Recent content by colbysmith

Out on Dale Hollow Lake now for two weeks. Just making sure everything works after the winter, and tweaking some upgrades. :)

That's rediculous if you meant to include 4 zeros. When I had mine built for my 25, about 5 years ago, with three bows, it was about $1,000. One less zero. And was made out of Sunbrella. Of course that was just the bimini, no sides or back. I had one done for my 22 about 14 years ago,and...

Oops, meant SMF, not SAC. ;-)

I'll bring a vegetable side dish. Most likely a 3 bean salad if that's ok. Still not sure if Rosanne will be coming along. Keeping my fingers crossed. :-) If she comes, she'll be either flying out of SFO the morning of the 24th, or out of SAC on the 25th. Colby

Looks like a great turnout. I recognize some of them folk! :-) I'm there in spirit with you all. Rosanne is having a great time and staying busy in El Salvador. (She's with a medical mission group "Helping Hands".) I get a Whats App message from her nightly. Took her and two friends to the...

As someone said, it depends on the height of your boat on the trailer. On my 22, I did use two plastic sleeves made to fit over the tilt and trim pistons, and towed with the outboard trimmed up. But nothing between the motor and the trailer. My 25 sits high enough, that unless I'm going over a...

Just some fond memories I have of the trip in 2023. Looking forward to seeing all and doing it again.

Hi John. As the days go by quickly, when will you be coming out with the costs and other specifics for this event. I seem to remember sign up for food as well. Sitting here inside, on a windy and cold day, thinking about summer cruising. That and I'm lookng at a few weeks away from home in...

Just wondering, while here on the subject of brakes. Since several of us with EOH disc brakes have experienced issues with the cheaper calipers, with the rubber boots around the caliper sliding pins disentigrating, and this is for those of us that trailer long mileage, have folks with surge...

What brakes do you currently have? Surge hydraulic? All electric? Drums or disc? Stainless steel? If it's a newer trailer, I'll assume you have surge disc. As Bob and Tom said, it's not that hard to change over to EOH. It's the cost of the actuator, around $1000, and a controller if your...

I have an old Garmin Ac/Pc Adapter, p/n 010-10276-00. Says it's for a GPSMAP 2006 / 2006C. I forget what I used it for, but it wasn't a 2006, so it must work for other stuff as well. Anyone that wants it, can have it. Just let me know and be ready to put the cost of shipping in the Tip Jar...

My 22 came with an EZ-Loader tandem aluminum trailer. Bunks, not rollers. It was a great trailer. I replaced the old trailer my 25 came with, with a Load Rite. Again, tandem axle aluminum. It works well also. My 22 came with surge drum brakes and I replaced them with straight electric drum...

HI Steve, To my knowledge, only the first FOB started, ie the skippers, kills the outboard. And a passenger can restart the boat after a few seconds, so they can come rescue you. The other Fob's that are started after the first one, will only set off a warning horn, but the motor will not...

Hey Harvey. Better late than never. lol. I've had my Fell MOB+ installed now for a season. For the most part I like it. However, occasionally I'll have an issue where the device kills the outboard when I don't want it too. I've got both my main and kicker hooked up through it. Seems like...

John, at 7mph, our boats are starting to plow. I would suggest no more than 5mph maximum for slow speed minimum wake. (1200-1300 rpm). And for no wake, down to about 3-4 mph. (1000rpm).