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  1. dingbat

    What pitch prop for Carolina Skiff J14 with Yamaha15 2 stoke?

    The boat is badly under powered at 15 HP A good friend has one with 25 HP that he uses to crab. Runs pretty good with one onboard. Has a hard time planing with 2-#200 guys on board.
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    Garmin 840xs screen blacks out

    The know issue is the in-line fuse holder on the power cable. Make sure the unit is grounded to the battery. Grounding to the “hull” will not cut it. Might want to try buzzing the transducer out. The Airmar website has schematics for most popular transducers
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    Black marelon thru hull fittings - anyone?

    No black Marelom that I’m aware of Seen thru hulls in black plastic. Swap the ones on my boat for stainless
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    Garmin 840xs screen blacks out

    Never heard nor do I understand how a transducer would make the screen dark other than a bad transducer. Unit set to the correct transducer type? The first thing I’d do is to eliminate power issues. Pay particular attention to the fuse holder on the unit.,,...notorious for causing intermittent...
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    I/Os in salt water...

    http://corrosion-doctors.org/Corrosion-Thermodynamics/Reference-Half-Cells-Silver.htm
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    Raymarine 53 shot , New Ray costly verses other brands ?

    Not a Ray fan.....the short answer is no Better units out there for less expensive Icom Uniden Standard Horizon
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    What advice on renting a room out?

    Had a “renter” for three years. Helped make ends meat at a time. Fast forward thirty years....you couldn’t pay me enough.
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    Random

    Rouge Steel is now Cleveland Cliffs One of my first automation projects was in the Ford glass house. Still support equipment at Cleveland Cliffs
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    Installing a new asphalt driveway

    I am as well but all that buys me is a requirement to submit a drainage management plan every 5 years....lol Surprised your allowed to bury a well head under a driveway.
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    Conventional Casting reels

    You Plug? I use a spinner to throw light metal, 1-2 oz, but 95% of the time I chunk, 6 to 8 oz. + bait. Loading a 12’-6” fast action rod with a 10-12 oz. payload is murder on the finger.
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    Fishfinder help...

    Remember, the side scan field of view is a an inverted cone emanating out 10’ from the sides of the transducer. The farther out you go, the more water column your missing. Side scan is useless trolling. Comes in handy for “scanning” bridge/dock pilings and such for fish. Great for...
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    Fishfinder help...

    No.....CHIRP is a great technology but expensive. Pretty easy to spend $1,000 on a transducer alone. With the performance and cost comes the urge for marketing types to exploit the public’s ignorance of the technology to their advantage. Suddenly every units that is capable of operating at...
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    Conventional Casting reels

    Same here. Worked good for me until I took up surf casting. Learned pretty quickly why guys use thumb chaps and band-aids...lol
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    Conventional Casting reels

    This is what "doing it by the book" buys you... burnt spool shims. The top shim got so hot that it "burned" the shim behind it as well. Have gotten a few come in for repair where they burned thru the first shim working on the second.
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    Fishfinder help...

    Do yourself favor and forget all the "TM" features and buy yourself a simple conventional sonar with the largest screen you want to afford. When it comes to sonar, I have just about every bell and whistle on the market, but relay on conventional (CHIRP) sonar for day to day usage. Good time...
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    I/Os in salt water...

    Happy Harbor guy? Keep my first boat (I/O) on the trailer at Breezy Point Marina. Weekends in a slip....weekdays on the trailer. Loved the boat......who didn't love their first boat, but far too much work keeping up with motor and drive issues. Keep it for two seasons then sold it for an...
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    I/Os in salt water...

    Where are you going to keep the boat? Fresh or raw water cooled motors? Huge difference in salinity (0.5 - 30 ppt) between the tidal Potomac (Wilson Bridge), the Bay Bridge (Annapolis) and the Solomons area. Need paint at any location unless your on a lift.
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    Conventional Casting reels

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    Conventional Casting reels

    Doing my part to eliminate “friction”....lol
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    Conventional Casting reels

    Well, they do...lol . As noted earlier, Abu uses a number of bearing and spool configurations. Each are tuned and controlled differently. The reel I posted above has an Ultracast spool. The knobs on the ends of the spool are used to center the spool in the frame. They have no effect on spool...
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