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    Need help with coaxial vhf cable connection

    Got a new vhf antenna to install.....just read the instructions that came with the Shakespeare unit....and they talk about soldering around 'connector drum'....I'm not a great mechanic....done some wiring where I place the soldering gun under two wires and when hot enough, the solder on top and...
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    Safe place to launch around Wheeling, WVA

    Planning on launching in Wheeling and heading up to Pittsburgh. Need advice/help on locating a safe place to launch and park the rig for a weekend. Really anyplace 10 miles up or down river. Thanks.
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    Ideal Cruiser ... what do you think?

    Need your opinion. What is the ideal cruiser. By that I mean.... a trailerable boat, that you can live on (cook, sleep, etc) and yet cruise on big water (Great Lakes, Chesapeake, Gulf.) I don't fish nor do I go fast nor do I water ski...I cruise. I want to see new places and journey around the...
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    Bearing Buddy Opinions please

    Just got back from a trip to discover that I had 'lost' a bearing buddy and the bearing(s) had been completely burned up! Lucky to get home. Tore the other 3 wheels off to discover water in one of them and two looking ok. This season I probably put 400 miles on the them. They (Bearing Buddy's)...
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    How do you change a prop?

    Just hit something and need a new prop. How do I change it? Thanks.
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    Fishfinder/GPS Combo Install question

    Acquired a Humminbird 161 combo unit from Craigslist. Send away to the factory for the internal transducer unit. While waiting for that to arrive I went ahead and hooked up the unit and nothing happened. Do I need the transducer installed in order for the system to work? Or have I been sold a...
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    Need help locating carb parts

    Searching for Plastic Carb bodies for a 1986-87 Johnson/Evinrude model 120/140 outboard.... part number is 397591..... or can someone tell me the alternative fix.... I think that ethenol gas has 'eaten' the plastic....help
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    Internal vs: Transom located Transducer

    Just purchased a Hummingbird GPS-Fishfinder 161 with a transom mounted transducer. I'm really a 'cruising' sailor/not a fisherman. Using this as a depth sounder/GPS tool. 21 foot Rinker Cuddy kept on a trailer. What is your opinion. What are the advantages/disadvantages of each ..... or what is...
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    Windshield Help

    Broke the 'fly' window on my Rinker 20 footer. Have fabricated the new one and need to re-insert into the aluminium frame. Has anyone ever taken apart the windshield and put it back together? What did you learn? Help.
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    Windshield Help

    I broke the 'fly' window on my Rinker 20 footer. Have fabricated the replacement and need to re-insert it into the existing aluminum frame. Can anyone share their experiences with this project or taking apart the frame so that I can slide the new one into place? Thanks.
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    Windshield Dissection

    Anybody help me with advice on taking apart an aluminum windshield assembly on my rinker 20 footer.. broke the fly window and need to re-insert the new one. Thanks.
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    Need Help with Windshield Dissection

    Broke the fly window on my 20 foot rinker cuddy cabin. I have replaced the glass with plexiglas and, in the process, removed the aluminum receptor "U" channel that pivots in and out on the existing frame. I'm ready to reinstall the new assembly but am afraid to beat on it. I was looking at the...
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    Look Out Chesapeake Boaters...here comes Ohio!

    Saturday night in Columbus (OSU is quiet...graduation is almost here) and I'm packing my bags in anticipation of a 4 day cruise on the Chesapeake. My son and I have rented a 36 footer Trawler, homeported in Baltimore, and pick it up Wednesday....then first thing Thursday we are off to see the...
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    Hummingbird Fishfinders & GPS

    Getting serious about a Hummingbird Matrix 12 fishfinder/depth system. It indicates that it is 'GPS Ready.' Anybody got any idea what type of GPS device it will work with? Also please share your thoughts about the internal sending unit....has your experience indicated that this is a good way (as...
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    Depth Finder GPS Ready

    Looking strongly at Hummingbird Matrix 12 that indicates it's 'GPS Ready.' What GPS instrument/source can be hooked-up to this unit? Also, it talks about a transom mounted unit....I thought that a internal transducerl was ok? I've selected this unit, not because I'm a fisherman, but due to it's...
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    Advice on cruising the chesapeake

    Planning on renting a trawler in May...thinking about heading south to the Solomons and then returning to Baltimore over the next two days. We've cruised the West River... Kent Narrows.... St. Michaels....we'd like to cruise the Choptank....perhaps up the Chester.... Rock Hall are all on the...
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    Fishfinder location

    I am planning on installing a Hummingbird Matrix 12 unit in my 20 foot cuddy....I have easy access to the bow area via the v-berth....is this is good location or should I install it in the bilge under the engine.... what are the pros and cons.
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    Anchor Light drag on only battery

    Planning on spending my first night on the water. Want to have the all around light on all night.... but, I also want to have enough left in the battery to start in the morning.. What do you old salts think?
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    Advice on running other stuff

    Re-doing a 21 foot cuddy rinker with the idea being to do some long range cruising.... need to run a gps and computer ... how do I add some plug in electrical capabilities... thinking about running my laptop with a Garmin system ... because of security I need to have plug-in capability and then...
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    How do I replace a steering wheel?

    Need to remove the broken steering wheel on my project boat.... how do I go about doing that? thanks.
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