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The materials, coatings, machining and fuel efficiency are far better today than they where 10 years ago.
A good friend who guides just replaced his Honda BF250 with 5,120 hours on it.
For the most part, boat builders fabricate the hull and outsource everything else to third party suppliers, drive systems included.
Given the age of your boat, direct replacement parts are going to be hard, if not impossible to find for your boat.
Some information on Winner can be found here...
Battery life is proportional to depth of discharge. Anything below 50% discharge is detrimental to battery life.
Having said that, the charger needs to be sized to the load and the amount of time you have to charge them. It would take 6.5 hours to charge 65 AH (2 batteries @ 50% discharge)...
Practice, practice, practice.....I was taught to never reach outside the confines of the rub rail at a dock until the boat had came to a complete stop.
Pretty easy to severely injure or loose an appendage between the rail and the dock.
https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/expert-advice-archive/2012/july/how-to-waterproof-canvas
“Do not use a waterproofing treatment that contains silicone on acrylic canvas. This is important. Silicone is incompatible with the original treatment. The factory waterproofing chemical, which is a...
Grease is not a consumable.
If you packed the bearings correctly and filled the bearing buddy as instructed, you shouldn't need to add any grease until you pull the bearing out for inspection.
The Slim beauty looks complicated but it’s actually pretty easy once you get the hang of it.
Take the time to pull everything down. The knot is very compact done right. Easily fits through most rod guides.
https://www.101knots.com/slim-beauty-knot.html
I see two UV compromised (yellowed) thru hull fittings.
Need to be replaced before they give way completely and start taking on water.
No easy way to cap to thru hull fitting. Only available in hose barb and NPS threads to screw into a seacock.
Easier to repair (replace) and leave operational
I fill the spool with Dacron then run a 100+ yard top shoot of braid on top.
Always use a 18-24” shock leader with braid. Use Slim Beauty knot for braid to leader connection.
In a pinch, a double uni-knot (10 turn on braid) works for a quick, reasonably strong leader knot
Did you change the fuel fill hose?
Had this issue twice over the years.
The fill hose was the culprit both times.
If not the full hose, the tank is leaking.
Most outboard manufacturers recommend a min.10 micron filter. Yamaha recommends using a 5 micron filter.
Filters are are one place not to skimp.
If you have an existing OE filter head, Racor makes a screw-on replacement for both Mercury and Evinrude filter heads with or without the clear...
Having fished the “The Point” (light house) for the past 40+ years, you wouldn’t catch me surfing anywhere near there in a seal suit......lol
Shark heaven......hammerhead, bull, black tip, sand tigers.....caught them from the beach
