John Bacon

They damaged by driveway when they installed fibe and have refused to have it fixed.

Free speech means that he doesn't go to jail for saying it.  It doesn't mean that he still gets to be a member of the caucus.

Brand new in the box propellor for Mercury outboard 10.3" diameter by 13" pitch with 13 splines.

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On 1/1/2021 at 2:23 PM, Terry said:

If some young nurse tries to stick my penis with a needle we are going to have a bigger problem

Locallized swelling has been reported for the Covid vaccines.  😉

Prior to Viagra, Upjohn sold Caverject, which was a locally injectable aid.

Considering that vaccine requires two injections several weeks apart, I think I can wait for a slower release.

On 12/15/2020 at 6:17 PM, misfish said:

How does Canada NOT have  a company/ facility, to produce the vaccine ? This boggles my mind.

We do have manufacturing facilities in Canada.  What we don't have is government controlled facilities capable of producing the required quantities of vaccine.

I know there was a facility in Quebec that could have been up and running by year end (if they had starting preparing several months ago).  They would have been able to make about 125,000 doses per month.  We need more than that to get this under control.  The decision was to purchase from other countries instead of making too little of our own.

13 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

lmao you guys are now coming  up with conspiracy theories to debunk an electric motor that doesnt exist yet?

I guess Tesla's have secret two stroke motors running them too lol

The richest part about this entire debate is the fact that all of us already have 3-4 giant lead batteries in our boats already, yet were debating whether putting batteries in your boat is a good idea hahaha.

What do people want from outboards? holeshot and top end. Guess what electric engines have? Basically unlimited tourque, no power band and a hypothetical unlimited top end. 

What do boats also do? travel in very relatively short distances. No one drives their boat 300km in a single day unless its a very very weird circumstance.

If you have somehow convinced yourself that no one is going to attempt to embrace these facts then you probably also think tesla is going to go out of business lol.

Electric vehicles are heavier than gas powered ones.  That is a bigger disadvantage in boats than it is for cars & trucks.

Electric vehicles are also more expensive upfront, but are cheaper to run.  But since most people don't put nearly as many miles on their boats as they do on their cars & trucks, there won't be nearly as many savings in operating costs to offset the initial purchase price.

I think it will be a long time before fully electric boats are common.  

On 12/2/2020 at 9:45 PM, irishfield said:

Be right up there with the electric Beaver in BC. After batteries and pilot (and a skinny one at that) there is nothing left in the allowable gross weight for cargo or passengers!

I guess I'd be too big to ride an electric Beaver then.   😉

Have you looked at G3 boats?  They're owned by Yamaha, so you should be able to get a package.

But, yeah, most of the other boats seem to be either owned by, or otherwise associated with Mercury.

2 hours ago, DanD said:

With Bombardier owning Evinrude, there won't be replacement parts issues for many years. Just like the automotive "manufacturers", they don't actually manufacture the parts that go into their vehicles. They buy them built to their spec. I can't see Bombardier/Evinrude being any different. Then there will be the aftermarket industry, that will pick up on a lot of the top moving parts and have them cloned or find a  different replacement part that will fit and function. 

Dan. 

To be clear, BRP is a completely different and independant company from Bombardier who make trains and planes.  Even though the B in BRP stands for Bombardier, it's still a separate and independant company.

Having said that.  BRP will probably still have parts available for more than 10 years.  But 20 or 30 years from now remains to be seen.    

On 11/22/2020 at 9:06 AM, dave524 said:

I recall when OMC stopped making I/O's on the used market they referred to a white outdrive on a used boat as the " white leg of death " Weren't some of the smaller JohnnyRudes in later years actually Suzukis ?much like smaller Merc's are Tohatsu's

I think that all four stroke Johnsons were made by Suzuki.  I don't think the OMC/Bombardier/BRP every made a four stroke outboard of their own.

The smaller Evinrudes were made by Tohatsu.  They never made a small sized E-tec.  

I wouldn't exclude it outright.  But, I would pay less for an Evinrude than other motors.

If it's a current model, I would also wonder how long marine grade two stroke motor oil will be available.  I don't think anyone is selling two stroke motors in North America anymore.  I am sure oil will be available for the 15-20 years.  After that, finding it may start to become difficult.

52 minutes ago, irishfield said:

As I said, there is a series of letters that started the process change.. any plate forward of that is free to exchange if they peel. The new aluminum plates are junk.. even the $350 personal plates I paid for for my Bee. Those I'm told if they start to look scruffy I can have replaced for 10 bucks.

Doesn't it have to less than five years old to qualify for free replacement?

On 10/20/2020 at 6:55 PM, irishfield said:

Peeling plates are free to exchange. It started with a BE series and has gone exponential from there. Still no requirement to have a current annual sticker... enjoyed my free summer driving two classics!

I think that depends on the age of the plate.

5 hours ago, KawarthaAngler said:

I had heard through the grape-vine that this guy is a resident of Rice Lake and he was acting out in protest of all the 'new Canadians' on the water over fishing areas.  I'm not agreeing with his actions at all (he made a bad choice) .... just passing along what I heard.

So they can hate crime to dangerous boating and harassing people fishing.

On 10/2/2020 at 3:29 PM, Canuck said:

Insane.  I hope the police find him and charge him with something.  If they don’t there is something very wrong.  It shouldn’t take much sleuthing to match up the boat ID that is visible to a short list of boats and narrow down quickly.  Looks like a Baja to me, but who knows.

A name was posted on Facebook.  So the OPP should know by now.  

23 hours ago, LeXXington said:

I have both, Electric is the cats butt... yet manuals are smaller and lighter.

If you plan on really doing the down rigging go electric. If cost and time spent are concerns manuals are just as good.

one note if you plan on running heavy weights manuals will be a workout.   I use manuals on like Erie and when camping 5-8lb weights

I don't have any trouble bringing a 16 lb Torpedo up from over a 100'.  But I am bigger than most guys.

Electric would be nice so that I could get the weight up and out of the way while playing the fish.  But I think I spent about $250 on a pair of brand new manuals.  I wasn't prepared to spend the money for a pair of electrics.

I have always used manuals and I am fine with them.  They are not clamp ons though.

On 9/14/2020 at 1:16 PM, Musky Plug said:

I can’t say for certain how long. Id like to say approx 4 or so seconds. How do you determine prop slip? 
 

If you know your RPMs, gear ratio, and speed; you should be able to calculate it.

On 9/10/2020 at 1:42 PM, Meegs said:

I’ve got a glow that lasts for hours!!!!   Supost to be 12 hours but keeps a good charge for afew hours.    I generally made them for myself and afew others.   Don’t like the new ones.    Don’t want to pay 25$ each.   Don’t like j plugs.   Lol.  And not a fan of the moonshine ones, but I fish g bay almost exclusively during the open water.  

Are you planning to sell these on your site?  I didn't see them there.

On 8/31/2020 at 2:54 PM, tomO said:

Is there any financial aid for them?

 

I am not aware of anything specific for them; but they should be eligable for the 75% wage subsidy (CEWS) and the $40k business loans.  

13 hours ago, Beans said:

Grass Carp ???

Grass carp eyes are lower in relation to their mouth.

3 hours ago, Terry said:

It has been recovered 

 

Good news.  Did they catch the guy(s) that took it?

2 hours ago, Whitespinnerbait said:

Insurance job ???

I highly doubt that.

STOLEN BOAT

PLEASE CALL 9-1-1 TO REPORT SIGHTINGS

STOLEN FROM BLUFFERS PARK MARINA ON TRAILER ON THURSDAY AUGUST 13 BETWEEN 730-845am (black trailer with grey cover) Trailer plate S46 69E

Someone had their Tracker boat stolen from the Bluffers parking lot this morning.  I am not sure of the specific model; but it was a pretty large boat.

They parked at the public launch and left to help a friend pull a boat from the marina and their boat & trailer had been removed from their truck.  I saw the boat around 7:00 am this morning.  It was gone by 8:45 am.  If anyone else saw the boat parked in the public launch between those times it may help narrow the time down a bit.