Still here, getting Seacraft back on water

[fishing_fanatic]

It has been a while since I visited here, about 2 years. My life took some unexpected and long overdue turn of events which have greatly reduced my free time, divorce, mothers death, buying a home, extreme job stress, worrying about my 13 year old son, some medical issues and just life in general.

The good news is, most are behind me now....ok, the job still sucks but I can deal with that now.

Though I have been running the Seacraft it hasnt been on the water for nearly 6 months due to trailer failure and lack of time to repair. I had rebuilt it about 3 years ago but the cheap chinese steel in the leaf springs completely rusted through in just 2.5 years. After a long search and numerous conversations, I found there were no good quality springs to be had.

Saturday, I jacked it up, pulled out the trailer and proceeded to leave about 10lbs of rust on the road between my house and the trailer place! Scariest 25 mph drive I ever did! 2 springs were completely severed! They are putting torsion bar axles on it, LED lights, new fenders and rollers.

In the mean time, working on it in the drive. Got the motor running and gave it a lick-and-a-promise cleaning. Hope to have it back on the water this month.

I did have a thread with picks here but my web service went out of business so the pics dont work but I do have some here I can post.

Also good news is I baught a house on the water so I hope to use it more.

Thanks for reading, hope to see you all on the water soon.

Heres my original thread complete with broken picture links.
http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...ad.php?t=19451


Tim