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On Oct 24, 7:31*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"John H" *wrote in message

...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:25:09 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:



On 10/24/2010 7:05 PM, John H wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:30:06 -0400, I am

wrote:

In ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:34:14 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Oct 24, 8:20 am, John *wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Oct 24, 7:57 am, *wrote:

A discussion about "chain rodes rip out cleats" would be on topic
and
possibly very funny!

Probably , that is as long as it's someone else's boat.

Good mornin', Tim.

I'm off to get my boat. Sandy and I are going up to the Georgetown
Starbucks for
a cup of coffee.

Have a spectacular day!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Have fun, John.!

Well, this is what I get for a fast decision to go boating. Usually I
pick the
boat up the night before and check the battery, etc. Today I just
hooked up the
boat, drove to the ramp north of the airport, launched the boat, and
hit the
starter.....nothing. ****!!!

So, I'm back home, battery is on the charger, and we're waiting for it
to get
charged. Hell, even the hot shot didn't have enough juice to crank the
engine.

Oh well, live and learn - not to take shortcuts.

I have had a few of those hot shot things, cheap and expensive, none of
which has ever started anything for me...

This wasn't a cheap one, that's for sure. I should have plugged it in
last
night. But, the gauge said it was 'ready'. Maybe it was ready for a
battery at
75%, but not mine!

Can you find a spot for a second battery? I am under the impression you
have only one.

I have very little room under the CC. Here's my boat:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/show/id/6

Not the biggest thing in the world. Besides, it was my fault for not turning
the
switch off. Hell, I could've had two dead batteries!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Run the switch on one battery and use a combiner to charge the 2nd battery.
And your boat has as an option a 2nd battery switch and wiring, so ask the
maker where they put number 2 battery.

Nice looking rig, Bill.

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"Tim" wrote in message
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On Oct 24, 7:31 pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"John H" wrote in message

...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:25:09 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:



On 10/24/2010 7:05 PM, John H wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:30:06 -0400, I am

wrote:

In ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:34:14 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Oct 24, 8:20 am, John wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Oct 24, 7:57 am, wrote:

A discussion about "chain rodes rip out cleats" would be on topic
and
possibly very funny!

Probably , that is as long as it's someone else's boat.

Good mornin', Tim.

I'm off to get my boat. Sandy and I are going up to the Georgetown
Starbucks for
a cup of coffee.

Have a spectacular day!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Have fun, John.!

Well, this is what I get for a fast decision to go boating. Usually I
pick the
boat up the night before and check the battery, etc. Today I just
hooked up the
boat, drove to the ramp north of the airport, launched the boat, and
hit the
starter.....nothing. ****!!!

So, I'm back home, battery is on the charger, and we're waiting for
it
to get
charged. Hell, even the hot shot didn't have enough juice to crank
the
engine.

Oh well, live and learn - not to take shortcuts.

I have had a few of those hot shot things, cheap and expensive, none
of
which has ever started anything for me...

This wasn't a cheap one, that's for sure. I should have plugged it in
last
night. But, the gauge said it was 'ready'. Maybe it was ready for a
battery at
75%, but not mine!

Can you find a spot for a second battery? I am under the impression you
have only one.

I have very little room under the CC. Here's my boat:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/show/id/6

Not the biggest thing in the world. Besides, it was my fault for not
turning
the
switch off. Hell, I could've had two dead batteries!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Run the switch on one battery and use a combiner to charge the 2nd
battery.
And your boat has as an option a 2nd battery switch and wiring, so ask the
maker where they put number 2 battery.

Nice looking rig, Bill.


My rig is aluminum, not the keywest. That is John's. Mine looks like this
but maroon.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/...ea6f1c.jpg?v=0

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On Oct 24, 9:33*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"Tim" *wrote in message

...

On Oct 24, 7:31 pm, "Califbill" wrote:



"John H" *wrote in message

.. .

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:25:09 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

On 10/24/2010 7:05 PM, John H wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:30:06 -0400, I am

wrote:

In ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:34:14 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Oct 24, 8:20 am, John *wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Oct 24, 7:57 am, *wrote:

A discussion about "chain rodes rip out cleats" would be on topic
and
possibly very funny!

Probably , that is as long as it's someone else's boat.

Good mornin', Tim.

I'm off to get my boat. Sandy and I are going up to the Georgetown
Starbucks for
a cup of coffee.

Have a spectacular day!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Have fun, John.!

Well, this is what I get for a fast decision to go boating. Usually I
pick the
boat up the night before and check the battery, etc. Today I just
hooked up the
boat, drove to the ramp north of the airport, launched the boat, and
hit the
starter.....nothing. ****!!!

So, I'm back home, battery is on the charger, and we're waiting for
it
to get
charged. Hell, even the hot shot didn't have enough juice to crank
the
engine.

Oh well, live and learn - not to take shortcuts.

I have had a few of those hot shot things, cheap and expensive, none
of
which has ever started anything for me...

This wasn't a cheap one, that's for sure. I should have plugged it in
last
night. But, the gauge said it was 'ready'. Maybe it was ready for a
battery at
75%, but not mine!

Can you find a spot for a second battery? I am under the impression you
have only one.

I have very little room under the CC. Here's my boat:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/show/id/6

Not the biggest thing in the world. Besides, it was my fault for not
turning
the
switch off. Hell, I could've had two dead batteries!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Run the switch on one battery and use a combiner to charge the 2nd
battery.
And your boat has as an option a 2nd battery switch and wiring, so ask the
maker where they put number 2 battery.

Nice looking rig, Bill.

My rig is aluminum, not the keywest. *That is John's. *Mine looks like this
but maroon.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/...ea6f1c.jpg?v=0

Nice looking rig, Bill.
?;^ )

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"I am Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

On 10/24/2010 6:53 PM, jps wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:52:48 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

On 10/23/2010 1:31 PM, Secular Humoresque wrote:
In ,
says...

On 10/23/2010 9:13 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute! wrote:
On Oct 23, 8:53 am, Secular wrote:
On 10/23/10 8:32 AM, *e#c wrote:

On Oct 22, 11:09 pm, "Dr. Dr. Dr. Karen Grear, MD, PhD, STD"

I wish I knew how to hide my ISP number, heck, I don't even know
what an
ISP number is.

--
Dr. Dr. Dr. Karen Grear

I call bull****.

Here's a revolutionary thought: why not just ignore these assholes
to
the degree possible, and just let them continue to **** on
rec.boats and
give each other handjobs? You wouldn't associate with trash like
loogy,
ingerfool, flajim, et cetera, in in real life...why do so here?

--
Guns Don't Kill People -- Fundamentalist Religion Kills People!

Unfortunately as ususal, what you say doesn't square up with the
facts.. Look at the posts the last few weeks. You and your crew
bonnie
and slammer have posted dozens of unanswered attacks and insults a
day... So it's us that has been ignoring you, and of course that's
what ****es you off the most...


It takes two or more to tango. If everyone stopped with the
snarlyness
(is that a word?), this might be a much better place.

Can't be done. Harry and Don have to keep **** stirred up to cover up
the lies they spread.

Hey, why not give it a try? What do you have to lose?

Whomever the spoofer is that you're responding to, has made it his
vocation to be a flaming asshole. The content or context of Harry and
Don's postings have nothing to do with whether he responds or posts
stupid insults.

He's the worst offender here and has been for months.


Maybe he'll stop if no one plays with him. If he doesn't stop, then he's
outed himself as someone who isn't worth much.

Uh, "the one" won't stop. Last time we had a successful boycott, he went
completely off the hook posting over 100 troll posts a day, attacking
every post and poster here.. When we held our powder, he went crazier
and started crossposting to really weird groups and trolling them, the
place was a frekin' mess for a while there. Either way, it actually
worked so "he" started playing nice, just long enough to get three of
our more regular posters to "give him a chance". The "peace" lasted
almost 24 hours before he started in again.

The boycott was actually successful aside from the damage he did,
especially with the crossposters. The next defensive move was the
spoofing, and quite frankly, I filter all the variations of him and the
spoofers so it works for me, just fine...

There is one more, even more vial and vulgar, you picked up on him the
other day, but he will come and go. At the time it seems, most of us are
ignoring them again so you will get a taste. The other three of their
"crew" seem to be holding their powder for now, and it's kinda' nice to
be able to post without being accused of, well, just about anything you
can think of. Just know, this is not the first time this type of thing
has been tried, and you are not the first green horn to come here and
try to tame us;) But put on your flame proof undies and stick around for
a while, we can always use one more sane voice;)

--
Rowdy Mouse Racing - Pick your head up kid, life is not about this
corner, it's about the next one!

If your little boycott was so successful, why not slither 'over there' for
an extended period to help out the newsgroup?

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On Oct 24, 6:14*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
In article ,
says...





On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:30:06 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:34:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Oct 24, 8:20*am, John H wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Oct 24, 7:57*am, "Paul@BYC" wrote:

A discussion about "chain rodes rip out cleats" would be on topic and
possibly very funny!

Probably , that is as long as it's someone else's boat.

Good mornin', Tim.

I'm off to get my boat. Sandy and I are going up to the Georgetown Starbucks for
a cup of coffee.

Have a spectacular day!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Have fun, John.!

Well, this is what I get for a fast decision to go boating. Usually I pick the
boat up the night before and check the battery, etc. Today I just hooked up the
boat, drove to the ramp north of the airport, launched the boat, and hit the
starter.....nothing. ****!!!

So, I'm back home, battery is on the charger, and we're waiting for it to get
charged. Hell, even the hot shot didn't have enough juice to crank
the engine.

Oh well, live and learn - not to take shortcuts.

I have had a few of those hot shot things, cheap and expensive, none of
which has ever started anything for me...

This wasn't a cheap one, that's for sure. I should have plugged it in last
night. But, the gauge said it was 'ready'. Maybe it was ready for a battery at
75%, but not mine!

Like I said, I have had good ones too, they just aren't worth it. Now I
have twenty foot jumper cables, good soft ones. But of course they still
might not reach the boat. But did you consider taking the battery out of
the tow vehicle and jumping the boat?

--
Rowdy Mouse Racing - Pain is temporary, Glory is forever!


Ont he other hand, I know a guy that swears by his. But I too have had
a couple and I'd say they're better than nothing, but that's not
really saying anything.

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:23:35 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:14:41 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:30:06 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:34:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Oct 24, 8:20*am, John H wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
On Oct 24, 7:57*am, "Paul@BYC" wrote:

A discussion about "chain rodes rip out cleats" would be on topic and
possibly very funny!

Probably , that is as long as it's someone else's boat.

Good mornin', Tim.

I'm off to get my boat. Sandy and I are going up to the Georgetown Starbucks for
a cup of coffee.

Have a spectacular day!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.


Have fun, John.!

Well, this is what I get for a fast decision to go boating. Usually I pick the
boat up the night before and check the battery, etc. Today I just hooked up the
boat, drove to the ramp north of the airport, launched the boat, and hit the
starter.....nothing. ****!!!

So, I'm back home, battery is on the charger, and we're waiting for it to get
charged. Hell, even the hot shot didn't have enough juice to crank
the engine.

Oh well, live and learn - not to take shortcuts.

I have had a few of those hot shot things, cheap and expensive, none of
which has ever started anything for me...

This wasn't a cheap one, that's for sure. I should have plugged it in last
night. But, the gauge said it was 'ready'. Maybe it was ready for a battery at
75%, but not mine!

Like I said, I have had good ones too, they just aren't worth it. Now I
have twenty foot jumper cables, good soft ones. But of course they still
might not reach the boat. But did you consider taking the battery out of
the tow vehicle and jumping the boat?

I carry jumpers and asked a guy in a new bass boat to give me a jump. He didn't
know if he could, 'cause he didn't know where the battery was. Well, we found
the battery and hooked up the cables. I then asked him to rev the engine up a
little. He said he couldn't because the boat would start going forward. So I
showed him how to take it out of gear and rev the engine. (At that point he said
he should read the book!)

Anyway, even with the cables connected and the engine at about 1500 rpm, mine
would still not turn over. I'm tellin' ya, my battery was dead. That's D-E-A-D!

Sounds like you might have a "sulfated" battery. One or more of the
cells could be snookered from getting so dead. Even if is seems to take
a full charge, which it might not, take it and have a cranking/charging
test done on it at a local parts store before putting it back in the
boat. Napa or Acme should be able to do it for free. One bad cell
(sulfated) means your battery only has a bit over 10 volts to work with,
most starters won't work much under that...

Yeah, I'll be checking it out. It was only a few months old, and the charger did
it's thing. It's reading 13.3 volts now. Today it goes to the shop for
winterization, lower unit service, and shrink wrapping. The shrink wrap is
dependant on whether or not I can tow it at highway speeds while wrapped. I may
have to find a more local guy.
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:05:01 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Oct 24, 7:31*pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"John H" *wrote in message

...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:25:09 -0400, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:



On 10/24/2010 7:05 PM, John H wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:30:06 -0400, I am

wrote:

In ,
says...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:34:14 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Oct 24, 8:20 am, John *wrote:
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:14:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Oct 24, 7:57 am, *wrote:

A discussion about "chain rodes rip out cleats" would be on topic
and
possibly very funny!

Probably , that is as long as it's someone else's boat.

Good mornin', Tim.

I'm off to get my boat. Sandy and I are going up to the Georgetown
Starbucks for
a cup of coffee.

Have a spectacular day!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Have fun, John.!

Well, this is what I get for a fast decision to go boating. Usually I
pick the
boat up the night before and check the battery, etc. Today I just
hooked up the
boat, drove to the ramp north of the airport, launched the boat, and
hit the
starter.....nothing. ****!!!

So, I'm back home, battery is on the charger, and we're waiting for it
to get
charged. Hell, even the hot shot didn't have enough juice to crank the
engine.

Oh well, live and learn - not to take shortcuts.

I have had a few of those hot shot things, cheap and expensive, none of
which has ever started anything for me...

This wasn't a cheap one, that's for sure. I should have plugged it in
last
night. But, the gauge said it was 'ready'. Maybe it was ready for a
battery at
75%, but not mine!

Can you find a spot for a second battery? I am under the impression you
have only one.

I have very little room under the CC. Here's my boat:

http://www.keywestboatsinc.com/boats/show/id/6

Not the biggest thing in the world. Besides, it was my fault for not turning
the
switch off. Hell, I could've had two dead batteries!
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

Run the switch on one battery and use a combiner to charge the 2nd battery.
And your boat has as an option a 2nd battery switch and wiring, so ask the
maker where they put number 2 battery.

Nice looking rig, Bill.

Thanks, Freddy Kadiddlelhopper.
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:35:47 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:04:11 -0400, John H
wrote:

Actually, my wife has more sense than to get into the boat before I've got the
engine running. This isn't the first time we've hit the beach with a dead
battery.

Pilots and co-pilots have this little ritual of doing a preflight
checklist of important things before takeoff. Maybe Mrs H would be
willing to take ownership of something like that since wives seem to
always take interest in "honey do" lists.

See, and here I'm thinking she owns too much already! Trust me, without my
saying a word, I'll be asked every time we go out, "Is the battery all charged
up, sweetie?" (Underneath will be a tone that says, "You dumb ****!"
--
John H

All decisions are the result of binary thinking.

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On 10/25/10 7:51 AM, John H wrote:


Yeah, I'll be checking it out. It was only a few months old, and the charger did
it's thing. It's reading 13.3 volts now. Today it goes to the shop for
winterization, lower unit service, and shrink wrapping. The shrink wrap is
dependant on whether or not I can tow it at highway speeds while wrapped. I may
have to find a more local guy.


If the shrink wrap is done properly, you can tow at highway speeds.

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YukonBound wrote:

slither


So who's still hurling insults? Not me!