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Hope everybody has a safe and healthy new year!

Supposed to get down to 17 degrees tonight. Working my last night shift, got eight days off starting tomorrow, yeah! Already winterized the V and everything around the house. Its a little early for this kinda cold here in NC. Yall be careful and check your antifreeze.

Not much happening here. Theres a big low pressure off shore, wind whipping hard and surf rough. Tried surf fishing yesterday morning with 4 oz weights on bottom rigs, couldn't keep them out. NE wind kickin hard. Cloudy and misty rain this morning. Still beats working!

Theres a bad front coming across NC today. Yall be careful!

Well I took my Alpha one lower unit apart. Bought all the correct tools and they really did great with the disassemble. When I removed the spanner nut around the prop shaft almost all the threads were corroded away. So instead of spending a bunch of money on a 40 year old unit I've decided to...

Well I haven't had my boat out since my son in law passed away in 2019. Been running it on the hose once in a while. Decided to replace the water pump in the Alpha lower unit. Got a complete kit and it came with the shift shaft bushing. Decided to replace it all while I had it off. Unscrewed the...

Happy Thanksgiving to all! We're doing ours tomorrow because of my work schedule. Haven't been on here lately, been swamped at work and home. Been a busy year. Finishing up a new master bedroom and bath. Just finished a three week shutdown at the steel mill. 86 + hours a week wore me out. Hope...

Anybody ever actually used the bow and stern lifting eyes to lift your V? I have the paint to apply to my bottom and need to lift it off of the trailer to sand off the many layers of old paint before repainting. I can jack and block it up, just wondering if anybody used the eyes to lift it and...

We went down to the annual Stumpy Point Osyter Feast Today. Had a great time. They had the BEST steamed and fried oysters, fried fish and all the fixins you've ever eaten! The folks down there are the nicest people you'll ever meet. We talked with folks from everywhere. Takes a while to get...

Happy New Year guys! Hope 2020 is a good, healthy and happy year for everybody!

Friday morning, November 8th at 12:30 am we lost my son in law. His liver and kidneys failed and wouldn't recover. He was only 32 years old. He was diabetic and his liver just gave up. He was the best son in law anybody could ask for. He loved my daughter and grand daughter and took really good...

Today the wife and I went down to the annual Stumpy Point Oyster Feast. Had a great time, ate some of the best seafood ever including fried and steamed oysters, fish, hush puppys, slaw, beans, potatoes and more. Great folks down there, always enjoy going to Stumpy Point. Its a small place, one...

I know some of you guys have had back troubles so I'm asking your opinion. I woke up December 9th and couldn't get out of the bed, had terrible pain in my lower back, hip and left leg. I had broke my long handle ratchet pulling on some big bolts and fell on a motor about two weeks before. It...

Took the V out for the first time this year since I did the gimble reboot thing and solving my cooling issue last summer. We ran it up the Chowan river about 15 miles, ran 165 degrees, all ran perfect. Fished part of the day, caught white perch two at the time, grand daughter skunked us all...

Happy Birthday Blue Runner! Hope it was a good one!

I'm trying to find my wifes father. She hasnt heard from him in 47 years.

We're getting some snow here in Gates County N.C. That's the first time I've seen snow here before Christmas in a long time. Its rained for a couple of days so its not sticking but its coming down pretty good!

A guy came by the other day with a complete alpha gimble he wanted to get rid of, he had parted out his boat. After taking a quick look at it I bought it. It looks to be an Alpha gen 2 housing with the trim cylinders , trim pump and inside mounting plate. Its in really good shape, joints are...

Had some time to get the V ready for the season so I changed oil and filter, spark plugs, fuel filter and gave it checkup. Got a complete water pump kit and replaced it, usually change the impeller every other year. Soaked the impeller in Marvel Mystery oil as Spare said. Checked the 170...