Recent content by tcpip95

One word: E.X.P.E.N.S.I.V.E. Two words: VERY EXPENSIVE

Just as a data point, replacing two pontoons you’re looking at between $18k - $20k in parts, labor, and shipping, so until you file an insurance claim, nothing is going to get done.

Without trailer, motor, fuel,2 pontoons, that 1,600 sounds about right.

....And spray some silicone lubricant on the length of the hinge.

I would bet the rent check that it was laid down improperly in storage. Even short term, you’re looking at 3,000 lbs or more of load on any given point along the length of the pontoons. They probably blocked out the port and starboard pontoons in the wrong (unsupported) places and dented the...

That’s what my question was. I figured that the trailer bunks would tear them up with constant loading/unloading.

Wow! That’s amazing! Thanks for sharing this info.

That top photo looks like my sinus cavities

My concern is going to be the boat trailer. I would guess that they would get torn up pretty quickly. Maybe If I just wrap the top half....

Fascinating! So it doesn’t wear off from pounding of waves? Also, you’re saying that it holds up in saltwater as well? VERY INTERESTED IN MORE INFO. Who/where was the work done? What is the wrap material?

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Here's a very good thread that will explain it all: https://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/621352-success-yamaha-outboard-direct-garmin-nmea-2000-data-via-lowrance-ep-20-cable.html And another good paper: ftp://software.lowrance.com/Documents/NMEA%202000_INSTALLATION_988-0154-17_E_w.pdf

Any NMEA 2000 Starter Kit will have what you need. You will also need the Lowrance cable that plugs into your Yamaha motor. The design of a NMEA 2000 network is such that it's a bus architecture (think of a long pipe with a bunch of T connectors, with a things called a Terminators; one at each...

Did you happen to get the registration of the yacht? They are responsible for their wake, and perhaps a case could be made insurance-wise.