Recent content by Westerly Fluke Guy

I was told by the dealer last Fall that many owners remove the metal "Parker" logos located on the sides of the hull back near the transom. The hint i got was to use fishing line. Has anyone done this and how did it work? Thx.

The boat is not underpowered at all. I go through following seas in a nasty rip at Montauk, NY on the biggest of tides without a blink. More awareness and skill than just horsepower. I was on a boat with tons of power (225 Optimax) in the same rip which had the back of the motor swamped and lost...

I think Parker knows what height to mount engines on their boats. Maybe not. Don't need to go faster just want to cruise and plane at a lower rpm. Any Data on Sharrow props??

Rated for 200 if I’m not mistaken. I’ve read posts that a 175 was a complete waste of time and the 200 gains are minimal and would not be worth the added fuel costs. I’ve been thinking about a Sharrow prop so instead of cruising at 4000 I would probably cruise at 3500-3600. The fuel savings...

"Right now from the dealer my boat has a Yamaha 17M 14-1/4" prop. I want the boat to plane out at a lower rpm. My WOT rpm is probably around 5600. Is this boat "over proped" from the factory?

I’m going with a Black Oak flood. Same light basically as the Amazon unit but four times (4000 lumens) brighter. Four times the price too LOL. I’m going to put a deflector under it I think to limit the amount of light down onto the deck just a bit. May move it more forward as well as now it’s...

Where are the nav. lights?

Great idea. The wireless remote models are pretty cool. I think we addressed the whole "tower shop" thing back with the radar, Lol!. Down where you are the boat industry is 24/7/365 and huge. Up here its nowhere near as big. Marine fabricators are few and literally far between. There are some...

I do use forward illumination only for a few seconds at a time while navigating in an area where other boats are present. I make return trips to the dock sometimes at 3 or 4AM. there are no other craft out then. I have radar. I have a hand held spot. I also have 48 years on the water. I asked a...

i currently have one of these (see picture)under the t-top mounted forward of the windshield on the tab provided with the wiring which came prewired on my 21SE. It lights up about 150ft. and will catch reflectors a little further out. I would like to increase the reach and have more of a spot...

If built like most boats it’s probably all tie wrapped with the rest of the wiring before they cap the hull with the top half.

Does anyone know the route the transducer cable takes from the console to the rear bilge? I am tossing around the idea of changing my B60 transducer to a B75 or B175. Let me know any results you may have had with these transducers. I am on the RI coast and most of my 95% fishing is 300ft. or...

It seems you have either upgraded to or changed out quite a few thru hulls over your tenure. What is the cabling route from the bilge area where the B60 now sits on my 21SE back up to the console? The small cable seems to be routed up to the starboard side way back with the engine wiring but...

I will do that. I have also thought about that transducer and I think Idon't want to open up the hole in the hull that big but then I ask myself. Why not?

Why the "M" over the "H" ?