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    Mr. Plow

    While boating this weekend I noticed a strange sight making its way across the water. It looked like the business end of a water-spout; lots of spray and water being thrown up yet there was no funnel coming down to the source of whatever was causing this phenomenon. As it got closer, all was...
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    redneck Excaliber sword

    If any ya'll can pull this out, you'll have honor and stuff bestowed upon ye.... I was fishing at the extreme western tip of Lake Grapevine where it turns into a stump field. Close by was a large sand bar the connects to a main road and several trucks, motorcycles, 4-wheelers, and even a sand...
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    I WILL figure this out honey, please go inside.

    I borrowed my grandfather's dual axle flatbed trailer to haul our old fence to the dump a couple years ago. He lives up near Lake Texoma which is an hour or so from where I live. It was a beautiful Saturday morning when I was headed up there to return the trailer and I suddenly had the...
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    New boating season, 1st death.

    Nothing funny about what happened recently on the lake I frequent, just sad. With the water levels low and a sudden influx of people as it gets warmer, accidents happen. Unfortunately a man lost his life as he was driving across the water and struck a barely submerged hump not 20ft in diameter...
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    Managing expectations

    Last year about this time I took my 5 year old son out for a boat ride. As an afterthought, I threw a couple rods in the boat before we left. I'm glad I did because I soon spotted a large flock of seagulls hovering tightly over an area of water. I raced over there, cut the motor, and we...
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    Dumbest boat repair job ever

    My first boat had an old, 18hp Johnson and it was as reliable as day is long. However, on one trip I bumped a sand bar with the prop and heard a POP sound, immediately followed by a ringling sound of the prop free-wheeling over the output shaft. I shut it down and looked at the motor, but it...
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    torque twist / 85hp on 16ft Skeeter

    I previously posted a question regarding a bent skeg and the effect it could have as far as making my boat pull to the left. General concensus was that it could not have as strong an effect as I was experiencing. There remains a bushing issue that I feel will help, but am not convinced it will...
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    bent skeg on 85 horse Evinrude

    After running my boat for the 1st time with a newly purchased 1976 85hp Evinrude, I noticed it pulls to the left. The faster I go the more pronounced it is. It's almost like the entire boat is being pulled downward from something very heavy on the left side and as a result, pulls in that...
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    can't take you nowhere

    My cousin, tired of hearing me crow about this hot-spot for catfish I found tucked in near the islands at Texoma, agreed to drive there if I'd reveal the location. We arrive and to my relief began catching fish steadily. He is putting away a beer every 10 minutes or so and quickly gets drunk...
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    My first boat experience

    My grandfather had a friend/neighbor who gave him a 1965 Terry Bass with an 18hp Johnson that had been sitting in his garage unused for over 20 years. Granddad in turn gave it to me and after a couple hundred dollars for a tune-up and registration, I was good to go. I hooked it up to my little...
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    Lake Lewisville boat ramp - endless source of laughs

    I almost hurt myself laughing the other evening while watching a lowered Acura Integra with a rear wing that could shame an Outlaw Sprint car try to back a small PWC trailer down the ramp. The occupants were two young guys in full sag-fashion, what with the pants hanging off their asses and...
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    65hp Johnson / fractured piston skirt

    I recently got some great advice here and had one other question - my previous motor was a 65hp Johnson (1974 I think). Prior to the boating season, it was fully tuned up with new impeller, lower oil, carb kits, plugs, etc... The compression was a solid 110-115 on all three cylinders and ran...
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    1976 Evinrude 85hp steering tube

    1st time using a forum here, so I hope I'm doing this right. I have a problem I cannot get an answer for regarding bushings on the steering tube. I replaced a 65hp Johnson with an 85hp Evinrude on my 16ft Skeeter. The boat has a stick-steering system mounted on the left hand side. The blown...
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