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Try a big truck parts place. They use big clamps on aircleaner hoses and such.

My mother ,who is pushing 80 had a story the other day. She came from a family of 13 children .When her youngest brother was born 1935 there was such a snowstorm the doctor could not get to their house for 3 days.His birthdate was Apr 15th. This is the souther tier of NY. Town of Lounsberry.Said when the doctor did get there it was only by horse.I guess a storm like that could happen again.

I dont think Hughes has any open sites. They do have a weekend camping area.I think there is a camper on a site for sale there you can call 315 589 2752. I dont know if any docks are available either.

Hauling the burning coal in those trucks must have been a trip. The faster you went the hotter it would burn.So do you go slow or go like hell or quit?It puts a new meaning to the words "I got fired"

http://cargolaw.com/2007nightmare_genoa.html Go get a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage. If your like me you wont be able to leave this site for awhile. So many great pictures here. Insurance brokers ocean shipping disasters plus more.Hope the link works.

I am still having problems with my computer . How ever I can still throw up a couple images of my completed installation.This is one of those fixed brackets I mentioned.Must be mounted back so the motor can tilt foward and not hit back of boat or damage cables,Needs room to turn with those cables back there also. I spent a weekend figureing out a steering link. I wanted one that hooked to the front of the motors that I could just put on and take off easily.Had troubles with the angles. Turning to the right with the kicker so far back it almost made a straight pull on the kicker motor.So I ended up hooking the link to the extreme right hand side of the kicker. I also drilled and tapped the lower housing on the big motor. The circles on photo are steering link hookup points. Steers to the right as well to the left perfictly now. Looking at it now I probably should have taken a picture with the steering link installed.I ran this setup 3 hrs last Sunday. My voltmeter seemd to stay up ok ,It ran well off the autopilot. I had to lengthen the downrigger arm to get it between the motors,Its going to be a pain but it will work. So far Im happy with this setup.Time will tell.

Reeltime You hit the nail on the head.It is a private derby.

I second the ICOM . They also have real good, clear, loud receive quality.

Dual , I run two depthfinders . one to track bottom 200khz and the other zoomed into the range im fishing 50khz.It gives me a big screen to watch. If I was shopping for a new unit I would order a separate transducer to get as wide a cone angle as I could get.

The majic 8 ball is never wrong.

I was going to call Abes today but I lost his PH number. He should know whats going on. No promises Ill be heading up next Thursday morn. If I can find out any more info Ill post it here on the board.

Anyone on the board fishing this? Im in but know little about it. Wildman talked me into it.

April fools

Hermit ,same place at 8am.

Ray its .34 cents, But as long as your buying the beer I wont complain.

Mark it was" Plexus" That I used . I know you don't want to get any sunscreen on the clear stuff either. I would try hot water pressure washer with just hot water ,no chemicals then if that didn't work gradually move to harsher stuff.

As you know I just did a dual battery,dual engine setup. In my search for info.I came across this outfit and sent for their catalog.Their catalog has most all the wiring configuration w/schematics. Also high quality bus bars ,breakers fuses ,switch panels. It explains how to setup DC distribution systems. You cant order out of their catalog you have to go to a dealer. But you can figure out exactly what you want before you go. The catalog is free and its about 130 pages of good info. Here is their site, but you have to fill out the info to get their catalog . Its worth your time. www.bluesea.com

Im in for $9 .63 . But I think you should wait till after the derby. Before you put the name on the trophy.

Email me the picture Ill change it to jpg for you then email it back. [email protected]

I switched to 12 last yr from always running 17. I bought a 1lb spool of 12 and I hope to use it up this yr. Then Im going back to 17. 12 just isnt strong enough if you snag bottom. Never noticed a catchrate difference in the two lines. Im probably in the minority here but Im not at all happy with florocarbon.In my experience it becomes brittle after a big fish gives it a good stretch and breaks on the next one. If the browns are there and they are on the bite speed and color are much more important.

I know the "no Promoses" boat so thats why I added the -15 for charter capts,after thinking about it I should have made it +15 points.Just kidding . Shawn you are welcome.

These are my experiences with kicker motors. W/ why I did the last one like I did. My last boat I installed a kicker with one of those sprink loaded kick up brackets. All I ever did was fight the bracket .Those kicker motors get heavy towards the end of the day. Plus I didnt dare transport it down the highway with the motor on the bracket. One more thing to mess with.Also I let a buddy of mine use my boat and he cut a fingertip off in that stupid bracket. I also think those easy steer arms that mount on the rear off the motors turned into a big pain also. I had to constantly adjust it. It would fall apart at the worst times.This time I got a front mount bracket from Yamaha. So hopefully that problems fixed. As far as how much horsepower you need from everything Ive read your just not going to get much speed unless you can get your boat up on plane. This time I installed a FIXED BRACKET . Its all alumium and powdercoated. You bolt it to the back of the boat and your done. A mule couldnt pull it off. I bought it from a place on the left coast.Around 300 bucks delivered to my door.I also bought a motor with power trim. I bought a yamaha mainly because my main motor was a Yamaha.The motor is set back aways from the back of the boat to allow the motor to tilt forward. I set mine up for remote control with a regular ole Yamaha control box. My autopilot controls the kicker off the steering link from my main motor. Wireing was probably the biggest nightmare. But I finally got it squared away.I run a dual battery, dual engine,With a perco 3 postion battery switch.If interesed Ill tell you how I did it. Ive been thinking about this kicker project a couple years ,mainly for brn trout fishing.I like to get in close. Run the boards in where the waves are breaking.Now I wont have to worry so much about the big rocks.I also think gas is going to get crazier than it already is.

Glad you learned . Your a good guy to have on board. After getting home last night and thinking about it. We probably should have switched to suttons and cowbellpeanuts. With the water so cold the fishes metabolism has probably slowed down and they just werent interested in chaseing stuff wizzin by.Its a ways off but we will have to see what next weekend brings may have to give er another shot. Goin slow.