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Thanks. The wheel came off a Triton. We used to be a dealer for them and they were often removed for a different style wheel. So we have a pile of them laying around. Thanks everyone for the kind words. It has been a long time since I started this project and I sure am glad it is just about...

I snuck up under the shrink wrap and got a few better pics of the helm. I think it turned out pretty good from what it was before.

Here are a couple vidios I took while under way.

OK so it's been a while since I've updated this thread. Last winter kinda got screwed up thanks to Sandy. So nothing really got done to the boat. This winter I was Hell bent to get 'er done. I finished filling and fairing everything on the topsides. Shot everything in primer. More sanding,then...

Are you pretty much working on it every day over at Hinckley? I'm not doing anything this week and would love to stop by and check it out.

I have a 225 Opti on my boat. It is a little louder than the carbed 150 Yamaha I used to have. But it actually gets better fuel economy. I only get a puff of smoke when getting up on plane after a lot of idle speed. If you already have most of the rigging than the HPDI is the way to go. A lot of...

Wow man that's a clean hull. I used a gulper pump instead of a macerator for my fish box. It's going on 4 years old and pulls a better prime than the macerator pump did. Are you gonna do a t-top? I know you were talking about a 200 hpdi but did you ever consider an optimax? I just rigged a 150...

Nice! Those slips are a little tricky with the tide running. But well worth the money.

With the weight of the big Opti out back my boat was slow to drain any water on deck. Moving the batteries up front put her right back in balance. I used the now empty spot in the back to mount a milk crate so I can keep all kinds of extra fluids,cleaners,prop wrench,etc.

I went outside and took some pics. Luckily the boat is shrink wrapped and I can still get in. The wiring is a little messy because it was all moved around when I moved the batteries. And I wanted to get out to Tice's. Hope this helps.

I moved my batteries to my cuddy this past summer. Next chance I get I will get some pics. You're gonna need some heavy wire. At least 2ga to go directly to the motor.

We got about 9" of snow on Thursday night.When I woke up this morning it was -2. No wind chill, just -2.

Yeah she is a trooper. We were supposed to go to the Tice's get together the following day. But I ended up going solo. She was back out the following weekend. This past Sept. we launched in the Highlands and went up the Hudson to Kingston NY. It was a nice long trip and no waves. So all I have...

It was without a doubt the worst conditions I had ever been in with my V. I don't mind so much being out in that stuff when I'm by myself. But having my wife out there made it whole different level of nervousness. Being that far from land and the depths of the water. If something bad happened it...

Don't do it man. If it ain't broke don't fix it. If the top of the transom is good just let it go. Unless you have somewhere indoors to work on it doing a transom outside during the winter would suck. It would be really bad to miss a season of fishing.

Destroyer, I'm not trying to pick apart your post. I have used the Powerwinch and the LD winches before. And for my personal use they were insufficient. Slow,noisey and expensive. For the occasional recreational use they are fine. In my opinion I have found the vehicle winches to be better. I...

I have the made in China winches on my trailer. They have been used and abused literally hundreds of times over the past few years. Especially with Sandy clean up. They are 9000 lb truck winches with a dedicated battery mounted on the trailer charged by the truck thru a quick connect. That is...

My worst day out on my V would have to be the day my wife and I launched in Cape May and ran across to Lewes De. Everything was great on the way there. Seas were calm,sunny,warm etc. We drove around in Lewes ate lunch. Then I noticed it got windy and it started to rain. So we headed back to the...

I want to replace my transom mount transducer with a tilted element,(so it doesn't kick up at speed). Replace my transom drain tubes. Compound/wax,clean etc.

Don't sweat the canal. It's really only bad on the weekends. Even then if you go through there with a little bow up attitude you will have no problem. I only took one wave over the bow of my V and it's because I was letting my daughter drive and she went into a wave at almost idle speed which...