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I just got an old, beat up, but salvagable boat for free. I'm not sure what kind it is, there's no kind of tag, nor did it have papers. It measured 16'x64". The previous owner was definitely a firm believer in the gratuitous usage of self tapping screws and silicone. I'm about to get busy...

I'd like to build a casting deck for a boat I just got. At first I was going to just go with wood, but I don't wanna weigh it down too much. I've seen videos and pics of other mods where people decided to go with riveted aluminum bracing/supports, rather than welded. For any of you who have done...

I also recently acquired a 1963 'Rude Fastwin 18hp. It's been sitting up for about 10 or more years, but ran like new when it was stored. I know it was stored inside on a stand for at least 6 of those years, and then outside, wrapped in a tarp, lying down, underneath a tin RV shed. I'm looking...

I recently acquired an 85 Mariner 50ML 50hp outboard. I was told there isn't anything wrong with it, other than the choke puller won't stay engaged. I pulled the cowling to give it a look, and saw that the choke linkage was missing either a spring, pin, or whatever it is that keeps the choke...

My dad gave me an old jon boat with a 1995 25 hp Johnson. He went through a separation in 2007, and the divorce was final in 2009. The boat had been sitting up since at least the summer of 2007, it had always been serviced and well taken care of before that. He says it ran like a top, other than...

My dad went through a pretty nasty divorce a few years ago and most of his stuff was scattered all around in different places. He gave me this boat the other day and it had been sitting up in one of his friend's back yard. The motor hasn't been ran in at least 6 years that I know of, and it's...