On 9/20/2013 9:33 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 9/19/13 10:46 PM, True North wrote:
On Thursday, 19 September 2013 22:50:59 UTC-3, Hank© wrote:
On 9/19/2013 8:32 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:





"Hank©" wrote in message

eb.com...



On 9/19/2013 8:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:





"Hank©" wrote in message

eb.com...



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.



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Doesn't he have an outboard? What bellow?



You too?



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I responded too quickly. Didn't see the others. Just making sure you

haven't lost all your marbles.





Maybe I have. Somehow I never associated the need or desire to have a

trim gauge with outboards.


Well, aren't you special!
Someone must like them...lots of models for sale.



My Yamaha 225 and 150 outboards came with trim gauges built into the
control display and the motor, so obviously Yamaha thinks they are of
some importance.

If you need training wheels as Greg said.