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[Brokeass Boater]

New here, but I'm on a few other forums out here on the west coast, mostly fishing oriented. We live in N. California, at the doorsteps of the San Joaquin delta, about 1100 miles of water ways winding around something like 60 islands/berms, an hour from San Francisco bay. My wife and I chase the bite from Central Ca. to Oregon, bottom fish, Stripers on a flyrod, Albacore, Bluefin, and lake trout up in the Sierras. This is why I have the different boats. I have brought back to life several boats over the years, it must be a miswiring in me, I like the challenges. The Skipjack in my avater is one of them. I bought it for 600 bucks, hauled it out of the weeds in a field and rebuilt it. The pilothouse I welded up out of aluminum, they never made a PH for this hull, and replaced the decks and motor/drive, painted the entire boat with Awlgrip. I'm pretty good with fiberglass/gelcoat also, included making parts from molds, I really enjoy glass work, ya, I'm wired wrong lol. I'm picking up a 2001 180 Sportsman pending a good sea trial in of couple days. It needs some love, but seems to be solid boat. There are not many of these dual consoles on the west coast, I have some questions that I'll post under the discussion topics. hoping to get some answers/resources here. Thanks for reading, way longer than I planned,,,gregg