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Hello, I'm setting up a new to me boat. One of the first things I did was replace the fuse block with a Blue Sea Screw Terminal Blade Fuse Block. I didn't track down each wire I just switched everything over. THEN, I newly installed my VHF on it's own run directly to the fuse block. When I...

Hello,, I was wondering what ideas other people have used for mounting their chartplotters. I have a sliderG5 mounted on a small pedestal. I just purchased a Humminbird 798ci HD Si :D I want to mount it in a way that gets it up a bit so I can see it. I was thinking of using a piece of 4'' or...

Hello, I have a 14' Lund with a 25hp. I am going to be renting a place next summer on Cape Cod. (Ma). The rental is right on the water. There are not any moorings at the rental. And unfortunately the nearest boat ramp is probably 6 or so nautical miles away. I have seen people temporarily...

I need to cut some holes for my electrical wires to pass thru,,, What do you all use as grommets to protect the wire from chafing on the aluminum? Thanks

Hello, I thought I would throw this out there,hoping one of you has already done the math for me. I am going to make some rod holders for my boat using wood frame and sch 40 1-1/2" pvc pipe. The top and bottom piece of wood are not drilled thru at the outside diameter of the pvc to hold it in...

Hello, Just recieved a 50 amp breaker for my TM batteries and a 30 amp for my main. My question is... which post goes to the battery side? Copper or silver? :oops:

I am redoing the deck on my tin. I am thinking of building the bench across the stern so I can add a slider G5. I want to keep as much floor space as I can between theG5 and the middle bench. My question is what is the minimum people build that back benches depth to? The tiller h andle extends...

Hello, I just did a water test on my stripped boat. Not tooo bad. A couple of spots "crying". It looks like the previous owner ran 5200 along the seam. I would prefer to fix using G Flex. But what do I do with the old 5200? What would happen to the 5200 if I hit it with a torch? I have NO...

Hello, I'm going to be adding a breaker panel to my boat. A friend gave me a Seadog panel The battery will be about 5-6' from the panel. I planned on running 6AWG from the battery to a 30 amp Sea Dog Resettable Circuit Breaker The Seadog panel accepts Female disconnects. So what do I run...

Hello, I plan on painting my 14' lynx with easypoxy. I know I ha e to put a metal primer on first. But do I really have to use the pettit primer? It's way more $ than oth er brands

Hello, I plan on installing some LED lighting on my boat. Would it be a no no to use 3 way connectors when daisy chaining the lights together? I will probably be chaining 6-8 lights together and really don't want to purchase the "closed" bus bars. Would I be better off with an exposed buss...

Hello, The guy I bought my tin off of put an armstrong plug on the 24V trolling motor and the batteries. He also put a plug on a charger. Which made it easy to re charge the batteries... just unplug the trolling motor, plug in the charger. Neat setup. Then I realized that there is no breaker...

Hi folks,,, In case you all havn't seen this website I thought I would post it. Great website for real maintenance and repairs. If you can't find the answer ask, good bunch of anglers. https://alantani.com/

Never hurts to ask :oops: Would it be ok to use Yamalube on the wheel bearings for the winter nap?

Hello, Two questions.. Is there any way of glueing the mounting plate on so I don't have to drill holes thru the boat? Would a 500gph pump be able to draw water over the transom and feed it forward 10' and back up and over the 2 or 3' tall baitwell?

Hello everyone, great website. I purchased this boat half way thru this season. She came decked. I am now putting her away for the season. The decking could use a refit so I ripped it out for my winter project. I don't have a garage so this will be a slow refit. I'm sure I will have many...

Hello, I'm going to redo my 14' Lund WC over the winter. I have many questions and am excited to find this website. I will post a slew of questions when I find my camera, doh Fisrt question of many,, To carpet or not to carpet? I only salt water fish. I don't want to catch it if I can't kill it...