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it aint just one person or "movie critics" review, its rating system is based on a poll of what the population thinks. Go check the rating of aforementioned film, it could have saved someone a lot of time lol. It will give you the most honest result because no one is coming in with an agenda. If they do, their vote is a statistical anomaly anyways. If the votes are borderline, or in the middle you can chance it, when the movie is basically beat to death you can assure yourself its a horrible movie. Even movies that are ironically bad will get higher ratings because people can appreciate just how good a bad movie can be. When the movie is outright bad, the votes will tell you as such.

im soaking up these sunny warm november days...couldnt believe i was taking the boat out of the water for the last time yesterday...felt so shameful.

$2000+ a year in savings by going electric…me thinks my next truck might just be. hoping that the opec Saudi Russian cartel is going to do anything to help us out is a joke.

I would check the side of your unit to see if there is a chip in there? If not, check your map source. I can assure you if everything appears to be charted you have navionics on the unit. Garmin units come with navionics uploaded to them, no chip needed.

Cliff the next time you want to watch a movie, google the name of the movie and "rotten tomatos" and it will tell you whether its worth watching or not.

thats pretty slick!

10000% this ties right back in with what was talked about earlier "hiring a technician" to actually really really do it right, you are better off doing it yourself. The guys that really do this stuff are few and far between because truthfully you almost need to be "into" marine electronics to even understand why and what you need to do. I was skeptical, but my father and I are running nearly the exact same electronics set up, lets just say he took the easy way out and I took the hard moderately costly way. He still is in denial as to the reason why my livescope and 2d, Down and Side look so much better than his. He thinks its settings related. Its 1000% interference related. You can imagine the more detailed our electronics get, the more sensitive they become. This is honestly something I had considered doing as a side hustle for a bit but honestly would be too risky I would think due to the liabilities of someone's boat catching on fire. if you can recall back in the late 90's and early 2000's there were lots of car audio shops. Those guys knew how to wire DC systems. I took it up for a time as a hobby and funny enough many of the same concepts and logic are applied in boat wiring. To me, its "you get what you put into it" There are also ways to "cheat" and make things far more simple without the need to do a heck of a lot of crimping, soldering and heat shrinking, i.e. look up "seaclear" harnesses...its the real deal but you are paying $260USD per unit to run their wire set up! I personally run 3 plotters and livescope with a networked system, so its oldschool soldering and heat shrinking for me lol. I dont think MSP is too much of an electronics guy, but we can definitely chat about that when we talk about wiring up your TM.

Ron have you considered giving your insurance broker a call? I believe that your vehicles insurance might help you recoupe a bit of what you lost? Can obviously tell this is some very very high end gear, some of it technically irreplaceable. might be worth a shot?

Ron what area of Ontario do you live in?

Yup always fill up my boat and all of my jerry cans with the ethanol free marine gas pump

Here’s what they looked like as I took them out…As you can see I heat shrunk over the bolts attaching the ring terminals. I then took it apart and re-installing was as simple as putting a ring terminal on the power end of my wires, heat shrinking that, bolting the two terminals together and heat shrinking over that connection. if you need some ring terminals I have a frigging ton of high end ones that a board member provided me last year. I’ve also got some terminal block connectors that I can give you. I can’t remember where you live but let me know if you are interested. I have no problem paying it forward.

I’m due for a semi annual report, pics then! I also want to give it a full detail. It’s clean but not to my taste.

One more add on incase anyone ever searches this thread for information. If your trailer manufacturing date is older than 15 years old you are exempt from the RIV program and "canadian tire inspection" They harp on the month of manufacture as well, my trailer had all of this info stamped on it so I was sure to take a photo of the manufacturer plate and this saved me a pile of hassle. Hull is registered with transport canada, Trailer is registered with the province, taxes are paid, insurance is ordered. Time to get rigged for some fishing this weekend!

My favourite part was when I was literally about to leave Sunday and almost got myself trapped in the United States when I realized that my particular negative covid test was valid for entry into the United States but not for re-entry into canada. got re-covid tested and tried yesterday. all I can say is, being organized, polite, respectful and outright honest about everything is a good policy when dealing with customs and border security. keys for me were, bill of sale already signed by the owner, certified cheque in the name of the owner and the title search done. on the way back, they wanted the bill of sale, the title search and the proof of manufacturing date for the trailer. My particular trailer being just barely over 15 years old allowed for exemption from the RIV program. At least from what I can tell thus far. We shall see what service Ontario says when I go there today. also need to “re-plate” my boat as it has NY numbers on it and that won’t fly with the feds. small bonus for the trip, I filled up the truck with diesel and the 130 litre boat tank with $3.80 per gallon ethanol free premium funny of course I got randomly selected to take yet another covid test when I got back to canada. So I paid my taxes and headed to the testing facility. Boat is home now, now to get some rigging done!

Ended up going and getting it myself. They let me in with all of the appropriate paper work, certified cheque, double vax receipt, negative covid test etc.

Amazing photos. Always wanted to catch a snook, haven’t managed one yet

I saw this happen while walleye fishing in pointe au baril a decade ago. I was looking into the sunset a 7-8 foot whale jumped out of the water and splashed down.

Not yet, I’m trying wednesday. Have to get re-tested for covid and spend even more money. If they don’t let me in I’ll have to wait until the 8th and get tested yet again! Hooray for me. ill let you know if I get the boat Wednesday. If I do I’ll be spending Thursday evening installing my trolling motor so I have a boat for the weekend

Another vote for the sienna. I run them on all of my ice fishing gear

6 guage anchor marine tinned copper. Some longer lengths require 4 but shouldn’t be necessary with your application. I personally bolt my crimped terminal ends together with stainless bolts and a locking nut to prevent vibration loosening it. I have then used heat shrink over the connection. I then placed mesh loom over that. you can decide if you want to still have a plug for your TM. If you are like me, the trolling motor never comes off of my boat. Some people like the convenience of being able to remove their trolling motor for whatever reason, storage, security etc. ill get you a photo of my set up hopefully in a couple of days. I’ll be installing my whole set up on my new boat.

Ya that’s 8, maybe even 10…too thin. Are you running a 24 volt system? I’m assuming you are getting too much resistance building up somewhere due to corrosion or just a bad terminal connection. I’d personally rewire, it’s a cheap effective solution if your run is short as described.

You might be a little light on your wire guage there. Especially if you are running an 80lb thrust motor. You want to run 6 guage tinned copper at minimum

Lol something tells me the guys complaining about the price drink a lot of busch or carling lol

Fantastic write up and report. I could picture everywhere you were even without a picture. a pb pike on a topwater…sheesh

Funny, I actually trust myself with wiring more than I do a technician, simply due to the fact that DC wiring is a bit of an “art form” when you really take your time and spend the money to ensure everything is marine grade, crimped, soldered, shrink wrapped, loomed, and waterproofed it’s a heck of a lot of detail, detail that I wouldn’t trust a hired gun with simply due to time constraints. I spent all winter last year doing a lot of wiring in my skeeter, and to do it perfectly is time consuming as all hell.