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My 15' Whaler provided fuel near the end of our Sandy 14 day outage as well.

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I am in the process of turning one of my in deck fish boxes into a live well (1999 21 Outrage) . I will post some of my efforts soon.
I did have to replace my original bronze through hull fitting and there did not seem to be any additional material laid up in the hull when I was cleaning it out.

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I have thought about adding rollers, but I don't think additional rollers will help, unless it is a roller trailer... No, the additional keel roller to keep the bow from being pushed down will always help. It does not matter what sort of trailer is being used. ...we all know [a roller trailer] is n...

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I have thought about adding rollers, but I don't think additional rollers will help, unless it is a roller trailer, which we all know is not recommended by Boston Whaler. Although, I might be able to add one more bow roller to the forward most crossmember, will look into that as well. I'd rather spe...

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A little hands on last night: I have not had a chance yet to calibrate the Lowrance networked fuel tank sender. And I know it is not reliable unless stopped on calm water. Starting with what I believe to be about 90% full, the display constantly jumped between 0, less-than 1/4, 3/4, and so on. Right...

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I finally got to give the Outboard Pilot a bit of a try last night. Didn't do much other then try the course hold, course 1 and 10 degree change and the U-turn. All worked well. My boat seems to be a bit squirrely at low speeds in shallow water, takes lots of wheel work. With the pilot activated the...

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Got to try my trailer changes last night. Also tried a different ramp that was not as steep. But, due to the tide I still had a problem. Even after cutting the post down and lowering the hardware, the pulpit hung up on the post. Had some jet skiers that just recovered their skis offer to help some. ...

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porthole wrote:If it is the same or similar to my 1999 Outrage 21 ...........

To honeymoonerz - in case you don't notice, now that I am at my desk, I added to my above post. Hope it helps.

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Best prices I have found without tax and free shipping at trailertiresandwheels in Ohio. White flag raised I have used Scott's (the owner) excellent service at http://www.trailertiresandwheels.com/ for six years now. I have purchased either at the shop or through the website for my RV, motorcycle a...

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If it is the same or similar to my 1999 Outrage 21 ........... The tank is filled by way of the chrome cap in the motor well. Fresh water tank venting seems to be minimal at best. Coupled with excessive hose that loops and venting is even further reduced. On my 21 I removed all the low spots on the ...

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Your console switch could be either. Keep in mind the pump is probably three modes: OFF-ON-AUTO. Your console switch is powered by the battery switch. Your bilge pump may have three wires. The ground and hot will be will be wired in before the battery switch so that it is hot all the time. This wire...

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1996 19 Outrage is rated 130/225

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How do you know what the hours are?

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I researched and searched and bought this winch for my 21 Outrage. All reviews I found were good, unlike many of the power winch reviews. Note, I have yet to use it on my steep ramp, but looking forward to it. http://www.amazon.com/Dutton-Lainson-TW9000-Volt-Trailer-Winch/dp/B002I5BOQY?ie=UTF8&p...

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I just restored my console, and rather than deal with a locksmith, etc., I just replaced them with a new pair: http://search.defender.com/?Action=2&AnswerId=23799&SH=QT1DYW0gbG9ja35CPUNhbSBsb2NrfkQ9MjV_ST1QcmljZX5KPVBhcnRpYWxNYXRjaH5LPTR_TD0xfk09MX4&SI=5d2997c3-3d58-4595-b70c-1560efebc1...

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Red throttle Black shift Color really doesn't matter, and if so desired you could swap out the knobs for gold or silver anodized aluminum knobs. Every single engine boat I ever ran that had two levers were always port shift, starboard throttle Every twin engine boat I ever ran with twin controls wer...

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The Marine-Tex epoxy putty is inline with the cost the West System G-Flex, and the Fiberglass Repair Kit 105-K, but Porthole indicated he would not use Marine-tex for this type of application. Perhaps you could explain why? Marine Tex and West System both have there place, and I use both. My prefer...

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I think [the successful recovery of a SpaceX rocket on their drone ship] is really cool and quite the accomplishment.

http://www.space.com/32810-spacex-lands-again-first-stage-on-droneship-despite-extreme-velocities-video.html

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I bought the Exo speaker for the 17 whaler. It is OK, does't sound near as good as the Bose mini my wife has.
But, the bose is not waterproof or drop proof.

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Looks interesting, a 20 mile night time, 3 mile daytime visible "rescue flare"
Doesn't seem to have aUSCG approval yet.

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Even a SOLAS smoke signal probably won't be visible over a mile, maybe a mile or 2 on a flat calm, no wind day. http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm Won't stop me from carrying my old SLAS flares and smoke cans though. You never know though. What to do with old flares? You can't test them. The U...

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I just ordered these keys for my console door. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H1.TRS5&_nkw=152075106312&_sacat=0 If it is a traditional style key it may also be the universal CH751 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=152075106312&_osaca...

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Since the water line appears to be above the well drain pipes, no doubt the transom is soaked

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When we (local TowBoatUS) would get a salvage job or recover a boat like this there were several options. Since it is usually entitled disposal for the customer, we would: --cut the nose off, make it flat and a working push boat for various small jobs; --run over it with the dozer to fit it in a dum...

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I really hated having to trash my Furuno LC-90 MK-II's, probably one of best consumer LORAN C navigators made. Well - I'll skip how I really feel about the LORAN-C demise, for it is very parallel to your views, and I'll just get get censored :-) The dive and fish boats here in the NY Bight area were...

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In the long run, it would have been less expensive to just maintain the LORAN system that was in place.

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When the buyer for my 15 CC had the boat surveyed (out of state buyer), I had a discussion about the use of moisture meters with the surveyor. His comments were that all boats are likely to show some moisture and that the meters are just a tool and should not be relied on exclusively to determine mo...

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Found a link to another site (if it is allowed) I have some pictures of my seat changes

http://www.whalercentral.com/infusions/personal_page/view_personal_page.php?user_id=520

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I use Marine Tex for a lot of repairs, but I would not fix my keel with it. West System epoxy. And you can use [WEST System epoxy] to fair in all those gouges in the gel coat while at it. And, if you are going to continue to beach the boat, add a keel guard. Even though I didn't have damage on my 15...

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Is that fiberglass showing down the center?

West System Epoxy has everything you need along with very good instructions for all types of repair.
The repair manual is available at West Marine as well as all the products.

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/

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russellbailey wrote:Craig at Coastal Fiberglass (coastal Virginia) is doing the work - he has done many transom replacements and I appreciate his expertise.

Do they use wood when rebuilding or some type of synthetic material?

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I didn't see on the garmin site if the wifi linkup will work with non garmin products, such as a Lowrance HDS Gen3.

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Bare hull - spend the money for a true barrier coat, minimum of three coats. Interlux 2000E is one variety. After that, personally after having used many different types of bottom paint, I would go with a couple coats of an ablative paint. The ablatives are the paints that do not build up like conve...

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Just a guess, but I 'm pretty sure there is a good reason rod holders are not in the boat from the factory. The Dauntless boat is very similar to the same size and year of an Outrage, except for the width of the gunwales. West Marine has nice stainless clamp on holders. I am using two of them on the...

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On my 1983 15' center console I replaced all the wood bench and supports with Starboard. When I made the new side risers I raised the seating position about 1.5". But the real comfort came when I changed the angle of the back rest. I also raised the height of the back rest, but making it more v...

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Besides letting the fillers sit overnight, another trick to minimize bubbles is to stir very slowly.

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Dave, are you sure you are looking at the on screen keyboard correctly?
Don't have mine handy at the moment, but I recall the caps lock being in a non standard location.

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I was not able to link to my home wifi because you can only type caps on the display. I will have to change my wifi password. That sure is odd. On the HDS Gen3 I can match my password with no problem, which uses upper and lower, characters and numbers. I have not found the interface intuitive and u...

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Actually Duane, since this is for your boat, why not add a Lowrance Link 8 radio and fill that NMEA-2000 network backbone port. Problem solved. Chuck That did cross my mind, if I do change radios though I will be leaning toward a second GX-2200. I contacted Standard Horizon and they have no plans f...

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So I learned three things that apparently were not in my manuals or were not clear in my manuals and installations instructions: --only two terminators are needed, but there must be two, --they should be at the ends of the network backbone, and --a plain cap can be used on the empty port. Currently ...

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Sure does, if you let water sit in the bilge with no ventilation.

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Got answers from Icom and Standard Horizon on MMSI resetting.

--Icom charges one-half the current hourly rate plus shipping both ways

--Standard-Horizon, if within the three-year warranty, makes no charge for reset plus shipping. They did not specify if you had to pay for shipping both ways.

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Added Lowrance Fuel Flow and Fuel Level sensors. The Fuel flow sensor was barely long enough to reach my helm area, 10' I think. Fortunately I had the 6' N2K cable left over from the outboard autopilot kit to be able to reach the network backbone. I may add a DPDT switch in the fuel level circuit to...

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If I use two 4-port T-connectors, I will have one extra open port. Can I just add an additional terminator to the extra port, having a total of three terminators on the backbone? Or is the terminator limited to just two? [Backstory below] Currently I have one 4-port (Lowrance) Tee (which actually ha...

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When you do a software update the new software is downloaded to a SD card you have in the HDS. Once the unit recognizes that there is a newer version of software, you will get a screen message about the update with a choice of updating at next startup or restart now. Once the HDS has been updated ev...

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I like this description the best so far, although I still have the "Guide" printed out, but I am adding it to my printed copy. http://continuouswave.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=704#p4711 Just a thought, perhaps you can add the above advice to your original NMEA link Guide to NMEA-018...

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Looks like a typical boat that gets water in the bilge and the moisture allows black mold to grow everywhere. Even inside consoles if there is an opening to the bilge Krud Kutter works pretty good at cleaning this stuff. These two pictures can give you an idea of before and after with one applicatio...

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Personally, if I cannot change the MMSI number in my own radio, I would like the ability to at least delete it from memory. I understand part of the limited change concept is to minimize invalid numbers, but at what cost? There could be a very real circumstance of just changing out one of your radio...

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I changed the size of the line grabber above, it is not 1/2", it is 3/4" - 1", and I added a picture of how mine is set up.

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Some time ago I was hired to help recover a clam dredge off of Fire Island NY. Middle of February. Headed out on the 125' Clam Boat Jersey Devil. Started out as a great night, flat calm zero wind and freezing, had scallops and linguini on the way out. The dredge belonged to the 112' F/V Cape Fear an...

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