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Haven't seen bluewater in 5 years. Taking the Sceptre 50 miles offshore. Replaced floor, new 160g tank, twin 150 oceanrunners, rebuilt carbs, fuel pumps, shift boxes and water pumps. All new fuel lines and water seperators. New gps and VHF. Bracket on boat. Floscan working(16gph cruise). I need an epirb. I just need triple checking and extra heads always help. Thankyou. Of course rods and cold ones! New wiring included also along with bilge pump.(1)

You need more then 1 bilge pump. Depending on temp of wayer...i like to have a couple of gumbi suits.. Live bait??.

Inflatable PFD's, float plan, fishin' buddies...

Don't know which coast your leaving from, but consider a life raft, sat phone, and SSB radio. Epirb without a doubt.

No, trolling small lures and possibly live bait if I can find it. Water temp in the high 60's by now. Will go out in tandem first time also. Inflatables will be on boat. I like nice jackets also. Float plan? Definitely north! Really, I didn't mention ALL the details but this time of year typically there are other boats close.
Blackfin tuna. Worse case fuel burn should be 1.0 mpg. I will add that second bilge though. I did install a 1500gph pump but if one were to fail....

Leaving from Edisto, South Carolina. 50 miles to ledge.

Good luck on your trip! Catch some BIG ones...

Float plan:
Who you are
Where your going
When your expected back
Who to contact
What your boat looks like
Who else is on board
VHF channel monitored and hailing name

Helps authorities find you in worse case

I hear the wahoo are spotty now but thats it. How about May or so when the dolphin show??

In your float plan list what type of life raft you have.

Also some solar blankets (thin metallic looking ones that reflect your body heat in) and some water purification straws (I believe the are usually good for about 200 gallons, but for salt its only like 10-20).

Full tool kit, spare parts, MANUAL back-up bilge bilge pump in addition to at least two electrics, ditch bag with epirb and handheld VHF in addition to above. The list could go on and on depending what else you may or may not have. Most important thing is experience and knowledge, both for yourself and knowing your boat. Take your time and get very good with both but never complacent. Last, plenty of coolers/bags for the fillets you are sure to bring home ;-)

Damn Fella's! With all that stuff I'd be afraid to leave the dock. Jeff just call one of your pal's and run two boats. We ran the 50 miles to the Bahamas Bank most weekends in my old sceptre/200 merc, she had a 110 gallon tank which was good for the day. I did get caught in a bad squall once, it blew us 20 miles north or so and had to use the bladder to get home.

p.s. all that stuff is smart

Insurance...and a buddy boat.

I will say it ain't my first time. But the omc's is my worry at the most. I could work on them in the dark if I needed to. I love them for their simplicity. Olds cool , dolphin show up in May. Gradually move closer as the water gets warmer. I will say that I have been and made it back on a 19' sea pro bay boat with a single 100 hp. Handheld gps at that. Of course I was younger. Won't do it again either. That day was my honeymoon. 53nm out of fripp island. Yes, I caught fish. Wife reminds everyday frequently about it. 10 years coming up and I said "hey let's do it again" I just got a look.....

I have a manual pump I keep in my boat. It is about 30" long and weighs next to nothing. I have never had to use it, but I do know that in a situation where there is an electrical short on a boat, it is very possible that all electronics will be useless. Even if a boat has 2 motors and there is no common wiring, I have seen it several times where there is one wire that the owner is unaware of that causes both sides to be rendered useless.

How many hours have you put on the boat since all the work was complete? I wouldn't consider it unless you have had 20+ hours on the new set up to chase out the demons.

x2. ANYTIME I do any work to mine, I run it as much as possible before heading offshore.

I took it out quite a bit last year after all the work. Only problem I had was 1 optic eye and fuel alarms going off. I rebuilt both pumps and the alarms went away. I am going to change the other optic eye so I have one for backup. Other than that I should be cool.