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    High Prices of used boats and the future? Bubble or not?

    Two feet makes a huge difference with any hull design because of the increased displacement. Let me pass on a valuable lesson with girl friends and boats….boating is a life style. If she is whining about the boat now, it will be the first point of grievance once you put a ring on her finger...
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    High Prices of used boats and the future? Bubble or not?

    That may change.......with a larger boat comes an increase in opportunities to boat (weather) as well as a more comfortable ride. I'm fortunate that my wife gets sea sick looking at the boat, but I have no problem picking up and running 15-20 miles down Bay to hit a "hot bite". At 1.9 MPG, it...
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    Vintage Horn Repair

    Guessing the air compressor went bad. https://www.govets.com/fiamm-226-cxg-53cu93.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI16ay2KPs9wIVTfvICh0gewvOEAQYAyABEgLa1PD_BwE
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    Two different motors same issue

    (y) Venturi effect
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    High Prices of used boats and the future? Bubble or not?

    Once prices rise and are accepted by the market, prices never go back down very far, if at all..... Having said that, I'm already starting to see the Great ($5 a Gallon) Sell off of 2022 under way. Prices are starting to retreat a bit in the last couple of weeks. May be able to pickup a fairly...
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    Bennett SLT10 Self-Leveling Tab System

    That's pretty flat. Lots of "flat" surfaces to slam. Adjustable tabs would at least allow you to run a bit flatter, but w/o a lot of dead rise upfront to do the punching your still going to slam pretty good with that hull design
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    Bennett SLT10 Self-Leveling Tab System

    Adjustable tabs affect change in running angle (provide lift) and starboard/port lean. Even adjustable have little to no effect on pounding which is mostly a product of hull design. “Spring” tabs provide “fixed” lift with no means to adjust to changing conditions and no starboard/port...
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    HELP - trying to drive in inner bearing race... NEED TRICKS

    Something very wrong. That is 5 times allowable bearing tolerances. Wrong bearing perhaps?
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    Pump Box (sea chest) and water pickup install mid boat??

    Interesting concept….repurpose shower sumps and sell them to the (gullible) fishing crowd at twice the price…lol
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    Lake boat sizes: Is there a trailerable sweet spot?

    Best bang for the buck is a change of hull design. Going to a "rough water" (coastal) hull design will increase ride comfort considerably w/o increasing the length.
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    Pump Box (sea chest) and water pickup install mid boat??

    "add a double bilge pump box".......never heard of such a thing My raw water wash-down and bait well pumps are both feed via scoop type thru hulls 24"-30" fore of the transom. My only concern mid-ship would be if the intake is still below the water line on plane. Have to watch out that you...
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    Help me place garmin transducer

    Hard to say w/o seeing the underside of the boat at both locations. Suspect either location would suffice
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    New starter, new battery, still just clicks when key is turned. 1990 3.0 mercrusier.

    Starter to battery cable is in tact. Solenoid circuit has an issue. Check the wires at the starter solenoid for 12.7 VDC when turning the ignition to start. If that doesn’t work, pull the wires off the ignition switch and jump. If the starter turns over the ignition switch is bad. If it...
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    2005 175 Evinrudes

    Pretty sure 175 HP E-tec wasn't released until 2006-2007 model year A 2005 model would be FICHT
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    Nada Guide

    As noted above, experience with the local market. I live in a high rent area on the coast.....can't give a "lake" boat away yet "coastal fishing" boats go for top dollar. Having said that, just checked the NADA value of my now "past useful life" fishing boat....lol Suggested List $40.8K - High...
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    Waste Tank Level Indicator - Options?

    Need to thoroughly clean the PCB denatured alcohol and replace the missing tracks.
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    1996 Evinrude V6 150 (60 deg) Looper Problems

    Assuming setup on the same as my 200 hp your idle is set too low Should be 750-ish in the water, in gear. Will idle 1200-1400 on a hose.
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    1996 Evinrude V6 150 (60 deg) Looper Problems

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    Shorelander Trail Brakes seized.

    I made it with Dacromet calipers for 5-6 years of little to maintenance before water got into the boot and froze the caliper up over the winter. Replaced them with Koda-Guard calipers for "what the heck....". Still running the original Dacromet rotors. Plenty of meat left to have them turned...
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    Running Out of Fuel - Half Full

    I've had something similar thing happen with my forward reserve tank. 54 gallon tank....would start acting up when things got rough. Would leave a 1/4 tank of fuel when it ran out Never got completely to the bottom of it but resolved the issue by removing the anti-siphon valve, replaced a...
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