A Cracker Built FS18

[Cracker Larry]

Welcome aboard on another one Ross, always good to have you along

Seth thanks a bunch, heck yeah I'm interested email is coming.

[Joe H]

Always nice to have a Cracker build thread going.

Couldn't agree more!

Joe h

[Doc_Dyer]

check your phone

[gstanfield]

Larry I just had a thought about this new boat. In addition to being good for sight fishing the shallows it will also be an ideal little boat for getting up in the swamps and little creeks like Ebeneezer that feed into the Savannah river. There's some nice fish up in there, or at least there was ten years ago.

[Aripeka Angler]

Great to see you are starting another build I know you don't do deadlines, but do you have a gut feeling about when you might be splashing the boat? Good luck on the build...

Richard

[Cracker Larry]

check your phone

Sorry Bradley, phone was off

it will also be an ideal little boat for getting up in the swamps and little creeks like Ebeneezer that feed into the Savannah river. There's some nice fish up in there, or at least there was ten years ago.

Yes it will. Still plenty of fish in there

[Cracker Larry]

I know you don't do deadlines, but do you have a gut feeling about when you might be splashing the boat? Good luck on the build...

Thanks Richard. I've got no idea really and surely no deadlines. I've got a good boat, so no hurry. I've also got a couple of big repair projects to take care of. This Hard Headed B@tch is getting a new transom, and some other work. She's due at the house on Monday and that might take a few weeks. Need some warmer weather too! The last few projects I've done required heat lamps for the epoxy to cure.



The groundhog says spring is coming early, I hope the SOB is right

[Prarie Dog]

Larry, on the HHBT's starboard gunwale is a peice of gear that looks like it is made for pulling a crab pot. Do those blocks have a hydrualic motor on them or is it just used like a deadman with a pulley for a man to pull the pot?

[Cracker Larry]

Yeah, it's a crab pot davit, and yes it has a hydraulic winch to do the hauling. She does a lot of hauling She's been catching 75 bushels a day all winter, fishing offshore Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. That's a lot of crabs. He just got all of his 300 traps pulled for the season and is wrapping it up for a few months. She's been fishing every day since I repaired the hole in the bottom last summer. You reckon those Yamahas gets some hard use? I inspected the bottom repair recently, it was worrying me a little bit, but it's holding up perfectly. I had a hard time even finding it Thank you Lord!

[Prarie Dog]

Before we got sidetracked I asked about the Crab Pot Davit and you told me it was Hydraulic. Thanks Do they use an auxillary engine to run the pump? Thanks again.
Paul