Fitting Sounder into the Hull

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by bedajim

..it seems to ride ok for me

I thought so, too.

[Ian M]

Originally Posted by bedajim

it seems to ride ok for me

So......the difference must be that powerful e-tec I've got strapped to the transom then

[Chris]

Originally Posted by bedajim

The truth is I wouldn't know like 90% of other experts but it seems to ride ok for me

Like I said mine rides great in all conditions and can cope with anything I can throw at it, however there is always room for improvement

[Hightower]

You lot should have got a 6.2. You'd be perfectly balanced 100% of the time

[Ian M]

Originally Posted by Hightower

You'd be perfectly balanced 100% of the time

Where's the fun in that

[bedajim]

Originally Posted by Chris

Like I said mine rides great in all conditions and can cope with anything I can throw at it, however there is always room for improvement

Originally Posted by Ian M

So......the difference must be that powerful e-tec I've got strapped to the transom then

Here you go throw the tabs away and get some more ponies

[Ian M]

Originally Posted by bedajim

Here you go throw the tabs away and get some more ponies

Er, not quite where I was going with that one

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Ian M

Er, not quite where I was going with that one

I had a 6.5 prior to the 7m, I didn't ever consider it bow light. In fact, it was very 'planted' when compared to Roycruse's RC 585.

[Chris]

Dropped this into a mini build thread

here

[Ian M]

Might have to eat a large slice of humble pie
Went out for a quick wiz today, and back on the slip I discovered a small problem-ette, that I think I have had since I got the boat on the water.
Don't want to go into details here, but dealing with it should fix any trim problems I have had
Really looking forward to the next outing

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Ian M

Might have to eat a large slice of humble pie
Went out for a quick wiz today, and back on the slip I discovered a small problem-ette, that I think I have had since I got the boat on the water.
Don't want to go into details here, but dealing with it should fix any trim problems I have had
Really looking forward to the next outing

Let me guess.

The rod at the bottom of the trim bracket was set to far out meaning you could not trim in all the way

I have mine set on the No.1 hole that allows the engine to trim in all the way. Although dont be fooled it is not the hole closest to the transom but the one above it.

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

A friend of mine has a Ribcraft 6.5 with a really good white round deck hatch made of what looks like polypropylene, with a very effective rubber seal. It has a large 'U' shaped stainless 'key' which fits into a couple of blind holes in the deckplate to unscrew it from the housing. We had to check the transducer a couple of months back, and it was really dry in the void, so the hatch/deckplate did the job very well.

I found the name of the manufacturer of these hatches the other day. It's Bailey Marine.

http://www.bailey-marine.co.uk/produ...ite/index.html