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Default Off for a bit of boating..

On 8/3/2013 7:48 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/3/13 7:33 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Friday, 2 August 2013 22:25:06 UTC-3, Hank© wrote:
On 8/2/2013 8:56 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:16:22 -0400, Hankï¿?

wrote:



On 8/2/2013 12:37 PM, True North wrote:

On Thursday, 1 August 2013 19:30:13 UTC-3, Tim wrote:

On Thursday, August 1, 2013 7:42:15 AM UTC-5, True North wrote:



Unlike the majority in here, I'm off to enjoy a beautiful day
of boating.







First I'll drop into a local Mercury dealer to get an estimate
on installing a 'trim gauge' and sender pkg.







Then I'll have to decide whether to boat on the largest
freshwater lake around here... or explore either of two
beautiful ocean bays...St. Margaret's or Mahone Bay.







Winds are supposed to be light.. although from the South, so
hopefully it won't be too rough for the wife.







Hope you had fun, Don.





Had the mechanic look at my Mercury 60 Big Foot yesterday and
discovered that in addition to the wiring for a trim gauge being
present in the wiring harness, my motor had the sender already
installed (from the Chinese factory?).

Since that reduced the cost to the gauge and an hours labour, I
told him to go ahead and order a trim gauge that would match the
4 other gauges already installed in my console.



He'll call me when it comes in and we'll make an appointment for
the install.

I'll have one spot left for a 2" gauge after this ... guess I
should have asked him what would have been a useful instrument to
add.

I'm thinking maybe an oil pressure gauge...or an engine
temperature gauge.

I'd like to check the engine impeller status while underway
without having to turn all the way around, but I suppose a small
mirror could handle that.



Get a pitch and roll indicator to compliment your trim indicator.



===



What about an altimeter? It's good to know what the sea level is.



Absolutely. And a backup camera.

Y'all southern boys sure do need a lot before proceeding away from
the dock.
You should come up here and we'll teach you to do more with much less.


It's amazing that the ones who whine and cry the loudest about snarling
non-boating posts are the first to **** all over a boating post.


Hank, aka FlaJim, is a boatless asshole. W'hine is an asshole who thinks
that unless you have a "beeeeeg" boat, you should stay out of his ocean.


Carnack the magnificent you are not.

Seasoned boaters, clueing in the clueless about boating equipment and
outfitting a boat, is not, as you two morons say, "****ting on a boating
post". If ,in your infinite wisdom, you were to advise Donnie against
such purchases of dubious value, he might have actually listened to you.
But when the bonehead gets something implanted, it's hard to chisel it out.