Hank© wrote:
On 9/19/2013 6:06 PM, True North wrote:
Took the Legend Xcalibur out to Grand lake today for some late summer
boating.
Finally got on the water at noon and it was as smooth as silk. Easily
the calmest water we've seen on this lake since I started talking the
Princecraft Yukon out there years ago.
Was such a pleasure zooming along that I had to be careful to keep
the revs down. I don't think they advise zipping along at 5000 RPM
for too long.

Stopped just off shore from what we think is hockey player Sydney
Crosby's house and had a light lunch of a banana and cool clear water.
Forgot the dogs 'GatorAid' water bottle so the wife had to let him
drink from her cup after she was through.

This is the third trip out since I had the trim gauge installed and
must admit that it was money well spent. The upper end of the lake
can get shallow so I trim the motor up a bit to save bashing the prop
on rocks and it's nice to know where it stands.
A couple of times I strayed into 4 foot water depth and trimmed up,
only to trim down again to speed up in deeper water.
No such problem in the larger lower portion which has 150+ depths.
Saw a few fishermen out there but only talked to one old guy at the
ramp who hadn't caught anything.
The HummingBird 170 indicated lots of fish in certain areas. Might
have to get a license, file down the barb and try some catch &
release next year.

Beautiful day, and tomorrow and Saturday should be the same but a bit
cooler than todays 25C.


Catch and release? Catch and eat is the humane way to fish.

By the way there is a trim limit switch on your setup. You can use
that switch to trim to the *safe* upper limit and any position between
that and full down trim.y it Be aware that the gauge is less than
accurate and you risk tearing your bellow if you rely on it.

He has an outboard. No need for a trim gauge. Site and sound are all
you need.