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Definity cheap buffer and compound is the way to go.

First guys dont compare your heavy fiberglass boats to the alum Starcraft, they are effected quickly buy wind and waves, the problem with all autopilots on them is the speed they respond. I have had 6 starcrafts so im fairly sure of what im saying. Its not necessarily a bad thing but its different than a heavy fiberglass boat, and this is one of there negatives. In much over 2 footers you need the main outdrive as a rudder as well as the kicker, this sort of calm things down a bit. Once you get into the 3 footers to keep a near perfect line if there is any wind your going to need your main outdrive running as well or instead when going into the wind. So I don't think just steering the kicker will work like you think. I have a 26 footer now, and use the raymarien auto pilot with a bar to the kicker. I will say with certainty that it needs the rudder of the main outdrive 80% of the time, and when the wind is blowing I just use my main to troll when the wind starts playing with my course, and then its not always very good, most of the time your left to hand controlling the boat. A gust of wind can just effect the boat to much to quick for the electronics to compensate for.

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Knight disk rifle is what you want. It's easy to use and the disk/primer is captured by the bolt. Do yourself a favor and switch to blackhorn powder all the good things said about it are more than true! Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app PKomrowski

that is definitely the gimble symptoms..

small boat gave you the right advice... Its not a big deal unless you ignore it..

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Yes changed out to LED on the side.

How big is your boat, I live north of Fulton near the airport.

That's what I did... expensive but nice..

Your fuel pump should easily get the fuel up fairly fast, I would want to check your fuel pressure at the carb, it sounds like you have another problem. I would take a good fuel pump maybe 15 seconds of cranking at the most to fill a filter, and the carb bowl and start the motor completely dry.

Yuck. Sorry almost no one sticks with them. Try it and you will see, they work kinda but are a pain.

A set of used electric you will not regret.

Boards dont aways work pretty. But if its always sideways move your connection forward a little bit at a time. Dual boards work better because they are more forgiving, (read harder for dumb fishermen to screw up) single boards need to be made spot on or they dont pull right in good conditions. No board works best, in my opinion, there function is mundane, if they go out and stay out they do there job. There are great directions on this site for a set of dual boards but be warned they are not much cheaper than buying a set when all the cost's are figured in. Some times some boards do work when other don't as good, but they all have down sides. Good boards will have there moments when they dont work like you wished they did. What your looking for is for them to get out away from the boat, no matter how ugly they do it. Depending on the, wind, current, speed of your boat, waves, direction your going, width of your boat, how high your pulleys are, weight of your boards, where your connected to the boards, if you have any shock absorbing and how ugly your first mate is will make a difference on how the boards pull. You can spend a lot of time worrying about it, but don't, just go out and do it for a couple of years with what you have, you will learn what i'm talking about. Any time someone tells you "something" works better than "something" else its normally dependant on a dozen other things as well. If your board can get out away from the boat about 30 to 50 feet you have a starting point. Then you will "discover" that one board doesn't work as good as the other because of the the things listed above, and nothing will fix that. But magically you turn around and head the other way, and the other one doesn't work as good and the one that wasn't working is working great.

That tinny is narrow, on big O it will be a rockey one. Thats the downfall of it, but if you like that boat, look for a 26 foot starcraft, they are almost the same hull but 12" wider that that one, and for a fraction of the price.

Had a slow day, not a fish in the boat. We marked a few, but not many, and they were small marks at that. Tried a variety of lures but couldn't buy a hit. Was a little wavy with 4' rollers, and cool temps if your out in the wind it would be brutal. Not missing nothing yet if your not fishing.