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Last days of summer
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. |
Last days of summer
Hank© wrote:
On 9/19/2013 7:27 PM, John H wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:42:04 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote: I think Hanky is hallucinating. He's the one who mentioned I might damage my "bellows"?? Maybe he was just trying to be helpful, and forgot you had an outboard and not a stern drive. Why such antisocial behavior for his post? Krause sets the standard for Donnie's behavior. Need I say more? He obviously controls him. |
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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. -------------------------------- Doesn't he have an outboard? What bellow? You too? -------------------------- 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. |
Last days of summer
On Thursday, 19 September 2013 23:00:31 UTC-3, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:22:47 -0400, Hank© wrote: On 9/19/2013 6:30 PM, True North wrote: What bellow? Oops. Disreguard. I forgot you had one of those mix-masters. Hey he has an EFI 4 stroke. That runs like a sewing machine. The gear noise from the lower unit is louder than the engine. ....and that is appreciated when I'm flushing my engine in the driveway after sal****er use. |
Last days of summer
On Thursday, 19 September 2013 22:55:14 UTC-3, Earl wrote:
Hank© wrote: He has an outboard. No need for a trim gauge. Site and sound are all you need. "site"?? What "site" are you babbling about EarlyBird? |
Last days of summer
On Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:06:27 PM UTC-5, True North wrote:
Took the Legend Excalibur out to Grand lake today for some late summer boating. Very refreshing and nice post, Don. I'm glad you're having fun with the boat. Enjoy it while you can! |
Last days of summer
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:50:59 -0400, 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. -------------------------------- Doesn't he have an outboard? What bellow? You too? -------------------------- 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. It's very hard to turn around check your trim with an outboard. -- John H. Hope you're having a great day! |
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