LannyV

I have a 2004 Yamaha 4 stroke on my Grady which I just had to have the powerhead removed and have a sleeve put on the shaft and new seal installed because of an oil leak...$$$$$$. There is only 380 hours on the engine. It worked fine the last I used it in June of 2011. It sat for a year and when I put it in the water June of this year I noticed the leak the very first time out. The boat is store in a garage. The engine has been maintained according to Yamaha. Does anyone know what I may be able to do to prevent this in the future? Lanny

Thank you for the info. Been checking apps for the various phones...can't believe how inexpensive some of these are compared to the cost for a pc or marine electronics.

I found this posted from 09. "September 2009 - 07:04 AM The iPhone uses GPS technology for finding its position, not cellphone positioning. It works fine when out of phone service range. That being said, the GPS in the iPhone is not nearly as accurate as what you find in marine electronics. The "sampling rate," or whatever it's called, is also much lower so it can't calculate speed and direction accurately. I'll use my iPhone for casual use on the road, but I'm not getting underway without good marine electronics on my boats. I've never seen a mobile phone with a radar either! :-) Captain Ethan Maass Sea Tow South Shore (Cape Cod Bay area)" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for some information. I currently have a Garmin iQue M5 PDA/GPS that I use for hunting with topo maps and as a backup to my chartplotter on my boat using NOAA free maps. This unit is starting to show signs of failing. I am looking at replacing it with another PDA/GPS or preferable a iphone, droid, windows 7 phone, etc. I have several questions I have not been able to get answered talking to the phone people from the various services(att, Verizon, etc) Below are some of the questions I have and was hoping that some of the boaters on here may be using them and can shed some light. 1. Make and models of phones you are using out in the open water? 2. Some of these phone use aGPS and/or GPS. If 12 miles off shore and no cell service will the aGPS still track and keep showing your current location or do they only use the cell towers to triangulate your location? 3. Do I need to get a phone that has GPS and aGPS if they make them? Brand, model????? 4. Software or apps for these phones…and recommendations? I have seen one by memory-map.com that makes the software I use on my PDA now makes an app that can be used on and iPhone http://www.memory-map.com/mm-iphone.htm . Has anyone tried it on an iPhone and not have cell service? 5. What about apps for the other phones? Thanks for any help you can provide. Lanny

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How do you align a trailer and who can do it??? I am in the process of upgrading my 14" load C to Maxxis or Denman 15" load D tires and I want to align it before I put the new one on. I would take it to the dealer, about 300 mile, I bought the boat from in Delaware but I don't think the tires would make it. No boat dealers near-by so can I just measure the distance from the end of the trailer frame to the axle?