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- Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:26 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Chris-Craft Sold to Winnebago
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6866
Re: Chris-Craft Sold to Winnebago
Didn't Brunswick just sell off their SEA RAY brand?
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:09 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Waterline on 1978 Outrage V-20
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2828
Re: Waterline on 1978 Outrage V-20
Interesting. My 1978 V-20 has three splashwell drains, one on the centerline right forward of the engine where you can't see it and then there are the port and starboard ones. There is a small sump in the splashwell that has the center drain in it. I rarely have water above the center sump. Even wit...
- Mon Jan 15, 2018 7:04 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Kidde Fire Extinguisher Recall
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19640
Re: Kidde Fire Extinguisher Recall
I got 8 replacement extinguishers that I sent in on the on line form. Then I got one "extra' that was not in any of the data I submitted to Kidde. I called them and they said I could: 1. Keep it, 2. Send it back using the included shipping label, or 3. donate it. I donated it.....to me....
- Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:11 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Kidde Fire Extinguisher Recall
- Replies: 28
- Views: 19640
Re: Kidde Fire Extinguisher Recall
A thought, which I brought up this weekend's USPS conference: with the massive Kidde fire extinguisher recall we all had better check our boats in case we get “inspected” next season and the USCG finds a recalled extinguisher as our only extinguisher; I’ll bet that’d be a violation, just like expire...
- Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:00 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Northern Great Lakes Gale October 2017
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14412
Re: Northern Great Lakes Gale October 2017
8.8 m at 10.24.13.30 converts to 28.87 feet.
- Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:56 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: A Bad Day At Sea For U.S. Navy
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16429
Re: A Bad Day At Sea For U.S. Navy
WHAT? Don't US Navy ships have AIS?
I have [an AIS receiver] on my 23 Walkaround and it lets me know if any big guys are near me.
I have [an AIS receiver] on my 23 Walkaround and it lets me know if any big guys are near me.
- Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:27 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Leland Harbor: More Shoaling
- Replies: 35
- Views: 30072
Re: Leland Harbor: More Shoaling
Hmmm, $540,000 for Little Lake Harbor? Maybe there is more than one "Little Lake Harbor" in Michigan. I didn't know that the [USACE] was responsible for Michigan's Harbors of Refuge. The one I'm referring to is west of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior.
- Wed May 17, 2017 9:42 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Boat Registration
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6580
Re: Boat Registration
This thread inks to the NASBLA document about HIN requirements. What I didn't know is that there is supposed to be a second HIN plate hidden on the boat. How does one find out where this hidden HIN is on a Whaler?
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:32 pm
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Lake Huron North Channel 2016 Cruise
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22068
Re: Lake Huron North Channel 2016 Cruise
AND...you don't want to join the Rebal Alliance of Kevin and Jeff....:-(
- Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:21 pm
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Lake Huron North Channel 2016 Cruise
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22068
Re: Lake Huron North Channel 2016 Cruise
"The problem for me to get a 23 WALKAROUND is then I'd have to get a new truck, too." No you won't, your ancient Suburban should do fine with a 23. I used one to bring mine back from NC. Just don't take the Trans-Canada north of Monreal River Hill.... ;-) That means you have to get to WaWa...
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:21 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: MMSI for Handheld Radios
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4076
Re: MMSI for Handheld Radios
I didn't know that, but I registered my handheld VHF Marine Band radio four years ago and I had to tie it to a particular boat. Now that it's been programmed I can't change it, I'll have to send it in to get reset. The cost for resetting the MMSI number is going to be $60; add the cost of shipping a...
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Future of Marine Charts in USA
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17233
Re: Future of Marine Charts in USA
I believe that if the charts are Vector charts the units are convertable, if not--Oh Well. It's just like a km is about 1/2 NM.
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:26 pm
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: MMSI for Handheld Radios
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4076
MMSI for Handheld Radios
[The Federal Communications Commissions] needs to allow handheld radios with DSC and GPS to have more than one MMSI number. I have two boats and take mine on the boat I'm using.
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:17 pm
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Lake Huron North Channel 2016 Cruise
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22068
Re: Lake Huron North Channel 2016 Cruise
Porthole: check this report [on a similar cruise made eight years ago] and see how many of the boats were soft-tops:
http://continuouswave.com/sail-logs/nc2008/
http://continuouswave.com/sail-logs/nc2008/
- Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:42 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Color and Width of Striping c.1982 OUTRAGE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2766
Re: Color and Width of Striping c.1982 OUTRAGE
The stripe on my 1978 Outrage V-20 is 7/8".
- Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:47 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Anchors used for the Montauk 170
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14621
Re: Anchors used for the Montauk 170
Look up Chene Anchors. I've been using them for [more than] 20-years and they work almost all the time. The times they don't work either I shouldn't have been out on the water or the bottom was muck and nothing would've held.
- Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Future of Marine Charts in USA
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17233
Re: Future of Marine Charts in USA
In some ways this is "much ado about nothing". If NOAA forces us recreational boaters into the metric world that we don't like the equipment vendors already provide a "Units" selection to have depths in: meters, fathoms, feet, inches, degrees F, degrees C, Km, NM, SM, or skeg len...
- Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:19 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: BW Catalogs Needed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3491
Re: BW Catalogs Needed
I have BW Options and regular catalogs from the CML era but I have no idea what date they are.
- Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:41 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Marine Sanitation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12922
Re: Marine Sanitation
On my 23 WA there are fittings for GAS, on the Port side gunwale, WATER, on the port console pillar, and WASTE, on the starboard gunwale. As Jim mentions, they are all the same size so a careless owner,( we don't have any any of those here), but there are many, could "accidentally" switch ...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:32 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: POLL: What Device Used To Read Forum
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14857
Re: POLL: What Device Used To Read Forum
However I also use my smartphone (iPhone 6) when I'm away from my iMac, which is about 30% of the time. The poll should have #1, #2, #3..as choices.
- Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:57 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Steering Wheel Center Cap
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6466
Re: Steering Wheel Center Cap
I would too.
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:38 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Un-Hesive
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3945
Re: Un-Hesive
True, but we still don't have many (or any) reports from the field about how the stuff works. The cockpit floor on my 23 WA was glued down with 5200 by a previous owner and I am quite interested in knowing whether the stuff works.
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:46 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Un-Hesive
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3945
Un-Hesive
From a thread started in 2010 on the OLD FORUM at http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/017729.html I found these remarks: Has anyone tried this new product yet? http://www.un-hesive.com/ From the website: "Un-Hesive is a patented product specifically designed for the removal of cured polyu...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:15 pm
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
- Replies: 33
- Views: 51514
Re: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
This adventure has been cancelled due to the weather forecast that calls for rain and thunderstorms over the weekend.
- Thu Aug 04, 2016 8:39 am
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
- Replies: 33
- Views: 51514
Re: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
I'm planning on it and Friday is preferred.
- Tue Aug 02, 2016 9:27 am
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Grindstone Island, NY Boating: Canadian Waters
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15151
Re: Grindstone Island, NY Boating: Canadian Waters
You have to call in to CBSA when you cross the border in a boat: "If you are visiting Canada, you can report to the TRC from your cellphone from the location at which you enter Canadian waters when you: do not intend to land on Canadian soil, and will not be leaving any people or goods in Canad...
- Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:36 am
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
- Replies: 33
- Views: 51514
Re: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
Is the plan to leave Frankfort AM Saturday and to fret urn Sunday? Are there any plans/recommendations for a place to overnight on Saturday?
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 7:11 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Brunswick Buys Aluminum Boatbuilder THUNDER JET
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9127
Re: Brunswick Buys Aluminum Boatbuilder THUNDER JET
Mercury makes jet drive lower units for some of their outboards, and Brunswick has lots of experience with working with aluminum through their Harris Pontoon boat division.
- Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:00 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Brunswick Buys Aluminum Boatbuilder THUNDER JET
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9127
Re: Brunswick Buys Aluminum Boatbuilder THUNDER JET
These look like they are in the same class as the Stanley boats we see up in Canada.
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 7:54 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Chess Game at Sault Ste. Marie
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7043
Re: Chess Game at Sault Ste. Marie
She's making 3 knots toward Sturgeon Bay.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-87/centery:46/zoom:9
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-87/centery:46/zoom:9
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 9:52 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Chess Game at Sault Ste. Marie
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7043
Re: Chess Game at Sault Ste. Marie
The game continues: 6/12 - Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – The U.S. Coast Guard captain of the port gave the motor vessel Roger Blough permission Saturday to transit down the St. Marys River to anchorage in Potagannissing Bay in the vicinity of DeTour Village, Michigan. The Blough had been anchored in Wai...
- Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:40 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Chess Game at Sault Ste. Marie
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7043
Re: Chess Game at Sault Ste. Marie
Here's some pure, unadulterated speculation: 1. Reports are that the Blough's hull has been breached, so her seaworthiness has to be questioned. It's one thing to have to go to the other side of the harbor for repairs; the Blough has to transit several hundred miles of open lake to get to a yard cap...
- Mon May 23, 2016 8:09 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Boston Whaler models under 20 feet.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4977
Re: Boston Whaler models under 20 feet.
We just spent five weeks down on Weeks Bay in the Mobile Bay area and covered the water from the mouth of the bay at Fort Morgan through the Atlantic Intracoastal Water Way (AIWW) to Perdido Pass. The only boat style we saw in the under 25' class were center console Whaler copies. That was a lot of ...
- Tue May 17, 2016 10:34 am
- Forum: EVINRUDE I-COMMAND, ICON Pro, ICON Touch
- Topic: Lowrance EP-85 Firmware Update
- Replies: 23
- Views: 36243
Re: Lowrance EP-85 Firmware Update
[Lowrance] finally have a replacement [for the EP-85]: Fuel Data Manager The Fuel Data Manager stores data for fuel used, trip fuel used and seasonal fuel used from a compatible engine or engine interface connected to your NMEA 2000® network. A single Fuel Data Manager can support up to three engine...
- Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:33 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Montauk, Suzuki DF90
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7570
Re: Montauk, Suzuki DF90
I stand corrected, my DF-115 is an 2002, so things can change a lot in 14 years.
- Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:46 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: Montauk, Suzuki DF90
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7570
Re: Montauk, Suzuki DF90
I'll try to answer your question but it'll be a little generic since you didn't give us enough specific data. I have a DF 115 on my Outrage V-20, that's a 1500 lbs hull with a pretty flat "V". Check the V-20 reference article. Anyway, it'll troll all day at 2 to 4 mph at idle, 600 rpm, som...
- Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:13 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Compass Fluid Cloudy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3469
Re: Compass Fluid Cloudy
I refilled mine with mineral oil from the drug store. It's worked fine for the past ten years.
- Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:04 pm
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: LiFePO Batteries for Marine Use
- Replies: 39
- Views: 53557
Re: LiFePO Batteries for Marine Use
[The BioSolar SuperCathode Lithium Ion battery if ever made] could be great for trolling motor and house batteries. It'd be nice to be able to anchor out for a couple of days without having to run a generator.
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:23 pm
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Manhattan 2016
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22500
Re: Manhattan 2016
Hey Phil,
I do believe that that's us, right there in the middle of the frame....
I do believe that that's us, right there in the middle of the frame....
- Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:52 am
- Forum: VHF MARINE RADIO
- Topic: Maritime Mobile Service Identity or MMSI
- Replies: 22
- Views: 21678
Re: Maritime Mobile Service Identity or MMSI
YES! Especially for handheld portable radios that can be used on more than one boat.
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:10 pm
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Manhattan 2016
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22500
Re: Manhattan 2016
Bump.
So, who's going?
We're starting to give this some serious thought. Hell, who cares about a 650 mile drive if it's for a four hour boat ride AROUND MANHATTAN, (again)....
So, who's going?
We're starting to give this some serious thought. Hell, who cares about a 650 mile drive if it's for a four hour boat ride AROUND MANHATTAN, (again)....
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:54 am
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Fuel Along Tennessee River in Tennessee and Alabama
- Replies: 10
- Views: 23581
Re: Fuel Along Tennessee River in Tennessee and Alabama
Check your route on Marinas.com, they have a worldwide database of marinas and facilities info.
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:37 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Outrage 21 Mechanical Fuel Gauge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3166
Re: Outrage 21 Mechanical Fuel Gauge
There isn't a good reason to not use the float gauge with the dial indicator. I replaced the float assembly on my 1978 Outrage V20 and installed a dash mounted gauge by using a dual site sending unit. It gives you both, a fuel gauge in the dash and the dial indicator in the floor.
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:15 pm
- Forum: VHF MARINE RADIO
- Topic: USCG Marine Safety Alert re DSC Distress Alert Calls
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13276
Re: USCG Marine Safety Alert re DSC Distress Alert Calls
One thing now happening to deal with this problem is several radio manufacturers are building a GPS receiver into the radio. The big problem with interfacing the radio to a chart plotter has been a large number of boaters have no idea how to do it. However the boater still has to be responsible enou...
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:05 pm
- Forum: TRIPS and RENDEZVOUS
- Topic: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
- Replies: 33
- Views: 51514
Re: Door County, Wisconsin Rendezvous - August 2016
Is the plan for everyone going to leave from Frankfort?
- Thu Mar 03, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: USCG Response Boat Capsizes During Rescue
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21028
Re: USCG Response Boat Capsizes During Rescue
Re comments about Saul Ste Marie: We've been going there, in every season, for 30 years. We are on our second cabin near there in the UP. The Soo is a nice town with a lot of activity and government jobs. There is Lake Superior State University, US Army Corps of Engineers who run the locks, a HUGE d...
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:00 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Navigation Rules: Right of way
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23488
Re: Navigation Rules: Right of way
Jim, You couldn't have used the license anyway, Whaler doesn't make a 50 ton boat... ;-)
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:48 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 18 Dauntless, Suzuki 140-HP
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18553
Re: 18 Dauntless, Suzuki 140-HP
Masbama--I have had a 2004 Suzuki DF115 on my Outrage V20 for the past 12 years, and all I can say is it's an-over-the-top wonderful engine. To be fair, my 1978 Outrage V20 only weights 1500 lbs., empty and dry, but I hit 36 mph last year with that engine with 440 hours on it. Since it's our fishing...
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:27 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Atlantic City Boat Show February 2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2718
Re: Atlantic City Boat Show February 2016
Who was the vendor of that SOS light?
- Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:31 pm
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: LED Lightbulbs for Navigation Lighting
- Replies: 33
- Views: 21157
Re: LED Lightbulbs for Navigation Lighting
OK. My rationale for intruding on this thread was I'm talking about LED lights used for navigation,i.e. distress signals. But this really begs the question, how does the recreation boating community get the USCG to relax their "rules" to allow for modern devices, like high power LED flashl...