nordicbird

Thanks for the reply. Which Eagle Cuda do you mean? Regards, John

Good Morning America . We want a simple (cheap) GPS/Fishfinder combo. for our upper helm position. Needs to be very easy to use - due to our waning brainpower - option of big numerals would be good. Doesn't need to be colour as we're quite happy with monochrome screen. Anyone out there who's had/got and can report on, an Eagle Cuda 350i or S /or Eagle Cuda 241i S GPS /or Garmin GPS 451S Combo ? Any other suggestions would be welcome. Thanks in anticipation, John

What's the normal way for people to mark their crab/lobster pots in the US? Over here it is ludicrous There are far too many amateur, or selfish pros ,over here, that couldn't be bothered to use decent marker buoys. I was returning to base today in Force 4-5 wind with associated choppy sea. At the last minute, and too late, I saw a grey 10 litre oil can in front of me and took unsuccessful avoiding action. Result was we just snagged the 1" line and "marker" around our outdrive. Luckily it wasn't wrapped around the duo-prop. I ended up crouching on a bouncing bathing platform with a knife - getting soaked (water is b cold over here!!) - whilst my mate reached down with a boat-hook and just managed to pull the line up high enough for me to cut it. It could have been a lot more serious for us , mechanically , but I hated the thought of whatever may have been in the pot starving to death. The pot owner wouldn't be too pleased either but if he'd used proper markers the situation wouldn't have arisen.

I found out what mine was when I left the berth having forgotten to replace the top on the water strainer!! My humourous comment "Don't panic, we're sinking" didn't go down too well with my female crew. Have to admit that I very rarely check that both pumps work. Must do so in future.