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  1. VanIsle10

    Help set me up for boat camping success

    We just got back from 2 nights of boat camping on Hornby. We tied up at Fords Cove as opposed to anchoring in Tribune, it was blowing from the south all weekend and there is no real protection in Tribune from that, we also had our mountain bikes so offloading them at dock is much preferred. We...
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    Garmin Steadycast Heading Sensor

    We have one on our boat for radar overlay and it works well. The mounting location and setup calibration are important for accuracy.
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    Boats on Used Victoria and Other Areas

    Podded with twins https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1404256120321886/?mibextid=6ojiHh
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    VHS Antena & Mount

    Hi Derby, I’ll take this. I can pm you about arranging a pick up.
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    Rod storage ideas in cuddy

    Got these off of Amazon and have been happy with them installed in the cuddy. https://www.dubrofishing.com/products/rod-holders?variant=20443719173
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    What Did You Do To Your Boat This Week?

    I think the transoms were XL plywood until about 2002, then they switched to composite in 2003. The stringers have always been composite I believe.
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    Twins or single outboard

    Went through a similar conundrum a couple years ago, opted for twin Suzuki 140’s and couldn’t be happier with the decision. The up front cost was not much different, the maintenance cost has been similar to previous boats with a main and kicker and the fuel burn is still very economical. The...
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    Mono Leaders Vs Florocarbon Leaders

    I use braid from my Hali reels which is usually 80 or 100lb test and I find the abrasion reactance at that pound test to be good.
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    Mono Leaders Vs Florocarbon Leaders

    I’ve been tying my bait rigs with braided line to the stinger hook for a number of years after breaking off numerous stinger hooks. The stinger always seemed to break in the net after landing fish and I was constantly swapping leaders. This methods is more durable for me and gets the gear back...
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    Halibut/ground fish rod/reel sets SOLD

    Are you making it as far as the island early August ? If so I’d be interested in them.
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    2013 Suzuki DF140

    If you have some water in your racor there could be water in the small fuel filter on the engine causing the alarm to go off.
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    Engines,props, and wide open throttle

    Another reason or advantage for propping twin engine setups near the high end of the recommended range is to get better single engine performance if you ever need to run back in on one engine. You will have a better chance of planing on one motor if you can spin more rpm vs lugging it.
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    My Last Boat Build

    Beauty boat! I did some guiding out of a bridgeview 18cc with a merc 90. Most of the time the boats were running WOT or trolling, the boats didn’t have an rpm gauge. I can’t recall any issues in fleet over multiple years of use. As mentioned it won’t be the most economical but don’t think you...
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    How many of us were or are commercial fisherman

    Dug up a few photos of the trollers @Forbsey10
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    Multi-function display advice

    The shop did the initial set up however I was getting incorrect fuel data, after some investigation I found they plugged the fuel tank sender into the “tank 2” input on the gauge. With the twin set up you can have up to 4 fuel tanks set up, my boat only has 1 tank so after swapping over the fuel...
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    Multi-function display advice

    My Suzuki smg 4 gauges are connected to the fuel sender from the tank so it displays the fuel level based on what the fuel level is at any given time determined from the sender. The fuel on the garmin is set on an amount that I typed in( ie. I set the amount of gallons/ litres on board and it...
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    Multi-function display advice

    Repowered last spring with twin Suzuki’s with mechanical controls. Went with 2 of the the newer Suzuki multifunction SMG4 gauges that replaced all the mech gauges. These gauges have nmea 2k ports that work with my Garmin electronics, allowing engine and fuel data to be displayed on the Garmin...
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    Boat Insurance and Navigational Limits

    Thanks for all the info, I will try talking with them again and see what happens.
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