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We made it through Irene without much more than power out for about a day, branches, and debris. Our "new" 18' Outrage style Guardian sat safely in our driveway as the storm did it's thing (hope to splash her this weekend).
Our area lucked out, it could have been consideraby worse. Saturday night we had 60Kt + winds off the bay, thankfully the surge did not follow.
That looks real nice tothemax. Best of luck with your new toy.
One thing I did notice and am not sure about with your hull. It looks like you have rollers on your trailer and most of the conventional wisdom on the site says we should have bunks under Whalers. Maybe others will jump in here and give you the low down on the benefits or help you decide if it is even worth switching to bunks.
Thanks folks, I've wanted a Whaler for as long as I can remember - really glad my wife was on board when this one hit CL.
That's a very sweet kicker install... love the remote control set up (possibly a winter project). Hopefully we can get ours cleaned up a bit, that's great looking boat you have.
Kicker: I have an 2005 Yamaha 8hp (4 stroke) that I'd like to use for the kicker, trouble is it's a 15" shaft and it might be a bit short mounted directly on the transom. The motor is about 90lbs. We bought it new for an inflatable and it was too heavy for our davits - it would be nice to put it to a good use (maybe 50 hrs total on it).
I was thinking it might be good idea to move the batteries under the bench to compensate for the kicker motor weight in the stern.
Had our first outing in the bay last weekend - boat handled the water beautifully - about 3' to 4' swells.
The fuel tank mounted mechanical gauge is not working - it is pegged to one side and there is moisture inside the glass so it's difficult to tell which side it's pegged to. Is this a replaceable part and is it worth replacing or looking at aftermarket solutions. Even with a 63gal tank I like to know how much fuel we have. Before launching we filled the tank and the gauge never moved.
Found this thread in the Electronics Section:
You can replace the fuel sender/float in the tank. Find the inspection port and remove. The sender is usually attached with screws.
When you have the unit out visit http://e-components.net/
I also recommend you vist the parts diagrams on whaler.com.
Go to whaler.com full site. Select Owners, select resources, select parts diagrams, enter year and model. There are 10 diagrams and parts lists for your model.
Will apreciate any other info for repairing the mechanical gauge...
