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It is a lifetime of "oops" that make us wise men when we are older! Sometimes I wonder how old that is? :D

They look identicle to what I have used in the past. They push on easily, but have never pulled off like you described. Those hooks on the tip of the lugs snap in and have to over come that to remove them.

Can’t speak for the MK one, but the Battery Tender is a very easy twist lock. It is much easier than taking apart the connectors you are using. I have those connectors on all my previous trolling motors, but I called them UPS connectors, for it was the first thing I saw them on. You have to...

Nothing fancy here. We occasionally fish for channel cats and have a piece of scrap laminate flooring for cutting board. Mainly for cut bait, though. PS: I plan to upgrade to a scrap piece of vinyl plank, soon. :D

You must be well inland to have escaped Sandy. My daughter had just moved to NE NJ and lost power for a week. She had to drive to Middletown NY to recharge cell and laptop. Not to mention the nervous parents in upstate that couldn’t reach her.

Batteries large enough to power all that are not going to recharge in two hours of running a generator. At our camp, most people use propane auto switch generators. Currently we do not have any back-up power there. I have looked into some battery back-up for the FIOS and wireless router...

That would be interesting if it works. It seems in recent years the mfgs try to lock you in with FF and trolling motor. Since owning a MG W45, we have gone with two remotes. It was even more important since it was non-gps. I keep spare batteries in the travel case, but usually that is left...

Thx for posting. I see there is a slight delay for the Wi-Fi bridge compared to FF display, but not terrible.

The use of pop rivets for the aluminum patches may create more leaks. They will not seal like a bucking rivet.

Most epoxy coatings can seal seam or rivet leaks but not meant to bridge holes. Most are for applying inside the hull. The outside ones are more for a wear coating. My guess is this boat was left on the ground and partially filled with water, and sat for years. The prior owner did the bondo...

I have never used marinetex in that manor, ie bottom coating. That hull looks pretty bad and suspect you will find more as you go. As much as it hurts, I’d probably sell it for scrap aluminum and find another hull. :(

My understanding is the pagers were tampered with and explosives added. I have drone batteries that have a Bluetooth connection and not concerned one bit.

For fuel remaining, your gas tank size has to be configured and then reset whenever you fill up. Now, even though I have it configured, that is not working on the Yamaha. Simrad says a parameter needs to be changed for Yamaha. It wouldn’t surprise me if Suzuki does as well.

Alternator voltage is output by both the Merc and Yamaha. I did a quick search, and the table I found for Suzuki indicated it does output it. The table went from 40 hp and up though. If your 20hp has a magneto charging system, maybe not. I suspect that you will have config screens to turn...

Our G3/Yamaha only came with a gas gauge and not very accurate at that. Didn’t need a gateway from engine, only to wire up a connector. I went with a standalone display SIMRAD IS35, because my old HB needed an expensive gateway and it was a first generation NMEA2K and not supported anymore. It...

47 hours, barely broken in. :) Do you have a digital compass on your NMEA network or using phone/display device? Is the boost for the optional water pressure sensor?

In some ways, the river takes care of stupid. ;)

SoCal doesn’t have the lock on fools! Plenty to go around in NJ/NYC. Only had two ‘yakers out with us that AM.

It was like that last Friday. It didn’t clear until 9:30. The top water bite was great until the sun burned thru.

If you are only capturing the last 2 foot or so of the rod, look at those golf club protector sleaves. They are black and have a "buldged" end that can nicely hide a not perfect cut hole.