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GYXU > Boats > Re: Picked up my new Sea Pro 7 March 2005 15:06:31

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Re: Picked up my new Sea Pro

-Rick- 21 February 2005 23:15:44
 Tom wrote:
Yep - mine were rack and pinion. Are you using pulleys? So far I'm> very pleased with the hydraulic. Good luck with your replacement.

Nope, it's a rotary helm and cable setup. There just seems to be an
accumulation of slop in the helm, cable, and linkage to the pump nozzle.
Thanks again for the info.
-rick-
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Short Wave Sportfishing 22 February 2005 01:39:14 permanent link ]
 On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:15:44 -0800, -rick- <nobody@home.com> wrote:
Tom wrote:>
Yep - mine were rack and pinion. Are you using pulleys? So far I'm>> very pleased with the hydraulic. Good luck with your replacement. >
Nope, it's a rotary helm and cable setup. There just seems to be an >accumulation of slop in the helm, cable, and linkage to the pump nozzle. >Thanks again for the info.

Out of curiosity, how old is the unit?

Later,

Tom
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-Rick- 22 February 2005 08:46:08 permanent link ]
 Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Out of curiosity, how old is the unit?

It's got about 4 1/2 years and a little over 300 hours on it now. The
builder replaced the helm & cable the first summer due to the same
problem and while the replacement was marginally better than the
original it has slowly degraded since.

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Tom 7 March 2005 06:19:55 permanent link ]
 
When you run your boat in some wave action, I'd be very curious if you>can effect how the boat enters waves and whether you have any spray or>residual pounding. Or if you can change and smooth out the pounding>in say 6 to 18" of wave action.>
Where I run my Ranger over in Narragansett Bay, it can turn from flat>calm to 1 foot in a hurry. My Ranger, I readily admit, does not run>very well in that kind of wave action and it's a slow ride back>without taking a beating at speed.>
The jack plate didn't work very well for me, but I'd be curious if it>works well for you in that regard.>
It would help resolve a long standing debate. :>)

Tom - just got back from the bay but didn't get a chance to try out
the jack plate in any chop - not much wind and very little chop. Did
get to try shallow water a couple of times. Got into just about a foot
and a half of water - raised the jack plate and lowered the trim tabs
and shot onto plane - no problems. Then I got into less than a foot of
water and that was a different story - managed to remove quite a bit
of paint from the lower unit and dug a new channel for future
navigation. I always thought the red buoys were supposed to be on your
right when returning to port - apparently this doesn't hold true for
orange buoys as someone placed them on the left side of the channel
(so much for my assumption that they were faded red) :-)­. Anyway - I
was pleased with the performance in shallow water - have to go out of
town next weekend so it will be a couple of weeks before I put her
back in the water but I'll keep your request in mind if it gets
choppy. Take care.

Tom...........
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