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I've got a shaftshark style cutter. As others have said, I have no idea if they work because I've never had to stop and cut line off with them there. Maybe ot did work and I just never knew it, or maybe I never picked up any line. I'm just happy I haven't had to go swimming after sharking all day.

The problem with trail cams is that if they get stolen, so do the pictures. I can't remember how many threads I've seen where peoples cameras get stolen out of the woods and they are just plain sol. What you can get is a camera that acts as a webcam and connects to the internet via wifi. They used to be expensive, but have really dropped in price. The advantage to these is they send the pics off in email or via ftp as soon as they take them via motion activated sensors. They do need to be within wifi range of your house though. Otherwise, use pressure sensors (motion sensors will probably go off too frequently) and really loud horns and strobes.

The prices for the last honda buy were insane. I'll let some people on another site know. They may join up as a result....

Check the web or boatdiesel.com. My ZF tranny is labeled for ATF. There is a grade associated with it but I don't recall it.

The problem is your engines draw so much current starting it drops the voltage down below the thresh hold the electronics will tolerate and they shut down. Even though its momentary, it's enough to cause a shutdown. You have two solutions, one is to install a dedicated house battery with a vsr or isolator between it and the starting battery. That will prevent the voltage drop due to the current draw. The other is to add a circuit with a small battery that will carry your house load over until the current draw ends. I forget the name of that gizmo but you should be able to google it easily. The house battery and vsr is probably cheaper and more effective ion the long run.

At first I thought you were talking about the story of the guy who ran over a couple of people and was cleared of any charges. It would have fit that thread. But in this case, while the crew may have been boneheads (friendly but loveable though), the captain made a point of stating he was completely sober. He didn't do anything most of us haven't done while heading offshore fishing. Running a boat at speed in snotty weather isn't always being a foolhardy and wreckless skipper. It might be, but in most cases it's sane and deliberate. I at least didn't see anything wrong with the post. It was his bachelor party, and he was having a good time. More power and more speed to him. Or did I miss your point?

The difference here is that you don't drive along dark country roads at night with no headlights and in a position 20 feet from the bow of your car with the nose sticking up several feet. The guy was clearly exceeding a safe operating speed for the conditions. He is responsible. So were the operators of the towing vessel, but to a much lesser degree. He deserved everything he got, and should have gotten more. So should any of you yahoos who blast around in the dark at full cruise with no regard for others safety. And that is exactly what you are doing at 30 knots at night. Doubly so in a crowded bay during a party weekend. Sorry, you can't fix stupid, but at least you can prosecute it once in a while.

I just did it last week as well, only I didn't use a torch. I really don't like open flames when boats are lined up like ducks on the hard. I don't have enough insurance to replace them..... What I did was to just apply pressure using a bottle jack and some timbers. At one point I actually snapped a 2x4 I was putting so much pressure on it. Anyway, it came out grudgingly, but it came out. Now that the rain has stopped I can go back and put the new thru-hull in.

Yeah, I've gotten signals on the plane before as well. It's kind of funny to see your max speed at 400+ mph.

Fwiw, both the atlantic city and the new england boat shows both had/have "Affordability Pavilions". They aren't anywhere near the size of Miami, but they are the big shows in the northeast. Overall, there was a lack of big sportfishing boats, and even any large cc's. Almost all the outboards were single engine, at least at the AC show. I'm going to the boston show tomorrow but don't expect a lot of high end models. But remember, people still like to climb aboard and even talk to dealers about prices and financing, yet most probably won't buy a thing. What the dealers show up with isn't necessarily what people want to buy, and what they look at isn't necessaily what they will spend any money on. Well, at least I'll see some shiny plastic tomorrow. I'd like to smell some fresh fiberglass, but most of the boats are 2008's and some 2009's. The new smell has long since faded away.

I wonder how much of that perception is florida specific? I'm not disagreeing, it's just that up here, CC's aren't nearly as popular as they are down there. I don't see the 22-28 foot cuddy market dying out that quickly here. 25-28 feet is just way too practical a size for the types of inshore fishing and boating most people do.

I usually have a couple of "wish list" items and a bunch of maintenance items. This year my list is the following: -- FLIR (wl) -- AIS Transponder, acr (wl) -- mounted spotlight -- underwater lights -- shaft cutter -- repair windlass motor (needs a tap to start) -- new thru-hull temp gauge -- some rewiring -- add a high cap bilge pump -- crash valve -- voltage conditioner/stabilizer for electronics -- prop reconditioning I'm sure there is other stuff. It's never ending.

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One of the "bad" aspects of Garmin units is that, even though you CAN display engine functions, the screen is setup for an I/O, and can't be re-configured...even on a 5212. That I believe is incorrect. The people using the new NMEA 2k monitor have complete info on the MFD for the outboard info. We may be thinking about 2 different things though. I think I see where he is coming from. The data boxes you can display on the garmin mfd's are pretty inflexible. You can't customixe them to any meaningful (or satisfying) degree. You can however get the GMI10 which is a small LCD display of just n2k data. That you can customize. With Garmin, it's always something.

What ducer is that? It looks like a B17 housing, but what are the internals? Just curious.