Waiting to get my boat back

[GregOug]

So. Getting some improvements done to the boat. New 9” Garmin and electric anchor winch. In the meantime just sitting at home and cooking up a storm.

 

[ellicat]

Pretty delicious looking storm. Looks like you could be cooking all week. Good time to be getting things done to the boat.

[_Sloth_]

Hey Greg,

Is that Garmin an additional unit? I think you said you had a Lowrance?

How are you fitting the 9 inch into the dash? Or is it on a mount?

S

[GregOug]

5 hours ago, The Sloth said:

Hey Greg,

Is that Garmin an additional unit? I think you said you had a Lowrance?

How are you fitting the 9 inch into the dash? Or is it on a mount?

S

No, it is a replacement unit. I will sell the Lowrance when I get it back. And I have left it in Hayden’s hands to fit it.

[The Mad Hughesy]

22 hours ago, GregOug said:

No, it is a replacement unit. I will sell the Lowrance when I get it back. And I have left it in Hayden’s hands to fit it.

not happy with the lowrance?

[Drop Bear]

On 07/02/2021 at 10:18 PM, GregOug said:

So. Getting some improvements done to the boat. New 9” Garmin and electric anchor winch. In the meantime just sitting at home and cooking up a storm.

 

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Yum. What time is dinner? I can bring some wine.

[GregOug]

37 minutes ago, christophagus said:

not happy with the lowrance?

Not really. I have always had Garmins before and the way they work suits me better. I also am not getting any younger and want to change to a bigger screen. Can’t fault the Lowrance though. It reads the bottom very well, even at very fast speeds and the Navionics card displays the maps in great detail and clarity. I’m just a Garmin man though, I’ve decided.

[GregOug]

32 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Yum. What time is dinner? I can bring some wine.

Damn! It’s all gone! I can highly recommend pork collar butt for rotisserie’ing though.

[Drop Bear]

3 hours ago, GregOug said:

Damn! It’s all gone! I can highly recommend pork collar butt for rotisserie’ing though.

agreed, pork neck (by any other name) is delicious. 

[Hweebe]

Did u go with an anchor winch with free fall?

[GregOug]

16 minutes ago, Hweebe said:

Did u go with an anchor winch with free fall?

I don’t even know. Lol.

[GregOug]

19 hours ago, Hweebe said:

Did u go with an anchor winch with free fall?

 

18 hours ago, GregOug said:

I don’t even know. Lol.

It’s got an up/down buttony thingy. Does that help? Lol.

[Hweebe]

I don’t have a free fall anchor which just a regular one which means when I press the down button the anchor winch, goes in reverse to lay out rope slowly.

with a free fall anchor winch there is some gearing that allows the anchor to “free fall” under its own weight and gravity, thereby getting to the bottom much quicker.

I would definitely put this in the category of first work problem. I’m happy I don’t have to manually retrieve

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hope it goes nicely Greg. The dinner sure did!

[GregOug]

On 10/02/2021 at 8:31 PM, Hweebe said:

I don’t have a free fall anchor which just a regular one which means when I press the down button the anchor winch, goes in reverse to lay out rope slowly.

with a free fall anchor winch there is some gearing that allows the anchor to “free fall” under its own weight and gravity, thereby getting to the bottom much quicker.

I would definitely put this in the category of first work problem. I’m happy I don’t have to manually retrieve

Mine seems to be a free fall anchor. It goes out quite quickly. The only problem is that when it reaches the bottom you need to reverse the boat to put pressure on the line so more line goes out.

[_Sloth_]

Hi Greg

Is the 9 inch screen in? If so can you post pic? I'm interested see how it fits in the dash.

Also got a pic of the anchor installation?

S

PS mine still getting Minn Kota sorted. batteries and charger in now just need custom mount to hold the motor.

[GregOug]

1 hour ago, The Sloth said:

Hi Greg

Is the 9 inch screen in? If so can you post pic? I'm interested see how it fits in the dash.

Also got a pic of the anchor installation?

S

PS mine still getting Minn Kota sorted. batteries and charger in now just need custom mount to hold the motor.

I’ll add some pics under the ss64 thread.

[Hweebe]

5 hours ago, GregOug said:

Mine seems to be a free fall anchor. It goes out quite quickly. The only problem is that when it reaches the bottom you need to reverse the boat to put pressure on the line so more line goes out.

Hey @GregOug so u shouldn’t have to reverse to get more line out. Keep ur finger on the free fall and let the current drift your boat back as you would with a normal manual anchor rope?

[GregOug]

30 minutes ago, Hweebe said:

Hey @GregOug so u shouldn’t have to reverse to get more line out. Keep ur finger on the free fall and let the current drift your boat back as you would with a normal manual anchor rope?

Yeah, but I’ve noticed that the rope stops going out where you can see it from the helm but it sometimes still unwinds in the anchor well. Perhaps I have a free fall/non free fall version? It probably depends on the way I hold my tongue. 

[ellicat]

If there's not much run when you put the anchor out that length of chain will probably pile up on itself until the water gets a bit of run in it, I'd have thought. This may be more prevalent in shallower water.

[GregOug]

24 minutes ago, ellicat said:

If there's not much run when you put the anchor out that length of chain will probably pile up on itself until the water gets a bit of run in it, I'd have thought. This may be more prevalent in shallower water.

Yeah, I think it’s more user error than winch error. I’ll get used to it.