Recent content by H2GO

I have done a lot of pontoon upholstery jobs and have had good luck with Sailrite when I need something specific and they carry premium foam rubber as well. They carry most of the lines of vinyl and have good pictures on their website. They will send you a sample if you are not sure. You pay...

My wife and I are seriously thinking about giving up the pontoon as we are being priced out of the market. Our local marina in Fenton Michigan just raised the slip prices up to $3000 for next season with zero amenities. They are double slips only 20 feet wide and two pontoons are jammed in so...

A ground plane is required for a 1/4 wave antenna (mast type). An open or folded dipole does not need a ground plane but the impedance at the connector is either 150 or 300 ohms depending on which type, 1/4 wave is 50 ohms. Most radios are designed for 50 ohm input impedance. This is all for FM...

My 2017 Bennington uses an open dipole antenna design that is intended to be opened up in the shape of the letter "T". This is a reasonably good antenna when installed correctly however the factory is bundling the wire up into a ball and tie wrapping it to the main harness under the helm...

My Yamaha controller took a long time to get used to as it has minimal detent feedback when going into neutral. I finally figured out if I put my hand near the bottom of the shifter/throttle I get a much better sense of when it hits neutral. My wife still won't drive the boat because for 20...

Here is a hot knife in action showing how it melts the edge while cutting so it will never come apart.

Here is what I have for my upholstery shop but as Semp mentions, a good hot soldering iron with a blade tip will work too. Just need to melt the small threads at the edge just like you would a poly rope only much smaller in dimension...

Mod Podge will also work

Most of the exposed edges on woven synthetic fabrics like Sunbrella and Surelast will fray if the pieces are not cut with a hot knife. Any edge not folded under twice and sewn will eventually fray unless it is cut this way. I went over the exposed edges on the underside of my cover on my 2017...

One thing that could cause problems is if the source (android, other) has it's volume turned all the way up whereby the signal coming over BT is clipped and you are listening at a relatively high level on the boat. Then the head unit will just reproduce this clipped signal which will make the...

I keep thinking this post was some kind of joke but pictures are proof, I guess. I'm beyond words why anyone would disregard all of the advise from those with decades of experience and do something like this thus why ask the question in the first place?

We were on Torch lake this past week and had a similar incident where the boat would not take fuel even though it was below 1/4 tank. The marina was a Bennington dealer and they said the funnel would not help and said something like insects getting stuck in the vent and I needed service (blah...

Check for fuel sender wire shorted to ground or a stuck float in the tank. Disconnect wire at sender and if it drops, your float is probably stuck. If it’s still pegged looks for a short to ground on the sender wire somewhere.

We are vacationing on Torch lake this week and I wanted to share what happened on Sunday. We were out at the sand bar area which is 12 miles from the cottage rental. It was a pretty nice day with partly sunny skies. At about 3:30 the police were announcing a storm from the east was coming and...

I think it will bother you more when waves wash over your bow. Don't do it!