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Lead-acid storage batteries store electrical energy, and if there is a discharge current, the stored energy will be consumed. The stored energy is measured in Ampere-hours. One Ampere discharge for one hour equals 1-Ampere-hour of energy discharged. An "overnight" is roughly 12 hours. A ty...

Here is the wiring diagram for a single E-TEC G2 engine and a concealed side mount control: riggingDiagramSingleEngineCSMcontrol.png The callouts are as follows: 1 - Mode Switch 15- Foot Throttle Floor Mount 2 - Key Switch 16- Foot Throttle Harness 3 - Concealed Side Mount Controls 17- Terminator Ki...

Quoting myself in my earlier reply: With the Evinrude E-TEC G2 engines, there is no network device called a GATEWAY module. Since there is no such device available for a G2 Remote Control Network, you won't need one. The device pictured (above) is for the legacy E-TEC engines and legacy ICON EST con...

The sale of outdoor retailer CABELA'S is back on track after an announcement this week that SYNOVUS FINANCIAL has agreed to buy the banking assets of Cabela's. This should allow rival retailer BASS PRO SHOPS to proceed with its $5-billion aggregate value purchase of the business. The overall transac...

POWER PRODUCTS LLC of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, announced that they have acquired LENCO MARINE of Stuart, Florida. Lenco is well-known for their trim tabs and actuators. The Power Products LLC portfolio of marine companies now includes these many well-known brands: -- ANCOR marine wiring component...

I am going with an Evinrude E-TEC G2 150-HP engine, ICON II EST Concealed Side Mount digital controls, and everything else in that rigging kit. If your boat already has a NMEA-2000 network and if you already have a chart plotter with its own GNSS receiver or you have a NMEA-2000 GNSS receiver, I do...

Contact Boston Whaler customer service for advice on rigging paths on your 370 OUTRAGE boat.

With the Evinrude E-TEC G2 engines, there is no network device called a GATEWAY module. None of the wiring you describe for that device will be used. The rigging wiring for networks will be very straightforward. There are two networks: --a standard NMEA-2000 network that is used for instrumentation ...

I don't see how to know if there is a consensus. Usually arriving at a consensus means some sort of compromise. And we have two replies and already have two different recommendations. I don't see much value in finding consensus. Get the engine you want. When buying a new engine, I would choose the e...

RS-232 (DB9F) to E-TEC EMM connector, 8-foot cables, $40, including shipping via Priority Mail to USA (only). Payment via PayPal.

See

viewtopic.php?f=9&p=11999#p11999

for more details.

RS-232 to legacy E-TEC EMM diagnostic port cables are available from me for delivery to postal addresses in the USA via U.S. PRIORITY MAIL. You must have a postal address that can accept a small box. Priority Mail provides two-day delivery from Michigan to most of the USA. Payment is via PayPal; you...

I don't understand the situation with the Yamaha 115-HP engine. Are you saying it is hard to start?

Or, are you saying that once it starts it accelerates to a higher speed than the usual idle?

Re drawings: all the drawings that are hosted here at listed at http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/drawings.html The drawing index used to list many more drawings that individual people were hosting on their own websites, but in the 14 years since that article was first published, many of th...

Oops--I forgot to mention the air temperature and wind speeds. Air was a pleasant 22 and wind was freshening at West 40. We got some fuel. An imperial gallon of 95 RON gasoline was only two-pounds, five-shillings, seven-pence, and a ha'penny, plus or minus a farthing. We didn't have any Soverigns so...

In 1965 British Telecom produced an elaborate 22-minute color and sound motion picture presenting their coastal radio communication system, which they summarized as follows: The work of the men of the coastal radio stations around Britain who, twenty-four hours a day, maintain vital links with ships...

Now for some performance data; I look forward to seeing that report.

Why do you want a drawing of a rod holder that won't fit a SPORT 15?

"WAY too zippy" probably means there was excessive propulsion power and acceleration.

Thanks for the link. I think the picture of the old guy in Bermuda shorts standing on his pontoon boat holding the little anchor with an all-rope rode says it all.

Metric is easier. Yes, Easy-peasy. Next time I am on the water in my REVENGE 6.7-meter with its 167.8-kW propulsion engine turning its 43-centimeter pitch propeller, I will tune my marine radio to 1.89155-meter wavelength, then increase throttle to full and see if I can hit my usual top speed of ab...

The problem for me to get a 23 WALKAROUND is then I'd have to get a new truck, too. I am beginning to think that basing the boat at Northport and not having a trailer might be more workable. Maybe something like a 25 WALKAROUND or a 27 CUDDY. Actually, I may be on the verge of committing an apostasy...

Epoxy resins are usually watertight.

On 53-year-old Boston Whaler boat hulls that have extensive cracking in the gel coat layer, I do not see any method of repair of individual cracks to be practical. It will be extraordinarily unlikely you could maintain the original gel coat layer and refurbish it, if there is extensive cracking. You...

Joe 15 SS LTD wrote:Do a site search...

You can perform a search of the website using the links at

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/oldForum/

For advice on recommended vendors who were OEM vendors or offer OEM-quality replacement parts, see the article in the REFERENCE SECTION. Here is a link to the REFERENCE section: http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/ Here is a link to the article in REFERENCE on recommended vendors: http://cont...

One approach is shown in

http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/bracket15AuxMotor.html

I am about four years late in taking note of this, but the marine company that makes all kinds of steering and rigging components, Teleflex Marine, has changed its name to SEASTAR SOLUTIONS. The name change occurred in February 2013, and followed the sale of the company to H.I.G. Capital about two y...

Re helm choices: I am not sure about availability in Norway, but in North America the Teleflex mechanical steering helms have been very popular and were probably the OEM choice for Boston Whaler. The name TELEFLEX is no longer associated with marine products, and a new name, SeaStar Solutions is bei...

The suggestion to move the location of the white all-round lamp must be considered for compliance with the navigation rules. Generally the white all-round lamp must be on the vessel centerline. But International Rule 23 (d) (iii) provides for moving the lamp off centerline "provided that the si...

JEFE--you may be correct in your speculation about the nature of the hinges being sought. After one month of discussion there still has been no mention of any sort of hinge mechanism that uses a gas compression device. I am beginning to doubt the existence of a "gas hinge."

I don't think there are too many cosmetic aspects of a change to hydraulic steering from mechanical cable steering which must be considered in making a choice of components. In c.1988 and in boats from Boston Whaler rigged with hydraulic steering, the helm pump was typically a Teleflex helm without ...

Thanks for the information on how the problem of water in the oil for the Mercury 60-HP FOURSTROKE engine was cured by replacement of the gaskets between the power head and the adaptor plate with newer, thicker gaskets. That sounds like a real solution to the problem.

I watched your recording. It looks like you were having fun and the boat is running quite well. Be careful boating alone on a lake in early Spring. There won't be any other boats around to rescue you if you get into trouble.

The tachometer for the typical older two-stroke-power-cycle outboard engine is really a frequency counter that counts the pulsed DC current in the 12-Volt alternator using a half-wave tap into the rectifier. The calibration of the tachometer is adjusted to match the number of poles in the stator win...

If the engine is in good tune and running properly, and you certainly seem to have the requisite experience in running a fast boat like this, then the big engine speed drop of 1000-RPM seems an enigma. Could it all be due to the T-Top? Maybe the boat put on some weight over the years. FIrst test wil...

Boston Whaler has published performance data for a 2010 DAUNTLESS 230 with the VERADO 250, available at http://bostonwhaler.com.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/230-Dauntless-Performance-2010.pdf The test data was collected with an ENERTIA 18 propeller, and with rather warm weather, 86-degree air temperat...

Now that Lowrance and Simrad are part of the same NAVICO conglomerate, I would expect they are sharing manufacturing technology. If NAVICO is like most modern electronic device makers, the actual assembly of their devices is probably farmed out to a specialist electronic assembly company in Asia.

I was thinking the same thing: the easier installation of an expensive marine electronic device becomes without needing access to rear panel hidden fasteners, the easier (for anyone) to remove it. Previously flush-mounting seemed to be a bit of anti-theft device because the fasteners were all hidden...

Thanks for the detail on the electrical cable. If you want to maintain a decent bend radius on that cable, about 3-3/4-inch to 4-inch of clearance may be necessary, as you noted.

On my 1976 SPORT 15 the OEM steering wheel was not a stainless steel wheel with six spokes. It was a black plastic wheel with two spokes. The helm was mounted in about the same location, but the helm was not mounted with the axis of the wheel rotation vertical. The helm was angled toward the helmsma...

One possible explanation for the variance between the placement of the cooler chocks on a 1989 OUTRAGE and the dimensions of a 72-quart IGLOO cooler in 2017: IGLOO changed the design of the cooler slightly.

By the way: I was reading some cruising notes that are available when using an iPad navigation application and some Garmin charts. For many locations on the water there are notes available from cruising boaters who have visited there. With some curiosity, I looked up what visiting boaters had to say...

...I do miss the days of having a boat with proper accommodations aboard. Me, too. That's the one drawback of a Revenge 22. The galley is on deck. The head is on shore. But the cuddy cabin berths are very large, particularly with the large filler panel I made that converts the whole cuddy to one la...

RS20_VHF.jpg Simrad is also introducing a new VHF Marine Band Class D DSC radio, the model RS20. This radio will also feature the new front-fastened flush-mount design of the LINK-6. The RS20 appears quite similar to the LINK-6, with some changes in the shape of buttons and other style elements, bu...

LINK-6WhiteRadio.jpg Lowrance are in the process of introducing a new VHF Marine Band radio with Class-D features, their new model LINK-6. The radio will retail for about $220 and perhaps discounted to around $190. The LINK-6 is a basic tier radio, without an internal GNSS receiver, without NMEA-20...

I don't understand the nature of the sound field and stereophonic image that will be produced by all those loudspeakers, so I cannot comment on best placement with a perspective of that realm of audio reproduction. I will have to limit my comments to some more practical and more important concerns. ...

For the fuse shown in the Blue Sea Systems diagram for the conductor that feeds the positive circuit from the main battery switch to the "accessory" power panel, I would not use a fuse. Use a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker should be sized according to two elements of the circuit: --t...

The $20 cost of the MAXI fuse holder is a bit expensive, but that is the appropriate type fuse holder for the high-current fuses that are needed. Use them for the two fused conductor between the ACR terminals and the battery terminals.

Although I don't think you asked about STARTING ISOLATION, I recommend you install that feature. It will keep your boat electronics from rebooting during engine start if the engine start battery voltage sags. If I had an ACR with that feature, I would make use of it.

You might also want to read a little article I wrote on the general method of power distribution:

Boat Electrical Circuits and Wiring Practices
http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/boatWiring.html

I will need to replace the wires running from the starting battery to the battery switch, and from the battery switch to the engine. I have read enough on this site to know that I need to select and use a wire gauge large enough to provide the necessary amps to start the engine and that resistance ...

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