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The thought of snaking wires from the hard top to the batteries at the transom makes me queasy. The small 50 watt panel system would be fine for the starting battery and could easily be temporarily mounted with a rod holder bracket somehow and stowed when running. Thats a no brainer. The...

The set up depends on your battery configuration. If you have multiple batteries which are charged independently ie "banks" it can be a problem. There are charge controllers that can handle multiple banks of batteries but reviews are iffy. If you are charging one battery or multiple wired...

when electrical gremlins are about and coming and going like that check your grounds. use a jumper from a known good ground to test

Where will this new bank be located, I assume in the bow area since trolling batts. Rather than reinvent the wheel if that is the case hijack some ac from the main panel which I would think is in the cabin somewhere and power a smart charger located near the new bank. That should provide...

Not sure where this is on the boat. Consider a usb charging port in the back, looks like a nice spot for a phone or handheld radio

As I said earlier we fish a relatively small area, usually can still see some land features, good marked structure, so often fish spot to spot on the troll. Typically I run the cockpit and whoever else is there runs the helm. If I had a dime for every time I yelled stop staring at the screen...

I could not put in anything bigger than 9in without serious mods. Went with a 7 for nav/autopilot and 9 for sounder. We fish the same general area all the time. I like not looking at split screens

I would remove the cup holders and move the chrome handle down to the right side of the cabin hatchway. That will free up some room. No matter what you things will be shoehorned in on your older boat just like my 92 marlin. Raymarine ev150 7in mfd and 9 in Garmin

my 92 marlin has plenty of rod holders on the gunnel and transom so i just lag screwed my stainless 4 rod holder to the transom/back of the livewell. i only use it for holding rods while running and holding tools while fishing. doing anything around the lilvewell is murder due to the way...

My mechanic that helped we out last time we pulled the boat never runs on garden hose or muffs, but always both. Says there can be overheat problems when using just one or the other.

May 2020 I was given a 35-38 k all in for 2 250 hps , think they said that included about 5k for my motors 250 ox66. Wish I had done it then. They may give you a number but I hear you wait forever to get the motors

full disclosure, i have promariner 30 amp, 3 bank, distributive charger. set up with start 1, start 2 and house ( 2 bats paralled) all marine start/deep cycle. promariner manual said distribution of the 30 amps would be prioritized to the bank needed more charge if needed. that said max...

ditto what skunk says dont over think a simple problem

Looking at this wireless radar to go with ray mfd, got a lot of points from the last 3x sale and now will get 4x which looks to be 290$. Would be used for fishing off so east Florida. Not very knowledgeable about radar, looking for advice

My Marlin with 1998 OX250s gets 1.3 mpg at 30mph cruise when trimmed perfect. Plus the oil. The annual cost mentioned is real and no matter how much I pay attention something always seems to show up. Little things get a bandaid and batched up so as to not keep me off the water every other...

Just installed the Garmin 94sv uhd with gt 54 transducer. Got it at west marine when giving triple points and on sale. The 94 will be great and all I need. The gt54 leaves a little to be desired but should be fine for our fishing activity. Transducer cable is short, so ext needed and the...

yea mine are gone as well!! i have looked everywhere with no luck

looks like you have plenty of room to work with. my boat equipment salvage shop has tons of old panels i bet i could find one that with some modification would work. or go whole hog and have new wire make you one. mount it on the outside not inside as pic shows and you have much more leeway...

Wondering if folks upgrade/renew surbscription for navionics every year?

follow up, we fished again today and weeds were still bad. I rigged 6 weedless small ballyoo with a 4 in rubber squid skirt over the beak. while they did not run as well as traditional rigged bally they ran ok, were essentially weedless and were the only baits to work. caught a king and mahi...