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I'm a big fan of Furuno and second the above suggestions for the NavNet hardware. It's not cheap, but, IMHO, it's the best quality, most rugged stuff you can buy. Furuno customer service is absolutely legendary. Check forums like The Hull Truth and you'll find many testimonials to their...

As Alan pointed-out earlier, this is not the first time a boat has capsized in our area (we've had two capsizing and 4 dead in the last two months). Like a lot harbors, the approach/exit path can be treacherous. I'm going to pursue getting follow-up information from the sheriff (specifically...

Alan, I just came back from the harbor and talked with the harbormaster. He added a few details: 1. Both of the passengers were wearing PFD's 2. Both of the passengers bodies were found in the cuddy cabin. He speculated that when the boat capsized, the bodies floated into the cabin. 3...

I have a Floscan and love it. After calibration, it's proven to be within 2% accurate over three years. A good friend of mine had the Navman on his Glacier Bay and it was a nice unit too. My recollection is that the Navman is much cheaper priced than the Floscan (I could be dead wrong on this...

Good question. I've noticed that on my boat electronics. By contrast, my car GPS always has the right time...regardless of where I am in the country.

Wow! That's an excellent deal. Thanks very much for posting.

Great piece of advice. The folks at Furuno in Washington State are an excellent resource. I would bet that not only will they tell you what style the connector is, they'll ask you for your address so that they can ship you a free replacement.

So, I just received my kit of parts from Grady today...they sent two new assemblies (one for the live well...one for the wash-down). Interestingly, the ends of the rods are terminated with a SS piston rod clevis rather than the ball joint rod ends (i.e., the McMaster-Carr part people were...

Yes, Thanks very much for the suggestion Brian.

Happy ending to my story... So, I just got off the phone with Jeff at Grady and he is sending me two new SS parts to replace my rusted, broken parts…free of charge. Now that's what I call great customer service. Even though my boat is 4 1/2 years old, he recognized the problem right away and...

Thanks for the info./advice gentlemen. While I could just buy the parts from McMasters, I'm going to first bring it to Grady's attention and see if they do the right thing (to me, that would be to ship me the parts for free and throw-in a new GW hat for my trouble). I'll post Grady's response as...

I know that this subject has been posted before, but I just had to vent. I tried to close my livewell seacock on my 2004 228 and something just broke and now the rod isn't attached to anything. I can't see the seacock, so I guess I have to take apart the whole freaken live well to get to the...

I was installing a new washdown pump today and it made me nervous to be driving screws into the wood where the pump is mounted. My question is: is that wood actually the transom or is there an additional piece of plywood before the transom? Also, I put a dab of 4200 on my screws before...

Thanks Fishtales...this is a really interesting concept. Have you built one? If yes, perhaps you could post some pix? I'm going to hit the garage and start experimenting with some plywood.

I'm not getting any younger, and lifting 50 lb crab pots over the gunnel and setting them on the deck is getting harder every year. So, I was thinking of making a plywood table or something that could straddle the gunnel next to my crab pot puller. That way, I could just pull the pot up onto the...

Ha! I suppose you're right Curmudgeon. That's funny. It's just that fuel is so damn expensive nowadays that I feel I should think of ways to conserve every drop. That said, I reckon that nothing about his hobby makes sense.

I keep my boat on a Hydrohoist lift. When I maneuver the boat into the lift, I then throw the engine in reverse to stop. It occurred to me today that this is kind of a waste of fuel. So, anyway, I thought to myself that I could tie a line from one side of the lift to the other with a fender...

Thanks for all the advice gentlemen. I'm going up to the harbor to trouble-shoot it Friday and will post my findings...

Hookup, Thanks for the tip. I just tried resetting the circuit breaker (I presume it's the rubber button above the switch), but no joy. The motor doesn't make any noise when I turn on the switch (i.e., it doesn't hum or click like it's trying to engage). Both of the power leads appear to be...