Recent content by wahoo33417

The front brought cooler - okay cold to me, I'm from south Florida - temps. I put on about every layer I had. I'm sure I looked out of place, but I stayed warm in the wind. We do carry the curtains on the boat and they are in good shape, but I don't like anything that reduces visibility in...

Our lodge room was great, overlooking the lake. We got to see the arrival of the front we were running from. Was cool to see the front envelop the Lake. Would not want to be out in the full force of the front. There were clear skies after the front moved through. Becky actually got a...

Got an early start leaving Moors Resort for Paris Landing State Park. It was a fairly short run, but a front was coming through bringing winds and T-storms with it. So we planned to be off the water well before then. Nice cool morning, wind at our back, no sunscreen for me, beautiful run...

The channel in and out of Lake Barkley State Park is several miles long, circuitous and not very intuitive, in my opinion. The advice from the dockmaster as we entered: "don't be afraid to hug the rock walls". Of course, he was exactly right. I was too focused on not taking out my lower unit to...

I'm amazed - video works. Just need to click sound icon if you want to hear a pair of Yamahas on plane... I went smaller on the pictures (40%), but looks like I could go smaller still. Or does that just affect resolution and not display size? A couple of Lake Barkley State Park Marina pics...

Thanks Iced-D. I hope I can figure out how to post videos as easily as you make it look. I'm catching up with posting after my wife ended her stint with me on this trip. She has accompanied me on short sections of the Loop, but it's not really her thing. So when she is aboard, my priority is...

Already screwed up and doubled up on images. I think choosing that "Insert full image" after they were already in thread did it. And I can't figure out how to undo it. Also, I can probably make the images a tad smaller. Will try to post tomorrow as we get going to Lake Barkley State Park.

We are on a trip from Clarksville, about an hour outside of Nashville, planned to end at Huntsville, AL. The great part is that my wife will join me for the first week. We'll take the Cumberland River (new to me) to the Tennessee River. I've seen this section of the Tennessee River while doing...

I get it. Same thing when I bought my 2007 F250s. Enough other owners on the main forum convinced me that the 2007's were past the corrosion issue. Same may be true with yours - I don't know - but others will. But best to negotiate with best knowledge you can get. As you seem to be doing...

Fluke: First, welcome aboard. I don't know those engines well enough to answer with any confidence. I would post in the General section where many very knowledgeable people will see your question and respond. Personally, I would have thought that the surveyor would have picked up on this. But...

Don't recall my Journey well enough, but on my current Sailfish, there is room just forward of the boarding ladder, on the deck, for the 6" pie plate for access. And it's still a difficult job. But that location means keeping the pie plate o-ring clean and greased. It can take some splashes.

Congrats and welcome aboard. This forum is a great resource. So ask away when you need to and contribute when you can. And pictures of of the new boat - before and after some new parts and some love - are always appreciated. Rob

My brand new, 1995 208 had a persistent list to port. My dealer tried moving both batteries, which had been mounted to port, to the starboard side. That largely cured the problem except when the livewell was full. After that, it was just a matter of getting the trim tab aligned up on the mark...

We had a 1995 208 for ten years. It was powered by a 150 HPDI and that amount of power was fine. Bear in mind that the HPDI was two-stroke. Our only problem in ten years of owning that boat was the horn going out. Then its replacement went out. I stopped replacing them for a more reliable...

If it is appropriate to do such things here. A recent experience with the GPS Store causes me to want to let others know. My experience is that their staff are allowed to use their common sense and do the right thing, regardless of what store policy says. There was no "I have to talk with my...