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  1. JimS123

    planning first trip to thousand islands

    We are going up in 2 weeks.....again. It will be our 33rd trip. Not going to "The River" in the Summer is not an option. We have plied the waters in 9 different boats. From tent to camper to cottage to luxury hotel. I think our most memorable vacation was at the height of Covid. We...
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    4 flat 7 wire trailer connector

    That's the wrong part. He does not have a 7 pin on the TV.
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    Are Boston Whalers as prone to waterlogging as other boats?

    According to the History of Whaler, right after college **** Fisher began building small light weight boats out of Balsa wood. In the 1950's when poly foam was invented, he began experimenting building skiffs with foam cores. When he perfected the hull design he began marketing his boats as...
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    Solar Power Installation . . .

    Maybe an apples to oranges comparison, but I also have a 100W Renogy system, although its on an RV. The system was installed 5 years ago on a 1 year old battery. I check water levels every 6 months, and I only have to add a couple ounces. In that time the battery has never dropped below 12.6...
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    Are Boston Whalers as prone to waterlogging as other boats?

    It is my understanding that waterlogged hulls are due to damage of some sort or someone drilling holes and not sealing them. Regardless, a "little" water isn't the end of the world. Remember that they are constructed without stringers (no wood at all) so rotten innards is never part of the...
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    4 flat 7 wire trailer connector

    EVERYWHERE. Auto parts store, trailer store, ebay, wally, etc, etc.
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    Wanting to know the year

    The "standard" is 3/4 pint per gallon. If you run the motor for trolling only, and get plug fouling, reduce it to 1/2 pint per gallon.
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    Wanting to know the year

    That's an Elgin, circa 1945ish, probably 5.5 HP. The model number will be found on a plate, and/or a freeze plug on the powerhead. Provide that number and we can dial it in exactly.
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    Mercury 60hp CT prop question

    Ours is a 15' Whaler that weighs about 2000 # loaded. I'm turning a 14" SS 3-blade Vengeance. WOT is 5950 rpm at ~35 mph in a very light chop. These are verified numbers with GPS and VesselView. The tach was reading about 600 rpm high. When it was installed the setting switch was wrong...
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    Mercury 60hp CT prop question

    Before you do anything, verify your rpm and speed data. I also have a 60CT and when I installed a VesselView I found that the tach on the dashboard was wrong. If your performance (plane, ) is not an issue, your prop probably isn't too far off.
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    Trailer hitch height???

    So, what do they know. I have 3 tow vehicles and 4 boat trailers. ALL have the drawbar adjusted to 19" and they all pull all of the trailers level. As an aside, what bothers me is when people ask a question, and when I google it for them, 234 answers come up. I guess its too simple to ask a...
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    Hydro Shield Skeg Foil

    Pick any topic and there will be opposite opinions. "Some" of the negatives will be from those that didn't try it, and others that installed it wrong. Some others never really did the homework. And of corse others that didn't really need it. Products that are useless usually get filtered out...
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    Transom corner trim

    SS screws. It's not a structural member. Good luck finding the part.
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    Swapping out rollers for bunks

    There are ramps and there are ramps. We all have to deal with what we have. There are guideline specs for launch ramps. Not every municipality got the memo. Plus, some are old and built before the standards were written. Bunk trailers are fine for some, and meet their requirements. On some...
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    Hydro Shield Skeg Foil

    It's been around for awhile. If it had a built-in flaw it probably would have been litigated out of the market long ago. Besides, the design of the bracket looks like it might just strengthen the skeg. What I can't get my arms around is the price. My guess is that it would be no better than a...
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    Hydro Shield Skeg Foil

    Good for you. We all like real world data. Personally, I like Doelfin foils and have one on every boat since 1984. My current 2 boats are equipped with VesselView, so my current data is spot on, no guesswork. If you want the ULTIMATE comparison, put one of those in your test program.
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    Anyone Seen these?

    In about 1983 I paid $2000 for an IBM computer. It was rated in bytes and had limited capabilities. Today's computers are rated in terrabytes and cost only 1/10th the price. Economy of scale. If enough people buy the sbarrow maybe eventually it'll come down to $550.
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    Hydro Shield Skeg Foil

    I would not make a definitive statement, either positive or negative. My guess is it wouldn't hurt you, but show me the data.
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    Anyone Seen these?

    I may be the one that first used the term Enertia. It was used as an example, not an absolute (I said "or others")' Regardless, I think its safe to say that I have not bashed the sbarrow pizza prop. All I said that in the absence of real data, who is to compare? We all look for modern...
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    Swapping out rollers for bunks

    Yupper. Get bunks and then power load. "Everybody does it". No winching needed. However.....if everybody does that then the end of the concrete ramp gets washed away. Some municipalities frown upon that. With no end in sight, don't back in too far or the axle will slip off the end and then...
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