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[steplift20]

What's going on with our site here, all I see is about 4 or 5 of us posting things. If it wasn't for the political forum there would be less than that. Cmon guys lets start posting about our boats and motors. You always gave me great advice but lately is been very quiet Let's post and post more
Merry Christmas to all Let's post bout our love for wellcraft v20 And other boats as well
Let's stay off of the political forum It is what it is We can't change anything
Let's start them motors and go fishing Or in nj get ready for fishing in the spring

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by steplift20

What's going on with our site here, all I see is about 4 or 5 of us posting things. If it wasn't for the political forum there would be less than that. Cmon guys lets start posting about our boats and motors. You always gave me great advice but lately is been very quiet Let's post and post more
Merry Christmas to all Let's post bout our love for wellcraft v20 And other boats as well
Let's stay off of the political forum It is what it is We can't change anything
Let's start them motors and go fishing Or in nj get ready for fishing in the spring

Just had zipper head replaced on side curtain.
And yes, I’ve stayed at a Holiday Inn Express .

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by steplift20

What's going on with our site here, all I see is about 4 or 5 of us posting things. If it wasn't for the political forum there would be less than that. Cmon guys lets start posting about our boats and motors. You always gave me great advice but lately is been very quiet Let's post and post more
Merry Christmas to all Let's post bout our love for wellcraft v20 And other boats as well
Let's stay off of the political forum It is what it is We can't change anything
Let's start them motors and go fishing Or in nj get ready for fishing in the spring

So, I think I just bought a 22 Grady white today....

[scook]

Congrats on the Grady - I occasionally dream that I have one, as my V (that you helped me through a lot of issues with) gathers dust due to lousy fishing here and no time to work on it.

I’m getting things cleaned up, trying to stay ahead of new stuff and looking forward to getting back to work on the boat. My goal is to have it ocean worthy for next year. The ocean here is a bit of a challenge - every access is out of a river or river fed bay, which all have bars to cross that can become death traps quickly. Shallow bars make for high breaking waves as soon as the swells get just high enough. They kill people every year here in Oregon and I want the boat in good shape and a very good eye on the weather and seas before going out.

There’s some good bottom fishing close in and Salmon can be very good in the ocean, even when they aren’t biting in the rivers.

Enough whining - yes, let’s get back to boat stuff and fishing.

[scook]

By the way Spare, I’ve looked pretty hard for an electric choke for my ‘85 170 carb. Is it time to find a long cable and rig a manual choke? Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks

[steplift20]

Spare,you think you bought a gradywhite today?
I have my boats cabin stuff in my garage and went thru it again today
Checking the tools,first aid kit anchor rope and other things
It's going to be a long winter lay up for sure.
Checking my fishing stuff ,and I gave a lot of that
Keeping busy till spring, I just hope she starts and runs good . She should.

[Destroyer]

Good post Step, but poor response. Always the same few people. There are so many people that used to post all the time and now seem to have dropped of the face of the earth.

I've been racking my brains the last week or so trying to come up with ideas on how to make the site better, more active. There's no doubt that the Facebook site is hurting us since a lot of potentially new members just go to Fb when looking for answers and find that site and don't even know about us. If anyone has any ideas on how to stimulate or recruit people I'd love to hear about it.

@Spareparts.... Tell us about the Grady...

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[spareparts]

Originally Posted by scook

By the way Spare, I’ve looked pretty hard for an electric choke for my ‘85 170 carb. Is it time to find a long cable and rig a manual choke? Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks

you know, its funny, I usually back the Choke off all the ones around here, they can be a pain to fire up, but once they warm up a little, we have no other issues. Yours's has a Rochester? or Mercarb?

[scook]

I’ll have to go look at it - will get back as soon as I know. Thanks

[XXL]

Originally Posted by steplift20

What's going on with our site here, all I see is about 4 or 5 of us posting things. If it wasn't for the political forum there would be less than that. Cmon guys lets start posting about our boats and motors. You always gave me great advice but lately is been very quiet Let's post and post more
Merry Christmas to all Let's post bout our love for wellcraft v20 And other boats as well
Let's stay off of the political forum It is what it is We can't change anything
Let's start them motors and go fishing Or in nj get ready for fishing in the spring

I've been a member of this forum for about 3 years now, since I bought my V20 to replace an older Arima. Initially I was hoping to learn a lot about the boat and get support for the things I needed to do, but as the number of posts dwindled and activity moved over to the Politics Forum it has become less and less probable to find useful information about the V20. I stop by every couple days to check new posts, usually don't bother with politics. Here's a picture of my boat in it's current condition. Already looking forward to Spring and a chance to get the boat into some water.