So Who's Going

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Sunset over Lewes on the way home.

Looks like a great day.

We took our V20 (with new 2004 Yamaha 200EFI) out on Lake Michigan with the family for first time this year. We ran around on the lake in a 1-3 foot chop before retiring to the Galien River for some smooth water cruising. Love the new outboard.

Perch fishing next weekend!

[Seacrets]

Just my $.02. *Relocate your vhf away from your compass. *The magnet in the speaker will give you a false reading. *Lift the radio out of the bracket and move it around and see if your compass stays in one place. *I really like some of the owners flush mounted electronics installs. *Unfortunately there's not alot of space at the helm to mount stuff. *Sounds like you had a successful trip. If you think it's a fuel problem, get a 6 gallon portable tank and run your boat on that fuel as a test. If your oil pump is disconnected, don't forget to premix the gas/oil. *

[Seacrets]

We were able to use our boat 6 days in the last two weeks. We did alot of fishing (redfish and trout) and scouting for scallops. The season starts July 1st.

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Secrets, Thanks for t eadvise on the compass. The compass I have in th epicture is waisted. It's off its axecs ?? I think you call it ?

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Oh yeah, another problem I had was tons of water in the baitwell and in the cuddy. They both have drains in the bottom and again should flow back to the bilge and pump out. But it doesnt. Used a portable bilge in th ebaitwell to get the water out, once the boat started moving, water moved around and the bait well filled up again. Had a good six inches of water in her. So where does all this damm water sit at ??. Still getting water in the cuddy bad when it rains. Hate to install a bilge in the live well and in the cuddy. Looked for a clog over the winter time and still have no luck with it.

[reelapeelin]

Sounds like a good trip overall, but a few ''bugs'' showin' up...I like Seacrets idea of runnin' from a fresh tank to see if fuel probs...other probs don't usually clear themselves up like that...

water in the cuddy well and bait well...w/ plugs out it SHOULD drain to bilge as you say...if it were mine, I'd find a long rod of some kind and feed it thru the transom drain hole...ease it along the bottom of the hull as far as it'll go, it should go all the way to cuddy...maybe you'll clear an obstruction, but as much water as you're describin', you need to get rid of the prob...have a hose ready to flush it out if you do clear anything... ;) ...good luck w/ it...let us know :D ...

[TheTinMan]

Originally Posted by phester

I would have gone out today, but, just like yesterday Long Island, N.Y. is getting socked w/ rain. Actually, the rain let up this AM so it has just been cool and overcast. Of course right now , the sun is trying to break thru as 98% of the weekend is over......Monday is supposed to be nice.....typical

would've, could've, SHOULD'VE! ;D C'mon Phes...overcast and light winds make for great conditions. I went out Sunday afternoon, ran a whopping few hundred yards from the ramp and caught the middle of the flood tide. Had one frozen squid in the freezer at home and was able to bucktail a couple keepers and 1 short. Kept one of the keepers for the table. Probably didn't even burn 2 gallons of gas!!!

Stopped at a farm stand on the way home, picked up some local asparagus and peas. Got home by 6pm, put up the Brown Basmati rice on the stove (takes 45 mins), called a lady friend to come over for dinner, cleaned the boat, filleted the fish, which was still alive, don't get any fresher than that! For perfect cooked fish everytime, I pre-heat the oven to 375 with either a cast iron skillet, coated lightly with olive oil, in the oven while preheating, or I have these 2 smaller casserole dishes that hold 1 fillet perfectly, cook for 12 minutes and comes out perfect everytime! Sauteed an onion to mix with peas, then added both to the brown rice. Sauteed the asparagus. Meal came out AWESOME!

Lady friend offered to do the dishes while I sat on the couch with a full belly! After the dishes were done, got me some desert (if you know what I mean ;) ), 5 minutes later desert was done! :o and she was like ::) Half hour later she was on her way home, I was on the couch on my laptop surfin the forum....Ah, life is GRAND!

Now it's Monday morning, back to the grind:(.....c'mon Friday!:)

[Pipe_Dream]

Hammer, it sounds like what I had last year: a clogged drain line under the fuel tank.

When you have all that water foreward, it should drain through the line under the fuel tank into the stern where your bilge pump can get rid of it, especially under way. But if that line is clogged like mine was, when you get going you'll see it coming up into the baitwell as you described. If you open up your access in the stern, you should be able to see the end of the tube that the water is supposed to drain through. Try a stiff piece of wire, or perhaps a coat hanger, pushing it up into the tube to see if you can unclog it. That may be a quick fix. In my case, there are some old cruddy pieces of floatation that kept clogging it up. We cut a hole into the bottom of the baitwell and installed an access plate. That way you can open it up and have access to the tube from both ends. Hope this helps.

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Tin, Congrads on your desert. Fish all around for ya ;D
PIPE: Yeah man, I thought about doing the same thing, cutting out a section of the bait well. I'm just not sure how it all connects. Like is there a 90 0/0 elbow that attaches to the baitwell, is it attached anyway to th eunderside of teh baitwell. It seems like my baitwell is boxed in on all four sides with support it feels like. So did you put in you access right on th ebottom of the bait well. Any help would be great.
Thanks Man. ;)