Hi Cal - Tell us a bit more. What is the depth sounder powered from? Is the motor power entirely separate? Do they share a common ground? If so, at how many paces? Bob

Hi group, Now that John has moved the fall messabout to the last weekend of this month, I guess I should post a little info about what I envision it to be. First off, I checked with the marina folks

Sounds as if Wes and I are meeting for coots lunch at 4 Spirits Distillery north of Corvallis airport tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 pm. Maybe others will join us ?! Paul

I have discovered part of the secret to weather control on the Oregon coast. I can now summon wind, in copious amounts carrying an equally copious amount and variety of dead leaves, AND can produce

Hi Cal, Electrical noise issues are more frequently grounding deficiencies rather than the cabling. Your depth sounder transducer cable should be shielded to prevent noise impression on the signal,

Just got some adhesive tape-like stuff. It's called MWRF conductive tape, and is used to stop RF noise. It shields the 40 - 100db, ( 10MHz - 3GHz ) wavelengths from interference. That might help

Bobbing around for me too, Surprise and I are going for a trial spin, as of now I think Richardson is my best bet. Gonna do this before it gets too hot, although we have always had shade in the

The electric motors I have seen all look cloned, made in China of course. We in the US probably would have a tough time actually making what we consume, with our little bitty market share, compared

I'll be in Port Townsend this Thursday. At lunch time I'll be bobbing around in the bay waiting to be let into the Point Hudson marina and waiting to be shown to Lazy Jack's home for the weekend.

Make sure you have something ready for Fern Ridge by the Spring Messabout, at least. The weekend before Memorial Day. I hope it works out that we can have the Triton YC Dinghy Dash end there again

I would tend to agree. Familiarity with such may not happen for me this year. I really don't have anything completely ready to take over there right now.

A motor doesn't care where the prop shaft is, end wise it's just a spinning rod. However on planes it hits By design and with luck, only clean air. The motors in pod housings have to shove aside

The Circumfern cocktail party, marching band, etc. are before the sailing, starting at 6:30. With sunset and moonrise about 7:30 they'll get a good head start before hoisting sails. The A dockers at

For over 30 years electric pod motors, like giant trolling motors, have been powering icebreakers, freighters and, mostly, cruise ships, in salt water. Except for the much publicized bearing troubles

Sounds like a hoot. But, is the sailing before or after the cocktail party? I've actually never been on Fern Ridge.

My minn kota 40 did just fine for five boats or more. Lots of all kinds of waters and never a complaint for over 1o + years. The newport looks to be even better, but they all need a plastic power

OK, the Newport motor is installed, a dedicated battery pack of 2 marine equipment type all hooked up. Different batt. connectors, high versatility, multiple non soldered openings so you can charge

If the Circumfern Saturday night isn't enough excitement for you, or you prefer boating in the daylight, the Triton Yacht Club is having a poker run Sunday afternoon, with suitably loose

Yes. The kind that is not immersed, driving a prop in the water through an mechanism.

Hi Steve, I don't know if this would meet your requirements, but to me the price looks good, and they build a pretty nice boat at the school (northwest school of wooden boatbuilding,