Duck Pond Redneckery

[Rigjockey]

They do that here too but only for the driver of the boat.

That's why that boat is for sale.

Here it is only the boat driver too.

 

[Duck]

Here it is only the boat driver too.

So how did that kill recreational boating?

Here, on the weekends half the pickup trucks you see have a boat on a trailer.

 

[Rigjockey]

So how did that kill recreational boating?

Here, on the weekends half the pickup trucks you see have a boat on a trailer.

Unless you are rich enough to own a boat with a toilet you can't drink on the boat. That means no one can drink on the boat and if they do the driver gets charged.

 

[Duck]

Unless you are rich enough to own a boat with a toilet you can't drink on the boat. That means no one can drink on the boat and if they do the driver gets charged.

So get a cheap toilet from Menards & bolt it to the front of the bow like a figurehead

 

[Rigjockey]

So get a cheap toilet from Menards & bolt it to the front of the bow like a figurehead

I agree.

 

[389 Hood]

Here the pontoon is the big thing. They draft about 8" fully loaded. All the rivers are very shallow and the deep Vee's can't get around that easy. Plus, you'd better know the waterways or a row boat can play hell at low tide.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Is draft the displacement water level? Ie the distance from water line to bottom of the boat?

 

[Electric Chicken]

 

[389 Hood]

Is draft the displacement water level? Ie the distance from water line to bottom of the boat?

Correct.

 

[389 Hood]

Actually, you need to include the skeg on the bottom of the lower unit. That's usually a few inched lower unless you have it tilted up to where the water pump draw will suck water.

 

[389 Hood]

There it is. That's the only way to boat and enjoy it. Going into the deep blue is a whole different kind of boatin'. That costs the big $$$$$

 

[Duck]

Is draft the displacement water level? Ie the distance from water line to bottom of the boat?

From the water line to the lowest point on the boat.

I've always heard it used to reference the lowest part of the hull, because motors can vary. Of course the prop & skeg stick down lower than the hull, but you can tilt up the motor to float over a sand bar or something if you have to.

The skeg is that fin on the bottom of the motor, right in front of the prop. It protects the prop from damage if you bottom out.

On some boats, the skeg is also a replaceable, sacrificial lamb to the corrosion gods. Made of magnesium, it serves as a dielectric to neutralize static electrical currents that'll corrode the shit out of an aluminum boat. They're unnecessary on wood or fiberglass boats.

 

[GAnthony]

New toy to play with. It's being delivered tomorrow. 42 foot max height.



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so...you that short you needed a thing like that to fill the bird bath..???

dingleberry

 

[Duck]

so...you that short you needed a thing like that to fill the bird bath..???

dingleberry

Yep. The barns in the picture are actually just dog houses. The cars are Matchbox.

I'm 4 inches tall.

 

[GAnthony]

Yep. The barns in the picture are actually just dog houses. The cars are Matchbox.

I'm 4 inches tall.

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i always thought you were a midget.

 

[Duck]

i always thought you were a midget.

My height is 5' 11-7/8" to be precise.

 

[GAnthony]

My height is 5' 11-7/8" to be precise.

blah-blah-blah

now go fill your birdbath............

 

[Electric Chicken]

so...you that short you needed a thing like that to fill the bird bath..???

dingleberry

I do if I'm filling it naturally.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Yep. The barns in the picture are actually just dog houses. The cars are Matchbox.

I'm 4 inches tall.

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Your junk is organized like it's a dealership.

 

[krelithous]

So get a cheap toilet from Menards & bolt it to the front of the bow like a figurehead

so who's gonna tow your ass down the road . i bet that would look fucking spectacular going down the roads of butt fuck IL