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Alloy Toy: I hear you my friend. Its like someone too a cookie cutter out there and stocked the area now. I took several keepers to the rail before the season was open. Killed me to toss them back with only days to spare. You know what really gets me..... I pourposely went before season was open to ...

Hi All : Was just down walking the marina on my street today. Those glass boats are a mess with all the rain this month. Anything with wood on its decks looks a mess, turning black with mildew and such. The canvas is getting ugly because of mildew, the deck teak looks just waterlogged and dark in co...

Hi Mac:

Jay still has it however I believe he has one customer that is very serious. I saw all the photos but to actually see it up close and touchy feely is a whole other thing. She is huge and those Yammies on the back are enormous too. Its alot of boat !

Hi All: This is a shame this happened. I myself hate those damn fish traps out in RI sound . They are grandfathered for the time being. As far as I am concerned they are a navigational hazzard also. Many boats get cought in these traps every year. The killing of this white shark is a major problem. ...

Hi All: Took a ride north this past weekend to take a break. Met with Jay and had some lunch together. Had a chance to look the Rock Salt 34 over pretty well. For the first off model this is one very nice machine. A machine it is too ! This is one Big Azz machine ! Those Yammies on it are huge too. ...

Jetty

Next switch don't be affraid to apply some waterproof grease to the key before insert. Do that every now and then
and you should be fine. As far a saving the one you have, WD40 and wiggle away until it gives a little otherwise just chuck it.
Old man salt has his way with it.

Welder/Les I don't know how much you have done to your little B series Diesel. Not sure if you are a Diesel tech or not either. However with diesels two thing always go together ( Fuel & Air ) . You can chip the diesels and let them go fuel fuel and max turbo pressure on demand but they will do ...

Hi All ! This footage has been around for awhile and is frequently shown by Stripers Forever Org. If you want this to end it will take more of us to join in and sound off. That is what you see on top. About 16 months ago the discovery channel tried to get some footage of the New England Dragger flee...

Hello All ! Absolutely not under any circumstances ! It is almost a sure thing that damage will result and if you get away with it one time you surely will pay the price the next time. It not worth the little effort it takes to disconnect the components. You don't have to take the harness apart. Pop...

Clambo:

First post to you sir. I think you may be talking about Pogy Mike possibly ? Did the hull look like a bloody mess ? If so that would be him !

Welder: No sir no plot ! Just don't buy fuel on the water ! That stuff sits around for weeks at a time ! If you tank up at a high volume station you should get the freshest fuel possible. High volume stations pump more than 20K weekly. Here is another secret ! Do not store your fuel system dry ! I d...

Hello All ! Battery trys .....man I'll tell you I would stick with high quality plastic battery boxes. Use only the kind that have the flat botton inside and not the elevated floor type . In the five footers the battery will pound trough the bottom of that type. Plastic battery boxes do not corrode ...

Hello Fellow Alloy worshipers: Scott it was really no big deal. It happened in a instant , I limped it home under my own power with the engine lassood with winch rope. Dealer took care of it all under warranty, almost . while the replaced the brackets theye broke the arm on the trim sending unit. I ...

Welder: No flesh of any kind was found . No impact of any signs anywhere. There are no whales in Narragansett bay. We do have seals but not in the area that this happened. This was a year ago that this happened. I am not knocking anybody here either. I have taken notice to how the other manufactures...

Hello All ! I just wanted to answer Jettywolf's question about being a Coastie. No sir did my 8 years in the Air Force. So to answer your question about boat handling though. I have lived on Naragansett bay and have had my own boat of one kind or another since I was 13 years old. I know this area ve...

Hello All ! Popped out this morning to see if I could take a couple more Bass before the Blues start going crazy. Too late , water temp was 62 and the menhaden I worked like crazy to get in the morning ended up as appetisers. For the very first time I ran into another gent with a Alloy Pacific at th...

Hello All: As with everything we buy there are trade-offs. I like the big Hondas because they are world class engine builders and have more 4 stroke exsperience than the rest of the crowd. Yamaha is a very nice engine but working on them I know their quirks. The older ones went through CDI boxes lik...

Hello All ! I will try from now on to make my post more readable, sorry. I get going and the next thing I know a short novel. Anyhow poking through the post I have seen many question Idle issues and stalling with these 4 cycle fuel injected engines. Well I am going to give you a little secret that i...

Hello All ! From a tech to my alloy owning bretherin.... ethenol fuel is going to be here for awhile. Get used to it. Is it good ? Hell no and far worse than MBTE in the marine enviroment ! It absorbes moisture like a sponge ! You want to keep things somewhat happy I would suggest a good dousing of ...

Hello All ! Grease for your outboard......Hmmmmmm I'll let the cat out of the bag......when the sea can get at it OMC Triple Guard is desingned especially for it. I buy a case at a time and recommend it to any that I have serviced. It has extremely good water proof quality. Lubraplate and the likes ...

Hello All: I am still reading all the post and this one cought my eye. I do all my own work. Have been for years and outboards are easy for someone that is used to working on all auto manufactures and all the crazy engineering they build into these super high tech wonder engines and transmissions. I...

Hello Again: The answer to the questions. As far as checking the brackets.....I sent the bolts and the brackets to a metalurgical firm in MA. The brackets were stripped and dye tested first with a heat warming process then they were put in some machine that is like an X ray machine for metals to che...

Hello Again: I have a story that ended that was hair raising to say the least. It did end happily after months of fact finding and you will be astounded as to how strong and rigid a Pacific/Black Lab hull really is. I have a 26cc Black Lab rigged as a pure open fishing machine "Occams Razor&quo...

Hello All: Have never posted on here before so I hope you find my info useful. I had this very same problem with my 26CC. I believe Jay meantioned a 26 in Rhode Island. That would be me. Occams Razor is one of the few 26 cc Black Lab hulls in my imeadiate area. It gets more attention than than I wou...