New Ride

[cpierce]

I replaced my bent pontoon boat, so now this is my new setup.

(I resized the photo, hope this is better)

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[cpierce]

Fishing was beautiful this morning -- catching wasn't so great. The water was 45 to 48 degrees and was murky for most of this res.

Moved over to another reservoir, not too far away, and again the water was murky and about 48 degrees. Caught 3 there -all about 18in. and on the skinny side. Sorry, it is not a good picture -- no cooperation from the model.

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[albinotrout]

Well at least you got to check out the new ride on the water and catch a fish as well. Sounds like a great day to me!!!!
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[peter805]

New ride, some fish = sounds like a great day.[]
Congrats.

Peter
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[flygoddess]

How was that little motor? I ended up going with a 40. But the longer shaft was a must with the aluminum deck I have.
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[cpierce]

It is really small -- an older Minnkota 24. But the price was right - free.
I will eventually up grade -- when I can justify it. Putting the mount where I did really stretches the shaft length. I am not sure how the shaft lengths are measure, but this one has 24 inches from the top of the mount to the middle of the prop. It is just enough.

Still it pulls me around just fine. When the wind came up I used it on the lowest speed to send me back up the lake a ways so I could wind drift back through the area I wanted. It was a very nice luxury!

The Renegade moves so easy through the water that I had no problem with just kicking or rowing either. I am really impressed with it. Wind was probably 7-10 with gusts to 15 in the afternoon --- annoying!
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[flygoddess]

Maybe we will meet up this year at one of the Res. Got the license (plus an extra pole for fun) and the Invasive sticker.

Thinking about "D" this weekend to try out the motor.
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[cpierce]

It was at the D that I caught the 3 yesterday. The water was cold and murky. It should be better by the weekend if this nice weather holds for a while. I accidentally left the chironomid box home, and so tried several other flies and finally used a small flashy minnow imitation with some success. Strange!

We have company from Washington this weekend, but will be back out again soon.
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[flygoddess]

can you post a better picture on that motor set up?
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[cpierce]

These might help. The arms are threaded rod inside of the pvc. There are three nuts and washers on each rod. One on each side of the plywood, and one on the front end elbow. It is all pretty experimental right now. I will be replacing the cord with straps.

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[flygoddess]

WOW! That is cool as heck. I didn't realize there where that many rings on that boat.
Just thinking the Escape, but that is silly...LOL
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[2dogs]

Curious about your new ride, what's the length and what is it made of (i.e 600 denier) ad how much do they run?

Thanks, Scott
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[cpierce]

It is a North Fork Outdoors Renegade. It is 9 Ft long, 56 in W, 15 in. dia. pontoons, weighs 26 lbs, weight cap.- 800 lbs, rated for class V rapids, bladderless, lifetime warranty. Sold by NFO or Cabelas.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...23&Go.x=14


http://www.northforkoutdoors.com/2010sho...cials.html

http://www.youtube.com/davescadden#p/u/7/CiYXAAVGK_M
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[cpierce]

I like all of the rings on the back and side. It makes it very versatile, but I would still like a couple more rings on the pontoons between the oar lock and the foot bar. It would be nice for stripping apron etc.
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[flygoddess]

I got use to not using one, but the apron for the lean bar could work.
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[mojorizing]

Excellent setup of your motor bracket. Simple but effective.
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[michaelnel]

[quote cpierce]I like all of the rings on the back and side. It makes it very versatile, but I would still like a couple more rings on the pontoons between the oar lock and the foot bar. It would be nice for stripping apron etc.[/quote]

I installed two D-ring patches on my Rampage on the top of the tubes in line with the foot bar. Now the stripping apron works great... two straps to the D-rings I installed and two to the ones next to the seat. The stripping apron is tight and almost rigid. IMO, those D-rings ought to be there from the factory, it makes it SO much easier to use the stripping apron.
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[cpierce]

Where did you get your D-ring patches? What glue? How solid are they?
Thanks
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[flygoddess]

I want to put more on my boat. The glue is like $25. or so and patches/D rings like $9.
Clean set-up here. I am going to be dropping some change here:

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=nrs&page=1&qsrc...2205082348

Click on repair off on the left.
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[michaelnel]

[quote cpierce]Where did you get your D-ring patches? What glue? How solid are they?
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I originally bought red D-ring patches from NRS:



http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?p...eptid=1080

Unfortunately, the NFO red is a deeper red, and these were almost orange. I sent them back after NFO told me they had the "color correct" patches, at which point I ordered a pair from them.

Hah... same red-orange patches as I got from NRS. Honestly, they are no more a correct match for the Outlaw red than the NRS ones. So I went ahead and glued them in place, this isn't a concours d'elegance for 'toons after all, it's a fishin' boat!

You also need a can of MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone) that you can get at any good hardware store



... and a can of the special Clifton urethane adhesive:



http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?p...eptid=1032

Ouch! $22 for 4 ounces, and once opened has like a one month shelf life!

... and you SHOULD have one of these to get it rolled down and get good adhesion:



http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=1990

So you are out some significant bucks (I think it totals up about fifty bucks all told) for something that IMO should be there from the factory. But I am used to modifying things to suit my needs, so I went ahead and did it. The good news is, when you get it done it works really well, and they are as solid as any of the OEM D-rings that come on the boat from the factory.

PS: There are good instructions on how to use the glue and the patches on the NRS website.
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