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    86 50 Evinrude

    Going to look at a boat tomorrow. It's a Blue Fin. 86 16' with the same year Evinrude 50. I plan to do a compression check, lower unit oil and overall cleanliness, but what else to look for. Seems as if we had one of these in the late 70's and never touched it other than plugs and lu oil. Here's...
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    Aluminum Blue Fin

    What are your thoughts. Looking for a small boat to kick around the lakes and intercoastal. This is a 1986 boat and motor with a newer trailer. I don't know anything about these...just wondering what yall think. Thanks, Rick http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/boa/1056651647.html
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    MMC card

    OK, Guys, I just uploaded my new bestgpsspots card into my Eagle fishelite 500. Got about 260 new spots to go try out. I can zoom out and in and get a rough idea where I am headed, but is there any way to transpose those readings over to a map of some sort to allow me the ability to read it...
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    China bearings

    Pulled the hubs today to do a little checking on things. Found the grease seals in pretty bad condition, altho the bearings and races looked great. No scoring or pitting. Kinda want to change them anyway since everything is apart and on jack stands. Local parts store only carried China...
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    Florida spec fishin

    I'm gonna make the trip to Lake Griffin for the iboats get together. Problem is, all I ever fish is saltwater. I do have some nice ultralights that I can rig for the lighter stuff, but I need some pointers on spec, bluegill or even bass fishing in Floida lakes in May. Our trip is for the 15-17...
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    Scupper Cleaning

    Came in from some pretty heavy seas yesterday and realized the scuppers on the boat weren't draining as quickly as I wanted. Tried water pressure and the nozzle didn't go too far in, so not too easy to clean. There was a bit of junk in there so from the outside I lifted the scupper and was...
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    Sinker Sale

    Shopped at the local Wally World today and found that all of our local stores are changing out their supplier of some fishing supplies. Consequently, all lead sinkers were marked way down. Since I grouper fish, it is not uncommon to lose 3-4 rigs from hangups. :( Each with a 4 ounce sinker. That...
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    Macerator

    Sooooo....been thinking about a way to grind and chop my chum to feed those big ol' grouper holding over some of the reefs I have been fishin lately. Back in the 80's I had a meat grinder attached to a piece of teak and with some bungees it would sit up over the stern and discharge fish heads...
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    Yamaha 150 trim sensor actuator

    Any mechanics (Rodbolt, Justin time) that can give me the part number of the part on pages 7-16 and 7-17 of the factory Yamaha manual. This part is the plastic actuator that rides against the trim sensor. It is plastic, circular, and held in place with a 6x24 mm screw. I am a ways form a dealer...
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    Florida Gators Nat'l Champs

    By virtue of their 24-14 win over the Oaklahoma Sooners, the Gators are indeed the National College Football Champs......Go Gators...:D:D
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    Brand New 2007 E-tec

    Seems like a good buy for an e-tec.... http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/boa/971200681.html
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    Bayport Florida Grouper

    Well, had a little surprise this morning after sleeping in a little and trying to put some of the Christmas madness behind me. Mama asked for a fishing trip! By 10:30 we were at the ramp and dropping in. The Gulf was like a lake as we motored about 30 miles offshore to some new spots we found in...
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    Electric Drag Racing

    This seemed pretty neat.... Maybe time to retrofit the TR-3....:eek: http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/videos/view/56-Electric-Drag-Racing
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    Bayport, Florida grouper

    This place continues to amaze me. Since moving up here from Tampa a few years ago we have been heading out from this port and getting used to the area. We have yet to fish any of the marked reefs, just cruising and using the bottomfinder to locate structure. Every time we have found some...
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    Kaboom

    Just read this one off BoatTest...seems like another inexperienced boater almost lost his life and the life of others. Some good points made in the article. http://www.boattest.com/Resources/view_news.aspx?NewsID=2999
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    Center Console w/ porta potti

    What brand boat makes the smallest CC with a porta potti? Right now I have found info that the Sea Hunt 202 and the Sea Pro 21 both have CC's large enough for a woman to use a porta potti. Haven't seen one yet but I understand the console floor is lower than the deck for more room. If anyone...
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    Thanks iBoaters

    Well,. after putting my boat up for sale a few weeks ago I was getting a little disappointed with the lack of interest. The boat was a 93 Renken Seamaster 1880, 93 Yamaha 85, 2002 Performance galvanized trailer. I found this rig on craigslist last spring. It needed work, both cosmetic and...
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    2000 Nissan 8 paint

    I have had no luck searching this forum or iboats for a paint source for this motor. Any help would be appreciated.
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    transducer mounting

    Swapped my Eagle Fishelite over from one boat to another, New boat had a transducer siliconed to the bottom of the hull, at the stern. The glass had been scraped and the mounting was pretty secure. All my other transducers have been stern mounted, but was thinking of shooting thru the hull. The...
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    Yamaha hour meter

    Does anyone (rodbolt?!) have any experience with the accuracy of the Yamaha digital gauge/hour meter. Currently looking at a six year old boat with only 62 hrs. on the gauge. The boat looks like the meter is accurate, however want to try to try to see if they can be manipulated in any fashion...
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