day…all of us had filled up at the same marina😫😫😫. I would be without it.

Oh yeah!!!

LOU colleagues—I want to give a shout-out to FishingSkrip27 (here on LOU)who is starting up a small business making and selling spoon pads. The attached picture gives you a sample of his work and product. I recommend him without reservation.

Capt Rich…many thanks. That video should be in your HOF library😎😎😎.

Capt Rich— great video of the young man doing a great job handling that salmon. Just curious what rod/reel/line combo? It sure looked like it was a medium rod and it was all it could do to handle the big salmon.

sad situation indeed. My dad had a mid 80’s 16’ sea nymph that my brother now has…solid as can be but dad had to have the transom completely replaced under warranty as there was a manufacturer’s production process problem that allowed water to get into to transom. After repairs were made she was a stout fishing machine. Just curious if your zinc anode on your motor was also affected? The entire purpose of the zinc anode is to be that sacrificial metal that stray voltage will eat up vice your motor or your aluminum hull. The other thing it could be is galvanic corrosion caused by two dissimilar metals in contact with each other with moisture being introduced typically a ferrous metal and a nonferrous metal with the non-ferrous metal being the sacrificial metal. During my aircraft maintenance days in the USAF we had to inspect our jets on a regular basis for this situation. Typical scenario where galvanic corrosion start is when someone inadvertently introduced/installed an unapproved steel fastener (screw, bolt, nut, washer, etc) to panel or airframe component. In some cases the culprit was two different pieces of aluminum one with a higher ferrous content than specified. We lost several aircraft to structural failure due to this problem.