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  1. JimS123

    Best out board motor lock

    My homeowner's insurance covers boats capable of speeds below 30 mph, or motors less than 25 HP. The coverage is free and its full with no depreciation. Exceed those limits and you need a specific marine policy. Works for me with my little guys, and my bigger boats are insured with BoatUS...
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    A few questions from a learner

    Stingrays are propped from the factory for maximum speed with a light load. Your prop is not factory, so someone made a change for their own needs. You say the prop works well enough. Does it meet your expectations? Does it meet your needs? Wakeboarding with 4 aboard ain't too shabby. From...
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    A few questions from a learner

    Look up semantics in your Funk & Wagnalls. You just said exactly what I said using different words. Then look up Post #1 Paragraph #1. Since the OP hasn't been back since Post #1 I'm guessing the first few replies answered his questions.
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    A few questions from a learner

    If you damage your prop that has been happily in use for some time, yes, blindly repair it. If you just bought a boat and it has a crappy prop, yes blindly repair it so you can generate the data to find out whether it is the right prop or not. Tiny tack, gps and zipping along with a damaged...
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    Registration with no serial numbers

    In order to be hired at a DMV office you have to show proof that your are capable of making the lives of every one of your customers miserable. I understand how we all love to denigrate the gooberment, and in many cases its justified. But in some cases making people jump thru hoops is the...
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    Towing and Launching

    Your owner's manual will provide info re. your towing capacity and requirements for brakes. If you bought the car second hand and don't have a manual, google it and read it online. I know nothing about subaroos but none of my little cars ever needed trailer brakes for a boat as light as 2200#.
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    14 Foot Jon Boat Identification

    Its a semi-V aluminum utility boat, not even close to being a Jon. Its factory built not a kit. It looks like it would be suitable for 10-15 HP, a 35 would be suicide. The lapstreak-like hull sides makes me think it could be a Starcraft, but other manufacturers had a similar design. It has...
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    A few questions from a learner

    Hahaha. If I take my prop to be repaired and the guy quizzes me about rpm and tiny tach and gpses I say HE was an incompetent shop. Having a prop repaired and asking for help deciding what prop I need are 2 different things. Asking all the Qs are the sign of a guy that merely wants to sell...
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    Transporting a 20' boat on a flatbed.

    First of all, a deal that is too good to pass up is usually a deal that you should run from. Secondly, if the boat is in good condition, you will need a trailer to use it, so why not buy one beforehand and get it set up so that it will be hauled without damage. Thirdly, hauling a boat on a...
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    Upgrading boat? - Boat buying advice

    See my previous post. Your chop is a calm day on the Niagara River, where we boat. Yeah, certainly you might bounce a little, but we don't find it uncomfortable.
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    Upgrading boat? - Boat buying advice

    I have been a boater since I was 4 years old, and have owned my own boat since 1968. So, I gotcha beat. We have owned outboards, inboards, jets, tinnies, woodies, inboard/outboards and even a rowboat. In 2018, just after retirement we bought what was to be our forever boat and it hasn't...
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    is it to heavy

    Acceptable, but not optimum. The guy I bought the boat from was an old codger that had been in the bizness since 1945. He knew his stuff, and set up the boat pretty darn good, unlike the computer geeks running the shops today. In later years I upgraded to the max spec of 25HP, and the boat...
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    Air don't freeze... RV antifreeze DOES!

    That's the real answer....
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    is it to heavy

    Our 14' tinny with a 9.5 will plane with 2 fat adults and 2 skinny pre-teens aboard. Of course, that was after prop optimization, induction tach and data collection.
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    1972 evinrude 9.5 need long shaft or different trim?

    Absolutely not. Waste of time. That motor is waaaaayyyyyy to deep in the water. It appears that the motor and transom are both short shaft, but something here doesn't compute. The AV plate should be no more than 1" below the bottom of the boat.
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    is it to heavy

    With a family of 4 we ran a 14' tinny rated for 25 HP with a widdle 9.5 'Rude. We had more fun and good times with that boat than the guy down the street with a Donzi equipped with twin 454's. I also do fine at 65 mph on the interstate when others are bored unless they do 90. Its all about...
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    Registration with no serial numbers

    Every state is different. One time I actually DID build a boat in my garage and in order to register it as homemade I had to show proof of wood, glue, paint and screw purchases.
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    1972 evinrude 9.5 need long shaft or different trim?

    Your pictures were not taken at the right angle so its hard for us to see where the AV plate really is. A sort shaft transom is actually NOT 15". In most cases its more like 16 or 17". Sure looks like the motor is mounted too low. Show us a transom top mount and a horizontal pic at the keel.
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    Unknown boat

    Brilliant diagnosis. 1F appears to be a Manitoba registration prefix. Blowing up the original photo was all that was necessary. So, the OP needs to contact that authority.
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    Question about engine oil

    I have 4 recent manufacture Mercs, and all 4 manuals have a temp. diagram on the page that details what oil to use. Its quite clear that 10w30 works for everybody, and the 25w40 has a temp. limit. You have to careful with some service managers. Some have been in the bizness for decades and...
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