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    Auto pilot

    in This Old Boat

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    It’s a tough call, most auto pilots aren’t for mechanical steering. I think octopus makes a unit that turns the wheel however does not provide the actual auto pilot functionality. I had this issue a couple of years ago with a old inboard (32 Silverton) I have, either go to hydraulic, which is a fortune, or figure something out. I ended up buying a used Raymarine Sportpilot. This doesn’t work great  however it does keep me straight on most days as long as I’m not trying to fight the waves or wind and was $600 instead of 3-4 thousand. 

    318 crusader oil pressure

    in This Old Boat

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    On my starboard engine, which has never been rebuild after 41 years, when I run for 4-5 hours my oil pressure will very gradually drop from 45 to 30. I go into the engine and add a half a cup of oil and i am all set for another 2 days. Is this something that is fixable or on 40 year old engines is this a quirky thing that I deal with.

     

    things I’ve already fixed:

     

    1. Small oil leak in two different spots 

    2. Valve cover caps replaced 

     

    could it it just be a worn out oil pump? Or should I be using 10w-30 oil instead of 10w-40?

    MY LOC out of Rochester

    in New York Fishing Reports - Lake Ontario (South Shore)

    Posted · Edited by jth21usa

    One of my main goals this year is to place a fish in the LOC derby , thank goodness I still have the Summer and Fall Derby's because it doesn't look like Spring is happening.
     
    Wednesday, started inside coming from the river heading to Braddock's,I saw a whole bunch of boats and my inner dialog said "that seems a good place to start, those boats look expensive, they must know where the fish are". So we set up in 35 feet of water, a spoon heavy program, spoons on all three riggers, spoon going to the copper down the shoot, and a couple of stick baits on the planner boards. Now I own planner boards, I use planner boards, however I have a sneaking suspicion that the world is playing a planner board prank on me. I never, ever catch fish on planner boards, actually I very really ever catch fish in under 70 feet of water, however the boats around me were really expensive and running planner boards. so half waiting for Austin Kutcher to jump out of the cabin and telling me I'm punked, the planner boards are in (I agree that is pretty mint early 2000's MTV reference).
     
    Ok then the action starts, first we get a hit on the copper, three cranks and its gone. Then the left downrigger goes off, then the right, holy crap at the same time, this is going to be the best day ever, drinking beer, catching fish, hanging out, just awesome. Well the right hit a dipsy line and was cut and the left never made it to the boat. So being the expert angler I am I decided to run over that same spot, for 2 hours with nothing else happening. So we headed North.
     
    Once at a 100 feet and outside of Braddock we accidentally caught a 7 pound Laker on meat. This fish didn't fight that hard, mostly because we didn't realize it was on the line and was pulled up in a routine line check by the downrigger, however one is in the books and we didn't get skunked. This is when we gave the boat the nickname "The Clown Show". We did end up catching a 12 pound king a couple of minutes later and lost two more. So the moral of the story is, I have no problem finding fish, however I'm awful at catching them.
     
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    Fihing report May 2019 .jpg

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    WANTED - Fishing/Cruiser Boat

    in Classifieds - Buy, Sell, Trade or Rent

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    I went through a very similar process last year and ended up with a 32 Silverton Flybridge. Couple of things I’ve learned over the last 5 boats:

     

    1. $25k boats have the same problems as $15k boat only the technology is much easier to work with on a $15k boat, usually no fuel injection or computers. My current boat is as easy to fix as a riding lawn mower

     

    2. I get lower gph on 2 small blocks than I did I one large block, no idea why. 

     

    3. The most important thing to look for when buying a boat is how much the previous owner loved it.

     

    4. Old boats with low hours can be a problem

     

    Hopefully this helps

     

    Justin

     

    Cant Catch a Fish On Dipsey

    in Tackle and Techniques

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    From a depth perspective I usually will run a mag and standard at 250 feet into shore until they hit bottom. If the mag hits bottom in 80 feet of water then I’ll run 300 to get it down 100. I think people are too concerned if they are running at 80 or 85 feet. My 2 cents are it doesn’t need to be that specific.

     

     

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