17-foot LoweLine aluminum canoe

After golfing with Tony R in Racine, we happened upon this canoe for sale in a guy's front yard on the way back.  I returned and bought it for $300, strapped it onto the top of my truck and brought it home.  Included 2 paddles which could use varnishing, about 8 tie-down come-alongs, and six life vests, 2 of them still in the packages, some ropes, six styrofoam blocks for carrying it on the vehicle roof, and a bar to put on a vehicle roof, which I really don't want.  This enables me to sell the Peter Pond, which is too unstable for taking grandkids canoeing.

Blue Fin Runabout w/Force 85-hp outboard

We bought the Blue Fin for like $1000 bucks from a guy in Deltona, Florida a year ago and it immediately became a big project.  We dragged it north and at the tune of about 700-bucks I got the motor worked on at Powerhouse.  It had needed a lot of tuning up and a new water circulation pump, seals and so forth.  It ran after that but we had to learn some stuff...like jiggling the throttle while you are starting the motor. 
Sea Foam proved to be the miracle.  We ran a can through it and it immediately improved it's running.  There are lots of cosmetic things needed, but I did buy and install a Bimimi top last summer and I love that.  We were able to take the grandkids all boating. 

When I put it up for the winter, I drained the lower unit of the outboard thru the clutch pin hole.  I was worried about that, because in the manual it said "do not remove." I did put it back in but now there is a big question mark.