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- Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:31 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Dual-battery Set-up 235 Conquest
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6552
Re: Dual-battery Set-up 235 Conquest
Some further details of the battery required for use with a Verado: Verado Engine Battery Specifications IMPORTANT: Verado engines require a 12‑volt absorbed glass mat (AGM) marine starting battery that meets the minimum ratings. For best performance, Mercury Marine does not recommend using flooded ...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:36 pm
- Forum: EVINRUDE I-COMMAND, ICON Pro, ICON Touch
- Topic: ICON Pro Gauge Installation Advice
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11894
Re: Icon Pro Gauge Installation Advice
ICON Pro gauges all work off the ICON Pro RPM gauge. The ICON Pro RPM gauge connects to a NMEA-2000 network to get data from the E-TEC engine. To use an ICON Pro RPM gauge you must have a NMEA-2000 network. Evinrude ICON Pro gauges are described in detail in an article I wrote several years ago abou...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:37 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Purchase Advice Needed: Lake Erie Boat
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9897
Re: Purchase Advice Needed: Lake Erie Boat
Re the engines on new boats: Both boats have the latest version of the MERCURY 90 FOURSTROKE. There have been about four versions of this engine. If you go shopping for used late-model Montauk boats you will encounter all four versions. Mercury calls them all with the same name, so it is impossible ...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:32 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Purchase Advice Needed: Lake Erie Boat
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9897
Re: Purchase Advice Needed: Lake Erie Boat
Re the fuel tanks: --the MONTAUK typically will have two six-gallon on-deck tanks. You could remove them, haul them in the car trunk, and refill them from a highway fuel station; --the DAUNTLESS has an internal fuel tank; you will have to refuel the boat at a fuel dock; or you could haul some six-ga...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:20 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Dual-battery Set-up 235 Conquest
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6552
Re: Dual-battery Set-up 235 Conquest
The single engine on a Boston Whaler 235 CONQUEST is probably a VERADO. The principal purpose of the two batteries on your boat will be to start the engine, from either battery in the event of a failure of one of them. The requirements of the VERADO for its starting battery will constrain your choic...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:32 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Purchase Advice Needed: Lake Erie Boat
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9897
Re: Purchase Advice Needed: Lake Erie Boat
Being in Michigan is an advantage for Whaler shopping. Your dollar is stronger, and there are plenty of boats. The nearest dealer to you may be Colony Marine. Go visit them at the Detroit Boat Show, going on right now. A MONTAUK and DAUNTLESS differ in a few areas: --the DAUNTLESS has an internal fu...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:30 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Used Boat Purchase: See in person or hire surveyor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5895
Re:Used Boat Purchase: See in person or hire surveyor
A two-hour drive is not particularly burdensome. I'd go see the boat in person. And go right now.
Used classic Boston Whaler MONTAUK 17 boats will sell very rapidly if they are in great condition, have a good engine and trailer, and are reasonably priced. Don't wait around.
Used classic Boston Whaler MONTAUK 17 boats will sell very rapidly if they are in great condition, have a good engine and trailer, and are reasonably priced. Don't wait around.
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:20 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Purchase Advice Needed: Lake Erie Boat
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9897
Re: Purchase Advice Needed
If you are going to buy a new Boston Whaler boat, the first step is to find the local dealer. Check them out. See if you like them. You are going to be handing them a big check, and when I do that, I prefer to hand it to someone in whom I have some trust and feel like I can have a relationship. A Bo...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:09 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Electric Starting Without a Battery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2948
Electric Starting Without a Battery
With an emphasis on the "small" in SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL, I want to mention a new technology that has been introduced by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP)--not in their EVINRUDE line of outboard engines but in their SKI-DOO line of snow-mobiles (or snow sleds or snow machines, as they...
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:11 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Outrage Lo-Profile
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3161
Re: Outrage Lo-Profile
The boat that was pictured in the temporary listing on a for-sale site was recognized by me to be an OUTRAGE 21 with the top cap removed.
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1992 Outrage 17 Fuel Tank
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9270
Re: Outrage Fuel Tank - 1992
The rubber hose for gasoline fuel delivery on boats changed in c.1987 to be alcohol resistant. The fuel hose should be clearly marked with the date of manufacture and the alcohol-resistant label. On a c.1992 boat there is no doubt that the hoses will be alcohol-resistant. A rubber fuel hose in servi...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:26 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1967 16-footer, Engine Mounting Height
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4868
Re: 1967 16-footer, Engine Mounting Height
MIKE' replies with the information I solicited: The upper holes are 2" below the transom... That is close to perfect. See the FAQ: The holes in the transom should be 1 and 7/8-inch below the top of the transom. In no case should they be closer than 1 and 3/4-inch to the top of the transom. The ...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:32 pm
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: Second Battery Location for a 150 Sport
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3473
Re: Second Battery Location for a 150 Sport
On all small boats the distribution of weight like a 55-lbs battery affects the boat's trim, often quite substantially, depending on the hull form. There is no way to overcome the effects on the static trim, other than to redistribute the weight. It may be possible to correct for trim when underway ...
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:31 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1989 15-footer: Repairing hole, cracks, and transom separations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7480
Re: 1989 15-footer: Repairing hole, cracks, and transom separations
I believe that Spectrum Color just sells pre-tinted gel coat resin that they have mixed in colors in small batches to match Boston Whaler hull and deck gel coat colors to make small area repairs. If they are now selling complete hull repair kits, it would be good to mention more details about what i...
- Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:01 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3785
Re: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
To follow up on the deadrise, here are comments I posted earlier in a prior discussion regarding measuring deadrise . I use a photometric analysis: Previously I measured the deadrise of the OUTRAGE V-20 hull using this same technique and found its deadrise to be 10.5°. I also measured my REVENGE 20 ...
- Sun Feb 12, 2017 10:30 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1967 16-footer, Engine Mounting Height
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4868
Re: 1967 16-footer, Engine Mounting Height
See the FAQ on this topic. The FAQ has a lengthy and detailed answer on precisely your question: http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/FAQ/#Q8 If the lower transom engine mount holes clear the bottom of the splashwell, that is good. In order to offer cogent advice, more information from you is ...
- Sun Feb 12, 2017 10:11 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1989 15-footer; old Tohatsu 50
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6845
Re: 1989 15-footer; old Tohatsu 50
There is a notion that a 2-inch change in pitch ought to reduce engine speed by about 400 to 500-RPM. You have observed a drop of 600-RPM. That is slightly more than expected, but later you moved the engine mounting height upward and saw only a reduction of 400-RPM. That is just about what would be ...
- Sun Feb 12, 2017 9:36 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Used Montauk 17: What to Look For
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2667
Re: Used Montauk 17: What to Look For
Re the MONTAUK in the listing: the condition of the boat looks quite good in the pictures. A 90-HP two-stroke-power-cycle engine is a good choice for the MONTAUK, and among older engines that Mercury 90-HP is a decent choice. The abrasion of the gel coat layer to reveal some underlying laminate laye...
- Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:08 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: The Ultimate Battery Charger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10802
Re: The Ultimate Battery Charger
In the four stages of the Blue Sea Systems P12 Battery Charger, the output is only voltage regulated in three of the stages: --BULK: apparently no voltage regulation used here as the charger is trying to push as much current into the battery as the battery can accept and as the charger can supply; t...
- Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:39 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7274
Re: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
Your plan to have the batteries near their major loads is good. If you are worried about extra weight in the forepeak, there are now some lithium-ion 12-Volt DC batteries that have a much higher energy density than lead acid. Using them would reduce the weight compared to lead-acid for the same stor...
- Fri Feb 10, 2017 3:26 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Marine Sanitation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12893
Re: Marine Sanitation
In electronics "escutheon" is often used to refer to a plate or panel surrounding a control that has the name of the function that the control operates. For example, on a rotary switch an escutcheon is often used to denote which position of the rotary switch controls what function. Here is...
- Fri Feb 10, 2017 3:00 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Offshore 27 v. 280 Outrage or 290 Outrage
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6827
Re: Offshore 27 v. 280 Outrage or 290 Outrage
VZE'--any informed and reasonable comments about any Boston Whaler boats ought to be useful. I don't quite understand your reluctance to offer written comments. But if you don't want to do that, that's fine, too.
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:27 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Offshore 27 v. 280 Outrage or 290 Outrage
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6827
Re: Offshore 27 v. 280 Outrage or 290 Outrage
I think you should take up the offer to confer with an owner of an OFFSHORE 27. There aren't that many of them to seek advice from.
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:03 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7274
Re: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
Where will the trolling motor be installed?
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 4:25 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3785
Re: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
Re Andy's comment about the OUTRAGE 20 hull being a derivative of the OUTRAGE 22 hull, but with the aft two-feet of running surface removed: This peculiar similarity between 20 and 22 has been mentioned many times, but I don't know if it is a fact or a legend. I don't know that anyone has taken care...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 4:00 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3785
Re: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
The following comments were posted in the other thread in reply to your request for information on this new topic of OUTRAGE hull similarity between 18 and 20-foot models by ANDY GERE; he commented: Billy B: A classic Outrage 20 is basically an Outrage 22 with 2 feet of hull length removed. The Outr...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 3:58 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3785
Re: Comparison of Hull Shape in OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20
The general design of the hulls of the classic Boston Whaler OUTRAGE 18 and OUTRAGE 20 are similar. The OUTRAGE 20 has a wider beam, but I believe that its proportions are similar to the OUTRAGE 18, just scaled up a bit. As for deadrise angle at the stern, I don't know the exact values for either bo...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 3:33 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7274
Re: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
Earlier it was remarked that the SENTRY 19 would have two batteries in the forepeak for trolling motors. Where will the trolling motor be? I thought the SENTRY 19 had a closed foredeck, which would suggest the trolling motor must be a transom mounted motor. What is the forward deck configuration on ...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 3:20 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7274
Re: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
...[re the topic of locating the battery for a bow mounted trolling motor in the stern] the trolling motor has a 60 [Ampere] breaker so the continuous current is much less than a starter motor for a 150-HP engine. While a flow of 60-Amperes is less than the peak current anticipated when the electri...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:19 pm
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: The Ultimate Battery Charger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10802
Re: The Ultimate Battery Charger
For smaller boats, another Blue Sea Systems battery charger may be more applicable: the BatteryLink Charger. The BatteryLink Charger product is a designed for a two-battery system. It provides a dual charger output and an automatic combiner relay. The maximum output current is 10-Amperes. The chargi...
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:42 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: TRIM TABS: Volvo QL v. Lenco Limited Space
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2853
Re: TRIM TABS: Volvo QL v. Lenco Limited Space
Thanks for the follow-up on your choice for trim tabs. I was hoping that you might choose the Volvo QL trim tabs, just on the basis of being curious about how you would install them. As I recall, the Volvo QL trim tabs generally need a rather large hole made in the transom so their electrical cable ...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:33 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Marine Sanitation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12893
Re: Marine Sanitation
...all...escutcheons that were on the 17...boats I owned...NEVER lead to open spaces under my decks... The escutcheon is not removeable--it cannot lead to anything and never will. An escutcheon surrounds the access plate in order to identify the function of the access plate. The access plate is rem...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:26 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Snowed In Until March
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2230
Re: Snowed In Until March
That's a lot of snow. What is the latitude at your location?
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:52 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7274
Re: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
Are there resources available for how the pros rig the boats? I don't know if any participants in this discussion are employed as professional boat riggers or professional boat captains. However, knowledge of the behavior of electricity or buoyancy is not strictly limited to those two categories of...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:49 am
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: How To Deduce Model Year
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4719
Re: How To Deduce Model Year
I believe that Boston Whaler Customer Service must have looked up your hull's STENCIL NUMBER in their old hand-written record books. You can see those old record books in a illustration to my article about a factory tour. See http://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/factory.html You find this imag...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:15 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: The Ultimate Battery Charger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10802
Re: Thin-plate Pure-lead AGM Battery Construction
The term "thin-plate pure-lead" (TPPL) appears to refer to a special form of absorbed glass mat (AGM) lead-acid battery in which the thickness of the lead plates is reduced compared to normal construction. The thinning of the plate material allows for a higher number of plates to be used i...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:10 am
- Forum: SMALL BOAT ELECTRICAL
- Topic: The Ultimate Battery Charger
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10802
The Ultimate Battery Charger
The P12 Battery Charger from Blue Sea Systems may be the ultimate 120-Volt AC-operated 12-Volt-DC marine battery charger. The P12 can individually re-charge three 12-Volt batteries of similar type, providing a maximum total output current of 25-Amperes or 40-Amperes depending on model. The P12 Batte...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:07 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1989 15-footer; old Tohatsu 50
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6845
Re: 1989 15-footer; old Tohatsu 50
What model is your 1989 15-footer? I know you remarked it has a side console. See the REFERENCE section with model information for help in identification. I think the choices are SPORT, SUPER SPORT, SUPER SPORT LIMITED, and CENTER CONSOLE. Which one is it?
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:56 am
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1989 15-footer; old Tohatsu 50
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6845
Re: 1989 15-footer; old Tohatsu 50
I used to have a 15-footer. The engine was an old two-stroke-power-cycle Mercury 50-HP. The top speed was around 34-MPH. The engine was a 1976, which perhaps was a power-head-rating of 50-HP, so you might consider that the power at the propeller was less, maybe 45-HP. Here is an appropriate discussi...
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:06 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: UNSINKABLE: The New England Patriots
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9816
UNSINKABLE: The New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are the Boston Whalers of the NFL; they are unsinkable. I admit I turned off the game early in the third-quarter when I thought the Patriots were sinking fast. I switched back just as overtime began. I could not believe they tied the game. Then winning it in overtime--even m...
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 11:43 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Fiberglass repair for 13 Sport
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4191
Re: Fiberglass repair for 13 Sport
Re filling those 1/16-inch-diameter holes by the hundreds: if you use an epoxy resin you should probably mix the resin with a low-density filler compound. Cured epoxy resin that is not mixed with a filler will be very hard, probably much harder than the old gel coat layer, and it would be likely tha...
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:59 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: 1989 15-footer: Repairing hole, cracks, and transom separations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7480
Re: 1989 15-footer: Repairing hole, cracks, and transom separations
With no prior experience working with fiberglass, I was able to accomplish very successful repairs of small abrasions and fill many, many empty mounting holes no longer needed. I used WEST System epoxy for the repairs. I used generic gel coat resin and some tints to make my own custom-color gel coat...
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:38 pm
- Forum: REPAIRS and MODIFICATIONS
- Topic: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7274
Re: Battery Box Advice (Sentry 19)
Re moving the engine cranking battery (and other 12-Volt batteries such as a house battery) to the forepeak of a boat: I have two problems with that proposal, on these general terms: --the primary load for the engine cranking battery is the engine's cranking motor, and the battery should be located ...
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:26 pm
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Hello and Thank You
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2581
Re: Hello and Thank You
Hello Mike--welcome to the forum. The SPORT 15 is a great boat--perhaps the best 15-foot boat ever made. You will have a lot of fun with it. I just hope your back is up to the low seating.
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:08 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: New Guy, in Florida...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3416
Re: New Guy, in Florida...
With a stencil number of 558 you've certainly got an early 13-footer.
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- Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Leland Harbor: More Shoaling
- Replies: 35
- Views: 29945
Re: Leland Harbor: Same old stuff, different day
The speed at which the town of Leland raised $200,000 for the purchase of their own dredge is quite impressive. I hope it works out for them. Having a complicated mechanical device like a dredge that you only run about one month each year could be a bit of maintenance headache. And I see now there's...
- Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:50 pm
- Forum: PERFORMANCE
- Topic: 1996 OUTRAGE v. 1988 Outrage 22
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4955
Re: 1996 OUTRAGE v. 1988 Outrage 22
FINA--if I have this correct, you want opinions about how a 1996 BOSTON WHALER 19 OUTRAGE (as it is listed in the catalogue) compares to a classic c.1988 OUTRAGE 22 in its ride, and also if there are any drawbacks in a 1996 BOSTON WHALER 19 OUTRAGE compared to a c.1988 OUTRAGE 22. The first thing th...
Re: Dock Side
John--your interpretation would make sense--except in this case the pier comes out from land at 90-degrees to shore, so there really is not a "port" side. In cases were the pier does have a side that is protected, I would refer to that as the "inside" or lee side of the pier, and...
- Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:29 pm
- Forum: VHF MARINE RADIO
- Topic: Standard-Horizon GX6000, GX6500
- Replies: 55
- Views: 112679
Re: Standard-Horizon GX6000, GX6500
The FCC still hasn't granted [certification] for these radios, and that's causing the delay in their coming to market.
- Sat Feb 04, 2017 10:03 am
- Forum: The GAM
- Topic: Montauk and Striper
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6200
Re: Montauk and Striper
The MONTAUK 17 is probably the most popular of all Boston Whaler boats, and certainly the most popular variation of the 17-foot hull. On that basis, a MONTAUK 17 is likely to retain more value as it ages due to its great popularity and the continued strong market for that model.