Recent content by SkunkBoat

I don't have Yamahas but... aside from the starter cables... There may be a connection of the motor cable harness to one or both batteries. That cable harness connects to your gauges and your Garmin (probably thru a J1939 connector, not NMEA2k) If it only connects to one battery(your battery2)...

I keep mine in an ACR ditch bag with all the safety stuff. Fits perfectly on the top shelf just inside the cabin door. ACR RapidDitchExpress

After pulling up EVA decking I will be repairing gelcoat blisters and painting non-skid deck. This is only the cockpit area, not the whole boat. I will sand off blisters and fair with Total Boat epoxy fairing compound. I will prime deck with Total Boat epoxy barrier coat. I will paint deck with...

I'll make a new thread for the deck painting. Got some questions.

Update on update... So yes it was trashed after one season and garbage after two. Found blistering gelcoat!!! I assume from it holding water in places on old worn gelcoat. Thats a deal breaker for EVA decking for me. Forget everything nice that I said above... Pulling it up and going to sand...

You need to remove the paint about 6" all around. then grind out the hole(yes make it bigger) to get clean glass. You need some chopped strand glass in there thats a deep hole. Epoxy with chopped strand and then some epoxy with High Density filler and then some fairing epoxy. Then prime with...

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I don't have Simrad so I'm not an expert on their lineup but I think the "3 in 1" is the equivalent of my garmin GT51. So I would say that a transom mount would be easy and would connect right up to your NSS and give you a very modern CHIRP and sidescan sonar.

" it should make no difference, I would think, which switch is connected to which battery." It should not help you to run the other way. If it does, that tells you there is something wrong that needs to be fixed. There is a "Normal" way. Connections are made based on the normal way...

because thats thats the way its always done. The Starbord motor is the "first" motor. The house is usually connected to the stbd motor. The port motor is added. The Bank1 is the "first" battery. Bank 2 is an additional battery bank. Often Bank1 will have two batteries in parallel to run the...

not familiar with your boat but probably have to remove handle and some screws and something in the gunnel so you can pull it out. Old boats had to remove the rod holder insert

We don't have enough info yet. I need his boat's battery Diagram because things are not being described fully or correctly. He has twin motors. that implies he has 2 switches. One switch for Stbd motor and one switch for Port Motor. Usually the HOUSE is tied directly to the Stbd motor. It...

There is a diagram in your manual. Facing the Bow, starboard is the right side port os the left side Facing the batteries and switches, port is on the right Bank 1 is always starboard motor start and usually also the house The trim of a motor is powered by the battery that starts it...

hehehe trying to decipher this but I agree that silicone does not stick very well to the rims of the Beckson plates. Everytime I have ever removed them the silicone was stuck to the gelcoat and not the plastic rim. The Beckson rim has "Only use silicone" printed right in the plastic.(probably...