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  1. dingbat

    06 Caravelle 230 Seahawk WA 3 blade or 4 blade

    What I find interesting is your diameter. Using Solaris prop selector, and the info you provided, they recommend a smaller pitched prop Could be you have the wrong prop design. What prop are you running?
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    Bennet Trim tabs

    You have a problem with the helm control One pump controls both https://bennetttrimtabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/trimtab_troubleshooting.pdf
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    Tips, Hints and Other Ideas

    Old farmers trick.... a tubeless tire comes off the rim. A can of starting fluid and matches is all you need. Remove wheel and lay on ground. Spray starting fluid inside tire around circumference of rim. Don’t need a lot. Then quickly light the fumes. I use the strike (match) and toss method...
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    Fog

    Size is relative. The radar signature of a 40’ tall conning tower on a sub is “small” compared to the 12 story (180’) tall super structure of the 1,200 foot long container ships that lm normally on the lookout We have lot of barge traffic well but they stay in the barge channel, well away from...
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    The Equipment Wish List - Recommendations??

    How long have you been boating? Your way over thinking this The government commits to broadcasting the GPS signal in space with a global average user range error (URE) of ≤7.8 m (25.6 ft.), with 95% probability. Actual performance typically exceeds specification, but there is no guarantee of...
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    The Equipment Wish List - Recommendations??

    No need........internals work just as well. I have two chart plotter networked with the ability to share position from either unit. One unit is on remote antenna the other has an internal antenna. The difference in position accuracy is indiscernible when switching between sources (position)...
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    Random

    lol......unless you live around here. F-150 doesn’t fit in a standard parking space. Have to park out in the bleachers and walk half the time
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    The Equipment Wish List - Recommendations??

    What are you looking at? More than a couple of retailers selling them for $499. What antenna are you talking about? Uses an internal antenna. Nothing else to buy
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    Random

    Started back during the first lockdown when you couldn’t have customers in the stor. Order on-line and pickup curbside. Most if not all of our local retailers now offer curb side pick up of some sort. Incase you haven’t noticed the population of the US has doubled in the past 60 years. Throw...
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    1st time driving from NY to So Fla...route advice needed

    If you take Rt. 13 south out of Wilmington to Virginia Beach, you pass right by all the Delaware and Maryland beaches. If you stay on Rt. 17 (south) of Va. Beach, you pass right by, or thru, all the NC and SC beaches. At issue, the farther south you go on Rt. 17, the longer it takes to get...
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    Fog

    Not to mention a good way to get run over or swamped if your anywhere near shipping lanes...... A small fiberglass boat is next to impossible to see on ships radar. Good argument to broadcast AIS The worst I was ever rocked was by a Virginia Class submarine. Saw him on radar......smallish...
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    1st time driving from NY to So Fla...route advice needed

    DC is always a nightmare waiting to happen. At issue, both bridges (Wilson and American Legion) that cross the river in metro DC area are part of the Capital Beltway. Don't take much to turn the Beltway into a parking lot. Rt. 95 is under construction between DC and Fredericksburg, Va. I...
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    The Equipment Wish List - Recommendations??

    Garmin EchoMap 73SV Does both....
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    Specific paint for outboard motor?

    A large percentage of the OE (Merc, Evinrude, Moeller) rattle can paints are acrylic lacquer which is resistant to gasoline, oil, and heat. (250 F)
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    The Equipment Wish List - Recommendations??

    Where did you read that? Side scan is completely useless at 8 mph.
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    The Equipment Wish List - Recommendations??

    Where did you get that idea? I'm pretty regularly under 3 meter accuracy with a remote antenna mounted on the hardtop. "The Best" is subjective........what is your budget and what are your requirement/priorities?
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    Starter engages the flywheel but won't spin the engine

    Nine times out of ten the issue with a problematic starter is a burnt winding in the armature. Unless you test the armature (growler) I wouldn’t throw anymore time and effort into rebuilding the thing. I went through this last year. Inspection turned up a burnt winding. A new Arco starter for...
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    The Equipment Wish List - Recommendations??

    Take GPS for VHF off chart plotter Take radar over AIS in heart beat Run separate units for chartplotting and sonar/fish finder if possible I cheat and run two (2) combo units in single display mode. Use each other for backup. Better yet... install NMEA 2000 back bone. Buy and connect NMEA...
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    NEED Stern LIFT Prop Suggestions

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/201483246526// Seems to be a common problem with that boat The need for "wedges" is a big hint as to what is going on
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    Wiring

    You only get a voltage drop if the current draw exceeds the wire capabilities. A 16 gauge wire is good to 10 amps at 50 feet at 3%. Changing out a 16 gauge wire for 14 gauge buys you nothing in a 8 amp circuit 14 gauge wire is harder to work with than 16 gauge and 12 gauge is harder yet. I...
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