Well back to square one.  I'll give the abbreviated version of why it's not getting fixed now. 

The guy is still willing to work on it, but in order to raise the console to clean, sand, and rebond... he wants a mechanic to detach all of the electrical, steering, and throttle cables.  He said he's not a mechanic but more of the fiberglass/body guy.  The shop that lends him room down here was going to do it, but they apparently only work on Yamahas, and my Mercury is off limits.  Apparently if something breaks, they don't have the parts to fix it, and the guy won't work on the boat if it's not all disconnected.  Unfortunately, my shoulders aren't in any shape to do any of this myself so I'm not sure what to do. 

They can't just glass the edges since it will prevent the console from ever coming off and thus making it impossible to get to the gas tank, thus why it needs to be rebonded and not permanently glassed down.

One of these days I would just like something on the boat to be easy to be fixed.  I swear it's always some type of hoops I have to jump through.

Fun...somewhere in the back of my head I thought you were just gonna layer on some fiberglass around the base and call it a day. Only bad and worse in this situation.

Quote from: Latimeria on June 09, 2026, 07:21:22 AMOmar just dropped to the bottom on the invite list... sleeping through his alarm to go fishing.... almost cause for a ban.  lol

I was late once. On jury duty and the judge wouldn't let me leave. Sleep late? Never.

Quote from: Tim524 on June 09, 2026, 09:01:45 AMLures are a different story

I've got dozens of trays full of "why not", madness.

So he did get back to you, that's good   I texted him after you said you never heard from him and asked him to to call you. I also never heard back from him so I assumed he was super busy or something, but he is usually good about returning calls, oh well, glad you finally have a plan of attack for the boat, Labor Rates are crazy these days !

Is this a new Therapy Thread for Tackle Hoes  

It's hard to pass up a new setup even if you don't really need one cause there is always justification for it somewhere somehow. I think I am good with what I have for now but my "eye" is always open when I'm out and about.

Lures are a different story

Recognized with a honk, you got some Street Cred on the water

Omar needs to wake up with a fish head in his pillow case at least once, he will never be a "no show" again

A good Spotty session is good for the soul and not so good for the shoulder, hope the shoulder and the boat get resolved soon.

An excel sheet would probably be perfect so you could sort between rods, reels, categories, etc. That will be a neat little project to get into tonight.

Omar just dropped to the bottom on the invite list... sleeping through his alarm to go fishing.... almost cause for a ban.  lol