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    WTB mooring OR cockpit cover for Freedom 205

    Sounds sketchy. Directly from Paypal When making a payment with PayPal, you can choose whether your payment is for “friends and family” or “goods or services.” If your payment is going to someone you know personally, you should use the “friends and family” option. However, if you plan on...
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    Access to port and starboard navigation lights

    On my 208, the wires are tucked up under the gunnels. You can't easily see them but you can feel them. They do crossover in the anchor locker and are secured to the inside of the upper locker.
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    Install Marinco 76030 Intelligent Wiper Switch - How To?

    There will be two wires that get juice from the switch; the motor run signal and the park signal. There will be no connection for Fast Speed since you have a one speed washer motor. There will be no washer connection either. I think you should be able to figure it out with a little effort and a...
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    Install Marinco 76030 Intelligent Wiper Switch - How To?

    Looking at the operational and installation instructions, I think there may be challenges installing the switch. I am pretty savvy at electrics and believe that the switch can be made to work on most wiper motors but the actual connections and installation might be tricky. It seems to me that...
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    Helm Master issue - GPS Unstable

    I would consider any voltage greater than 12.4 volts to represent fully charged. To be a bit more accurate, the type of battery, flooded, agm etc., affects the 100% charge state. In addition, that voltage changes as temperatures go down. I hop we don't get into the "batteries left on a...
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    1997 Voyager trim tab planes

    They do seem small for the hull. There are two approaches to the issue: Buy a new kit with the recommended size tabs or do a cheap fix to the old system. If the bent tabs are curved outward, the center sticks out past the hinge and end sides, it may be that the hinges are binding. You can tell...
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    Simrad NSS question

    Final update. Here is what I learned and discovered: The freezing, sluggishness and resetting of the head end unit was caused by a bad Navionics micro SD card. Swapping it for another chip cleared up the issues. Tha's good because there doesn't seem to be a repair service for the units when out...
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    Helm Master issue - GPS Unstable

    Your point is a good one. The voltage when the motors are running ( not necessarily at idle) should be higher than the resting ( no loads connected) voltage. I am curious, how and where did you measure the resting battery voltage? If you measured at the helm and things were running, the 12.3...
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    Grady Fire.

    Agreed:) But during Covid, used boat prices rose by almost 40%. In order to be adequately covered, you would need to change your agreed value assuming your insurance company would allow it and then probably have to pay a higher premium. Vey few folks I know would do that.
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    335 Freedom fuel tank depth?? Sender replacement

    It looks like that is a 22 inch but checking the numbers with KUW would confirm that. The senders are usually a half inch or so shorter than the tank depth for a metal tank. I am not really up tp snuff on your display but on other systems, you either calibrate the tank by using actual gas...
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    Sharrow Props

    They do look cool but only when the motors are raised:) I also agree that if you are spending half a million or more (a lot more) on a boat, the cost for the prop upgrade is all relative.
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    Removing Thru Hulls for resealing

    Groco makes fittings for both NPS and NPT https://www.groco.net/products/fittings/thru-hull-fittings/th-series
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    335 Freedom fuel tank depth?? Sender replacement

    You should have the option to calibrate using the defaults. In that case the head unit or gauge uses the full spec resistance as the full level and the low (empty) resistance for the empty. It then divides the resistance range linearly to estimate tank levels in between empty and full. Since the...
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    Helm Master issue - GPS Unstable

    I bet it would reset when you turned on a load or cranked over the motors. Most of the plotter units as well as other electronics, have a low voltage threshold that when reached will either reboot or shut down the unit. The units may or may not log an error depending on whether that alarm is...
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    Windless on a 180 sportsman?

    It's useful info to me:)
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    Grady Fire.

    Maybe not:) If the value agreed on was set before the Covid mania, the boat may be worth more now then when insured. It's a crap shoot
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    Helm Master issue - GPS Unstable

    The antenna (and all GPS receivers) need a clear view of the skies, particularly the southern sky. The signal strength is also reduced by things like walls, trees, rain, and most likely radar domes:) It did work better a while back you said, so although relocating it might help, something else...
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    Windless on a 180 sportsman?

    Do you have a windless? I would not think so. The locker isn't deep enough to allow the line to lay down without jamming the windlass.
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    Sharrow Props

    At about $5K each ( cost depends on size, prices run $2,000 to $8,000), it would take a long time to recover the expense. I also wonder how you would feel if your prop hit something:(
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    Helm Master issue - GPS Unstable

    I suppose in that case I would take a close look at all the connection's between the antenna and the CL7. I do not know how to test the antenna specifically but it seem that the signal is dropping out.