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Do PROS Really NEED all this on a BASS BOAT?!?!

Do pros really need all these electronics on a bass boat? In this video we install a Precision Sonar triple fish finder mount on my new bass boat and I tell you why I think I need it. Check out the Precision Sonar Mount https://bit.ly/3CVPAty Grab an MB hat https://bit.ly/3hwm83v My forward facing sonar https://bit.ly/3hLWtoJ Lowrance HDS Live http://bit.ly/2K7qn5U

A rigging bag post.

Its really not a good idea to drop something heavy, sharp or heavy and sharp from a hundred feet up a rig or even thirty feet for that matter.  One time i was working aloft on a maxi rig trying to change a metal sheave in the masthead box.  I had all my tools either tied to me or in the rigging bag, that’s it’s original purpose, and even had a tie passed around the sheave…

The bosun’s chair.

A rigging bag post.

Recently i had occasion to want to go aloft, get up the mast in other words, and wasn’t able to do it because the boat wasn’t set up for it.  Nor could i guarantee that any of the halyards, blocks or shackles were safe enough without checking them first and i could only do that by going aloft or taking the rig out….catch 22 eh !

A long time back when i worked for Dickies…

At some time soon i will have to replace Inanda’s running and standing rigging, the running rigging is easy and i only have to decide how low-stretch to go.  Some people advocate keeping everything a bit on the low-tec and ‘give-y’ side claiming that old boats shouldn’t be cranked up hard with modern lines.  I don’t believe in that as it’s more likely to be able to keep sails flat with…

Feel the force diagram.

My post ‘Ping’ got quite a few comments, at least one of which was along the lines of not understanding what i was talking about.  Well that’s situation normal for me whenever i am talking or writing .    I did realise that not everyone will not intuitively grasp what i am talking about with rigs and the compression/staying forces created by the standing and running rigging so i thought to…