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Bill, Thanks for that idea. I went out and did as you said, first with the power off and then with the gauge active. Both times there was no negligible movement of the needle on a decent quality Brunton compass. So, its' on with the project.

I am in stalling an autopilot and have found a perfect location for the fluxgate compass. Exactly centerline and 2/5 of boat length forward of the transom. It will mount to the forward side of a crossbeam and I have a snake in there from the area where the computer will be. But, it is near the...

Thats' going to be exciting rigging up that new back-saver. I do think the Profish is a very nice looking unit and is probably more compact and less expensive than the Good windlass. All very important considerations for Grady. If your windlass is designed for it, that 8 plait line is very nice...

I fish occasionally on a friends 31' Luhrs. It has a Good windlass with freefall and it works very good. https://www.goodwindlass.com/Products/r ... 50windlass

When I bought the boat, I bought a new trailer and the boat lives at my home now. No more marina. It took me about 3 hrs over two days to do the repair.

I've never heard of that product before. Does it allow you to only move the outboard remotely and you are responsible for future corrections or does it hold a heading automatically?

I am impressed with the looks of the inside of your water passages! Pictures are great! After 5 years to have them look that clean is phenomenal. That Salt Away outfit seems to know how to please customers, and obviously the stuff must work. That story is similar to mine concerning Bennett Trim...

The 2004 205 Tournament that we recently bought had been purchased new at a marina/dealer. It had spent its whole life dry stacked on the top shelf of an insulated roof building and maintained by the marina with an open checkbook basically(like I found an invoice for $79 for changing a wiper...

Looks great now. Good work getting it lifted from your trusses. That lifting eye is really hell for stout and it's great seeing pictures on your posts now.

I'm with you on that. My kids write stuff to me with those abbreviations, no punctuation and no capitalization and it takes awhile to decipher. Not sure how that goes over when applying for a job???

If you use vinegar make sure the run-off doesn't run onto your grass.

Thanks Dennis....the light came on just as soon as you said it. I guess getting old does have some drawbacks. Seems like spelling the whole word Artic would have been a better name......for old guys anyway. :-|

I found that whether I used Salt Away or not, the T-stats get corrosion build up. What I have started doing is making it part of my ritual when I change water pump impellers. I remove stats and clean everything I can reach. This is one place where the old adage "leave a sleeping dog lie" or "if...

I have always wished the manufacturers would design into their engines a diverter valve. It could be a manual valve that lifts the T-stat off its' seat so while flushing there would be full flow from the water pump past the T-stat and through the water jacket. This would help keep the corrosion...

Hey trapper, How about a picture of the install and a picture of some of those BC prawns?

You mentioned that you spoke with the GW factory and your dealer about this but failed to say what their response was. I would be interested.

I just finished a project such as yours and Dennis was instrumental in helping me through the project. One thing that differs in our projects is that my boat had had seats installed previously and had been removed leaving some of the anchor points damaged but I had the locations. If your boat...

Well I finished my seat pedestal project finally. I put Garelick adjustable pedestals on both sides. I was able to retain the same orientation so I could make use of the holes that still had good threads. For the bad ones I installed Garelick Togglers and they worked good, once I learned the...

:lol: Ha ha ha...Yes, I sure have. Sometimes one must bite ones tongue when the help shows up. We have a guy that is a blast to fish with and does his share of everything. When it comes time to clean the fish tho we find something else for him to do because you can't recognise the fillets when...

I solved my garden hose marking problem by buying a 25 foot, white, drinking water hose from the RV store. I keep it coiled up out by the boat and I connect it on to the end of the garden hose when I wash the inside of the boat. No more marks to clean.