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AKBASSKING...yes the OP was and sorry to diverge, but there were many post of general "powers" of LEOs. My post was directly in response to Gofirstclass assertion that LEOs have an excuse, a right, and even worse are justified for bursting into YOUR HOME unannounced just because you might...

one last post while i am ranting on this subject...and this also comes from my good friends....there is a theory that an effective police force is an invisible police force. If the police need to make their presence felt in order to control/protect the public or if the public feels more "safe"...

Perhaps ordinary LEO's are being influenced by dramatizations on COPs and similar reality TV shows and think WOW is that how the real LEOs do it....no wonder the public is losing respect!

I disagree and frankly this is just misguided reasoning from a former LEO that current LEOs use. In the circumstances indicated the ONLY reason to enter the house is if someone in the house is in immediate danger. In any other situation entering the house by any means simply puts people at...

one more point....many have said go very (dead) slow...this is good advice but it is a relative term...relative to 1) and 2) in my post above. The speed of the boat will affect the effectiveness of steering and the effect of conditions on the boat. Speed must be relative to conditions...if you...

There are plenty of pilots on the board and so I am surprised that none have stated the obvious rules that apply to both boats and planes...1) know how the boat responds to control inputs, 2) observe the conditions and how they affect the boat (and know its operating envelope) 3) understand how...

Not sure about alphas, but certainly the 06 B3 is designed to kick-up if they strike something to avoid or minimize damage....it's a matter of degree of the "strike". Best guess alpha has same feature (look in your manual). If everything looks and works OK except for a bit of gravel rash then...

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The big block and small block engines use different control modules..except the small block DTS which appears to use the big boys controller. Big blocks and DTS have a lot more going on and so different data levels in the controller most likely. Quite possibly with a big blocks or DTS you are...

Ah got it....I've seen that app, but i'm a blackberry man. Your obviously an "inventor" and inventions are about problems and solutions...you have identified the problem (you cannot get fractions of hours from a smartcraft display)...so solution away. I'm not trying to be cheeky, kudos to you...

So back to the OP and my reply....if you want a maintenance log for your boat hours is enough...if you want a trip log do this from your GPS (forget Steve's phone!)....this is my boating on 6 June (hopefully you see the attachment - this site wont let you upload a kmz file so delete the .doc in...

Yes agreed.....but my understanding is that the smartcraft hours display is in ignition on hours. Happy to be corrected though...I seem to recall that was a post on here a while back from a chap who left the ignition on in his new boat and came back a few days later to find that his 50ish hour...

From what I have read all things being equal on boats our size an alpha with give you a few more MPH than a B3. It takes less HP I guess and our boats don't need or cannot use the extra thrust of the B3. But the B3 gives better handling around the dock....although if you need the handling of a...

Chaps I have 2007 with 5L MPI and 2.2 gear ratio B3. I have the factory tower (wind resistance). Standard prop is 24P which was good and gave about 3.7 MPG optimum cruise. I wanted lower end so just put on a new 22.5P prop set with 4 blade front and 3 blade rear. Love it! 0-45 MPH the boat...

hang on...what do you mean by "exact" hours? what do you want? 1) all important engine indicators are measured in whole hours.... 2) do you realise that smartcraft records ignition "on" hours not engine "running" hours....maybe there is not too much difference...maybe 1% in most cases...