I repaired and painted any dry-rotted wood, polished the fiberglass hull, replaced the corroded zamak oarlocks with bronze ones, and added 3 rod holders, a pair of lighter Basspro holders on the gunwales for inshore trolling, and a heavier Scotty unit in the center for when I drag bait for bigger gamesters offshore on my 50 lb. rig. She's easy rowing and very seaworthy, I rowed her almost 8 miles in 3 hours on her maiden fishing voyage last April. This boat is very sentimental to me and I have named her after my Dad.
Back in September before my back surgery I took my rowing Dory out into Kailua Bay to get my lines wet, and in memory and honor of my Dad. I got kind of carried away rowing and wound up first going 5 miles offshore then doing a circuit of Kailua Bay before rowing back 1 mile upstream to my home a total of 18 miles according to Google Earth. I had allot of fun with memories of me and my Dad constantly coming back as I passed familiar fishing grounds. I did hook into a very nice 40+ pound Great Barracuda, she put up a great fight but after the pictures I let her go since Barracuda this size are known to carry ciguatera, I hope she makes plenty babies for future fishing fun. I can't wait to recover and get back out on the water. My apologies for long post. Aloha, Ji
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