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SWeeT hali!

Nice ride! Nice fish! Keep'em coming.

My father in-law said he had not been fishing in 20 yrs. I asked him if he was a "Pinko Commie" and got him on the salt ASAP! Bagged a few fish and had a great day.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

welcome to the gang. Nice ride you have there. Don't let Jetty find out your going to add a fort to it... you'll be sorry!

Awesome boats! Nice to see something besides a Pacific (uh oh... I asked for it now). Made in Washington too... I had the chance to see one of your 22's over by Marysville a few years ago. It was my first up and close personal look at a 1/4" all welded aluminum working man's hull. Love @ 1st si...

Awesome!

Got some blood on the Lisa Christine. Joel (a 3rd grader) who's a friend of the family slayed his first salt water fish. He was stoked! :clap: Conditions were ideal 3 foot swells @ 15 sec. with 1 ft. wind chop! :highfive: Thanks to all my bros for helping me get my steering issues figured out. We g...

Awesome Keep the pics coming (maybe John will get a clue ).

Nice report John, BUT... seeing is believing Post some pics buddy

Got some blood on the Lisa Christine. Joel (a 3rd grader) who's a friend of the family slayed his first salt water fish. He was stoked! :clap: Conditions were ideal 3 foot swells @ 15 sec. with 1 ft. wind chop! :highfive: Thanks to all my bros for helping me get my steering issues figured out. We go...

Thanks for the "heads up." It was a wake up call for me when I realized that the whole steering system is reliant on one nutt to function while in the salt. I'm going to put a spare in my "kit" bag (which seems to get bigger and bigger).

I have steering!

Followed everyone's advice. It was pretty easy... saved a ton of $ and have the satisfaction of knowing how to maintain my steering now. Thanks everyone for the help... John your awesome!

I'm fishing!!!

Am I right in assuming when I replace the old nylon threaded marine grade locknutt with a new one (off my mechanical steering) that I can use a Home Depot stainless nylon locknutt? Thanks!

21 ft. cc, THANKS for the vid. HUGE HELP!


Jettywolf, thanks (I think?).

O.k. John... thanks for the "heads up". My brother is gonna come over Sunday and we are gonna give it a go :thumbsup: It would sure be nice not to have to pay the gas to drive the boat all the way to Olympia (Tom's Outboards) or the Shelton (Verles) and pay a mechanic. O U C H !!! :shocked...

Welder, Before I had a chance to read your post (thanks by the way) on the way home from work today I stopped by the local boat mechanic and told him my scenario. He suggested I take a rubber mallet and lightly tap the end of the steering column while turning the steering wheel gingerly... The end o...

Give Joe at Koffler a call. They'll build what you want... They are a small "custom build" company. If you want a 1/4" self bailing deck they have and can certainly do that. They will take you out on some of their boats before you ever sit down to talk numbers/design. Many Kofflers in...

Right. O.k. thanks Chaps. Should I be looking to go hydraulic or should I stick with mechanical for the long haul? This would of really sucked had it happened out in the salt

Wow! Thanks for all the input guys. So I went outside and had my wife turn the wheel right while I tried to turn the actual outboard... no luck, tried left... no luck. Went to find my hydraulic fluid fill and low and behold I dont see a hydraulic fluid resivore anywhere. Took some pics and thinking ...

Thanks for the info guys. I will check things out first thing tomorrow morning and get back to you.

Got the boat all geared up last night to start off the new fishing season. Everything checked out and motor purred like a kitten. Woke up @0500 today. Loaded the boat, packed the kids, got to the docks, put the boat in the water, went to bacck out and NO FREAK'N STEERING! Lol. The day was not all lo...

Here you go. Some very good info that anyone should know regaarding crossing a bar... :thumbsup: http://www.hotshotguide.com/ocean_bar_Conditions.htm I especially live by the... "Rule of 12" The formula below is used to calculate the amount of river flow at a bar. It is called the "ru...

I'm keeping the boat. My eldest boy (7yrs. old) started crying when I told him I was going to sell it. I was pleasantly suprised that he was liking to fish that much with me. Then the other day I caught my youngest son (5yrs old) sitting in the boat pretending like he was crabbing. Had an offer, but...

Awe crap... I DON'T LIKE being in debt. All my buddies tell me what a retard I am, but I just can't get used to it. I've decided to roll up my sleeves, pay off my college loans, put the house on a fixed 15 yr. loan instead of the 30 and get rid of the boat. I'm not going to quit fishing, but will ha...