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    PC based chartplotter

    Has anyone used some of the PC based chartplotters available? SeaClear is a free PC Chartplotter and GPS navigation software. It allows you to uses maps from many formats including ones you've scanned yourself. Also will use BSB maps availble from NOAA (RNCs only) and Mapquest. Mapuest make not...
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    PC based chartplotter

    Has anyone used some of the PC based chartplotters available? SeaClear is a free PC Chartplotter and GPS navigation software. It allows you to uses maps from many formats including ones you've scanned yourself. Also will use BSB maps availble from NOAA (RNCs only) and Mapquest. Mapuest make not...
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    Dual Circuit battery switch

    Has anyone tried the new Dual Circuit Plus switches from Blue Sea Systems. They make the battery switch options simple as can be. Off(batteries seperated from circuits), On (house battery connected to house circuit, engine battery connected to engine circuit) and Both (batteries combined as...
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    Sources for butt connectors

    Does anyone have a source for inexpensive marine butt connectors online? The ones with adhesive lined heat shrink?
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    Shrimping.

    Well, don't know if it's something stupid, but I sure felt stupid. <br /><br />Went out this weekend and my sister and her family tagged along with their new boat to do some fishing and have me show them saltwater boating and areas of interest. Caught the tide late and couldn't catch any bait...
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    Zebco and Customer Service.

    I have used Zebco Spincast reels when I was a youngster. Now days I'm mostly into baitcasting and have no spincast or spinnging reels. My son, knowing I've been fishing a lot lately, got me a Zebco Ready Tackle Inshore Saltwater Spinning Combo for a recent birthday. I received it and the crank...
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    NY Tour Boat accident kills 21

    LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. -- A glass-enclosed boat carrying tourists on a senior citizens' cruise overturned Sunday on a calm lake in upstate New York, killing at least 21 people and sending more than two dozen cold and wet passengers to a hospital. <br /><br />Authorities were investigating whether a...
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    BRP decides to drop Johnson 4 strokes from US market.

    Not an engine repair topic, but more a general news one.<br /><br />BRP will no longer offer the Johnson 40-225 hp four-stroke engines in the North American market.<br /><br /> As of 2006, the Johnson four-stroke line in North America, will only include 2.5, 4, 6, 9.9, 15, 25 and 30-hp engines...
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    BRP decides to drop Johnson 4 strokes from US market.

    Not an engine repair topic, but more a general news one.<br /><br />BRP will no longer offer the Johnson 40-225 hp four-stroke engines in the North American market.<br /><br /> As of 2006, the Johnson four-stroke line in North America, will only include 2.5, 4, 6, 9.9, 15, 25 and 30-hp engines...
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    Couple quick questions about fuel and tach

    On my 89 Johnson GT100, which way is the red Run/Manual start fuel seletor suppose to go for run mode, to the right when looking at it from the front of the motor? Also, how many poles should I set my tach too?
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    Johnson control question

    I just got a used Johnson Control Box to power a 89 100HP Johnson engine. It included the key, but the key does not turn with the controls in any position. Do these control boxes require power before the key switch works?
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