My boat takes on water. Would like to fix before putting into storage. As I suspect it is from when I took out the lower unit two years ago on Lake vermilion. It has steadily gotten worse. Want to know what is the best way to locate leak. My boat is 16' Sylvan 40 Johnson. Hard floor pedestals and raised deck, just want to give you an idea of what I got. I believe there is flotation foam under floor. I thought about using a food color die in water. Dump a gallon or so of it in the bottom of the boat while I have the boat fairly level. Lay under it and mark the first sign of color bleeding through. Not sure If I should weld seems or what. I have a brother in law that has an aluminum welder as an option. Boat is all riveted. Any advice on what I should do would be helpful.
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Building starting next spring so maybe next Sept? There's electric on site so I'll pull a camper out there next summer and live there. I'll shower at the gym, work or in the nearby lake 😆
There were some leaves changing when I was at the cabin a couple weeks ago. Headed back up on Monday, it'll be interesting to see how much more.
The ferns were also starting to get brown.
Livin’ the dream!
We had 45 in Little Falls when I woke up this morning. Been seeing leaves turn yellow for a couple weeks now. Just got done with a neighborhood walkabout and even some green leaves are letting loose and dropping.
Lakeshore was kind of out of my price range, less than desirable waterfront is 50k an acre minimum and nice lakeshore is 100k+ an acre. I got just under 7 acres up against state land out in the woods, building about a 1400 sq ft home and 24x36 garage. As maintenance free as possible, clover yard too. Can't be doing chores instead of pestering the walleye. I think we got frost last night
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My boat takes on water. Would like to fix before putting into storage. As I suspect it is from when I took out the lower unit two years ago on Lake vermilion. It has steadily gotten worse. Want to know what is the best way to locate leak. My boat is 16' Sylvan 40 Johnson. Hard floor pedestals and raised deck, just want to give you an idea of what I got. I believe there is flotation foam under floor. I thought about using a food color die in water. Dump a gallon or so of it in the bottom of the boat while I have the boat fairly level. Lay under it and mark the first sign of color bleeding through. Not sure If I should weld seems or what. I have a brother in law that has an aluminum welder as an option. Boat is all riveted. Any advice on what I should do would be helpful.
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