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... Also, I believe the Mercury-Yamaha partnership was dissolved in 2005 and 2006. So, a 2006 model 90-HP, like mine, probably made in 2005, was part of the last batch? Other: I have gathered a few Brunswick 78 [RPM record disks]! Elegant company logos. It was a big record company back then, and li...

I need to take the drill to my Montauk to get a electronics cable to the top of the console. The hole needed is about 3/4-inch or 22-mm diameter. A few questions: What is the recommended location for this hole? Naturally one would want it on the top of console, but I have seen some pictures showing ...

I see the problem, where the factory string may be intertwined with other components. The boat is as it left the factory, no add-ons in the rigging tunnel, though. How big is the rigging tunnel anyway? I do like the idea of pulling a hose first (size TBD), and spare string, using stock string, then ...

I am just about to run a transducer cable through the rigging tunnel on my Montauk 170, using the factory pull string, and found great tips on the old forum (thanks Jim!) I will pull a new string along with this new cable, probably the weed-wacker-type, with some lubricant for good measure. While I ...

The stock winch on my 2006 Karavan looks like it needs replacement.

What should be the new winch rating for a 2006 Montauk 170?

Are there different mount styles to choose from?

On the old forum, I have seen recommendations for [Dutton-Lainson Company] and Shelby Industries.

Why not bundle their Insight product in the package, or discount it some, then?

The basic Insight is 99 dollars retail.

A related question, or observation: I was looking at the Lowrance Elite-4 CHIRP on display at West Marine, this Monday. No Hook in sight, BTW. I found the display unit's built-in map offering confusing, possibly misleading. Display unit menu offers "Lowrance' and "Navionics". When on ...

Thanks, this is all very useful. I only got the boat late last June, so I do not have a lot of experience with the bilge area with plug out. I did have the plug out once, while underway at low speed, an ha-ha moment. One option is to use a mixed solution: plug in when I am around and boat is used of...

I have secured a mooring at a boatyard close-by on a quiet saltwater pond for my Boston Whaler 170 MONTAUK boat. I am worried about what to do with the bilge sump, and I am leaning towards keeping the bilge drain plugged. The boat will close-by (and I can keep an eye on it), but I may be away for th...

Great information.

Thanks for the SIMRAD suggestion. It would work nicely, of course, but quite a few features would be beyond my plain recreational needs. OTOH, I need something, and I may grow to like some extras . It looks like I would need to add maps to the SIMRAD offering, perhaps Navionics, at extra cost. Then ...

My primary boating is mostly slow speed pleasure cruising in an inner bay, and I often find myself in shallow water, with potential for [the outboard engine skeg to be] dragging. What kind of [SONAR or other] electronics would give me the best depth reading? I have no legacy electronics at all on my...

In winterizing my Montauk 170's Mercury 90-HP FOURSTROKE EFI engine for the first time, I got some fresh gasoline with Sta-Bil and ran the motor at idle speed on muffs for approximately 10 minutes on the stock fuel tank and line. Was that enough time for the new gasoline to reach the motor, internal...

It looks like I may put my Montauk 170 on a mooring during the warm months next year, at the nearby marina, in sheltered Cape Cod inner bay waters. I am not familiar with the actual tieing of a boat to a mooring, and the specifics on the Montauk. I read that the bow eye is hard to reach and I have s...