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On thing that you can do fairly easily and cheaply is to hardwire it directly to a portable 12V battery. If the problem persists - it's in the unit, if it goes away, it's someplace between the unit and the battery in the boat.

You don't need internet or cell signal except to initially load maps on the iPad. You do need a cellular capable iPad to get the GPS built-in as the GPS does't come with the non cellular iPad (although it can be added with a 3rd party device).

And if the wife didn't want a boat, you could look for both a new boat and a new wife simultaneously - at least that's how some guys might play it.

"Unequivocally' true?!? Not on a Tomcat!

I've fished the Tomcat in the ocean since I bought it - I think my first fishing season with it was 2011. I usually fish out of Neah Bay in late June - early/mid Aug. and Ilwaco there after. We've been every place from 80 miles off at Barkley Canyon to Swiftsure, Blue Dot, and well offshore...

The asymmetrical hull design has some advantages. From the web site of Aspen - "The 28′ C90 weighing in at 7,900 labs. cruises comfortably at 16 mph while only burning a stingy 4.6 gph." I'm not going to get that in my Tomcat. That said, I do get an extra 10MPH on the top end which sometimes...

You can definitely sleep 3 kids in the berth. Also on the port side you can have an extra cushion made that sits on the foot rest and (if you wish) an extension platform that you can fab to fit across the entire aft end of the birth. That allows even tall people to sleep in the berth oriented...

As a bit of a reality check - Trump didn't close down travel from China - he closed down travel to America of Chinese citizens. All of the infected (and uninfected) Americans were welcome to return with no restrictions and no quarantine. So not only was his travel ban ineffective from a public...

I'm not familiar with the SE sport 400 - other than to look at it online but I did put permatrims on my twin Honda 40's when I had a CD 22 and I have permatrims on my twin Honda 130's on my Tomcat. With the permatrims, there is a bit of added drag (after all, one is using the pressure of the...

That's what Mike meant by similar hair styles - not much! :D

Out on the coast, clamming (when it's open) is crazy busy. Thousands drive out to Long Beach, Mocrocks etc when clamming is open there. So I understand why some clamming isn't open. Ditto for the very few halibut days we have each year. Thousands traveling to the coast, ramps and fish...

I have my through hull strainer on the port side sponson. My boat is about 200 miles away so no picture is possible for awhile. With the engines hanging off the bracket, the props are far enough away that the strainer has essentially zero impact on water flow at the prop.

I'd be fine with Zoom for that purpose. I've also thought about hosting a virtual C-Brat get together for those who would like to participate. I've been doing Zoom happy hours with friends for weeks now and its been a nice way to maintain contact.

I love the Friday Harbor gathering because: 1) I love FH 2) I love to catch spot prawns and 3) It's a time I can get to see many C-Brats w/o interrupting my salmon or tuna fishing. I'm all in support of moving it to Sept. but likely won't attend then as both criteria (2) and (3) are not met. I...

My Tomcat on the trailer sits a little higher than 25 on a trailer. With the radar, it's 12'3" to the top of the radar which is mounted on a stand. It would be taller if my radar was on top of a radar arch. If you do plan to put radar on the 25 (and I would recommend that if you plan to boat...

Agreed. The governor specifically called out exercise and mental health as important to maintain. I haven't been boating but if my boat was in the water or if ramps were open, I'd go out without any guilt.

I'm guessing about the same proportion as there is bias in people who need to drill holes in their boats. In either case, I'm still listening to an actual expert.

Marty makes the very good point that the Chinese ultimately contained the virus through measures far more extreme than orders we are under. I find it very strange that some on this site will seek expert opinion for repairing a cored fiberglass but are their own Google experts when it comes to...

The primary "rule" here (where there are no rules) is Just Be Nice. Please consider that in the future.

Well - we're up to 110 deaths as of today in WA state and 2221 confirmed cases. The growth rate of cases in King county is faster that what was observed in Italy and we can expect the number of cases to continue to rise exponentially for at least the next several weeks. So this is NOT just a...