Bring it on Down to Jankytown - Questionable Boat Mods

[Big Hands]

I thought it might be fun to have a centralized place to celebrate some of those fishing boat modifications or "repair" horror with pics that tell the story. Things that make us go "Huh?", "Wow", "What the heck were they thinkin?" kinda pics. Just when I thought maybe I had seen the pinnacle of 'jankyness' . . . .

 

I present my most recent find as inspiration to kickoff this thread as this was too good not to share. I am hoping you all have some Jankytown awesomeness to share to. Let's see what you've got!

 

 

[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, Big Hands said:

I present my most recent find as inspiration to kickoff this thread as this was too good not to share.

I can see that as a way to make the main motor more weed-resistant.

[Big Hands]

23 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I can see that as a way to make the main motor more weed-resistant.

 

 

It may very well make the outboard more weed-resistant, until it doesn't, LOL. 

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Big Hands said:

 

 

Are we bailing hay ?

WTH ?

A-Jay

[GaryH]

Hope he doesn’t try to back up in shallow water.

[casts_by_fly]

I’m not sure I see the problem here. He triple clamped it. That has to be up to code. 

[Woody B]

How did you get a picture of my weed guard?

[Big Hands]

4 hours ago, Woody B said:

How did you get a picture of my weed guard?

 

'Twas a dark and dreary night. . .

[TnRiver46]

19 hours ago, GaryH said:

Hope he doesn’t try to back up in shallow water.

Those are breakaway plumbers straps….. hahaha

[Big Hands]

19 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Those are breakaway plumbers straps….. hahaha

 

Maybe it's genius after all?

[GaryH]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Those are breakaway plumbers straps….. hahaha

Giddy up

[WRB]

On 12/21/2022 at 11:17 AM, Big Hands said:

I thought it might be fun to have a centralized place to celebrate some of those fishing boat modifications or "repair" horror with pics that tell the story. Things that make us go "Huh?", "Wow", "What the heck were they thinkin?" kinda pics. Just when I thought maybe I had seen the pinnacle of 'jankyness' . . . .

 

I present my most recent find as inspiration to kickoff this thread as this was too good not to share. I am hoping you all have some Jankytown awesomeness to share to. Let's see what you've got!

 

 

That takes the rake?

[Dogface]

Rakes were a common "rock guard" on the Susquehanna for years. But I will say the breakaway attachment system is unusual. ?

[bigbassin']

Hold on, let me go take a picture of my whole boat…

[Big Hands]

Jankytown Submission v2.0

 

I sit in stupified amazement that this could just be something I should know about, or it's as odd to others as it is to me. I amazed either way. 

 

[MN Fisher]

Mud Crawler!

[Big Hands]

13 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Mud Crawler!

 I guess you'd have to have a mud flat of some sort to have a use for that. To me, a flat is a bank with less than a 20° slope ;~)

[WIGuide]

On 12/21/2022 at 10:47 PM, casts_by_fly said:

I’m not sure I see the problem here. He triple clamped it. That has to be up to code. 

Just as long as after he put the 3rd clamp on it he audibly stated "Yeah, that's not going anywhere!" 

I don't have any pictures of it and it's nowhere near as janky as what has already been posted, but on a boat I used to have the previous owner must have had some great electrical skills. The front switch panel must have given up the ghost on him and instead of buying a new one for $12 and taking the 5 minutes to un-plugging the female ends from the old switch bank and putting them onto the new one, he just cut all the wires off and left them there. He then had a "marine" dealership wire in a non waterproof switch for the trim up there. My first time I fished in the rain, my motor would trim down and the pump would just continue to run. 

[Big Hands]

On 12/21/2022 at 8:47 PM, casts_by_fly said:

I’m not sure I see the problem here. He triple clamped it. That has to be up to code. 

 

I'm pretty sure the plumbers tape is supposed to be pop-riveted into the lower unit in at least two places on each 'clamp'.

[Susky River Rat]

On 12/23/2022 at 5:18 PM, Dogface said:

Rakes were a common "rock guard" on the Susquehanna for years. But I will say the breakaway attachment system is unusual. ?

I think this thread should be dedicated to all the stuff I see on the susky. That def had to be a susky boat.

[Big Hands]

On 1/6/2023 at 6:42 AM, Darnold335 said:

I think this thread should be dedicated to all the stuff I see on the susky. That def had to be a susky boat.

 

Jankytown has no geographic location. You're certainly free to start your own 'susky-centric' thread, but otherwise. . . . Bring it on down to (this) Jankytown. It's all welcome here.

[Susky River Rat]

2 hours ago, Big Hands said:

 

Jankytown has no geographic location. You're certainly free to start your own 'susky-centric' thread, but otherwise. . . . Bring it on down to (this) Jankytown. It's all welcome here.

I’ve seen so much questionable and dangerous stuff on the susky it would blow your mind. 

[Alex from GA]

Can't find the pictures but @ the ramp a couple of years ago I saw a trailer tied in the trunk of a car, no hitch.

[Susky River Rat]

2 hours ago, Alex from GA said:

Can't find the pictures but @ the ramp a couple of years ago I saw a trailer tied in the trunk of a car, no hitch.

I saw a guy with a boat trailer on a roll back tow truck. Back the roll back down tilt it then winched the trailer down to the water and launched it off the boat trailer. I wish I could have got a pic or video I was just so in shock of what I saw.

[stratos4me]

On 1/4/2023 at 1:45 PM, Big Hands said:

Jankytown Submission v2.0

 

I sit in stupified amazement that this could just be something I should know about, or it's as odd to others as it is to me. I amazed either way. 

 

I see a horror movie...