[Running At Night]

You shouldn't run with the spotlight on. The spotlight will really mess up your night vision. I run slowly at night and use the spotlight to identify things I see on the water or on the radar. Many cruisers are loaded with stainless and they place their remote spotlights on a stantion or bow rail above the bow pulpit. If you mount your spotlight obove the bow pulpit, the light won't shine on the boat.

Patrick's got it right! Best place for it will be on the pulpit, but use it sparingly. Radar is you best friend at night.

[Finally Found It]

Welcome!

[Wiley]

No apology necessary for me either.

[Happy Birthday to me......]

Happy Birthday...enjoy your day and the party!

[Cleaning Aluminum]

I've been using Sheila Shine on my tower the stuff works great

[Honda gen EU100i, How/where to fix/protect]

I have a Honda 1000 also, I took a milk crate and modified it by adding some foam pipe insulation to the bottom to reduce vibration, and cut away the milk crate to allow access to the pull start, exhaust outlet, and controls. The box sits nicely under the console on my tower and is secured with velcro straps. I've had it running in the rain with no problem. The sound is hardly noticeable when it's running up there.

[I'm curious--How Many Have an EPIRB?]

EPIRB w/GPS, and getting a PLB this season

[WELL WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MYSELF]

Happy B-day!!

[Welcome]

[Wheel Counts]

Wolakrab

[Florida Boaters Died...Had no Radio??]

That's some report. Terrible shame that it ended the way it did.

[Tuna and Marlin Fishing in Cabo]

Looks like a great trip

[Introductions]

I was not with them that day, I believe that shot was taken on the way out at the Hudson Anglers Tournament last year. It's an awesome boat

[Introductions]

Hi Brian, the way I post pictures is I first upload them to a site like Photobucket, then you just put the image info into your post like this:

[ I M G ] the photo info goes here [ / I M G ]

I used spaces so it shows, don't use spaces they should look like this

Here's a nice shot of my buddy Pete's 38 Henriques, one of the nicest boats I ever fished on.

[Whaler of a Tale]

Thanks for the info and link. That's a nice set-up, I'll definitely be picking one of those up for this season. I just picked up a Canon FS 100 for use on my boat this year, once the fishing starts up here I'll be posting some too.

[Venice Black Drum]

Nice fish

[Post your Sunrise /Sunset pics]

[Whaler of a Tale]

Great videos! What camera are you using?

[Anyone here from New York]

Recognized the green dock .

[Safety Gear Power Buys]

Here's the dimensions:

Overall: 28.5" (W) x 14.75" (H) x 10" (D)

EPIRB/GPS pockets: 4" (W) x 8.5 (H) x 4" (D)

Other pocket: 4" (W) x 8.5 (H) x 10" (D)

Main compartment: 20" (W) x 14.75" (H) x 10" (D)

http://www.acrelectronics.com/rapidditch/rditchspec.pdf

[Mike's Invincible]

I used Cyberlink Power Director 7 for mine, cost $70, and is fairly easy to use

[Battery replacement for ACR EPIRB]

No doubt it's a rip-off, but when you look at it from the point of view that it only has to be changed every 5 years, and it can save your life it works out to $60 a year, to me it's just one of those wonderful things that a boat owner spends money on. The paper air filters on my Volvo diesels are $50 each X2 and usually get changed twice season that price for a paper filter annoys me more! I see your point though.

[Anyone here from New York]

You just won't see 'em lined up on the dock like that posing for a photo . Is that a pic from Montauk Marine Basin's dock?

[Boat Name / Handle Name]

My parents picked my handle , and I'm single so that was easy for the boat name

[Battery replacement for ACR EPIRB]

Had mine done with my raft repack last season. Should run about $275-$300.