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The idea of shrink wrapping a boat is absolutely horrifying to me. I would never ever do such a thing. The only reason to shrink wrap would be for something like overseas shipment or a long ride across country on a flatbed. The reason for doing it as a means of preserving the boat over the winter is flawed. The winter weather is actually kinder to a boat than the summer, when heat and high UV levels are baking it daily. In winter, the cool weather, the low sun, low humidity and lack of use keep things nicely preserved. In addition, a tight wrap job may trap moisture which may promote mildew. There are some days, even in February, when it would be nice to take the boat out (thanks Global Warming!). If it's wrapped the idea would never enter your mind. With a tarp, it can be ready to use in a few minutes. If you feel compelled to throw a cover over it to keep the debris out, then a loose tarp, open at the ends, is the best way. A trip to the Home Depot to pick up some PVC pipe and fittings to make supports would be a good thing. Do a proper winterizing job and put a tarp over it.

Unless there is a compelling reason such as a difficult routing or an unusually long run I can't see any advantage over push-pull cables. TFXreme cables in particular are very very smooth. When you get right down to it, electronic controls are still mechanical at each end. They just transfer that mechanical energy to an electrical signal which gets decoded at the other end into mechanical effort.

Hope you enjoyed it anyways. Of course!

Try spell check. Only one e in "her" and two r's in "staring (sic)". Sorry if I'm being picky but I'm in TV and I hate to see stuff go to air with grammar errors.

Is that a runaway or what? Can't tell what's going on.

Looks like it's on the bottom anyway, so no worries. As long as the motor isn't flooded this one's just a minor inconvenience away from going back to work. Typical crabbing flattie. Prolly made from exterior grade plywood or loblolly. Paint is likely exterior latex house paint.

If this boat is stored on a trailer you don't need the auto function at all. If it is stored in the water a 750 GPM pump is way too small.

Yesterday's (9/3/09) early morning rush hour was interrupted by a boat blocking the two left lanes of I-495 on the American Legion Bridge (over the Potomac) around 4:30-5:30 AM... It was put on a roll off and carted away. Looked like a small bowrider, single OB. It had come off the trailer.

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! :-) I'm not suggesting that anyone go out to sea today with only an Iphone to guide them. However, just think about what first generation cell phones in the 90's were doing compared to what they do now. That's only about 15 years back. I would submit that in another ten years your "phone" will be more of a useful device for doing anything you need it to do whether that be navigating with Radar overlays, designing buildings, diagnosing medical problems, calculating complex math or what. CPUs with quad core, 16 core, 32, core 64 core and up are on the way along with clock speeds that boggle the mind. Put a couple of those in a small hand held device, and the possibilities are endless. It wasn't so long ago that the computing power available in your current iPhone was on the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars.A 16gig storage array was well over a million. With external Bluetooth sensors, there's no reason why it would not be possible to have it all in the palm of your hand. What if you need to keep track of your radar or depth while working on the stern or somewhere that you were out of the pilot house? If that information were at your fingertips it would be far more useful than if it were 30 feet away out of sight.

How long would you expect a seat cover for the helm, cooler, bolsters and bow filler to last ? until the warranty expires, but not a minute longer.

I don't know about IPhone, but the navigator on the Pre needs a connection to Google. Global coverage is on the way in the next few years. I still can't get a signal here in the basement of my building where my office is, except thru WiFi. You should be able to connect a transducer via Bluetooth. All we need are the apps. For the Chesapeake and other close in waterways it wouldn't be an issue right now since all that is pretty much covered.

Now, who's gonna clean up that mess?

With Iphones and Palm Pre heralding the start of the next generation of smart devices (they aren't really cell phones any more) the apps available now have already rendered separate GPS devices redundant. Will it be very long before we are doing all of our navigating with our phones? Here's hoping.

Not signed for his ability to play football, rather his ability to bring in an audience, just like the case of Michael Vick.

I think all this was covered in the book "A Perfect Storm" followed by the film version. The real life version cannot be anywhere near as interesting or dramatic.

Us Rover people are gluttons for punishment.

Sand it down and paint it black. use Rustoleum. better yet have it rhino lined

I'd just sand and repaint with a latex enamel. Nothing wrong with it. Who are you trying to impress with a funky old 14 footer anyway?

Next time try Genuinedealz.com He has the same adhesive lined crimp fittings that Ancor repackages in their little plastic boxes. I think they have the same lettering on them. I held them up side by side and I couldn't tell any difference except for the price. I have been a regular customer for the last three years. He has female spade disconnects in small, medium and large, all adhesive lined. I don't think your daisy chained panel wiring is going to corrode. Maybe in twenty years or so. I did all my panel wiring just this way.

I think it's because this forum represents a far better educated and experienced cross section of the boating public. There is not the torrent of noob questions and rants that we have seen elsewhere.

Dropped all the stuff at the shop on Saturday. Will know later this week.

The manual says that a possible cause could be dirt in the checkvalves, but doesn't list any more info such as where they are or how to clean them. I'm guessing they are in the help pump? Yes, in the helm pump. Repair is not difficult, just fiddly. Parts are inexpensive; o rings and such

Sorry to say it's probably not worth much as either parts or as a project. If you spend a lot of time and effort fixing it it will have little resale value. Put an ad on Craigslist and see if it moves.

I have about twenty years on the set on my OMC.

Classic symptoms of a bad alternator. It was not putting out enough to charge batteries. Engine ran off battery until that went flat leaving you DIW. New alternator should be about 200 clams.