Recent content by SkunkBoat

Start it on an angle to start slotting the hole. Then turn straight tofinish the hole. Not just widening the hole. Works on metal too. Ask me how I know....

step drill bit on an angle... I remember when I replaced my helm, I had to buy the complete helm & tilt combo because you cant buy just the helm (a helm without tilt has a different shaft. The helms and tilts were redesigned at some point. You can't mix & match. New Helms got ORB fittings. Tilt...

I put three of these LOXX pull-it-up fasteners on the center helm piece. I have rigid ploycarbonate "glass" that folds inward and up to the E-box. got them on Sailrite.com Get "The Tool"! The old outside "DOT" snaps on the windshield frame always came loose and were hard to snap from...

I added (half-assed) bracing because it seemed to me that I could flex the 3/8" plate when the motor was down. Thats 8' of leverage and a heavy & powerfull motor. The brace needs improvement but works much better than nothing. The folded corner has too much play. If I was a welder this would be...

Launched Thursday. Friday opening day of seabass. Sucked. One keeper 4 tiny ones. Where are they ? I did, however, have my best blackfishing day in years although they’re out of season. Five between 15 and18”. And got to try out my new toy….. Kraken . Absolutely a game changer. I...

Nice catch. Don't blame the circle hooks. They work much better than J hooks when freespooling live bunker. Dont set the hook, just let it run a few seconds and then reel. I have best success hooking bunker in nose, not the back. In the back they get plucked off.

another season, another trouble. So, last year I ended up with a Racor filter&bowl on one side and Sierra filter&bowl on the other side. This year I bought two Racor filters. The Sierra Bowl really just doesn't work right on the Racor filter. The O-ring is different. I put one racor filter on...

I have a center rigger that clamps to the rod rack on the hardtop. The telescoping pole is removable from the mount. Slightly off center due to a rodholder in center. Don't remember where I got it. Halyard is 400# mono thru a glass ring (old school) bungee'd to the crossmember of the hardtop...

There is no f'ing way you are replacing them in the water. Prepare for pain.... Sorry...been there... https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/deck-drain-scupper-surprise.28979/

OK understand what you have now. The DC stepdown makes sense. Not so sure that paralleling the TM bank ( the 12v you get from the stepdown) with the 2-12v AGMs is a good idea. You have a charger connected to house and the motors are charging. Too much to consider. I'm assuming you have...

Are you saying you have one 36V/60Ah battery or you have three 12vdc batteries in series to power your TM.? If you have three 12v batteries powering your TM then you can, in some ways, rig it to also use them in parallel as 12v house. One upside to using three 12v is simplifying using them as...

Which zuke motor and gauges do you have? SMG4 gauge? You are reading the fuel tank level on the zuke digital gauge? But don't have fuel burn?

none of these boats sit level.

Make sure the zuke is set to american vs euro gauge. Swing arm fuel senders are not accurate. Hall effect senders are better but they are divided into 8 levels. Thats the BEST they can do. Your tank have a v bottom then the bottom 1/8ths hold less than the top 1/8ths. Then there is the...

You could plug the bad one from the outside until you can fix it. Wood bung or a nerf plug... Those hoses with the wire in them are terrible. Guessing it looks like this .