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    How can I transport the 6 hp outboard for my Porta Bote

    I am hesitant to trailer my 12 foot Porta Bote with an outboard on it, even if it comes in at the maximum 50 some pounds. Does not seem the transom could stand the stress. I saw one system, in a photo, where someone had rigged a system where the little outboard seemed on a stand that was...
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    Trailer for my 12 foot Porta Bote

    OK. I know the big selling point of Prota Bote is that it is "trailerless" but I am getting to point where I want a boat trailer for my 12 footer, as an option, if I leave it set up. Should I just get some standard, aluminum, bed trailer? or roller? Seems like it is so light I could use a bed...
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    Comfortable seat for 12 foot Porta Boat

    I have a 12 foot Porta Bote. Have read a little about folks who devise a pedestal seat with a quick release of some type (e.g. Release-A-Seat review on Cableas. But I can't quite conceptualize exactly what I should be buying and doing here. My son, in particular, has a bad back and avoids the...
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    LCX-19C sonar problems

    Past 80 to 100 foot depths the digital depth starts to flash, the bottom echo looks faint, the automatic depth tracking ceases to function. The position of the transducer looks OK. Only other clue is that sometimes, even in shallow water, the digital depth number starts to flash and it seems...
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    Installing Sub-Troll 900. What exactly is "water ground" or "boa

    Got a Sub-Troll 900 today and instructins make a big deal out of connecting the black lead back to "both the boat's ground system and the Negative battery terminal...the electrical current must be returned back to a water ground to complete the circuit". <br />Practically speaking, if I hook it...
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    Installing Sub-Troll 900 on Lund Pro V 1775

    I'd like to buy a Sub-Troll 900 before I head over to Lake Michigan this summer for salmon. I have a 2 yo Lund Pro V 1775 which has a fuse box with several "accessory" slots, which I imagine means I could add the Sub-Troll. I am a little hesitant to start taking the console apart to get at the...
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    Location of GPS antenna

    I am having my local boat dealer install my GPS antenna (part of a combo Lowrance LCX 19c) and he suggested putting it on the "dash" of the driver's console on a 17 foot aluminum boat, between the LCX monitor and a VHF radio, behind a windshield (Lund Pro V 1775).<br />Is this going to work OK...
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    What to do with my old Garmin GPS 75 ?

    My first GPS was a Garmin 75 May 1995. Turned it on last week and after about 30 minutes of "searching the sky" (too long even for this 8-channel sequential receiver) the screen went blank. It was as if it had been turned off. Power supply was fine (12 volt car adaptor) I tried turning it...
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    Now, on to Marine Band radios

    Now that the Forum helped me buy Sonar/GPS I turn to getting a marine band radio for my soon to arrive boat. The last one I bought, 10 + years ago, was manual (no scan), not portable, not waterproof, used a tall mast (12 feet?). <br />I primarily use this on Lake Michigan out salmon fishing...
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    Report on Sonar/GPS purchase

    I really appreciated the help of the Forum in response to my January 4 questions on sonars & GPS units. <br />I just ordered a Lowrance LCX 19C dual frequency unit with GPS / Mapping. I learned alot in the past month. Thanks those of you who added to the Forum thread.
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    Locating the right locator

    Having decided to focus my search for new electronics to Lowrance I now find an incredible array of options. LCXs, LMSs.... I get tired thinking about how to crunch all this so need some input.<br />I basically need dual frequency and I need feature that plots surface temps over the last 10...
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    GPS & Sonar - combined or seperate units?

    I need to buy a new sonar & wonder if I should get a combo Sonar/GPS. I have a decent simple GPS unit (no maps etc)I can mount on past boat.<br /> <br />Question: Should I consider a combination Sonar / GPS unit? I read about these but can't quite visualize how this would work and if it...
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    Advice on which outboard to buy

    In the next few weeks I plan to order a 2004 Lund Pro V 1775 which is rated for 150 hp. The local dealer I have dealt with for years carries Yamaha, Evinrude & Johnson. <br />Outboards in this general catagory have been changing, especially the Evinrude catagory and I don't know whether to...
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    Installing sonars myself

    I am planning on ordering a Lund ProVee 1775 this fall. It will likely come sometime during the winter. I would ideally want to pick out all electronics and have the dealer install them, have the boat cover fashioner around all my electronics, rod holders etc BUT I would like to spend the...
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    "Oil Low" warning beep won't shut off!

    Fished with my son-in-law this week end. He has a 70 hp Mercury approx 1997. Engine began emiting a "beep" approximately every second. Sounds like the noise our garbage truck makes when it is backing up. The manual clearly says that this means low oil so and the reservoir was low so he did...
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