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by Hoosier
Sat Oct 22, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: MARKETPLACE
Topic: SOLD: 1992 23 Walkaround Twin Engines in Michigan
Replies: 4
Views: 4437

Re: FS: 1992 23 Walkaround Twin Engines in Michigan

Boat is SOLD! She’s gonna go live in Texas.
by Hoosier
Thu Sep 29, 2022 9:09 am
Forum: MARKETPLACE
Topic: SOLD: 1992 23 Walkaround Twin Engines in Michigan
Replies: 4
Views: 4437

Re: FS: 1992 23 Walkaround Twin Engines in Michigan

I'll be in Fairhope, Alabama, between October 16 to 25, 2022, with the boat. Anyone in the central Gulf Coast can come see the boat and try her.
by Hoosier
Sat Sep 10, 2022 6:17 pm
Forum: MARKETPLACE
Topic: SOLD: 1992 23 Walkaround Twin Engines in Michigan
Replies: 4
Views: 4437

SOLD: 1992 23 Walkaround Twin Engines in Michigan

For sale: 1992 23 Walkaround with hardtop and notched transom powered by twin 2011 Yamaha F150 engines and nearly new tandem-axle LOAD-RITE trailer for $28,000. Contact: text to 260 460-0076 9DF9CD6B-0EAE-475A-B768-69822672FE4E.jpeg The boat is currently in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but it will be going ...
by Hoosier
Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:42 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: 2022 Gulf of Mexico Trip
Replies: 3
Views: 6814

Re: 2022 Gulf of Mexico Trip

We’ll be in Weeks Bay for about five weeks Feb-April next year. 20 + miles offshore isn’t that far, but company is always welcome.
by Hoosier
Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:13 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: 1992 21 WALKAROUND
Replies: 6
Views: 3117

Re: 1992 21WALKAROUND

I had a 21 Walkaround and then upsized to a 23 Walkaround. The 21 had a soft top and the 23 has a factory hardtop. The hard top is heavy and the side walls of the cockpit aren't up to holding the weight. I had to take off the interior trim and then lamiate doubler plates onto the side walls where th...
by Hoosier
Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: BRP Introduces New Boat
Replies: 3
Views: 5085

Re: ROTAX Engines

When I looked through all the Switch stuff I was struck by how it was optimized, even dedicated, to water sports that usually mean going fast. The Switch, with its shallow draft, would make a great fishing and flats boat but I think the jet drive would be terrible at "trolling speed". Darn.
by Hoosier
Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:16 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: 2022 Gulf of Mexico Trip
Replies: 3
Views: 6814

2022 Gulf of Mexico Trip

How about a 2022 short field trip to Pensacola and then going out to the USS Oriskany Reef, the world's largest artificial reef? It's only 20 miles south of Pensacola and is in US waters. Plus it's in 220 feet of water so our recreational sonars can "see" it. Here's more info: https://myfw...
by Hoosier
Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:28 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: 2021 Crooked River Run
Replies: 11
Views: 8286

Re: 2021 Crooked River Run

The Crooked River looks a lot narrower when you’re in it doing 25-MPH for more.
by Hoosier
Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:02 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Ideal Boat for Older Years of Boating
Replies: 10
Views: 6679

Re: Ideal Boat for Older Years of Boating

We're in the age bracket you asked about. We have a 1992 23 Walkaround that we use on the Great Lakes. We've spent a week on her in: the North Channel (twice), Isle Royale, Green Bay, and last week Northern Lake Michigan. We launched from St. Ignace, MI and proceeded to Beaver Island, then Boyne Cit...
by Hoosier
Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:38 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: New Simrad App
Replies: 1
Views: 3661

Re: New Simrad App

Lowrance just sent me an email to download their new app. They are both Navico companies.
by Hoosier
Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:11 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Brunswick to Acquire NAVICO for $1-billion
Replies: 7
Views: 5162

Re: Brunswick to Acquire NAVICO for $1-billion

It's worth looking at what this means; check out what brands NAVICO owns:

  • SIMRAD (Recreational and Commercial
  • Lowrance
  • B&G (Sailings)
  • C-Map

https://navico.com/our-brands/
by Hoosier
Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: 2021 Lake Superior Cruise
Replies: 1
Views: 5792

2021 Lake Superior Cruise

How about a 3-4 day run out to the Fitz? I think we could scrounge up a couple of other Northern Michigan boats. Canada doesn't have to be open, we could do it all within US waters, except the last mile or so to get to the Firtz.
by Hoosier
Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:41 pm
Forum: MARKETPLACE
Topic: FS: 1986 27 Full Cabin
Replies: 5
Views: 5702

Re: FS: 1986 27 Full Cabin

What is the tow load, and is this so big that it's classified as a "Permitted Load"?
by Hoosier
Sat Dec 05, 2020 4:53 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Marina Fire at Toledo Beach Marina
Replies: 0
Views: 4055

Marina Fire at Toledo Beach Marina

I hope none of the members of this group had a boat in dry storage at Safe Harbor Marine [better known as Toledo Beach Marina, which is south of Monroe, Michigan] near Toledo. They lost one of their 400 foot long rack storage buildings that had 120 boats in it. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local...
by Hoosier
Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:35 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: A Sea (Lake) Survival Story
Replies: 2
Views: 1706

A Sea (Lake) Survival Story

The below account of an amazing survival was recently sent to the small group of us Continuous Wavers who have actually been in these waters. There are trip reports from our adventures on Lake Superior. None of us want to claim this trophy: https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/10/21-years-ago-this-month-...
by Hoosier
Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:42 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane
Replies: 18
Views: 6010

Re: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane

Here we go again: ZETA is aimed right at the central Gulf Coast.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphi ... s#contents
by Hoosier
Fri Oct 09, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane
Replies: 18
Views: 6010

Re: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane

I couldn't find anything about the rescue in 1951 either. What it does say is that the Ille De France was an exceptional ship when you consider the three rescues we know about.
by Hoosier
Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:08 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane
Replies: 18
Views: 6010

Re: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane

I think Butch was thinking of this event in 1953. Hell, I've been in 50' seas in the North Atlantic and it's easy to get the "when" wrong. Anyway, here ya go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHLpCulmVDc
by Hoosier
Thu Oct 08, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane
Replies: 18
Views: 6010

Re: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane

I went looking for your 1951 rescue and found this: SS ÎLE DE FRANCE For actions on July 26, 1956 Gallant Ship Award citation: “Responding unhesitatingly to an SOS from the sinking ANDREA DORIA off Nantucket Island in the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956, the Île de France altered course...
by Hoosier
Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:48 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane
Replies: 18
Views: 6010

Re: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane

The latest NHC post has Delta going to the delta, a good ways west of you. BUT, they said that about Sally.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphi ... s#contents

Take care and stay safe.
by Hoosier
Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:30 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane
Replies: 18
Views: 6010

Re: DELTA--Another Gulf Hurricane

Butch, This one is starting to look like she's gonna be worse than Sally:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphi ... s#contents
by Hoosier
Thu Oct 01, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Sally Consequenses
Replies: 15
Views: 5586

Re: Sally Consequenses

I did and the house is ok but there are a lot of trees down. We’re booked for 2022, next year we’re going to Port St. Joe, Fl.
by Hoosier
Sat Sep 26, 2020 5:07 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Sally Consequenses
Replies: 15
Views: 5586

Re: Sally Consequenses

Thanks Butch. We have stayed there for about six years over the past decade and it’ll be hard to let it go.
by Hoosier
Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Sally Consequenses
Replies: 15
Views: 5586

Re: Sally Consequenses

We snowbird at a cottage on a canal off of Weeks Bay. It’s an old cottage at ground level, not on stilts. I saw that the Fish River hit about 23’, which is 10’ over flood stage. I don’t want to call our landlady she has enough on her mind. In any case I doubt we’ll be going back there anytime soon.
by Hoosier
Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:56 am
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Bow Eye Replacement Parts
Replies: 6
Views: 3357

Re: Bow Eye Replacement Parts

FWIW: I just went to Marine Part Depot's website, not on Amazon, and they're having a sale on some Boston Whaler parts. There aren't many but there are some nice deals.

http://www.marinepartdepot.com/bowhha.html
by Hoosier
Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:55 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Bow Eye Replacement Parts
Replies: 6
Views: 3357

Re: Bow Eye Replacement Parts

I am really impressed with Marine Parts Depot. I asked for the part on Saturday, on Easter Weekend, and got the part on Wednesday. I used up one hacksaw blade in cutting the stainless steel rod to the correct length.
by Hoosier
Thu Apr 16, 2020 1:36 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: Bow Eye Replacement Parts
Replies: 6
Views: 3357

Bow Eye Replacement Parts

Here is some useful information about a bow eye replacement as found on a c.1978 OUTRAGE V-20 and perhaps other classic models. I found replacement parts on Amazon from Marine Parts Depot. The quality of the stainless steel components is superb. See Figure 1, below. towingEye.jpg About a week ago, I...
by Hoosier
Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:52 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: NOAA: Modernized Great Lakes Forecast
Replies: 2
Views: 6788

Re: NOAA: Modernized Great Lakes Forecast

NOAA is asking for input about the new format. There is a survey link on the page that Jim referenced. It has been my experience in dealing with the local NWS forecast offices that the are very responsive and actually read their email.
by Hoosier
Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:58 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: MONTAUK with Scotty Down Rigger Rail Mounted: Need Pictures, Need Ideas
Replies: 16
Views: 15780

Re: MONTAUK with Scotty Down Rigger Rail Mounted: Need Pictures, Need Ideas

That homemade mount was on our 1986 Montauk, the boat we had before we got the 1978 Outrage V-20. We had one on each side with manual Cannon Easy Troll downriggers. We fish as deep as 60' in Detour Passage at the top of Lake Huron and cranking more than two of them would be too much. Jim is correct,...
by Hoosier
Sun Jun 30, 2019 2:52 pm
Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
Topic: MONTAUK with Scotty Down Rigger Rail Mounted: Need Pictures, Need Ideas
Replies: 16
Views: 15780

Re: MONTAUK with Scotty Down Rigger Rail Mounted: Need Pictures, Need Ideas

For Rich Re: Pau Hana. The outrigger assembly was professionally done by the previous owner. When I re-powered with the Suzuki DF-115 in 2004 I had to raise it since the Suzuki tilts up almost horizontal. It has eight vertical rod holders and room for four down riggers, but I can only deal with two....
by Hoosier
Thu May 02, 2019 7:07 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: The Great Carrier Reef
Replies: 8
Views: 17595

Re: The Great Carrier Reef

Just to close out this thread, for this year anyway. I didn't get a chance to make a run out to the Oriskany for a bunch of reasons: lousy weather, Alabama DNR closed the Boggy Point Ramp for repairs, more lousy weather, and I ran out of time.
by Hoosier
Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:45 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: 2019 170 MONTAUK Retail Prices
Replies: 36
Views: 47070

Re: 2019 170 MONTAUK Retail Prices

In the Northern Indiana market pontoons dominate, and they were almost all that was on the upper showroom. I would add that Northern Indiana is loaded with boat manufacturers; Brunswick's main plant for their multiple lines of pontoons is in Fort Wayne.
by Hoosier
Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:52 am
Forum: The GAM
Topic: 2019 170 MONTAUK Retail Prices
Replies: 36
Views: 47070

Re: 2019 170 MONTAUK Retail Prices

Those pictures were taken at the 2019 Fort Wayne Boat Show (and Sale). The dealer is a old time small dealer on Lake Wawasee in Northern Indiana. Their booth was in the lower floor and had a lot of pillars in the way of picture views of the other couple of boats on display, all equally expensive.
by Hoosier
Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:24 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: Wintering Over in the North Channel
Replies: 12
Views: 19583

Re: Wintering Over in the North Channel

It looks like the next couple of days will have something for everyone:

https://blog.weather.us/messy-winter-st ... wednesday/

This is a good site to bookmark.
by Hoosier
Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:53 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: Wintering Over in the North Channel
Replies: 12
Views: 19583

Re: Wintering Over in the North Channel

And, then again, maybe not: Friday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 15 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -3. Windy, with a west wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Friday Night: Cloudy, then gradually becoming par...
by Hoosier
Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:56 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: Recommendations from Floridian Whaler Owners
Replies: 13
Views: 21499

Re: Recommendations from Floridian Whaler Owners

Try the Panhandle. Hurricane Michael did a number on parts of Panama City Beach and almost destroyed Mexico Beach, but further south and east Port St. Joe (PSJ), Indian Pass, and Apalachicola are still okay. We've snow-bird-ed in Port St. Joe a couple of times and it has fabulous water for an 18 Out...
by Hoosier
Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:15 pm
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: The Great Carrier Reef
Replies: 8
Views: 17595

Re: The Great Carrier Reef

That Regulator is nice, except for "Fuel Tank Capacity: 600-gallon" and the four 425's. My 23 WA has a 1800gallon tank and, theoretically, can go from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay without refueling. That's across Lake Superior, the long way. I think I'll stick with my 40-year-old Whaler...
by Hoosier
Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:29 am
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: The Great Carrier Reef
Replies: 8
Views: 17595

Re: The Great Carrier Reef

Thanks, Butch. I was thinking of Boggy Point as the launch point. It'd be about an hour's drive from Weeks Bay but a lot better than going all the way by water. Did you move into the condo on the Lagoon?
by Hoosier
Wed Dec 26, 2018 9:57 am
Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
Topic: The Great Carrier Reef
Replies: 8
Views: 17595

The Great Carrier Reef

I'm going to be down in the Weeks Bay area of Southern Alabama in March with my V20 Outrage and have wondered, for years, about going out to the USS Oriskany. I figure I'd trailer to Perdido Pass and then head out from there. Have any of you Gulf Coast Whalers gone out and what do you think of doing...
by Hoosier
Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:36 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: November Gales
Replies: 21
Views: 11721

Re: November Gales

I sit corrected, sagging it be, but it could have been either, the result would have been the same: a broken ship. Anyway, I find it a bit hard to believe that the "brittle steel" argument would apply to all those sinkings; there was something else going on. Big confused waves in bathtubs ...
by Hoosier
Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: November Gales
Replies: 21
Views: 11721

Re: November Gales

Sitting here watching the snow flakes and wind, 24 mph peak in the last hour, I got to wondering. Having been in the North Channel in some really sloppy conditions and having sailed in 50' seas on both the North Atlantic and North Pacific I can state that "seas" in the Great lakes are not ...
by Hoosier
Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:20 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: November Gales
Replies: 21
Views: 11721

Re: November Gales

the National Weather Service office, Gaylord, Michigan, posted this :

https://www.weather.gov/apx/Gales_Of_November

NWS Gaylord is responsible for Whitefish Bay and Lake Superior west to about Grand Marais, where NWS Marquette takes over.
by Hoosier
Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:51 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Lockeman's Hardware and Boats 100th Year
Replies: 4
Views: 4269

Re: Lockeman's Hardware and Boats 100th Year

I think Lockman's is what a dealer should be. We've been to several continuousWave get-togethers at Lockman's. I can't say enough good things about them. If you're within a couple of hundred miles of them, it's worth the drive to get the care you deserve.
by Hoosier
Sun Aug 05, 2018 8:13 pm
Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
Topic: Recharging depleted AGM battery
Replies: 3
Views: 8448

Re: Recharging depleted AGM battery

Interesting. I just had a similar problem with my conventional house/starboard starting battery on an week long trip. The battery maintainer gave a "Bad Battery" indication one morning which necessitated replacing the battery with a "loaner" from another boater in our group. (See...
by Hoosier
Sun Aug 05, 2018 5:33 pm
Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
Topic: LiFePO Batteries for Marine Use
Replies: 39
Views: 52550

Re: LiFePO Batteries for Marine Use

Here's an update: I just finished a boat trip to the North Channel with the BWGLCC ( see http://continuouswave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3674 ) and at the overnight stop in Killarney, Ontario my house and starboard starting battery failed. Since we were at a marina I had connected the batter...
by Hoosier
Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:37 am
Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
Topic: More Consolidation: NAVICO and C-MAP Merge
Replies: 4
Views: 8925

Re: More Consolidation: NAVICO and C-MAP Merge

I still use the Lakemaster Michigan chart SD in my, now ancient, Lowrance XOG portable GPS/chartplotters. They were fabulous map cards because they not only showed water features in great detail but they also had all land roads, even two-track ORV trails.
by Hoosier
Sat Jun 30, 2018 4:51 pm
Forum: VHF MARINE RADIO
Topic: Boats With Voluntary-equipped Radio
Replies: 5
Views: 12853

Re: Boats With Voluntary-equipped Radio

I may not have reached MY expiration date but my warranty has, for sure, expired...... :-)
by Hoosier
Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:07 am
Forum: VHF MARINE RADIO
Topic: Boats With Voluntary-equipped Radio
Replies: 5
Views: 12853

Re: Boats With Voluntary-equipped Radio

I found this: Ships are considered as operating domestically when they do not travel to foreign ports or do not transmit radio communications to foreign stations. Sailing in international waters is permitted, so long as the previous conditions are met. If you travel to a foreign port (e.g., Canada, ...
by Hoosier
Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:51 am
Forum: VHF MARINE RADIO
Topic: Boats With Voluntary-equipped Radio
Replies: 5
Views: 12853

Boats With Voluntary-equipped Radio

[This thread was separated from another thread which was discussing fees for FCC issued ship station licenses.--jimh] I found this on the FCC website: Smaller ships used for recreation (e.g., sailing, diving, sport fishing, fishing, water skiing) are not required to have radio stations installed but...
by Hoosier
Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:17 pm
Forum: The GAM
Topic: Chris-Craft Sold to Winnebago
Replies: 10
Views: 6810

Re: Chris-Craft Sold to Winnebago

Here in Fort Wayne, Brunswick has their major pontoon plant. It's in the old Lincoln-Wearever plant and is [more than] 300,000-square feet. Their [Brunswick's] old Harris-Kayot plant was half that. I think they make three brands or lines here, and some are [high priced]. I know--I drove one in last ...