Originally Posted by
Steelie18
So, to fill in the missing chapter on that 12' Metalhead sled...
After buying it from John, I promptly put a Mercury 25 Jet on it. It was a great little boat and I ran it up and down the local rivers for several years. With one person, it would go 25 mph through 3" of water all day long, on 3 gallons of gas. But add a second person, and you'd need a long run-up to get on plane. After a while, my interests/hobbies changed, and one day I realized that I had not even put the registration stickers on, for two years. That boat deserved to be used, so I put her up on Bill's "for-sale" page and she sold in 1/2 hour!
As a new member of the Semi-Retired club, I'm back fishing the local lakes and Delta,from a 17' Alumacraft center console.
Back to the Metalhead. I swear, EVERY TIME I took that boat out on the water, someone asked if I wanted to sell it. (One time, by a DFG warden!)
Bruce, I hope you're still enjoying the coolest little boat ever made!
George B
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