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...
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...
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.
I'm adding some more pictures and explanation...
It's hard to see but the GPS mount is mounted to piece of clear acrylic.
That white stuff sandwiched between the mount and the acrylic is a piece of a non-slip pad that you put under rugs. Sandwiching it between the GPS mount and the acrylic...
I had some bird droppings that left a few stains on my seats. What I did was mix a solution of bleach and water (50/50 maybe...don't remember). Then I cut a piece of sponge to the same size as the stain, soak the sponge in the bleach solution and then set it on the stain. After about an hour the...
I actually have 3 blank gauges on my dash. The spot I used was a blank. I tried drilling a hole through the blank gauge but was surprised to find that the gauge face was actually glass...not plastic. This mount works out pretty well, the suction cup mount kept falling off the window. It...
Mine was way off. I shut the window then unscrewed the support from both sides. I then pushed up on both sides (left and right windshield) to see if I could get it (center 'walkthrough" windshield) anywhere near even from top to bottom. I had to add about 1/2" of spacers to each support...
Finally got around to modifying a Garmin suction cup windshield mount to fit on the dash. the suction cup mount was too wobbly and weak. I broke off the suction cup and drilled a hole through the center of the mount. The mount was the exact same size as the dash guage opening so I had to mount...