On 8/3/13 5:02 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:48:36 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wouldn't presume to tell someone, as you did, that his 16' boat had no
business going out on a bay which with he was familiar.

Please show me where I said that. It didn't happen.

You apparently
have no recent experience on small boats

Only about 2 or 300 miles or so over the last 6 months in a 12 ft
inflatable dinghy, a few times in 6 to 8 ft seas.


There's no doubt you're the greatest boater ever, oh W'hine of Oz.

I feel I know our local conditions good enough to know when to go out into exposed parts of local bays and harbour.
If anything I tend to err on the side of caution.
I don't enjoy long slow passages riding up over side of a swell or wave and down the other.
Even in a larger boat I tend to get seasick if tossed around too much.
Actually, owning a small boat probably limits me from going out in questionable circumstances that I might take a chance on in a 20 footer and regret later. Also saves me from the wife's wrath...she wants it as calm as a mill pond. ;-)

On 8/3/2013 6:45 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/3/13 5:02 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:48:36 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I wouldn't presume to tell someone, as you did, that his 16' boat had no
business going out on a bay which with he was familiar.

Please show me where I said that. It didn't happen.

You apparently
have no recent experience on small boats

Only about 2 or 300 miles or so over the last 6 months in a 12 ft
inflatable dinghy, a few times in 6 to 8 ft seas.


There's no doubt you're the greatest boater ever, oh W'hine of Oz.


It's comments like that that keep us coming back to **** on you.

"True North" wrote in message
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I feel I know our local conditions good enough to know when to go out
into exposed parts of local bays and harbour.
If anything I tend to err on the side of caution.
I don't enjoy long slow passages riding up over side of a swell or
wave and down the other.
Even in a larger boat I tend to get seasick if tossed around too much.
Actually, owning a small boat probably limits me from going out in
questionable circumstances that I might take a chance on in a 20
footer and regret later. Also saves me from the wife's wrath...she
wants it as calm as a mill pond. ;-)

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Nothing wrong with that.

If I haven't been out on a boat for a while I can get queasy feeling
if there's a lot of rolling. I am affected more on large boats than
small ones. I don't really get sea sick and eventually it goes away
and I am fine for the rest of the season.

I'll tell you what works for a lot of people .... ginger snap cookies
.... or anything with some ginger in it.

On 8/3/2013 4:52 PM, John H wrote:
I used to take my 18' fishing boat 20 miles
out into the Atlantic when we lived in NE Florida. There were smaller
boats out there, too.


OH, what a bunch of bull****....


Not even a nuclear submariner on the blue team would say he had more days at sea than you, Harry.
You far surpass everyone at everything - worthwhile or not.

John (Gun Nut) H.

F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/1/13 8:42 AM, 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.


I think the trim gauge may be a waste of money. If you observer the
outboard when you are running on plane and adjust the trim, you can
usually tell by sight and sound (and speed abd tach and whether the
bow is up or down or whether the boat is running on its optimum
plane.} Unless the gauge and sender are cheap, maybe you can do
without them.
I ALWAYS observer the outboard abd tach, tax cheat.

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.

See if they offer a "pee cam" with an iPhone app.

True North wrote:
BTW.. when we returned home I got my manual tongue dolly out and was
able to push the rig up & over the gutter/driveway hump by myself. No
need to put the wife in the way of the dollies wheels if she stumbled.
That's ridiculous!

True North wrote:
On Friday, 2 August 2013 17:03:35 UTC-3, John H wrote:
Very good. Most of the advice you've received was free anyway, so why pay attention to it? Hope your

new trim gauge helps you run much more efficiently.



John (Gun Nut) H.

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Don't feel so put off, Johnny.
I listened to all the advice, weighed the options and made a decision.
Blame it on Gfre...
He reminded me of one of the main considerations.. that is boating in shallow waters where the motor is tiled up to avoid striking the propeller while slowly motoring along.
I've come out of those areas a number of times and forget that the motor is slightly tilted up until the bow reaches for the sky.
Which is it, spellchecker? "tiled" or "tilted"?

True North wrote:
On Friday, 2 August 2013 17:03:35 UTC-3, John H wrote:
Very good. Most of the advice you've received was free anyway, so why pay attention to it? Hope your

new trim gauge helps you run much more efficiently.



John (Gun Nut) H.

--
Don't feel so put off, Johnny.
I listened to all the advice, weighed the options and made a decision.
Blame it on Gfre...
He reminded me of one of the main considerations.. that is boating in shallow waters where the motor is tiled up to avoid striking the propeller while slowly motoring along.
I've come out of those areas a number of times and forget that the motor is slightly tilted up until the bow reaches for the sky.
In that case, you are a moron or deaf.