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  1. dingbat

    Fish Finders

    Some units are capable of creating your own “maps” by storing the soundings you’ve pasted over to a chip, but pretty useless for navigation purposes. Since you’re in a small lake, navigation probably isn't a priority. Check to see if there isn’t a user group that shares sounder readings online
  2. dingbat

    Prop suggestion for a 175 VMAX SHO

    The numbers on the Enertia are rather weird. I’m running the same prop on a #5200 Grady Walkaround with a 225 HP. Get similar results with the except for the “hump” in fuel consumption, which I’m guessing is right around where you come up on plane. I get a weird chatter right before the...
  3. dingbat

    What boat to choose

    Don't know your local water conditions, but 6M is still rather small to be heading offshore in search of pelagics. I run a 7M boat. Can only fish three people w/o falling over each other. Can't image trying to fish 5 guys on a 6 meter boat. Most running offshore around here are in the 8-10M...
  4. dingbat

    RANGER REATA RUB RAIL

    Ranger doesn't own a plastic factory..... By pass the middle men and buy the material direct from the OEM
  5. dingbat

    Fish Finders

    No freebies..... Depends on the mfg of the unit, but you can either buy a unit with pre-loaded base maps or buy the SD chip with the data https://www.navionics.com/usa/navionics-plus-us-and-coastal-canada-1.html
  6. dingbat

    installing 12v to 120v inverter

    At full load a 2000W convertor draws roughly 166 amps of 12VDC per hour to “make” 15 amps of 120VAC If you using a 200 amp battery you have less than a 1/2 hour before the battery hits 50% DOD Are you running a Sine wave, modified Sine or a square wave rectifier? Makes a huge difference in...
  7. dingbat

    Fish Finders

    Unfortunately fish finders are like conventional casting reels. You don’t want to spend good money until you learn how to use one, but an inexpensive unit is so lacking in performance they are hard to use and learn.
  8. dingbat

    Washdown Pickup Placement

    All intakes below the water line should have a seacock on the output to the pump. Unless the lawn sprinkler valve is bronze, and or stainless, your opening yourself up to dissimilar metal corrosion
  9. dingbat

    Connect Lowrance to Yamaha engine

    CAN protocol is used by all motor manufacturers (not just Merc and Yamaha) to communicate between the various sensors and the ECM. That’s a marketing decision by Merc to push their proprietary “Smart craft” gauges and Displays. Other than the connector, you could plug a Yamaha gateway into...
  10. dingbat

    2002 200hp efi saltwater water in cyl #6

    Would have been the first place I’ve looked. They get salt permeated and start leaking. If you see a white buildup at the joint it’s time to change.
  11. dingbat

    Do you make your own gaskets ?

    Just throw a roll of gasket paper that I bought to make a NLA transmission gasket for a lawn tractor back in 1992. Has nothing to do with “can’t be bothered” and everything to do with cost. By the time you source the correct material, hardness and thickness of gasket material, make the...
  12. dingbat

    Washdown Pickup Placement

    Both my raw water and bait well pumps are both on scoop intake facing forward. Pushes water through the pumps at any speed. Comes in handy on anchor since I don't have to run the bait well pump. Just shut the intake off when not in use. Has no effect at all on the wash down intake. Blaster Pro...
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    Connect Lowrance to Yamaha engine

    A gateway “translates” CAN (automotive) to the Marine Industry standard NMEA 2000 communications protocol. NMEA 2000 was developed as a standard communication protocol to allow “plug and play” compatibility between all “certified” marine devices regardless of manufacturer. Some electronics...
  14. dingbat

    2016 250 Verado

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    Connect Lowrance to Yamaha engine

    What motor are we talking about? Need a gateway of some sort to convert CAN to NMEA 2000 Make sure your backbone is installed correctly. Stacking connects is not allowed. Power must be connected in a location where voltage drop does not exceed 3 VDC Good tutorial on back bone design...
  16. dingbat

    Radio Antenna Question . . .

    https://www.savenetradio.org/improve-fm-signal-on-radio-with-a-single-wire-antenna/
  17. dingbat

    Fuel Vent

    Is your boat outboard or onboard powered? Outboard powered don’t have fuel canisters Boats are notorious for having the fill on the lowest portion of the fuel tank while in the water. More than likely you filled the vent (trap) with fuel. Remove and blow out with compressed air
  18. dingbat

    Penn Yan 265 Hull Drain Location?

    The garboard plug is typically located just above the keel on the transom
  19. dingbat

    Bulkhead behind helm 23' walkaround

    Never seen a “bulkhead” glassed to the hull
  20. dingbat

    2002 Mercury 150xl Saltwater Fuel consumption

    Something is not right. I’m getting 1.9 gpm on a 200 hp pushing a #5k boat @4400 rpm Fuel would literally being running out of the motor and pooling somewhere to be using that much fuel. What is your speed at 4,200? I run 27 kts. at that rpm
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