Shouldn’t be an issue after that much work. It’s pretty much rebuilt at this point

Excellent!

Long time. We spot lock for hours the lithium 100 ah batteries last a long time. Unless your trolling for over 6 hours straight you be good. With 1 battery.

I’ve fished a 24 hour tournament with probably 10-12 hours on spotlock and it never died. Now if you’re actually using it to “troll” I’d imagine 4-5 hours tops with a boat as big as mine

Mine is about the same without fuel and gear. Full fishing load were likely around 11500

I did my 300’s and it was quite a bit more work considering I have 1800 hours on mine. These were silky smooth compared to that

@@LightningCapitalLiving Interesting...all three of my 425 lowers were kind of a chore to tap loose and back in place.

Thank you very much

Absolutely. Glad to help

Fun trip for sure

So big. Haven’t seen a huge female snook like that in a while

@LightningCapitalLiving I haven't caught one yet but I'm going to one day 😀

Wow that must have been so cool to see. Ours are still pretty young

Just show FWC some picture of the build and you should be ok. I mean nobody builds a boat and doesn’t take any pics of the progress. They are just trying to weed out any possible stolen boats.

I’d call the DMV and see. There has to be some kind of registration. If it was a foreign boat you should be able to title it as long as there is proof it’s not stolen.

Where did I spell it with a J?

Lmao

Thank you very much. It’s still on the mantel in my office

Thanks for that tip. Good luck with the install it’s totally worth saving the money on a mechanic. Just takes a little time.

No it is gravity fed. The drain is 3” lower than the livewell and if there is any residual water when the boat is on the trailer it drains out. Doesn’t take much of an angle.

Oh no the haters are strong. The market for big trolling motors is so much more diverse than it was 4 years ago. Competition is good, but rhodan is still pretty good

Merci!

I’ll take a video when I get home tomorrow. Hoping no damage to the skiff during this hurricane

@@LightningCapitalLiving thank you so much, did not expect you to respond whenever is fine

Just posted a short video on my page under “shorts” doing a quick walkthrough. Let me know if you have any other questions about it

Thank you very much!

All good now with the AI lights

I’ve got some tubing that runs from the hatch drains to the bilge. I think the issue was my gaskets were not think ebough

@LightningCapitalLiving I have to lock my hatches down, or they will leak. Water lifts em just enough to get in the bilge when it rains a lot if it's not locked.

@@Darth-Betta I just need to add some thicker gaskets. They lock pretty tight for me

It’s a steering wheel they put in the back of tuna and lobster boats in the northeast. Call roses marine in Gloucester, MA and they can ship one to you. Wanted a smaller diameter wheel so I could walk around the console without hitting hit with my leg

No better time than now

12%

50:50 mix with water

@@LightningCapitalLiving thanks!!!!

We will let the dealer do the 300 hr service next year, but might as well save what we can every 100 hour

@@LightningCapitalLiving - fwiw, for the lower unit, I figured it would be easy to make a stand so I did a quick search and came across a thread on The Hull Truth. A bunch of guys recommended the B&D Workmate. $100 at Home Depot. Done!

So these motors automatically go to neutral when the key turns off, so they were in neutral. Also very easy to slide in and out . If you had a ratchet strap I thing you could get it off by yourself, but once that last bolt comes out it’s going down for sure. I’m a strong dude but I wasn’t turning down any help with this

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Thank you

He knows how to fish. Just gotta get them to bite

I’ve heard of some people having a lot of issues but they always fix them up quick

I got another and a big big wahoo going right now as well

Going to be pretty cool when done

We installed a 36v lithium charger behind the battery under the console.

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Thank you. Yes, everything you see attached to the motor came with the hydraulic steering kit.

It should bolt up to your motor where you would normally have a tiller connection, then once tight it will also the hydraulic rams to move the motor left and right

@@LightningCapitalLiving Thank you.

The plans come with some notes at the bottom, but there is not a comprehensive list of directions. The short videos on salt Boatworks KZbin get you the general idea on how to put things together. I found them very useful as I had no idea what I was doing when I first started. The cart I built around the actual cradle that salt boatworks gives you a template for. In his videos you see the 5-7 boards that support the hull while you build it and there are plans for how to cut those boards out. I just went a step further and added some bracing and put it on some heavy duty casters so I was able to spin the boat around and move it to access some stuff in my garage. If you join the salt boatworks Facebook group there is a ton of info and several builds documented. Fishing with Hoang is another great channel and he built a 15’ from one of the original set of plans back in 2020. I know he is in south TX and loves to show off his boat. Post in the FB group and I’m sure someone could meet up so you can look over the boat. It does seem like you’re going to be drinking from a firehouse to start, but there is enough info and tips out there to really guide you through the process. I had no idea what I was getting into, but honestly I’d start to build another one tomorrow if I didn’t already have 2 boats.

He didn’t want to lose any console space and it fit perfectly under the helm.

Oh she’s getting ready for a tournament this weekend. This is my buddies rig.

Fishing load 6 guys both wells full and 300# of ice we see 1.2. Would like to try different props because I have heard of 1.3-1.5 but seems like a stretch.

You would need to document the rebuild so they can see you paid taxes on all your materials, then yes, you should be able to get a home built title.

We actually just ran right across from Marco to marathon. Straight heading to 7 mile bridge as it was 8-14’ the entire way. Had to do a lot of crab pot dodging, but never had depth issues. Once you make the turn kind of SE past Marco Island you shouldn’t have any depth issues unless you’re running something huge. Your chart should be marked pretty good on depth. The most shallow part of the run was the initial turn around marco to cape sable. The more south and wide you make that turn the better. From there we just sat on autopilot cruising

Great thank you

All sealed up now so should be good to go.

Thank you for that. I did end up reading that somewhere and felt so dumb at first lol. Made a world of difference with a little trim