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If you upgrade, 100% go 24v especially if you get a gps model. High sided tin in any wind is a sail, and once you start looking at spending $1700+ on a motor it wont be significantly more $ than a 55lb 12v. An extra 60lb battery in a 1200lb boat wont bother you in the least. There is only...

@thill , I have some of these nilight lights I am planning to put up under the bench seats on the boat I pictured above. I was going to try using the tape you suggested, but am questioning that now. How have you have best luck securing them with the tape? The lights have the wires protruding...

Good to hear, sounds like you did the research and it checks all the right boxes. Enjoy it!

why wonder? SOP for installing a shoot thru transducer is to test it before epoxying down. Use a wax toilet ring or modeling clay or something like that to create a Pool inside your hull where you will put the transducer. Fill it with water. use a sand bag or a brick or something to hold the...

Devils advocate apparently, just food for thought from a different perspective: I have no doubt most people want the larger engines, the most common advice is to get max HP. Even if you dont need it, If you get less you potentially limit your appeal to re-sell in the future. The additional...

did you have to remove flotation for the portion of this inside the seat? Just curious if you dealt with that at all and how you eneded up handing it, i.e. remove and forget about it, replace elsewhere, remove only a small amount, etc? Thanks for the info, appreciate it.

Oh, that's right, I am sorry--it HAS been a while! I forgot about the mount...One of the reasons I went with an ultrex instead of a terrova on my bigger boat...apparently I am having a senior moment a little early! Yeah, that's why I ran the cable inside the groove on my terrova, so it would...

does your terrova (I think you said) have the us2 transducer? It's been almost a decade since I had a terrova, but at the time you could plug in a humminbird or a lowrance 2d transducer cable into a wire on the head of the TM and use the built-in transducer, so you can spin around in circles...

Thanks all, this is good, keep it coming. @moecarama I checked that thread out and did not see anything relevant...what did I miss? Also, I like your switch install--did you have to remove flotation for that, and if so did you replace it somewhere else, or? Did you do anyhting inside the...

Big thanks

Doing a little wiring in a bare 16’ rowboat—no decks, no floor, etc. Nav lights, a few small interior lights, bilge pump, 12v lighter socket, and thats it. My question is, what are your ideas for where to house fuses and switch panel? Ideas welcomed, example photos highly encouraged and...

Have you gotten this set yet? The SI beam is not wide enough that an inch or three in placement will likely make a significant difference, but depending on the angle of the v-hull and distance between the lower-edge of the stern, and the front of the lower-unit, its possible to block the beam...

Link is here: Link to nilight side marker lights Not expensive, but still less than half the price and I dont need anywhere close to 20 lights, which is what the other pack came in. Incidentally, this was the first link to those lights you posted--one of the answered questions says these use...

Not sure if you have the TM yet, but even a 12v is usually 40lb or more, so that'll help right there. Bet the battery up there in front of middle seat will do what you need, but try fishing up front alone on a breezy day before you cut anything, so you can see where it needs to be to avoid...

Is there a reason you want the battery that far forward? Not sure what boat, but my 2 cents from playing in small boats is that with you and a battery all the way forward, plus a big trolling motor , it's not unlikely you wind up with too much weight forward if you are alone in a smaller 14-16'...