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Wow, you dont give up eh.

Let's try this again....

 

Covers A LOT of Canada & US,

Sure, if you think 40% of Canada is a lot. OK, I agree. :tease:

Sorry... 99% of USA, and all of Canada, LOL

So you don't think Nunavut, the NWT and Yukon are not part of Canada?

What makes it a city vehicle?

The built in expresso dispenser and built in mapping to all citified coffee houses!!!!

Good coffee while reading an ebook in the forest and listening to i-tunes. My kinda adventure

If it only had enough power to run my expresso machine life would be grand!!!!

Just picked up a new transducer at Lebarons in Mississauga today today (which was packed at 2 PM-opener's must be approaching)

We cracked our old one on the rocks.

The cable runs from the console to the back tucked underneath the side of the boat.

Anyone have any tricks on how to pull the old cord out while being able to track the path for the new cable? We didn't install the old one.

Nice guy at Lebaron said to tie a string to the old one, pull it out and use the string to guide the old one? I'm not quite sure I got what he meant.

Any help appreciated

Gordy

Gordy

What he meant was tie a piece of string to the end that plugs into the fish finder (wrap it with electrical tape too). Make sure the string is pretty strong and more than long enough to reach all the way to the back of the boat (tie off the other end of the string to the steering wheel or a seat so you don't accidentally pull it though. when you pull the old transducer cable toward the stern of the boat the string will follow. When you pull the string out at the rear attach to the new transducer cable and reverse the procedure by pulling the string from the front.

Make sure you remove any wire ties that are holding the cable in place.

I think it is cool. $129 for a charger though?

A charger you can cook your morning bacon and eggs on!!!

As well as fire up the stove top expresso maker!!!!

Is the kill switch tether strap hooked up or did you remove it last fall?

He and Tybo figured out the problem (cracked stator assembly) so now he just needs to get the repairs done.

Use the IMG code not the HTML code for embedding photos and the direct link for linking to albums.

PC app is around the $30 I believe... which is a pretty darn good deal considering it has all of US/Canada on it, and the chips retail for about 6 times that and only cover 1/3 of the area...

Nope!!!

Does not.

It seems as though Navionics thinks the world ends at the 60th parallel.

Unfortunately the only electronic mapping software available that covers my area is on CMap Cartridges.

Maybe one day they will have my area on their software but I'm not holding my breath.

I have been using bait casters for almost 30 years now and can tell you that pretty much any of the newer ones are better than any I have previously owned.

While on vacation I stopped in at BPS Orlando to purchase a new bait caster as my favorite old Shimano broke a gear this winter and replacements are unavailable. I'm a lefty and their stock was quite low so I ended up with a different model than I really wanted but it is still better than any of my old reels.

I ended up with an Abu (can't remember the model but it was one of their inexpensive ones and I'm looking forward to getting some use out of it this summer.

The one I wanted but they had no lefty stock on I really liked and ended up ordering one because I was so impressed with it in the store. It also helped that it was onlly $100 for a reel that I figure is worth more because of the quality. Gets good reviews as well. Might be worth checking it out.

Bass Pro Shops® Pro Qualifier Reel

Another vote for Efston Science here.

Good peeps to deal with and some cool stuff too boot!!! :good:

I used to work just down the street a few lifetimes ago and would spend a lot of time in that place.

You guys want to trade foreign guys....

HELL YEAH!!!! Can't get a decent taco in this country!!!!!

Ya, I've heard Lake Winnipeg is real bad because of that.

Yep, as well as Nipissing.

Interesting.... That's an understatement.... You got so frustrated we ended up taking the big ranger out... I thought I was gunna need gloves for you to hold the musky we got...lol

 

It was blowing pretty good that day tho.... And waves are shaped different on a river.... I think the wind was against the current as well... That makes big sharp waves...

Shallow lakes produce sharp, close together waves as well.

I like big, deep lake waves much better.

5'-6' waves on Erie are painful.

thanks guys Its just right for what i need. She's a small boat, 16ft, so no big water for me.I did have her out on St Francis in 3 ft waves.It was interesting LOL.

With enough experience you can handle some really snotty water in a 16 footer.

Spent a year guiding in a 16' Lund and was caught out in some nasty waves (to 10') on many occasions and was never worried.

well, ive got a $50 deductible for the first time i toss her in the drink lol

 

But again, good find and ill definitely look into it

Check out this one. My buddy down south just got one to check out and he say it's pretty good. And it has a strap too.

Dri Suit Technologies

My buddy has posted his initial review on his web site.

Read it and watch the video HERE

Hey, I thought you yankees called 'dem 'dere tings Lollipops!

 

Go have another soda!

 

 

edit - yes I know upstate/western NY says "pop" like us too.

And don't ferget yer egg sacks when y'all go steelhead or sammin fishin'. :tease:

This looks great........not a thrilling pricetag though.

 

Id be interested if it had a clip on location to put a floaty on

I don't know, $78 to save you from bricking a $700 phone seems cheap to me.

Try contacting them and see if there is a tethering spot on the case.

How do you miss that stop and caution sign?? They must have been moving.

Could be a DUI as well.

Guess it will be known when the autopsies are done.

Ouch!!! That sucks!!!

At least you found the problem.

Could be a little spendy to repair though.

Here's hoping for the best.

It is a 1992 merc 40 hp, manual choke, just above the electronic ket starter (sorry I am not mechanically versed). The choke is a lever that is above the key.

 

Some other notes: I hear a click when I push the key in to start, so I know that works (I think it is the enricher). The fuel is new, I ran stabilizer and fogged the engine last fall). The ball is hard when I pump it on the fuel line.

Actually that lever is the fast idle.

To choke it push in the key and it will send a shot of fuel into the cylinders.

Some of us,dont have all day to get to THE spot.

I think it might go faster when I put the new 115 and jack plate on next year or the year after Mis.

I run a 13X19 on my 1991 90 horse Merc and it revs to about 5,300 with no jack plate.

It tops out at about 36 mph with a 3 blade aluminum.

This is the boat.

This is the worst time of year to try and purchase a boat or any other summer related toy. Prices are higher and competition for the good items is high.

A couple of years ago I purchased a used camper...................in February!!!

Saved about $2,500 buying it out of season and had no competition from other buyers when it was -30!!!!

Conversely if you're looking to buy a snowmobile or other winter toy now is the time to do it!!!

OOPs, you meant trout opener!!!

It's good too!!!!