Recent content by Halfhitch

I like how the design makes the original Nav light continue to be used.

Hi Brian, I lived for many years just south of you near Westport, WA., and used to go salmon and halibut fishing out of Seiku and Neah Bay. I worked for a marine contractor in Alaska for a lot of years up to about 2009, doing marine construction. We ran several crew boats and had diesel heaters...

This guy advertises on my local craigslist. His shop is just North of me. https://sarasota.craigslist.org/bpd/d/sarasota-lower-units-outdrives/7894916544.html

She's a keeper!!

Ameritool has good quality, all stainless ones. They have about any type of connections you might need, cataloged in an easy to find way.

Thanks for letting me stow away and enjoy the trip along with you. Actually, this is a pretty sweet deal, I got to enjoy it all and never paid for any gas. :)

Hmmmm, On your 3rd post. Really?

Yes, I did finish it. I had put a resettable breaker with manual trip for a disconnect out of the weather in the cabinet with the battery but I found that with all the crap that gets put in there, it was unhandy to get to at the end of the day. I installed an on/off rotary switch in a handy spot...

Install an inclinometer app on your smart-phone and measure the angle of your hardtop sitting at rest and varying speeds that you expect to travel at. Then you have no worries about buying the wrong wedge. The app is free. Just remember that most radars shoot a beam about 25 degrees wide...

It looks like the machine screw were sealed pretty well so I doubt you will have trouble. Have someone hold the head of the screw stationary and turn the nut to begin with. Once the nut starts to turn easily, then the guy with the screwdriver can start turning. Resist the urge to use a power...

Ha Ha Ha......That statement reminds me of the few times when I had been enjoying my favorite Irish Whisky the night before and in reading my posts on Great Grady of the night before were a bit rude, and thats being kind about it. :)

I had the experience of the steering not reacting properly on my boat when driving straight ahead. I would turn the wheel as normal, and the engine would not move till I quickly moved the wheel. It turned out that the barrel of the SeaStar steering cylinder had corroded internally right where...

GW, you are right about the wire size. Earlier in this thread the discussion got into recommendations of #4 And even #2. I ordered some supplies including a Marinco Plug-in connector intended specifically for trolling motors. It indicates on the package that 6 gauge is the biggest wire it will...

Yes, and that off-gassing consideration is what made me decide to locate them where it was taking up some good storage space. The single 36v batt will make it unnecessary to make those jumper cables also.

Thanks for the heads up. I have not purchased the batteries yet. I have received a NOCO 3 leg 12 volt charger but I haven't unwrapped it yet so I can return it. The battery you pointed me to weighs 66 pounds where the 3 12 volt DC would be 150 pounds. Thats huge when you consider there is no...