Make my life easier

[tsubaki]

Please share your input on some items that may not be generally available and have caused you to invent (or makedue with) to make your life easier in owning a boat. Description needed, Pictures preferred.

[tsubaki]

TAMPON :used to drain water from bilge area or from innerhull. Will wick up to 6 inches vertically. Use cotton cloth for best performance.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture133.jpg

[tsubaki]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture134.jpg

[tsubaki]

WHEEL CHOCKS: for one man trailer positioning the same place every time, with curb. Oh and don't forget the 12-24 inch stepping stone for the tongue support.

[tsubaki]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture136.jpg
And if you don't feel like making some ,these will work as well.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture138.jpg
Concrete gutter downspout diverters

[tsubaki]

DIFFERENT ANCHORING APPROACH: tie a weight about 5-10 feet ahead of your normal anchor. This does the same thing as adding chain to the anchor but better. The weight can be a 10lb mushroom anchor, etc. I've never seen a more reliable positioning method.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture131.jpg

[macojoe]

I have 2 items.

First is for the I/O guys. I am not a fan of them oil pumps for changing the oil!! I belive they never get the slug like when you pull the plug!
What I did (have no pic) is took a square plastic fish tote, the clear kind like at the fish house were they store just the meat.
Drlled a hole in one end, 5200 a piece of metal tubing in it. Add some plastic tube with a T on it. one short pointing up, add long tubing and go out the bilge drain to a waste bucket.
Undo you oil drain, all oil goes in pan, down the tube, out the boat to your waste bucket.
The short tube going up is a vent or the oil won't drain.
They now have a thing you screw in place of your plug, that just unscrews to drain and tighten to close, better then having to find the plug in the oil pan!


Second thing I have done, is tie a rope to my wheel chocks at the ramp, I always chock when loading boat at ramp!! seen to many trucks in the water!
Hook the oter end of the rope with a S hook to my Safty chain.
When I get in the truck to pull boat out, the wheel chock comes with me, I pick up later.

[msbhammer]

Interesting set up for the anchoring, I like, but wont work when anchoring over a wreck. The rope can be cut from the sharp metal from the wreck. Learned the hard way when I was diving the Fenwick shoals.

[tsubaki]

Yeah the anchoring worked best when stream anchoring for three or four days with just the front anchored. We actually had flood tides and 40-60mph winds on one trip where we were camping and our boat was one of the few that didn't move. This method is very effective but labor intensive when other means are more useful.

[tsubaki]

[quote author=macojoe link=board=General;num=1177099950;start=0#6 date=04/20/07 at 18:29:52]I have 2 items.

MJ, I'mtrying to remember if daddy said on his I/O if he replaced his drainplug with a valve and just drained into the bilge. I like the wheel chocks, wish I've thought about that when I had a truck that the emer. brakes didn't work.
Oh, got a funny story about a bulldog named Butch. When launching a boat with the truck that the emer. brakes didn't work one day at the boat ramp. Butch would lay on the brake pedal when I wasn't in the truck, Daddy walked by and said "your brake lights stuck" not even looking at him I said "no Butch is holding the brakes for me". Daddy looked in the door and said "I'll be damn if he ain't" and went on to the house.

[macojoe]

Thats funny!!

[reelapeelin]

When I jump in the truck to go striper-fishin', whether my boat or somebody else's, I take 8 rod/reels...generally 4 flat-lines and 4 down-lines...haulin' 8 of 'em was a PAIN til this rack came along...grab like a suit-case and GO!!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/reelapeelin/P1010020.jpg

Had to remake holder...original clips broke soon after purchase...Starboard to da rescue once again
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/reelapeelin/P1010019.jpg

[dragn3]

i had a 671 detroit on my shrimp boat and when it came to changing the oil the only option was to dump it in the bilge so i dedicated a wet vac to suck up the oil. works great for those hard to get to oil changes.

[tsubaki]

Like the suit-case Reel :)

[phatdaddy]

when i buiolt my boat shed, i added this "dock" to help in loading & unloading. it has really come in handy.


http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e203/ffatdaddy/POL_0317.jpg


i also store boat stuff above so i can grab right gear for the trip i'm heading out on. dive/fish/ eating fried chicken/etc..
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e203/ffatdaddy/POL_0319.jpg

[reelapeelin]

Great boat-shed ideas, Phat!!...seems that's what I do a lot...put stuff in, take stuff out ::) ...

[tsubaki]

Here's something I had forgot about.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture056.jpg

[tsubaki]

This makes it much easier to work on water pumps or remove frozen bolts.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture135.jpg
It was made for up to 25hp motors. Daddy liked it so much,he's going to build an adjustable one for small and large motors.

[macojoe]

Great Idea!!

[reelapeelin]

Foot stand looks GREAT!!... 8) ...

[macojoe]

Foot stand looks GREAT!!...

Are you making fun of me? :-/

[reelapeelin]

Are you making fun of me? :-/




;D ;D ;D ;D ...couldn't be...he said it was for SMALL foots ;) ... ;D ;D ;D ...

[tsubaki]

;D ;D

[msbhammer]

Damm I missed out on all these great ideas and Pics. Good job Fellows. ;)

[turbinedoctor]

Lots of cool ideas. Would like to use them sometime.

[tsubaki]

I know there are a lot others scattered out in the forum and I'm sure other people have got great ideas and haven't posted them.

[Blue_Runner]

Nice ideas. Phat, I saw a set of concrete steps (like for a mobile home) just yesterday on the side of the road for sale. I told the old lady, "that would be good to put beside the boat for getting in and out."

She didn't think it was such a good idea, but she's never in and out when its on dry land either!

[tsubaki]

This is more of a reverse angle. Rather that making boat stuff out of things, making things out of boat stuff.
For you cardboard mechanics: headrest.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture130.jpg
Putting muffler on wifes 1980 CJ5. The boat bumper greatly reduces strain on the neck by using as a pillow.

[phatdaddy]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e203/ffatdaddy/POL_0305.jpg

i posted this in an earlier section, but thought it fit your theme. great use of an old swim platform step. so good , ford copied it

[Mulv80]

i posted this *in an earlier section, but thought it fit your theme. *great use of an old swim platform step. *so good , ford copied it[/quote]

I saw that Ford ad the other night 8) You should have patented that idea.

[tsubaki]

This is something Daddy showed me when replacing a water pump.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture129.jpg
Use the size bolts that secures the pump to the foot but longer (in this case the heads cut off). After putting the impeller to the shaft then slide the pump down to the impeller and rotate the shaft (in the correct direction)and it aligns itself.
I've been wrestling these pumps and impellers for years and worring if the impeller key fell out of place. NOMORE *;D

[reelapeelin]

I luv little tricks like that!! 8) ...

[tsubaki]

Here's another one I forgot about.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture127.jpg
This is for turning the boat over to do bottom work or painting.
Just hope you got two trees a little longer than the boat apart and choke a chain with come-along up in the tree and connect to the bow eye and this thing on the other end up the other tree with chain and come-along.
One person can lift the boat and turn it over this way.
If your careful, a tree and engine hoist will do also.

[tsubaki]

I'll straighten the pictures out, didn't realise it had gotten that bad.
Think I got this thread back readable.

[phatdaddy]

Hey T, i tried your "Tampon" trick and it works great....
i always had a pint of water i could not reach and get out of the bilge, no more............... dry as a popcorn phart!!!!!!!
i also use stinkys trick of putting a small fan blowing in the anchor locker and crack the hatch at the splashwell. moving air & drying the insides.....

[tsubaki]

Great glad you like it.
Oh speaking of "stinky" (no not hooker).
If you ever have a problem of smelly coolers that you just can't get the smell out of, just place a chlorine tablet in it and store with the lid closed.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture132.jpg
Might work for in deck coolers!

[tsubaki]

About 1 1/2 years ago I decided I needed this on the Cherokee. When I almost had them finished found out they actually sell them.
Front reciever (althought the one manufactured is a 2 inch)
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture223.jpg

For the rear carrier (don't want blood in the truck) a 2 inch reciever and removable (not for use with a V)
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture224.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture225.jpg

[bradford]

I changed my waterpump this weekend and put a small amount of spray adhesive on the key and the seal between the housing and the plate. Kept everything in place as I put it together.

[tsubaki]

This is one I have used so long that I have forgotten about.
Ground the light itself by running the wire to the ground at the harness pigtail (white wire).
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture238-1.jpg
This eliminates most corrosion problems at the tongue and at the light bolt on location and gives you something easy to test with when problems do arise.

[Blue_Runner]

There is one thing that has made my boating life alot easier -

THIS FORUM! THANKS BigShrimpn!

[phatdaddy]

T, when i replaced the trailer lights, i use an extension cord for each side. you get black & white for the light and the green is the ground that you take all the way back to the tongue. good wire and double the insulation over stock wire with wire kits.

[cfelton]

Man yall got some good ideas, Kinda like MJ , I use two gallon ziplock bags to catch my oil on my 470 I/O. Just slip them down beside the oil pan,drop the plug and let it fly. When your done zip it up and slip it out. Just be careful not to rip the bag open taking it out.

[Blue_Runner]

Ok I'll add one, a rope.

A rope saved my tail more than once when I had my 70hp evinrude. Then towards the end after I had sank the motor my starter wen out I could start that thing in 2 pulls wrapping the rope around the flywheel. I loved the look on peoples faces when we'd be out 3 miles off the beach fishing and it came time to leave I'd pull of the hood, wrap the rope around her and fire her up! Pricesless!

[macojoe]

I have used and will again the ex cord trick!! ;)

[parishht]

Speaking of extension cords,
when I installed my Guest charger, I bought a 50 foot outdoor cord
and used it as my plug cord.

Now instead of fumbling around to find an extension cord,
my cord is always there.

[macojoe]

For draining oil from the I/O I used a square fish tote and put a small pipe thur the side with a hose, the hose goes out the drain hole to the back of the boat, Pull the oil drain and it all goes in nthe pan, come back when ready all oil drained to bucket outback.

[Blue_Runner]

Then you wax the motor well right? ;D *

Fish tote with a tube? *Do the same thing with the fish, let the fish slime and blood go down the tube. *;D

[tsubaki]

This is one I’ve been doing on the boats to keep trash and pissy kitties out the boat.
Finally got my neighbor talked into it.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture291.jpg
It doesn’t hold heat in or promote mildew growth by letting the boat breath and provide some shade.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture292.jpg
No real supports needed. Harbor Freight started carrying the material already grommeted in 12 x 20 squares.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture293.jpg
Negative aspects are if under pine trees, the needles get stuck in the material and it will let dust, dirt and pollen thru also. *
It's somewhere between 60% & 70% shadecloth.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture294.jpg

[macojoe]

bump

[bcmarinamanager]

This is one I’ve been doing on the boats to keep trash and pissy kitties out the boat.
Finally got my neighbor talked into it.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture291.jpg
It doesn’t hold heat in or promote mildew growth by letting the boat breath and provide some shade.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture292.jpg
No real supports needed. Harbor Freight started carrying the material already grommeted in 12 x 20 squares.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture293.jpg
Negative aspects are if under pine trees, the needles get stuck in the material and it will let dust, dirt and pollen thru also. *
It's somewhere between 60% & 70% shadecloth.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/Picture294.jpg

Where can u buy something like that?? I like it!!!!!!

[tsubaki]

Harbor Freight
12x20 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93625
8x16 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93624
10x12 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96936
8x10 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96943

[reelapeelin]

I put a rocket-pack up my butt and now I can LEAP over stuff I used to have to walk around...:sand:

[tsubaki]

I put a rocket-pack up my butt and now I can LEAP over stuff I used to have to walk around...:sand:
WHAATT???? LOL,LOLL

[tsubaki]

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http://www.wellcraftv20.com/community/images/icons/icon1.gif How to hang your nuts.....
Jejejejeje,

Got you !!!

Well, here is a little trick for those hard to mount/reach ( hidden ) nuts. See photo.

This are 7/16, 1/4"-20 SS nuts, mounted on a 3/16"-thick piece of starboard. The holes for the nuts are 1/2", and the nuts are driven into the holes with a light hammer.
I used this trick to mount the antennas.
Hope it helps someone someday.
JT
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Make the habit of radio-checking your VHF, and use it.
Father God is too busy to come down to help you himself, He sends His Angels. They have no wings, They are just your true friends.

[Jetty Rocker]

I have a friend that uses his camper only a couple of times a year and he swears that putting regular roofing tar paper (felt paper) between the tires and the ground keeps ants out. Around here we have lots of ants and I seen lots of boats with ants in them.

[tsubaki]

At fish camps they put the legs of the cricket cage in buckets of water to stop the ants from getting to the crickets.
Heard about the same thing with the power cable and water connection to the camper to stop them from comming aboard.

[tsubaki]

Can't remember when you changed the water seperator??
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/002-28.jpg
I also do the same thing with the oil filter on the autos but put the mileage.

[parishht]

Who needs to buy one of those fuel catchers with suction cups,
not me, I made my own.
A plastic milk jug (pint size or quart), cut a keyhole for the overflow
and vwala:

[macojoe]

I just spill it on the ground!!

[parishht]

I just spill it on the ground!!


Somebody is going to call the EPA or the DEP...



I got tired of the dirty looks from the gas attendants at the filling docks.

[macojoe]

Mine is on the trailer, so I go to regular gas station, so no worries!

[reelapeelin]

See those two rod-holders mounted on front of the splashwell?...those are the handiest bastards on the boat...not shown, but they hold at the ready spinning rods ready to throw and a bait-dip net (2nd photo) for retrievin' live-bait from the bait-tank...easily over-looked, but sorely missed...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/reelapeelin/Image002.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/reelapeelin/IMGP0089.jpg

[willy]

Oh man, I am imagining that old geezer stroking out if all them rods go off at once

[reelapeelin]

Oh man, I am imagining that old geezer stroking out if all them rods go off at once


That "Old Geezer" (ain't me) just moved back home to SC after "enoughs enough" followin' Katrina...he been livin in N' Orleans and fishin the low country of Louisiana for last twenty years and caught more fish than me n' you put together...my pleasure to have him aboard...


...and every now and then they do all go off at same time...turns into Chinese Fire Drill QUICK!!...

[macojoe]

I have been using the rear rod holders for years in my V also, thn upgraded to nice one when I got the OX I tie stuff to them, add nets, rods pliers, what ever its needed for at the time!

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/albums/MJ-hide/Picture_011_Medium_003.sized.jpg

[tsubaki]

Can't ever seem to have the best location for a bumper to be tied to without adding an extra cleat or stringing rope from one end to the other?
I'll bet you have the perfect locations for the rodholders though, well combine them!!
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/001-25.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/002-29.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/003-15.jpg
1" PVC with a 3/4" (or less) hole drilled into it, cut to the depth of your rodholder.

[RWilson2526]

Can't ever seem to have the best location for a bumper to be tied to without adding an extra cleat or stringing rope from one end to the other?
I'll bet you have the perfect locations for the rodholders though, well combine them!!



1" PVC with a 3/4" (or less) hole drilled into it, cut to the depth of your rodholder.


Now that there is genius in my opinion.!

[Blue_Runner]

I love it too!!

P.S. Tsub - time to take some ajax and a scrub brush to that bumper DAWG!! LOL just ribbin ya! Mine don't look much better.

[randlemanboater]

That is a good idea, I've seen similar items forsale somewhere......I have brass clips on my bumper lines and have put small stainless "D's" where I need em. (Sorry, no pics)

Send that bumper to Lumberslinger so he can detail it for ya.

[tsubaki]

Something I'm sure some of ya'll are already doing, I just haven't stepped back to watch what I'm doing with anchor rope.
In the past I would store anchor rope neatly coiled and tied. Even to the point to wrap Velcro straps around them to keep them neat.
While washing the ropes in a 5 gallon bucket of water, it dawned on me, just keep the ropes in an open container. You can transfer them, access them, do just about anything you want and don't have to worry about tangles, knots, etc.
What I've got is a 100', 1/2", primary anchor rope in a holder ready for deployment, then the secondary anchor rope, throw line and dock lines in the other container.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/002-31.jpg
They are stackable, you can wash the ropes in the container and then store them.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/004-13.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/003-17.jpg

[tsubaki]

How many times you have been at the boat ramp by your self and wished the trailer tongue was a little longer in order to drop the tailgate on the pickup or open the rear hatch on the SUV?
After building a trailer for my duck hunting boat that would allow me to open the tailgate and back down the ramp at dark doom thirty, it dawned on me, just extend the hitch (idiot).
Couple of months ago went to get the material to make an extension, well as fate normally has it they already make such an animal.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/hitch002.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/hitch003.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/hitch004.jpg
The load limit is reduced due to the extended length.
I wouldn't suggest it for road trips but it is great for the weekend outings.

[RABBITFISH]

Such great and inventive ideas! Keep this going! I found a couple I can use! Thanks...:nice:

[tsubaki]

One that Daddy showed me a couple years ago, happened to have this flag on a fiberglass pole laying around the yard and he stuck it there for an example.
He said when he owned the V, the only thing he had a problem with, was aligning the boat to the trailer at the ramp cause he couldn't see the winch stand over the bow of the boat.
Well it has been just stuck in the hole since, no real need to replace it till someone steals it.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/flag001.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/flag002.jpg
It really does wonders, letting you line up the boat and you have a good idea when it is to the winch.

[nipper]

Great idea there Tsubaki. I have the same issue. The bunks on my trailer do a pretty good job of getting her centered, but I am always afraid I am going to power right up into and perhaps over the winch.

[tsubaki]

Daddy did this a couple of weeks ago.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/drum006.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/drum005.jpg
This does many things:
if you have neighbors that complain about boat noise, it will greatly muffle the engines exhaust,
it will allow you to get the engine up to correct operating temperatures for testing and adjusting,
you can easily replenish the amount of water in the drum by hooking the hose to the spigot/drain.

I'd been using a drum cut in half for years on smaller motors, I just never thought about doing this for the bigger engines.

[nipper]

You have a very clever Pop there Tsubaki. Lightweight, portable and adding the spigot to it was probably the right thing to do so you would not be running all the exhaust filled water back through the cooling system.

[Skools Out]

be very very careful with the larger motor in the barrel, if you don't keep the hose running the whole time in the barrel you will over heat your motor and loose water out other places and cause lower water to the pump as well. exhaust will heat the water and cause the over heating plus the fact the water is reused threw the motor.

[nymack66]

Excellent posts keep it going..
Inline Ignition Spark Checker they have a 90 degree also..
As part of my on board tool bag I have one for each cylinder, Connect up and you can see if your engine is dropping a spark etc.. $ 6.00 each !
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=4424

[tsubaki]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/trailer.jpg
We're moving two of the boats to the other side of the yard under another shelter, I hope this will prevent my sister from backing into the tongue's whenever she visits. Yes it is silly looking.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/trailer003.jpg
Daddy had been placing a 5 gallon bucket over the tongue's to act as a bumper for shin protection during the possibility of an intoxicated event, the Giraffe's should act as double duty.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/trailer006.jpg

[macojoe]

very nice and it will also be nice o line up the tuck when loading!!

[Road King Cole]

Great thread.

MJ, I am going to build me an oil catcher w hose like you made. Not only will it get all the oil\sludge\crap out, it will be cheaper than buying a pump!

For aligning up the trailer hitch to the trailer, I had bought alignment poles like these:

http://www.amazon.com/Reese-Towpower-7012900-Alignment-System/dp/B0016C5YF2/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t

I think I have also seen them at auto zone or walmart. Save's me getting in and out of the truck to see if its aligned, or even better yet: trying to understand directions from my wife.

Even without these, I would opt to do it by myself.

rkc

[macojoe]

I had a par of them poles, I still didn't like them. But I have gotten pretty good at backing up so i don't have to much of a issue there.
I am thinking of getting a slip for this year?? We shall see

[Road King Cole]

I am thinking of getting a slip for this year?? We shall see


Well, that certainly falls into the "making life easier catagory"...except for maybe bottom paint.

[bradford]

Here's a small contribution to a great thread: Instead of buying one of those rubber doughnuts to set your trailer jack wheel in, I cut a 5 inch hole in a piece of a 2x10 with a jig saw. All my friends with boats see it and say they should have thought of it.

[phatdaddy]

i made this to strip old line off reels, threaded bolt through an old water bottle cap and put in your cordless drill. works great and when full, get a new bottle, caps are pretty universal.

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/DSCF0495.jpg

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/DSCF0496.jpg

[Fishwhisperer 180]

Great thread. Plenty of brain work going on here. When I picked up the 180 the in-gunnel rod boxes were hanging on by a thread. All cracked and and in peices.
I removed all the peices. Put them together like a puzzle and held the peices in place with masking tape from behind. Then I took um to the local spray bedliner guy and told him to give the fronts a light blast. That was 5 yrs ago.
The pic shows the spray with no tint. You can have them done in the color of your choice. They are stronger than new. When I reinstalled them I ripped a couple of 1" strips of pressure treated from a 1/2 " board. I placed them behind the inner hull to frame the length of the cutout and screwed through the edge of the box, inner hull and into the wood. Now I have to put back the teak mouldings.
Says the new guy.

[Blue_Runner]

Great idea....can they tint white? What did they charge?

Thanks for posting!

[Fishwhisperer 180]

Hello Blue_Runner,
What a great place to trade ideas! - I went to the Rino-Liner franchise, but there are others. It was my first transaction I had done with the shop and the guy hit me for $75.00 to spray 2 boxes. You can also find it in auto parts stores to do it yourself.
It can be tinted White or any color for an exact match. It is also treated with UV additives to prevent fading.
I have seen it used to resurface decks and reinforce underdeck storage lockers/live wells. It also fills voids and cracks for a water tight fix. It can be laid-on flat or textured to act as non-skid. It will incapsilate anything it is applied to. The stuff is bullet proof and cleans right up. I also masked the chipped ares by the wheel wells on my truck and sprayed the body with it tinted to match the color. I even used it to seal the roof of my camper. Funny though, I never used it for my truck bed.
:haha:
My only advice would be to apply as thin a coat as needed, it is HeavY.
Oh yea, in case you were wondering . I do not have stock in the company. Good luck!

[Blue_Runner]

Cool, thanks very much for the info!

[macojoe]

When I did the deck on the V20 I wanted to have the whole thing done in Rhino liner, but the guy here wanted mega bucks so I did not do it.
But i see all kinds of stuff being done with it and it seems like a great item!! I have even see cars painted with the stuff

[nipper]

I have never seen cars painted with rhino liner, but there is a guy who lives near me who is the "astroturf" man. He has a couple vans completely covered in it (one with a pretty cool design from the Pink Floyd dark side of the moon album). He even covered all of the trim and shutters of his house in astroturf (aka indoor/outdoor carpet)!

[macojoe]

I saw a jeep that works for a oil co. all coverd with oil, so they had in painted to protected it

[SkunkBoat]

I trailer my V20 to the ramp in May and from the ramp in November. I removed the brake pads from the trailer and put a bolt with a locking nut through the actuator to stop it from clanging in/out when I stop & go. MADE MY LIFE EASIER!

[nipper]

Thanks for getting us back on topic, Skunk. Here is a making my life easier tip for trailer boaters. Whenever you park your rig until the next trip, undo the winch strap/line from the bow eye of the boat (or at least undo the winch pulley catch i.e. the clicker and loosen the strap/line). You should never have to replace a bow eye if you do this.

[tsubaki]

This is another one my father does if you have baitwells/livewells and the need to keep the water fresh and clean but don't want to use pumps.

Utilizing the existing fishbox drain tube, get a piece of flexible hose that will fit snugly inside it, add a piece of pipe with a cap and holes drilled (starting at the level you want to maintain the water height).
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/baitwell002.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/baitwell001.jpg
This works well with boxes that drain to the side or rear.
If draining to the rear, just add a 90 in order to reduce any engine exhaust problems.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/baitwell003.jpg
For real troublesome bait like pogies or shrimp the addition of an aerator or bubbler greatly extents their survivability.

[reelapeelin]

One little trick is when running wire fore & aft where there is seemingly nothing to hang the wire from (port side for instance)...the cap and rub-rail screws coming thru to the inside work great...place a cable clamp on the screws and permanently attach by screwing a wire-nut onto the screw over the cable clamp...works like a charm and I've never had one come loose...

[phatdaddy]

this is a trick a local marine electronics installer taught me 20 years ago. instead of putting the little screws and cable ties in the transom. put a "Hersey Kiss" of 5200 on the transom and lay the cable in it. then tape it so it won't move and let it cure. no holes to seal or ties to replace. this one has been on this transom since '89.(hard to see but below the drain hole on the starboard side)

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/DSCF0508.jpg

[tsubaki]

Been doing this for about 3 years. Got tired of trying everything to reduce food from getting soggy by comming in contact with the ice and then the bag or container sweats on the inside.
Made out of PVC pegboard, cut to fit snugly, finger holes are a must.
This application will work excellent when using dry ice too, no worry about freeze burning. Also keeps the ice a little more protected to last longer.
Usually I freeze 6x6x6 plastic tubs filled with water, put the whole thing in the bottom, this also keeps the pegboard level.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/coolerdivider2.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w159/tsubaki3/coolerdivider1.jpg

[Blue_Runner]

Tsub that would make a good bait tray too for ballyhoo which doesn't hold up well when directly on the ice.

[Destroyer]

(RW, Willy, CaptP and Lumber, this is a great one for the Shrewsbury River)

Sorry, no pics of this, but something I do for bait for the spring Flounder run is make my own chum logs. Before you could buy package goods in bars in NJ you had to buy beer in a take out container. The container was a round can made of white cardboard with a lid that fit over the top and was one quart size. A lot of food places still use the half quart size for hot take out soup. Most bars still have them available, as well as chinese food places (rice) and lots of other places (soup). The trick is to find a source for them. (There's a place not far from me in my town that actually makes them, so that's where I get mine.) Once you do you can make your own chum logs. I cook rice, mix it with mackrel or blue fish ground up in my Grandmothers old hand meat grinder, add some cat food and niblets corn. Mix the whole mess up and pack it into those paper cans and put them in the freezer over the winter.

Come springtime, the water warms a little and the flounder wake up and come up out of the mud in the rivers where they were burried during the winter. You take one of those chum logs, peel the paper off the hard frozen log and put it in a chum pot you hang over the side of your boat. The beauty is that the chum log is exactly the same size as your standard chum pot, so it just fits in nicely while frozen without a lot of mess getting all over your hands or the boat. It will take several hours for the really cold river water to thaw out the log, and while it's doing that the natural rocking of the boat on the water is shaking tiny little pieces off the main frozen body and making a beautiful chum slick that the flounder follow right up to your baited hook(s). It's just a little thing, but it saves tons of time and cleanup and gives you more time for fishing. :beer:

[tsubaki]

reels engine support for trailering.
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/community/showthread.php?t=17155

[tsubaki]

Stinks destinker, I mean bidet.
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/community/showthread.php?t=17199

[reelapeelin]

reels engine support for trailering.
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/community/showthread.php?t=17155



Glad you can use this, tsubaki...hope it works for lotta folks...PVC was mentioned for this, but I doubt it'll last long...

Easy to make and install...you know what they say...from simple minds come simple products!!...:head:

[jeffmo]

this one isn't new but it's worth a repost.when i perch fish on Lake Erie,I sometimes have to try several spots before we get onto the fish which means setting and retreiving the anchor each time(too poor for a windlass!!!)Since it seems like I'm always the only one on board who is willing or able to crawl up onto the bow,this ladder setup makes doing it very easy.

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/community/showthread.php?t=15367

Another thing that helps with anchoring and knowing how much rope I have out is simply marking the anchor rope.from the end of the rope at the anchor chain i used a big black permanant marker and made a wide mark on the rope every 10 feet and put a red one at the 50 foot mark.

Hull cleaning after the boat has been docked for a couple of weeks on Erie use to be a very tough job until a friend who has been fishing Erie for many years gave me this tip.mix up a solution of "The Works" toilet bowl cleaner and Hydrogen Peroxide at a 50/50 mixture and put it in a spray bottle.spray it on the scumline,then use a heavy towel to scrub the scum off.it makes the job VERY easy.I was told by my friend to try it on a spot that isn't very visible just to make sure that it wouldn't react with the finish first.I did and have had no problems at all.this really does make the job very easy.this year was the first i fished in the water where the green algae bloom was thick and that stuff covered my hull but this solution took it right off!

My anchor rope storage container is simply a cleaned out 6 gallon plastic syrup bucket that i drilled holes in the bottom of to allow the water to drain out of. the rope coils up into it very easily and dries fairly fast in it.

[tsubaki]

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/community/showthread.php?t=17314