Since I haven't worked closely on marines before, I am unfamiliar with bolt-lengths and clearances involved in the transom plate removal. This and next weekend, I plan to swap out an OMC Cobra outdrive in favor of an Alpha One. The OMC 2.3 was already replaced (by the previous owner) with a...
Last weekend, I bought a 1987 Galaxy Admiral 189 with a 130hp Merc Alpha One.
I brought a professional marine technician with me to inspect the engine/drive and hull, since my boat knowledge is limited to passengering/driving and assisting with outboard motor work (Evinrude Lark III, to be...
The boat I recently purchased (my first boat that is all mine) had a loose solenoid bracket at the trim pump motor. When I try to reattach it, it isn't sitting right, like there should be a stud to space it off of the pump housing. When I test fit it, I have the wiring behind it, and it still...
I find myself in the market for a boat and would like to bounce some ideas off the community. I have been in/around boats since before I could walk, but I never considered myself an authority on them. I know nothing of fiberglass repair, and every time I have every attempted carpentry on my own...
How come everyone has such a hard time keeping their props in good shape? I have always boated on well-charted lakes, and only hit a rock once when a family member not used to the area or what north/east south/west meant. Even then, the outboard popped up as designed and only knicked the skeg...
I assume it is an ss181. This will be my first boat purchase, but i rode in a very similarly sized and outfitted starcraft when i was a wee boy in the eighties. I loved the plane characteristics and ample power. That one was only a few years old and not a bowrider, IIRC.
My cousin is a former...
