sometimes a bunch of water (inch or two) gets in from snow/rain/travel events. I have an old sponge in there permanently for mopping up excess if it gets too deep. Can't stand water sloshing around getting gear/bags wet.
agree - makes wiping the grooves dry a drag
rivets should work fine - can't imagine why not.
Maybe keep a few bolts/nuts handy in the sled in case one of the front rivets blow out - so you have a way to secure it so that you don't have a little "ski" hanging loose/down up front for a trip...
don't forget in the unfortunate event you do end up in the drink you can sit/stand on the cavitation plate and tilt the motor up with trim button (reachable from the side on many models)
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if motor is running and in gear this might not work out :;:smokin
nobody's phone (or local towers) had that capability back then. One guy who had left our group had sketchy service where even voice was bad.
His belt blew. He had a kid with him. Set up his shelter and put kid in there. Worked like a dog to get new belt on - discovered he had wrong spare belt...
Maybe rent a used trailer capable of hauling your boat from local dealer? Bet a lot of dealers would rent a trailer for $20/day. And you don't have to wait for docks to be ready, drive a long way, etc.
Rent local trailer, go to local ramp and switch boat over - fix yours - then switch back...
We had an unforecasted ground blizzard 5-6 years ago up there. Not cool. I had the only GPS (crappy little Lowrance B/W H2O) and was tasked with leading a group of 10 or so off.
White knuckle city. :( A general poopy feeling until we made the launch.
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