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    Advice needed - low water pressure and cold engine temps

    Could anyone please help me with the following problem I have 2 Mercury Verado engines, 2009. Today I noticed that the right engine is cooler than normal, and cooler than the left. Usual temps are about 60C-70C but the starboard engine was at 40C-50C. Water pressure on the port engine is 0.25...
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    Anti slip tube cover for RIB

    I have an ageing RIB and looking to replace two anti slip protectors which have come loose. They are PVC and yellowed under the sun. They are fitted over the tubes on both sides, about 2.5m long and maybe 200mm-300mm width ( I have not measured ). The tubes are made of neoprene. I have looked...
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    Northstar Explorer 660 firmware/maps update

    Belated thank you! Not sure if I had seen your reply. I had to look at an old photo to determine what GPS system I had on the boat, and that lead me here. Last summer the transducer's wire got caught / transuder got knocked in the shallows, the fish finder stopped working and the depth meter is...
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    Northstar Explorer 660 firmware/maps update

    Hello, I have recently bought a 2009 boat with a Northstar Explorer 660 chartplotter and would like to know if it might be possible to update its maps/firmware? The manual states it uses special C-MAP cards - maybe I can get new charts like that?
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    Yamaha F80 adjustments

    I have an F80 with 120 hours. A mechanic decided to take out all the carbs and "clean" them, only he had no idea how to sync them. In the end I bought a vacuum tool with 4 dials and we did some basic adjustment. However lots of other things are now out of kilt. What we can see and adjust is...
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