Recent content by wspitler

Interestingly, I have a Seaark with a 33 gallon tank that has a different sort of cap that actually seems to pressurize slightly. Not sure of the mechanism but when opened it will burp a little somewhat regardless, it seems, of prior temperature changes. Like a car that has a sealed cap. I...

I had (have) the water issue with my 330. New o-rings, all good gaskets, etc. I even covered the fill ports with taped down plastic bags to eliminate fill port intrusion. New fuel level sensors and gaskets. No gas smell anywhere. If I keep tanks full, 350 gallons, extra ton of weight, then...

Engine hours are stored in the ECU, not the gauge.

PLB is best as an emergency signaling device. Direct to CG no middle man. As retired USCG pilot, takes the search out of search and rescue! Down side is no non-emergent message capability. Upside No subscription required. I do mostly coastal so in reach is no better than my cell phone. I carry...

If swapping gauges, confirms it is a side issue and not a gauge issue, then you’ll need to understand how your Yamaha command link system is wired. It has a multihub that each motor connects to. A bus wire then transmits CAN data from both engines to another multihub at the helm. Your gauges...

Garmin usually has an in-line fuse in its power supply cord, not too far from where it connects to Power. That will be there unless an outfitter substituted a fuse of similar capacity on a panel or another place.

Aluminum and stainless do not play well together. The aluminum will corrode. If you can put rubber washers or some kind of synthetic non-conductive material between the two, it will last longer. I used phenolic washers/spacers on my aluminum boat when mounting anything stainless.

You will most likely have an in-line switch somewhere in the vicinity of your starboard gunnel, if that’s where your shore power outlet is. It is a galvanic isolator circuit to prevent electrolysis. That switch can trip and eliminate all AC power to your vessel.

I leave my stereo on while closing up the boat. If I hear music I know the batteries are on

Recommend you look at their competitor towboat US. They are owned by Geico and Berkshire Hathaway.

Since you won’t reuse those bolts, I wouldn’t worry about snapping them off. Worst case you could strip out the nuts, but snapping them off would make it easier to get off.

My GT-56 UHD on the stern works great. (under$500) I do lose sidescan above 15 knots, but hold the bottom at 28 knots. Sidescan works amazing. I also have the original (2007) 1K thru hull for traditional sonar that holds the bottom at all speeds. I also have dual 1243xsv

I disagree somewhat. In the days of 2 stroke engines with carbon buildup, that was very true. Todays modern 4 strokes are very similar to automobile engines (albeit in a slightly different environment). They are clean burning, fuel injected, low emissions. In fact, some of the Honda...

There are two ways to get your engine data on your Garmin. One utilizes Nema, 2000 and you will need that network to connect to a multi hub from the command link or command link plus. The other is directly to a J1939 port on your MFD again with an adapter cable from the command hub to the J1939...

FYI some of the newer bilge pumps will run to test the water on some kind of a timer. Don’t know the details, but have heard that is the case and most people do not like that feature. ie. “Rule automatic bilge pumps have an internal computer chip to cycle pumps every 2-1/2 minutes. The pump runs...