Recent content by Potomacbassin’

Ken is great. He can be all business but also shoot the breeze with you for hours as well (about boats!). I know it's a niche business but the boating world is a much better place with him around!

I think you'd be better off asking the question on a bigger boating forum like The Hull Truth if not already. Lots of threads and suggestions there, like a bad VST or failing battery. It could honestly probably be 20 things so the more F150 owners willing to chime in the better!

Probably power to the unit, but check the easy stuff first. Fuses, circuit breakers and something really basic but worth mentioning, a switch that powers your MFD (my aftermarket is on an ACC switch). If you're handy with a meter trace out back to the source. Typically it's just a two wire...

Is the alarm a low oil alarm or engine temp alarm? If low oil, and the reservoir is full perhaps the sensing device (internal float?) has failed or stuck, or needs testing? Problem with the oil injection system?

Our cat thinks he's a dog most of the time.

I know this is not likely to ever happen, but if you had an underwater camera pointed at the transducer while running it would probably show some turbulence that is creating an air pocket the transducer cannot beam or receive through. Gotta find some clean water so moving it around might end up...

You got it, 17p has a 14.5 diameter. Looks like you're pretty much dialed in! Maybe with a little more break in on the OB you'll get 49-50.

For our tubes, like some others noted electric high volume/low pressure pump to get 90% of the way there. The boat acc socket and wiring are sufficient for this amp load. Manual pump for the last 10%.

What pitch Enertia? Also what motor height? If you're in the lowest position you should be able to hit 50 by raising it some.

Here's a thread that shows the one we bought. https://club.benningtonmarine.com/threads/tri-toon-storage-what-do-you-store.11482/ Obviously having a place to store it is crucial.

Looks tippy.

Thankfully. Usually the rentals are the worst, no formal boater safety course required!

My guess - severely overloaded. I've seen one too many pontoons looking like there was a family reunion on it, the deck barely above waterline.

In this instance we fished in Canada and CBP stopped us coming back into the U.S. The boat was fine, it was the trailer that had milfoil on it due to the boat ramp sitting in a field of veg.