Recent content by mtudb24

Pulled the boat yesterday. Boat had been setting since Labor day. Wil have to say how much less growth was on the hull vs previous years when I just scrubbed it by hand at the sandbar vs using the Ryobi. A little bit of Starbrite gel hull cleaner and the Ryobi made it look like new again. I...

2 dominate games by the Huskies so far. Big game at Hillsdale this weekend.

Found a copy of my dads 1955 yearbook. He passed away in 2009. Never knew his was so involved in so many things and was the batting champion in 1955 with a .312 average. He played with his brother Lynn (my uncle) who was 2 years behind him in 1957 in both baseball, football, and basketball...

So many things to watch tonight. Detroit tigers vs Sox, KC Royals vs Twins, Michigan State vs Boston College, Michigan vs Oklahoma. I need more TV's in the basement. HAHAHA Tigers won. KC won. Sparty in dogfight. Michigan took gas.

The bay (and all the Great Lakes) were angry today. As my good buddy George Costanza would say, like an old man trying to take back soup in a deli. :D:cool::p URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 356 PM EDT Fri Sep 5 2025 ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN...

Thanks. All is good. She's in college now, go figure!!!! So many years ago, but still in the back of my mind every time we shove off from the dock no matter what boat I am in. I've made the trip a couple times and always during the day to the beach since then and even in the old Bennington...

Thank you! Yeah, that single doesn't have much of a long term future if it can't fly. As long as they have open water near them, they won't migrate. We have many that are local that set here year round on the golf course and if the bay and ponds don't freeze over, they won't go south. Been...

Sept 1st is always bittersweet for me. Today would have been my dads 76th opening day of duck/ early goose season (he would have been 88 and started hunting when he was 12 but passed away in 2009), but my uncle (my dads brother) is 86 and today was his 74th consecutive opening day of hunting...

So true. Thanks for sharing that link. Saginaw Bay is like a "mini" great lake at times. Many boats have gone down the bay. It can bite you in a heartbeat, just like many other bodies of water. Respect them all! I've gone from flat calm to small craft advisory's in a New York minute. Its...

When we bought a center console boat that was pre-rigged for a Mercury motor but we wanted a Johnson motor, the Binnacle control, wiring harness, etc all need to be removed from Mercury controls to the Johnson controls. Gauges didn't matter except for trim. that had to be swapped out. Steering...

Is your anchor light working or are all the navigation lights out? Does your switch light up when its pushed in the on or anchor only position?

I have not stalled mine out yet and have pushed pretty hard on the fiberglass hull. I use the medium texture blue head which was optional. I think the best feature of it, is the adjustable head angle. Probably not as much of a big deal on toons, but really works well on the angles of the...

My replacement cover made by Tumacs (who made the covers for Bennington back then) for a 2011 RCW 2275 was $2K and $800 for bimini top and boot 2 years ago. AND you had to put the snaps on the canvas! You're doing great at $1200.... That was the cost i had for a custom sunbrella cover for a 25...

what pontoon or Tri toon configuration do you have? Lifting strakes or no? Underdeck waveshield etc?

I haven't tried the yellow on fiberglass yet, but the blue did great on the boat. Just not sure the blue is hard enough for the aluminum toons and the yellow maybe too much to leave swirl marks on the fiberglass. Have to do a small spot to see. :cool: