Hello from the Great White North... well, almost.
My name is Elliott Olson and I live near Warroad, MN by Lake of the Woods.
My first boat (20 years ago) was an aluminum (pointed, not square bow) duck boat with 3.5hp Sears OB. I couldn't get it running well at all because it has a bent
intake reed. I did however get to run it around Bemidji with an electric troller and small oars.
About 8 years ago I got a '64 Glastron Skiflite 142 with 40hp electric-shift Evinrude from my brother. The last time we had run it I noticed water coming up the inside of the transom. The keel has a short crack across it and the transom ply is rotting out. just sitting in the water was fine but running at speed pushed water in the crack to defy gravity and waterline level through the transom. I am now splitting the top off the hull to start rebuilding the transom, and I'll also grind into the keel from the top to glass across the keel crack before fixing the outside. I also need to do some checking on the motor because we could never get it up to full speed. I suspect a missing bolt might be losing crankcase vacuum. The Yacht Club trailer is a little big for it but I can live with it.
Can anyone suggest where I might find replacement lenses for the nav light? The red is broken and severely faded. I actually have two housings (I like them and want to keep the style) but only two green and one (used to be)red lenses. Anywhere I've checked so far has said "no longer available".
EDIT: BTW, how far north do any of your get-together's come?
Oh yeah, I was forgetting another boat, a 15' Wizard I hauled from California when I got a camper-conversion van from Grandma and then found another 40hp Evinrude for $100 to put on it. That OB ran fine after a little ignition work.
