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So after a few years of resisting I put a cooler/fish box in the cockpit. The 280 Marlin does not have a fish box and if you have live bait in the livewell there is no place to put fish. The starboard base is bolted to the fighting chair mounting plate and the plano box holder was made from...

Back when it was a starting battery and a Humingbird flasher who cared. If need be you could start with the pull rope and get home. Today with auto pilot pumps, windlass, bow thrusters, etc... if I see 11.5v I am looking for a problem before it gets out of hand.

After a somewhat similar situation with auto pilot pump draining house bank secondary to aux wires on OX66 not charging. I put a dedicated voltmeter on each start batt and house bank. This lets you know where you are more reliably and tells you if you are charging while running.

Not quite on subject, but close. We have a 48v golf cart which has a string of 6 8v batteries in series. I bought a Schauer 48v maintainer and wired it up to the cart to maintain while gone for extended periods and to top off if batteries have minor discharge. Came back home after 6 weeks to...

pronautic and maybe take the opportunity to go to 3 banks

more better going to the leading edge. that takes me down to about 3.5 in which is where I am at

bow is up because bow cables are shorter and bunks are higher in front, boat is slightly tilted

Did you measure before move?

So looking at my hull/transom it appears to be quite flat at the rear 1/3 at least. It is difficult to check with level as boat is on a lift with bow up for drainage. To the naked eye seems to be flat.

ok got under the boat. 52 in from transom step edge to front hub of prop. Pics show level of av plate intersection with transom at the step. The top of the angle alum. is approx 3.5 inches from bottom of transom. Av plate checked with a level and is level. Hub is 4.3 ft from transom, thus...

doing that today, follow up later

This stepped transom thing is throwing me for a loop. Are you saying line the av plate even with the hull bottom before the step and then raise it one inch for every foot length of the step. Thus the av plate may or may not set level with the transom at the end of the step.

It has been 1 yr since repowered with 2 df250 Suzuki on my 280 Marlin. Engines run fine, no problems there. Initial props from dealer were 3x16x21. Max rpm was 5200 wot, 40-42 mph. Went to 3x16x18.5 the Suzuki rec for my boat and now get 5880-5900 rpm and 40 mph. Cruise at 4100-4200 rpm 29...

HA HA almost happened to me. Running at 30mph noticed shackle bolt was almost out. Do not want to even think of what happens when anchor slips off pulpit at 30 mph! Retired with about a half mile of 18ga SS cerclage wire (fracture repair). I now have a half mile minus 6 inches.

Could not imagine not having fresh water on the boat. Always washing my hands in the cockpit sink and often attach a hose for a quick rinse off shower on a hot day or when I have to go swimming to get line out of the props (twice!). Would I drink it no never but that's not what it is there...

Boats with hardtop riggers that I have been on that attach the halyards to the hardtop support when trolling are a real pain. These guys are afraid to drill holes in the gunnel to place an anchor point. I would place the anchor point a short distance bow side off the rod holder used for the...

failure when turning off and operation when turned on supports switch. switches are cheaper than pumps

do you buy or make plate?

I went with bulbs

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