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    Installation of outboard motor on E27

    Looks like we did similar things. My mounting bolts are drilled through the transom and the nuts are visible in the cockpit. I did have to use starboard spacers outside to deal with the curve of the transom. My Yamaha 9.9 high thrust will make 6.2 knots with a bone in the mouth but 5.5 knot...
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    Giving up on my Atomic 4

    I don’t wish to discuss the advantages of an outboard verses an Atomic 4 but if someone chooses to go the outboard route I have a solution for the problem of getting cables and fuel line inside the hull. For the fuel line I purchased a brass bulkhead fitting, I was unable to find a stainless...
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    Galvanic Isolators

    Ted, Get the cheap one. The chance of having a 30 amp ground fault on your boat with such a simple electrical system is not very likely and if you do the breaker on shore will trip. That being said the amps traveling through the 30 amp breaker may reach a value much higher than 30 if a dead...
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    Galvanic Isolators

    In my opinion there is no reason not to install one of these devices on your boat, other than the cost. The thing to remember is that while they will protect your boat from stray currents leaking into the dock ground system. They will not protect from stray currents leaked into the ground on...
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