What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?

Totally unexpected said:
What did you use to make your cuts? Regular exacto blade or something else I've tried a few different experimental cuts just wondering what was best for you
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An exacto knife. You pretty well need a new blade every couple of cuts. I just found a utility knife too bulky. You need a good 4 ft straight edge. Good large piece of plywood to cut on. Lots of masking tape to make marks and help laying out things. Lead weights to get it laying flat out of the rolled state. A good plastic geometric shape template and lots of round lids of various sizes. Take your time. It’s easy to screw up.
 
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If your buying from Amazon and probably other places it comes in a tight roll in a box.I laid mine out flat for a couple of months with weights on top and it helped a lot.I read some recommendations to use a 3M spray glue as well as the self adhesive which I did after washing the deck down with acetone. It stuck down really well.But you only get one shot at getting it lined up right.I also held it back from bulkheads 1/4" and caulked w/black Sikaflex so that water wouldn't pool under or beside the plywood.Working off a centerline worked for me to have it look balanced side to side.
 
Rayvon said:
If your buying from Amazon and probably other places it comes in a tight roll in a box.I laid mine out flat for a couple of months with weights on top and it helped a lot.I read some recommendations to use a 3M spray glue as well as the self adhesive which I did after washing the deck down with acetone. It stuck down really well.But you only get one shot at getting it lined up right.I also held it back from bulkheads 1/4" and caulked w/black Sikaflex so that water wouldn't pool under or beside the plywood.Working off a centerline worked for me to have it look balanced side to side.
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Yeah I've read that as well so bought both. Up in the cockpit and dance floor there is alot of round corners and different cuts. It will be a little more challenging, got some good template material so I'll just take my time and get it right
 
Well here is one for you ... couple weeks back went out halibut fishing...hit the trottle like I always do.. hmmm didnt seem to get up on plane as good as it normally does?? weird but hey rpm and speed all the same.
Plan for the day was to do the quick hali tide then go for salmon...
We finish halibut and went to start main.... CLICK CLICK WTF make sure its not in gear nope ..... hmmm start kicker get anchor up (barely) off we go on kicker ...So phone mechanic hey figures voltage issue.
So tells me put on battery 1 and try zip, ALL zip ,number 2 vrooom motor starts!!!! hhhmmm so we figure has to be either swith OR batterys right???
Now this is after WE spend weeks on re routing wires in winter and replace and bumping up wire guages checking the WHOLE system batteries were charged and loade tested prior.. etc etc etc
all weird codes and such coming from the guage ...was assure keep it going get back to dock...
So i head home to get tools etc and load tester etc.. put tester on one battery s do a load all good 13.4 go to next battery hit it 13.4 down to 6 and BAD hhhhmmmmm tested great 3 months prior and I always have trickle charger on all winter and make sure 2 times a year water levels are good.

So these were just coming up to 6 years old so I replaced with 31 series instead of a deep and a starting as mech said keep them both the same and bump up power so now I have 1200 CCA.

Moral of the story is with these new high end outboards and wanting max voltage I think ill be tossing out the batteries every 5 years just to be on safe side... And yes the start of the day when boat didnt take off as fast as normal it was the first stages of limp mode on main from weird voltage reading... hope this helps you guys as I leaned a valuable lesson..

Good luck wolf
 
wolf said:
Well here is one for you ... couple weeks back went out halibut fishing...hit the trottle like I always do.. hmmm didnt seem to get up on plane as good as it normally does?? weird but hey rpm and speed all the same.
Plan for the day was to do the quick hali tide then go for salmon...
We finish halibut and went to start main.... CLICK CLICK WTF make sure its not in gear nope ..... hmmm start kicker get anchor up (barely) off we go on kicker ...So phone mechanic hey figures voltage issue.
So tells me put on battery 1 and try zip, ALL zip ,number 2 vrooom motor starts!!!! hhhmmm so we figure has to be either swith OR batterys right???
Now this is after WE spend weeks on re routing wires in winter and replace and bumping up wire guages checking the WHOLE system batteries were charged and loade tested prior.. etc etc etc
all weird codes and such coming from the guage ...was assure keep it going get back to dock...
So i head home to get tools etc and load tester etc.. put tester on one battery s do a load all good 13.4 go to next battery hit it 13.4 down to 6 and BAD hhhhmmmmm tested great 3 months prior and I always have trickle charger on all winter and make sure 2 times a year water levels are good.

So these were just coming up to 6 years old so I replaced with 31 series instead of a deep and a starting as mech said keep them both the same and bump up power so now I have 1200 CCA.

Moral of the story is with these new high end outboards and wanting max voltage I think ill be tossing out the batteries every 5 years just to be on safe side... And yes the start of the day when boat didnt take off as fast as normal it was the first stages of limp mode on main from weird voltage reading... hope this helps you guys as I leaned a valuable lesson..

Good luck wolf
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thank u for sharing :)
 
wolf said:
Well here is one for you ... couple weeks back went out halibut fishing...hit the trottle like I always do.. hmmm didnt seem to get up on plane as good as it normally does?? weird but hey rpm and speed all the same.
Plan for the day was to do the quick hali tide then go for salmon...
We finish halibut and went to start main.... CLICK CLICK WTF make sure its not in gear nope ..... hmmm start kicker get anchor up (barely) off we go on kicker ...So phone mechanic hey figures voltage issue.
So tells me put on battery 1 and try zip, ALL zip ,number 2 vrooom motor starts!!!! hhhmmm so we figure has to be either swith OR batterys right???
Now this is after WE spend weeks on re routing wires in winter and replace and bumping up wire guages checking the WHOLE system batteries were charged and loade tested prior.. etc etc etc
all weird codes and such coming from the guage ...was assure keep it going get back to dock...
So i head home to get tools etc and load tester etc.. put tester on one battery s do a load all good 13.4 go to next battery hit it 13.4 down to 6 and BAD hhhhmmmmm tested great 3 months prior and I always have trickle charger on all winter and make sure 2 times a year water levels are good.

So these were just coming up to 6 years old so I replaced with 31 series instead of a deep and a starting as mech said keep them both the same and bump up power so now I have 1200 CCA.

Moral of the story is with these new high end outboards and wanting max voltage I think ill be tossing out the batteries every 5 years just to be on safe side... And yes the start of the day when boat didnt take off as fast as normal it was the first stages of limp mode on main from weird voltage reading... hope this helps you guys as I leaned a valuable lesson..

Good luck wolf
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Interesting, I've heard of automotive fuel injection ECM having issues if it's sees a different voltage from its inputs (like more than 1/2 volt) which isn't hard to do with older wiring. I would think outboards are a little more simple though but good to keep in mind.
 
wolf said:
Well here is one for you ... couple weeks back went out halibut fishing...hit the trottle like I always do.. hmmm didnt seem to get up on plane as good as it normally does?? weird but hey rpm and speed all the same.
Plan for the day was to do the quick hali tide then go for salmon...
We finish halibut and went to start main.... CLICK CLICK WTF make sure its not in gear nope ..... hmmm start kicker get anchor up (barely) off we go on kicker ...So phone mechanic hey figures voltage issue.
So tells me put on battery 1 and try zip, ALL zip ,number 2 vrooom motor starts!!!! hhhmmm so we figure has to be either swith OR batterys right???
Now this is after WE spend weeks on re routing wires in winter and replace and bumping up wire guages checking the WHOLE system batteries were charged and loade tested prior.. etc etc etc
all weird codes and such coming from the guage ...was assure keep it going get back to dock...
So i head home to get tools etc and load tester etc.. put tester on one battery s do a load all good 13.4 go to next battery hit it 13.4 down to 6 and BAD hhhhmmmmm tested great 3 months prior and I always have trickle charger on all winter and make sure 2 times a year water levels are good.

So these were just coming up to 6 years old so I replaced with 31 series instead of a deep and a starting as mech said keep them both the same and bump up power so now I have 1200 CCA.

Moral of the story is with these new high end outboards and wanting max voltage I think ill be tossing out the batteries every 5 years just to be on safe side... And yes the start of the day when boat didnt take off as fast as normal it was the first stages of limp mode on main from weird voltage reading... hope this helps you guys as I leaned a valuable lesson..

Good luck wolf
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Good post yes even most vehicles have issues with older batteries and load testing is the only way to be sure
It’s the first thing we check with the big rigs when starting issues crop up
 
Loghauler said:
Good post yes even most vehicles have issues with older batteries and load testing is the only way to be sure
It’s the first thing we check with the big rigs when starting issues crop up
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YES and worst part 2 months prior i did a load test on these batteries,,, just goes to show how fast they go so ill be on program of every 5 year be replacing them no matter what as I dont want this to happen right in the middle of the season ....
 
Been having a hard time finding a proper cellphone holder for my boat to buy. Scotty came out with one this spring so I finally got my hands on one. I’m pretty impressed with it after a few hours use in a sloppy SE the other day. Held the phone well and would highly recommend it. $60. I tried to tuck it down out of the way but near the charging port. I used the stick on ball mount but it does come with a post mount and track mount as well.
 
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