"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 9/22/13 8:37 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 15:01:35 -0400, skin a cat
wrote:

On 9/22/2013 2:27 PM, John H wrote:
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:52:25 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:37:33 -0400, John H
wrote:

It's very hard to turn around check your trim with an outboard.
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Why?

Don't know. Ask Donnie. I assumed that's why he bought a trim
gauge.


Why wouldn't you just use speed and rpm on a little boat like that?
Can't you hear the engines and stuff?

I am going to go with Don here. It is handy while you are getting
used
to your boat.


I'm not sure why Herring is getting into this in his usual snarky way,
since the boat he recently sold was only slightly larger than Don's,
and
unless his third-rate dealer screwed him on that, too, that boat of
his
had a trim gauge.

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The whole point of the original post by Don and follow up discussion
was that his boat did *not* have a trim gauge and he was considering
paying a dealer or someone to install one. He had an empty slot on
his panel and some people suggested a temperature gauge or something
more meaningful than a trim gauge might be more worthwhile.