Jon Boat Edit

This post will make it fairly apparent how LITTLE time I spend with my Jon boat.

I got a board and headed up to Butch's to measure out what I needed to cut to make a backing plate for the motor to mount to. Well, the boat is upside down on the trailer still and I shimmied it off to where I could take a look at the stern, and that's when I noticed it! The smart people at Alumacraft already HAD a backing plate built in! It's even covered with aluminum as a weather shield! Go figure.

I never noticed it before because a.) I never looked and b.) When the boat is right-side up, where you hook the motor on just looks like the hull itself.

*sigh* I need to start paying closer attention I guess. I sigh, because driving the 4 miles or so for this project took 45 minutes due to all the schools releasing their children at that exact same time. Waste of an hour for my lack of observation.

Now I guess there's really no other reason for procrastination. They keep changing the darn forecast on us though. Now tomorrow is almost guaranteed rain...and Sunday is holding onto that chance of snow. Might be a cold, wet day on the water.