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Are they auctioning her off or just taking silent bids? I would be interested to see what she goes for. -Svence

I don't know much about the wakeboard tower speakers except for the fact that they are pricey and will take up a good bit of headroom/visability. If you are going with a electronics box then the easiest thing to do would be to just mount one 6.5" speaker on each side of the box. You can cut the hole easily before you mount the box, install the speakers and then just run the wire down to the stereo/amp. With this setup you would have minimal wiring and the two speakers would serve the bow and stern pretty well. -Svence

Either system above would rock but I would recommend the Infinity 602M speakers at around $90 a pair. If you want to go four channel (thats what I did) the Clarion APX480M is bulletproof and is only $180, 2 Channel I would go APX280M. The 280 series is there 07 or 08 line but still one of the best amplifiers out there. -Svence

That sounds fishy but I don't know of anyway PayPal has been hacked yet. They may send you to some bogus PayPal site to "login" and setup a request for payment which would just be a hoax site to steal your username and password. Much like they do when you get emails saying you need to verify your account but the link doesn't bring you to paypal.com I would think a bank transfer through paypal would be pretty fool proof but I don't know... Is it worth the risk??? -Svence

I think one of the safest things you could do is mount an amp on the inside of the console and then run a headphone jack through the console. You could then get an otter box for your ipod and be completely waterproof. As far as amps go you could get anything from a cheaper poly-planer (they have a setup with the hookup) of go a little more high end and get a clarion or JL. MP3 hookup http://www.crutchfield.com/p_693IC35PM/Pol...PM.html?tp=1528 Otterbox http://www.otterbox.com/ipod-cases/ The only downside to this is you lose the radio function as the ipod doesn't have one, but you could also just pickup a cheapo sony walkman type radio if you had to have it. This setup puts all the import gear below decks and waterproofs your player. -Svence

That is ridiculous! -Svence

We get no love on here, I guess Wiley just wants us to scurry back to tidalfish.com! :504_shrugging: I have only been in the area for about a year now but am really starting to like it. -Svence

That second pic you put up makes it look soooo stern heavy. He even looks like he is stretching just to see over the bow. -Svence

Great summer jam. Makes me want to get out the grill and pop a couple cold ones! -Svence

Yup. I am in Northern Suffolk, just southwest of the MMBT. Apparently the Mid East Coast isn't getting any love for its own forum -Svence

Alright well I think I am just going to replace the deep cycle house battery with a wet cell from sears. They seem to have gotten good reviews over in the other battery thread. Thanks for all the help. -Svence

How are people running deep cycle batteries then when you only have one outboard? I have the Blue Sea add-a-battery kit installed to keep them separated on discharge 99% of the time and the acr for charging them. -Svence

Can you explain this alittle further? Stringers aret physically attached to the wood in the transom, they are glassed in, right? If you pull out all the wood, top to bottom and pour in seacast that should bond with the fiberglass "shell" that is left and the stringers on the bottom creating a solid concrete "plate" with a fiberglass shell. Nevermind, just reread your post and I guess what your saying is completely rotten transoms probably have rotten stringers so a new transom is only part of the fix....agreed. -Svence

Exactly. Rebuilding any boat is a black hole you throw money in and I can't wait till I have the time and cash to do it myself. -Svence

When you say $4000 for a transom I am assumming you are talking about having someone do it for you, right? I am not sure how the layout of the Robalos are but I have seen a bunch of older wellcraft's done with Seacast or other pourable materials for a heck of a lot cheaper. Can you dig out the old wood in the transom and just pour on the Robalos? That would be a huge money saver. -Svence

That is one of the nicest electronics and wiring installs I have seen. Nice work! -Svence

Murray - Beagle Lab mix we rescued about 3 years ago. -Svence

So pick up a new start and a new deep cycle at the same time, I was hoping you weren't going to say that. -Svence

Been reading through the "Let's talk batteries" thread and it got me thinking. I currently have two starting batteries, one used for the engine and one used as house battery. They are hooked via a Bluesea Add-a-battery kit (ACR and switch with off/on/combine) The house battery is dead as it has been being completely drained a couple of times and needs to be replaced. What are my options as far as replacing just the one? I know the rule of thumb is replace all at once but why if the are seperated 95% of the time? Can I replace the house with an AGM/gel battery? I am thinking of just replacing the house with a deep cycle marine house battery but going with a better AGM/gel battery might be better off in the long run. -Svence

That should at least keep some brand bashing to a minimum. I like it. -Svence

The thing I don't understand, and maybe I am just slow, but how does the MYwedge save your transom? The weight is still being distributed the exact same way, right down the trim ram, just now it is also through the MYwedge. I can see how that saves the hydraulics but not the transom. Does anyone use those extensions from the trailer up to the lower unit? Those seem like they would not only save the hydraulics but also redirect some of the weight into the trailer and off the transom. -Svence

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Got my invite email this morning. Thanks, look forward to another site to kill some time in the office -Svence