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As long as we don't start a fire, we are good!!! Enjoy your day!!

Shooting through the hull will not expose the silicone to water unless it's in the bilge. This use of silicone is for adhesion of the puck to the hull. It's not being used to seal any holes in the hull. I would not use silicone on the outside of the hull to seal holes to keep water out. This my preferred product for a good seal below the water line. http://boatlife.com/life-calk-sealant-tube-3oz.html?SID=c74d72a4ce95a1542c61558b9ab36ec2 HIH

Years ago I did my own on my first ever new to me boat. I didn't build a box or anything. Just picked a fairly flat part of the hull and poured a 11/2 " thick by 6' diameter pool of silicone. Set the trans. into the silicone making sure there were no air pockets. Placed a level across the top of trans for reference. The trans. was a brass unit. Made sure the silicone was all the way up the side of the transducer. Tied the cable off so as to suspend the trans until the silicone set up. Worked great for me and no mounting screws.

Water clarity can be an issue depending on the proximity of rainfall to your trip schedule. Early in the season I start with mini discs and #10 jets. As the season progresses, I put away the mini discs and switch to bigger jets and walker deeper divers. Walleye are more boat and light shy than anything else. I use clear mono for the most part but have had success using trilene big game in the green colour. I wouldn't go much lighter than 12 lb for mono. Walleye are not the concern, but there are plenty of rainbow out in Erie. I use braid later in the season as well when the fish are deeper. Also not to be forgotten is leadcore down the chute or off the boards. Spoons mostly but body baits as well. Jointed rapalas and husky jerks can work very well. Dead smelt on the beaches this year means that they are a main food source for the walleye. Adjust bait presentation accordingly. Good fishing! HIH

FLIR buys Raymarine, beats Garmin Offer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLIR to keep Raymarine employees, facilities Posted on May 17, 2010 The more than 400 employees of Raymarine Group have been transferred to FLIR Systems as part of the sale announced Friday and FLIR has no intention of closing the Raymarine facilities. FLIR purchased Raymarine for approximately $180 million, which includes repayment of all of Raymarine's indebtedness and approximately $24 million in proceeds to Raymarine plc. The acquisition represents the entire business operations of Raymarine and its subsidiaries, according to FLIR. Portsmouth, England-based Raymarine also said its management has been transferred to FLIR, headquartered in Portland, Ore., with the sale and FLIR will honor management's contracts. "Suppliers should continue to work with Raymarine as normal," the company said in a statement for shareholders. "All trade creditors will be paid in the normal course of business. "The transaction ensures business as usual for all customers and suppliers of the Raymarine Group," Raymarine said in a statement. "The entire trading business of Raymarine has been sold to FLIR and will continue to operate as normal." Raymarine plc went into administration Friday after it was unable to meet its repayments. The administrators completed the sale of the company to FLIR. No shareholder vote was conducted. "We are pleased to announce this strategically compelling transaction," said Earl Lewis, president and CEO of FLIR, in a statement released following the sale. "Raymarine is a leading brand in the industry and has an outstanding reputation for high-quality marine electronics equipment. When fully integrated, we expect to have a significant marine electronics business as part of our commercial systems business. I welcome Raymarine's employees to FLIR."

The following website has what you need! http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/identification/pac_salmon.htm Here's one more! http://www.salmonuniversity.com/species_salmon_index.html

Mike, two words...................booster seat! BTW, good job in training the first mate!

You could use shorter screws and drill a countersink in the aluminum body. For appearance, I would have made the rigger mount the same as the antenna mount. BTW, nice work!

When I went looking for wire information, it was recommended to me to use the 30 lb. wire. I too got it from Atomik. You sacrifice very little depth for a lot more line strength. You will need to use a light drag or add a snubber as well.

I have a Garmin and that card is proprietary. I just about fell over when I heard the price of an adapter cable and blank card. My Garmin hand held came with a cable but only has a small internal memory. here chippy, chippy..........:mad:

Firstly, thanks for the time and effort you are putting into this endeavour. You are right about all aids to navigation having a disclaimer. Even the coast guard does not guarantee their lights and buoys. All printed charts fall into this as well. I have a chart for Lake St. Clair. 49th Ed.,Sept 7/96. It's based on the North American Datum of 1983. The most up to date information is the 92 - 96 survey of the international shipping channel, which was done by the US. Corp of Engineers. The rest of the lake was surveyed from 1964 and back as far as 1868 on the Canadian side. If Navionics (Lowrance), and Blue Chart (Garmin) are only as good as the free NOAA charts, then I'll be getting a laptop as well. Do you know of a way to put NOAA charts directly onto a Garmin or Lowrance chip?? If we could do that it would be the best of both worlds. I'm not getting anywhere with this so far!

Warnings Weekly updates to the RNCs are done on a best efforts basis. The timing of their availability is not guaranteed. You are responsible for ensuring that your RNCs are the most current edition and that the most recent updates have been applied. NOAA RNCs® were made by scanning the NOAA paper chart printing materials. Any inaccuracies due to old methods of collecting, processing and displaying data on the paper chart were transferred to the RNCs. As a result, the accuracy of modern positioning systems such as GPS may exceed the positional accuracy of the RNC. The impact of positioning accuracies can be minimized by not zooming an RNC beyond the scale of the original NOAA chart. While NOAA has accuracy standards for each step in the data collection and chart production process, much of the depth information found on NOAA charts is based on surveys conducted before 1940, the shoreline is more than 20 years old, and paper charts used to be compiled manually. For more information regarding the accuracy of electronic charts, click here. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/Raster/download_agreement.htm

The last time I shopped for a reel, I was floored by the price jump of most models. I wanted a catalina but quickly looked at the convector and settled on the Penn GT 2. Roughly the same specs. as the convector. Loudest clicker I have heard in a long time. Put wire on that Penn reel and so far so good. hih

Again nice job!

I agree, that is an excellent job of fabrication!!! My only concern would be the exhaust pipe as a rust magnet.

OK, I'll admit to it too! But I refuse to do the 12 step program unless I get a free lure after each step!

Congrats on the successful hunt. BTW, hens will pull feathers to line a nest. Many other animals do this as well.

I was trolling the net looking for info on Lake Ontario and came across this site which may be useful as well. http://marinas.com/browse/overview/US/MI/

Your old link may not exist any more. Couple of sites I find helpful. http://www.fishweb.com/recreation/boating/harbors/index.html http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/MRBIS/

http://www.google.ca/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=Online+Boat+Launch+Directory&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

I am sure there are sacrificial anodes for shafts and rudders just like there are for I/Os and trim tabs. I would not slip without them.

I agree. Copper is copper. There are many retailers but very few actual manufacturers. I too hear that the super copper is the way to go, but have not tried it yet.

Nail polish from the dollar store helps a lot. Just let harden for 24 hrs.

I did a search online and the Marinette is quite a boat. Here's a link you may be interested in. http://www.marinetteboat.com/forum/ Good luck with yours.

The world of the land-line is shrinking. As that continues maintenance and usage fees will increase as well. With cellphones we need to shop around every year or two for a better deal. In the not too distant future cell technology will totally replace land-lines. I went with a Blackberry and haven't looked back. When I don't want to be reached, I simply power down my cell.