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    Washdown Pickup Placement

    Both my raw water and bait well pumps are both on scoop intake facing forward. Pushes water through the pumps at any speed. Comes in handy on anchor since I don't have to run the bait well pump. Just shut the intake off when not in use. Has no effect at all on the wash down intake. Blaster Pro...
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    Connect Lowrance to Yamaha engine

    A gateway “translates” CAN (automotive) to the Marine Industry standard NMEA 2000 communications protocol. NMEA 2000 was developed as a standard communication protocol to allow “plug and play” compatibility between all “certified” marine devices regardless of manufacturer. Some electronics...
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    2016 250 Verado

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    Connect Lowrance to Yamaha engine

    What motor are we talking about? Need a gateway of some sort to convert CAN to NMEA 2000 Make sure your backbone is installed correctly. Stacking connects is not allowed. Power must be connected in a location where voltage drop does not exceed 3 VDC Good tutorial on back bone design...
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    Radio Antenna Question . . .

    https://www.savenetradio.org/improve-fm-signal-on-radio-with-a-single-wire-antenna/
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    Fuel Vent

    Is your boat outboard or onboard powered? Outboard powered don’t have fuel canisters Boats are notorious for having the fill on the lowest portion of the fuel tank while in the water. More than likely you filled the vent (trap) with fuel. Remove and blow out with compressed air
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    Penn Yan 265 Hull Drain Location?

    The garboard plug is typically located just above the keel on the transom
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    Bulkhead behind helm 23' walkaround

    Never seen a “bulkhead” glassed to the hull
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    2002 Mercury 150xl Saltwater Fuel consumption

    Something is not right. I’m getting 1.9 gpm on a 200 hp pushing a #5k boat @4400 rpm Fuel would literally being running out of the motor and pooling somewhere to be using that much fuel. What is your speed at 4,200? I run 27 kts. at that rpm
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

    Caught several (undead) ones in the 8-10’ range last week off the Point.
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    Just thought I'd share a nice photo.

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    Orangish layer on boat will not come off

    This is what want I use. 1/4 bottle to a gallon of water in a garden sprayer. http://old.attwoodmarine.com/store/product/instant%20hull%20cleaner
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    Orangish layer on boat will not come off

    No need to use anything other than oxalic acid and a garden sprayer. Disappears like magic Rinse trailer down with water before spraying
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    FELL Marine MOB+ Install

    Don’t count yourself so lucky. The last guy they took 8 months to find fell out of 29’ boat ;)
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    Live well overflow question

    I would say you’re missing the fact that the over flow, if it ever had one, was replaced with a side mount thru hull.
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    Oil change interval, synthetic or no, curious what we all do

    I drive upwards of 30k per year. My daily driver (Civic) has 199k. The F150 (Ecoboost) has 52k and my wife’s Mazda 3 has 60k miles. All changed when the light comes on at roughly 6k miles. The F150 and the Civic get the “house” oil at the local oil change shop. The Mazda 3 requires synthetic...
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    Correct prop size

    Prop calculator comes up with 39% slip using the figures you posted. 4700 at 30 kts is more inline with performance from a 17" prop
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    Mercury bigfoot 60hp what running battery voltage is normal? 12.6-12.7v currently. Replace stator now?

    Sound like you charging system isn't working. Charge voltage varies between motors but typically 13.5 to 13.9 volts I would not replace the stator w/o doing some troubleshooting as other things can cause problems in the charging system, as you found out by replacing the regulator w/o the...
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    How do you guys mix Gas

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    97 merc 250efi crank but no start

    Pretty good chance your battery is the culprit. Suggest you have the battery load tested to determine condition.
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