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All I can find around is 3/4" and I'd rather have full thickness than laminate two sheets together.

I will say that adding a second battery to my starboard lazarette was an interesting endeavor. I had my kicker on the same side and moved it port, so the boat is more balanced now (slightly heavy on the battery side), but with more weight in the stern (and the kicker farther aft than it was)...

You can still accomplish a pretty good analysis with what you have. Just pick a nice calm day and do your WOT tests. It doesn't really matter how fast you are going at WOT, just that you are at WOT and not over or under revving. This will change with altitude and load, so it's important to...

This. If you can. Some boats have stuff in the way. You don't want guides to hold your boat in place, that's for getting it lined up as you approach to load your boat from the water to the trailer. Don't tie your boat to the guides if you do. Your boat should not shift side to side. You...

Thanks Harvey! I'll add that the boat came with this name, and being superstitious, did not change it, although we considered it. I'm glad we kept it. In general I don't like to rename boats or dogs older than two.

No C in my boat name and it works great. I like that it's a Tlingit word (though I'm on team Eyak), and that may be something that appeals to you in your region. It refers to a legend where a creature that's half man/half river otter sheds their otter skin and lures the unwitting into the...

Another thought is that you might want to confirm that your tach is reading properly. They can be off by a enough to make a difference. It's an easy enough thing to do with a timing light, easier with a mechanic and some $. But since I looked at your post again, for comparison, I have a 1993...

How is it propped? Not knowing the redline RPM or the fuel consumption curve on the motor it's hard to say what is going on and if it's good, but go to: http://www.boat-fuel-economy.com/yamaha ... us-gallons you will see that you should be using about 4.70gph at 4500rpm, and that would put...

Yup, that's the spot.

Here is the DIDSON sonar that provides realtime imagery like the Panoptix does, although you'll see that the quality on the DIDSON is phenomenal showing fish clearly, as opposed to "blobs." Not to belabor the point, but this is the kind of imagery we will have on our boats within 10 years or...

Here is a youtube clip with panoptix sonar demoing against a clear video time synced. If you watch to the end you will see the forward looking sonar being used on a boat slowly moving forward. They are going over pretty flat ground, but there are other videos you can search for that show more...

Previously I liked to fasten my bilge pumps to a thin piece of aluminum which I would secure to the hull with 4200 for a hole-free install. Since I added a sump to the area just behind my bulkhead (where many pumps are located) and have a second pump in my transom sump, I now put them on a...

The tendency of the CDory 22 to roll as weight shifts in the boat is inherent. Conventional trim tabs do a very good job at getting a boat that isn't quite balanced to ride flat, as well as give you control of the pitch of your bow underway. It would seem that the Zipwake trim tabs you found...

I haven't had much experience, however I've used Interphase, which I believe Garmin now owns. I'm guessing some lineage from that gear is in Panoptix. A few commercial fishermen have used this gear and from what they have told me, when they are going slowly they can resolve the bottom in...

Here is an interesting article that exclaims some of the now widely available features on some fairly modest plotter/sounders. http://www.sportfishingmag.com/live-son ... shing-maps It basically uses consumer grade sidescan sonar (pretty awesome) to generate high resolution maps of inshore...

I think if I were in Athens and had a month in July I'd road trip to the Great Lakes. I wouldn't want to be any farther south. I'd be tempted to go to Nova Scotia and check out their lakes. If you could trade it for a more temperate time of year, I think I'd drive across Texas and head into...

I do not, I only advocate having and understanding how to use a trailer brake controller, especially if traveling on grades or long highway trips. keeping your foot on the gas and a slight nudge of the brakes can steady everything when an 18 wheeler blows by you and gets your trailer swaying...

Because I haven't seen it yet I'll mention a point that may be slightly off topic, but a BIG advantage if you use a tow vehicle with plenty of pulling power and not as much stopping or "tail wagging" power. Equip your tow vehicle with a brake controller in these situations. I have brought...

I own a Gen 2 xterra and tow my 22 with it regularly, as well as a chevy silverado 1500. The xterra is a nicer, newer truck, but the silverado is a vastly better tow vehicle. If I were to have to stop quickly on the highway I know I'd rather be in the pickup. I tow boats with all kinds of...