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Yes, I have heard on many occasions where the Golden Gate station boats talk directly to the helicopters on CG409 a P25 UHF 400mhz channel. I suspect the installed model is a Motorola XTL5000 or the newer APX6500. From my monitoring in San Francisco 90% of the UHF traffic is aircraft talking to the ...

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A consumer receiver option would be a UNIDEN digital scanner https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/scanners.html any of the BCD or SDS models. What I use are surplus Motorola P25 radios from eBay (Astro Saber, Astro Spectra, XTS2500, XTS5000, XTL2500 or XTL5000) as I like to also use them as 2-met...

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I ended up glassing over [the unused open splash well on the 25-foot hull with Whaler Drive] so the [former open] space [of the splash well] now has a flat [surface]. I’ll post some photos in the future.

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With the COVAD-19 isolation, I have been in lockdown at Fort Niagara. Sadly the local Rescue 21 channel is 90-percent encrypted. Only the new 29-foot boat has its encrypt switch OFF. All I hear is “29xxx Moored Station”. I do get to watch them come and go, as my girl’s house is only 600yards from US...

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Thanks Jim...

I did have a question, can I retrofit my 2011 e-tecs with electronic shift/throttle?

Pete

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After forever She is launched!!! IMG_0637(2).JPG Initial "day-one" test: [4 blade Cyclone, 19 pitch] 70 Gallons on-board Max Speed 54 WOT @5500 Happy Speed for SF Bay = 26mph @3050 RPM Non-planing cruise 10mpg @ 1600 I have not done exhaustive testing (upwind/downwind, trim settings, etc) ...

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Russell, There is a bilge pump in the aft section of the covered area, the boat was berthed and that area would fill with rain water etc. Also all of the forward lockers drain into there with wash downs etc it does get wet. The ocean at the SF entrance can get rough, 4ft seas with 12ft swells are no...

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Wow, amazing, lots of fabrication on that project.

What wire gauge did you use to extend the starting batteries?

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View of the steps.

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Looks to be very close to yours, about 5-1/2in from chine to top of bottom paint. That height on hull transom translates to 3in above bottom of the drain tubes in the whaler drive well. Here is where the bow waterline is: With little fuel I kept inside the lighter area (green) is where it more likel...

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Jim, Wow, 80lbs reduction would be significant on the transom but I get more like 858lbs (429*2) not your 830. Still 52lbs in savings. I am also starting with aluminum props so there is another few pounds of less stainless steel. On to "weight and balance", great info Russell, Adding 200 h...

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[For prior discussion of the static water line of boats with a Whaler Drive, see http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/020772.html ] My [OUTRAGE 25] Whaler Drive has always seemed low in the water. The current waterline was painted for two c.1988 Johnson 200-HP 25-inch-shaft engines. My hope is ...

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EEL--the splash well [on the 25-foot hull with Whaler Drive] does not seem large enough to make use of a hatch.

What do you keep in there?

Is yours a 25?

Also, thanks Russell.

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Things are moving along on the Outrage. Related to this project: are the black aluminum console plates still available from Whaler? The old ones have too many holes.

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Russell--how thick was the Coosa Board you installed?

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Quart arrived yesterday.

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[The foam-filled deep splashwell on the 25-foot hull with Whaler Drive] cleaned up easily with a scrub brush and the foam is now that nice yellowish color. My current thinking is to just glass over the well after I confirm the foam is not soaked through. The original starboard cap is scalloped on th...

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I am looking to replace the Outrage 25 Rub Rail and wanted to see if anyone has used the Taco products.

Best I can tell it's a white Taco V21-9678 (mounted upside down) and a black V12-4144 insert.

Can anyone confirm that? Was Taco the OEM on mid design Outrage models?

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On it's way with a UPS tracking number, thanks again Byron

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Agreed this is not the forum for geeky radio topics...

My only comment is that it is helpful to monitor what historically was on Ch21. Much of the Rescue21 traffic is in the clear and sounds exactly like with was on CH21 before. All my whalers have an Astro Spectra on them ($100-$150).

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I don't actually know the modulation. It was an addendum on a list of Rescue-21 frequencies listed as "border areas" and not in the standard Rescue-21 channel numbering sequence. My hope was that one of you lake residents could confirm their use and any technical observations. My girlfrien...

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Good points Jim, I too agree that the real problem here is the sealing of the StarBoard cap. If water never got under the cover it would be dry right now. I think the flaw here is that the factory did not seal the cover well. The floor scuppers do drain into this zone the factory should have treated...

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From the look of the foam that is under the cover of my unused internal splashwell, I suspect water has been living in there for decades. Well I guess LHG was right. Larry always said to get rid of that stupid cover and dig out the wet foam out. I will use this as a bit of an experiment. I am going ...

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Ordered, we will know when it ships.

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The USMC RRC boats always had twin OMC 70hp motors. The Netherlands military version have a single OMC v6 (unk HP). Other than the single motor the only visible difference on the Dutch ones were running lights on the console and an all around light above the tow bar.

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Great help. Thank you.

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Hi all--I am doing some repairs on a Boston Whaler OUTRAGE boat. I need some gel coat resin to finish the job. Spectrum currently wants almost $300-per-gallon--and that is their minimum order. I am just doing some patch work so a gallon would be a waste. Do any of you have some left over gel coat re...

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I found this comparison video where the top speed was similar but MPG was way better on the G2...

https://www.tradeboats.com.au/tradeaboat-reviews/engines/1605/video-evinrude-e-tec-200-g1-vs-g2

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Their Logo

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More USMC photos

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Here are some United States Marine Corps public relations photos of Raider 18 boats in action. I have one of these in storage with a super heavy duty trailer. I am not sure what to do with her--next project!

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For you Great Lakes types. I found this item that I assume is a Canadian CG to USCG mutual aid interoperation system: USCG VHF Canadian Border Area Regional Channels Freq↓ Channel↓ Details ↓ 167.1125 AG-101 Toldeo OH, Lake Huron 167.6250 AG-102 Detroit MI, Saginaw River Essexville MI, Western NY, Ma...

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Thanks Jim, Here are some other miscellaneous repairs: For some reason CPD liked exposing foam on this rigging job. Maybe a deadline for shipping her to Alaska. In any case two big holes for the fuel lines (using bent copper tubing), they ran in and then back out of the bait well. In addition, lots ...

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Hi All, After much delay the tank cover is finally repaired/improved. After days of cutting, sanding and grinding I turned over the thin fiberglass top to the boatyard to finish. They used three sections of a glass/balsa sandwiched laminate and glassed it to the thin original decking. My impressions...

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Hmm, They are available in 20ft and 28ft lengths. 20ft seems a bit short with the whaler drive. My thinking: 4ft from the motor to the enclosed well area. 4th to the tunnel 9ft in the tunnel 4ft to the Montauk style console. It just seems odd to buy a 28ft cable for a 26ft center console boat...

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Love FME. I have a tackle box fill of all the variations. It started as a mistake, I ordered the wrong Larsen NMO mount 10-15yrs ago that had one on it, snaked it through my pickup and have never looked back.

Smart design, only a tiny bit bigger than the cable--must be German.

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My preference is to have two dedicated engine-starting batteries for my twin 200-HP set-up. My experience is that battery life seems to tied to cycles of discharge, and, by eliminating non-engine [loads], the starting batteries will be topped off almost 100% of the time. How small a house battery ca...

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Hmm. If I use the single I-Command instrument [then] would I not need the two 2-inch System-Check [annunciators]? I see the I-Command has a buzzer output. That would get me down to just two gauges.

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Rotten plywood removed from the tank deck cover...

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Acseatsri,

It's a manufactured bracket good to 300hp.

See http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/021240.html

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New tank arrives...

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I don't think I have a custom MWS option. I was going to measure (with a line) the distance from the Outrage console to the Whaler Drive-mounted E-TEC engines and then pick the next longer available cable. I just did not know how Evinrude views the published length of their harnesses.

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Are Evinrude or Johnson MWS cable lengths sold as end to end (connector to connector) or just the protected un-striped center section?

I see that they are sold in 15', 20' and 28' lengths. The two I currently have don't have a part number stamped anywhere so I can't measure and validate.

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I was looking at the GAM SS-2 and was thinking the Shakespeare 4400 or 5241-R would do the same job but simplify the installation since the antenna has the coax exiting the coil base vs the PL259 on the bottom of the GAM SS-2. I do see two drawbacks: 1) you can't repair a damaged coax easily. 2) if ...

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Good point, it makes sense to use Deutsch if the e-tec uses them internally. It may be helpful to have extra pins and the right crimp tool around.

Any idea why the e-tec NMEA to EMM connector is not a Deutsch type?

I am assuming all the MWS cable connectors are all Deutsch too.

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Hi Stephen. Two highly-recommended replacement fuel tank [fabricators] are in Los Angeles and San Diego. I offered to ship [the original fuel tank to] them, but they thought careful measuring would work just as well. Even if I ship [the original fuel tank to] them, the cost in total [of locally fabr...

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Hi All. I am looking for the dimensions or an official drawing of a 140-gallon fuel tank as used in the classic 25-foot hull in Outrage, Revenge, and Challenger models. The drawing needs enough detail to permit having one built locally. I hope I am not the first guy to try this. I have measured the ...

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