Recent content by brad10281

Here's a story for ya. I own the outboard version of the 185 sport. One day I was trailering the boat to Lake St. Clair for Aquapalooza (about an 80 mile drive). On the way there I remember looking in the rearview mirror and panic struck in for a couple seconds...I noticed that the motor did...

Wow, you got all the seasons in one weekend!

I was out fishing on Saturday in 50 degree weather and now we have 6" of snow on the ground. :smt013 Anyone else sick of this weather?

I keep mine in the front left bow storage...sure am glad I got my boat before they changed the design. I would agree with you though, it would suck to have to pull the anchor out of the ski locker.

Thanks for the input. Sounds like I may be better off just keeping it as is and adding an onboard charger that I can just plug in when I get home. It beats lugging the portable charger out and hooking it up.

I have two batteries on my boat, one is dedicated to the boats electronics and starting, the other battery is dedicated to the trolling motor. I'd like to setup some kind of onboard charging system. I'm not exactly sure what my options are. Right now I have to hook up my battery charger after...

Thanks for the update Mark. Don't you just love drilling huge holes in your boat? :smt009

I really want to add a second pump but after checking it out I'd have to rip half of my boat apart to add one in there. Good luck with your install.

Unfortunately my finances haven't allowed me to make the purchase. I've seen two other 185 owners with custom tops made that attach to the bimini. It looks a little funny on the 185 but I'm leaning toward that option over the convertible top. Go to the memberlist here on CSR and look up the...

I guess I don't know my boat as well as I thought I did. I just took another look in the bilge and noticed a Rule-A-Matic float switch in there...that actually makes me feel a little better.

It could be worse...you could only have 115HP like me :lol:. I'm quite happy with my 115HP 185. My kids are still quite young but I've pulled two adults on tubes with two adults aboard (that includes me)...of course it struggled a bit but it got the job done. I know its a tough decision...

I'm a bit confused by this statement. My boat came from the factory with the Rule-Mate (Fully Automatic) pump and it cycles constantly...whether the boat is on or off. I've watched it pump rain water out of my boat sitting in the driveway. The only way around this would be to wire it up to a...

Quick note on the Rule pumps. They don't have a float, they cycle on every one minute and check for resistance or something like that. So I would consider wiring it up for manual operation also. If water started coming in right after the pump cycled then the bilge would fill up for one minute...

You could replace it with King Starboard material. Limited color options but easy to deal with. Here's a sample I found online: Taken from http://www.thevideojunkie.com/whalerville/22revenge2.html The black board is StarBoard material

Just an FYI, my 2005 185 has an 1100GPH pump in it...I would assume yours is the same. I do have the outboard version of the boat though...not sure if that matters. Be sure to post some pics of the install, I'm considering this as well since my boat see's some time in the Great Lakes.