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After painfull deliberation our beloved boat is now on the market. She is a like new 2006 22' cruiser with twin BF40 Honda engines (270 hrs.) and an EZ Loader twin axle trailer. Accoutrements include: Lowrance 3500C GPS Eagle fish finder/sounder Uniden DSC VHF radio Wallas diesel...

Dale has been a long time friend of ours. We are very happy for him. http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/ ... up/Sports/

Perhaps I need to work harder at bleeding air out of the system, but it has become harder to turn the wheel lately. If I keep the wheel in motion (back and forth) it doesn't happen but if I don't turn the wheel for a little while it seems as though it sticks in that spot and requires a lot of...

After several weeks and weather too warm for a lot of hard work our boathouse is complete! Have added some visuals to our album. The contractors staging is still up so some of the lumber in these pics will be removed. We can raise her up to provide over 6 feet of air space between high tide...

Our new boathouse will be going up next week. There must be a number of y'all using lifts. We're hoping not to have to re-invent the wheel and go through a lot of trial and error. I am very interested in knowing what type of cradle works best, where the boat rests best in the cradle, and...

Finally got some pictures of a real wierd boat thats moored down the Bon Secour River from us. It's a catamaran (double hull) configuration. About 25' long. The bow of the thing "just ain't right". Do any of y'all know what it is? http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_ ... _album.php Dr. Bob...

Osprey's greatest adventure yet: from Lake Superior to the Bon Secour river on the Alabama gulf coast. We made it down last Wednesday after a long heavily laden road trip. The truck, trailer, and crew all made it in fine fashion. Virtually everywhere we stopped folks found it necessary to...

Thanks to David the Helm Hub Guy for the idea. I wanted to dress up Osprey a bit before heading south the day after tomorrow. I had found a piece of nice hardwood at the launch in Bayfield WI a couple weeks ago. I think it is cherry. I hadn't gotten my lathe set up yet after a move so this was...

All, We are so happy with our new anchor that I felt compelled to share it with all the brats that might apreciate a really good anchor. I made up a pattern and copied the design from a Wisconsin DNR net anchor when we (MNDNR) worked on a cooperative project with them a few years ago. It is...

After my recent GPS issues and a dead house battery, I am wondering if any of you have installed permanent jumper cables to the second battery. I'm interested in knowing: Can the negative poles on the batteries be be permanently connected without a switch? What size wire is needed for "jump"...

O.K. I haven't been drinking or lost my mind, however: Last friday when we were leaving for our lake place, I climbed up in Osprey to lock the cabin door for the weekend. To my amazement the GPS was turned on. (It's not that easy to do) The GPS has not been on since the last time she was in the...

Hi All, Since my retirement I have had time to do a little work on Osprey. My bride and I didn't care for the factory berth cushions so they have been removed to the garage and are now for sale, cheap(any takers?). Initially they were replaced with one 3" layer of non memory foam. That proved...

I am retrofiting Osprey with LED's for the all around white nav/anchor light and the four interior domes. 20dauntless has provided a great tip for the Nav/anchor lite, Dr.led sells what seems to be the best "plug and play" option in the GE90 star bulb. I'm not having much luck finding an...

I noticed a piece of rubber lying in Osprey's splashwell. Closer inspection revealed that it came from the boot around the steering cable and control cables. The boot is shot! Shouldn't it have lasted more than 3 years of freshwater use? Where do ya'll get new ones? Also, removing all of those...

Greetings, Has anyone out there put headlights on a CD22? It would be good to not have to reinvent the wheel with this. Hammock Creek Alabama is narrow enough with lots of overhanging trees. We need to navigate about a half mile of that in the dark. My thinking so far is that permanent...

Greetings all, On April 20th the good Catman posted a thread in "Thats Life" about a PBS show on our countries poisoned waters. Thank you very much, Catman I think this is something EVERYONE should be aware of and so am moving the topic to General Chat. I sure hope Catman doesn't mind. What...

Hi All, Before ordering new SS tubing and fittings and leaving behind my left arm, I figured just maybe there's a brat out there that has a stash of it. Or just maybe a brat knows where I could find some used railings. I'm looking for some 7/8" and 1" round, a little bit of 1 1/2" round, and...

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Greetings Fisherfolk, Do any of you have any experience fishing cobia in the Orange Beach, Gulf shores area and care to share any advice to a brat that will be on that water a lot starting next Oct. I know only a little about them but enough to be seriously interested. Thanks much and may...

Greetings all, After a long winter here in NE MN it's finally springy enough to start thinkin about the boat. I would like to build a removable flat platform with railings for the roof of Osprey. This would be used for spotting and catching cobia on the gulf coast and likely casting for...