Recent content by SkunkBoat

I had the pleasure of fishing on a 30' Blackwatch a few times this season. It has a MK Instinct. We had some great wreck fishing and excellent holding on pots for mahi. Now, I always joked about pride in my "16 lb spotlock", but this off-season, there will be some serious consideration of a...

"no connectivity:.... That doesn't rule out an open connection of the antenna. Did you open up the ferrule to look? is it a soldered connection or a "twist-on"? verify the center conductor is not broken or too short to reach the connection. That is the most common trouble with a VHF.....

oh ya, You probably have a Seastar HC5345-3 on your Yammie. It probably works on a Honda BUT....you might need a Seastar Tournament or Pro cylinder with a 350. Check the Dometic website for Outboard cylinder application guide. heheheh,,,things add up.... I never had a 350 so IDK if you need...

replace with PVC board from home depot/lowes. Way cheaper than Starboard. It is perfect for that application.

From an efficiency angle, both fuel and maintenance, go with the single 300 with dual prop. I think a 25' can be managed with a single. You save weight on motor vs twins but also can possibly carry less fuel weight. I run twin 200 zukes on my 265. 1000 hours in 5 seasons. 100 to 200mile...

if the rythmic thumping isn't coming from the tail of a tuna smacking the deck, then you are in the wrong forum....

You really need to look at the cable. Depending on age and what it connects to, that can be a NMEA0183 or NMEA2000 GPS unit ...or GPS unit and heading sensor...or just an old GPS antenna with a BNC connector. People still call GPS units "antennas" but they are actually a GPS receiver built...

you know, now I'm looking at that picture with the brass NPT elbow. That is unusual. Usually a tank pickup is not an elbow. How is the pickup tube attached? Usually it is a machined ALUMINUM piece. The barb fitting or AS valve barb fitting threads into the pickup.

registration is easy. They send you reminder when due. I get one for PLB and one for my EPIRB Once renewed they send a new sticker in the mail. Battry replacement is a no brainer if you get the pre-wired battery. You have to get the thread lock out of the phillips head screw. Don't chew it up...

see this thread https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/acr-resqlink-battery-replacement.35753/

I have the ACR version and I have no problems with it. I can even be on the dock. Shuts off engines when I walk away. Only problem I've had was wristband in my back pocket and sat on the power button.

Got out Thursday morning before going to the ramp to be hauled. Got one keeper 29 inch and a couple of overs on jigs under birds in insane bite.

again, the fuel grounds are not carrying any current except the sending units

8 gauge is expensive overkill. 16 will do.

again, the tank and fuel fill grounds should not use the negative bus under the dash. they should connect together and run to a battery neg terminal. They should be green not black. I am guilty of using black wire to replace some of it but I know its wrong. The Grady wire bundle used green wire...