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    At a crossroads of boats

    New to boats. Love the open water of N Idaho. I am starting to also love fishing more and more. These salmon are fun. my first boat is a 89 Searay 180 open bow. Neat boat. Fun and learned alot. Alot of boat for $2K. I want a fishing boat. Not a bass boat. But an all day trolling and deep...
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    How's my crack

    My 89 Searay has 3 or 4 cracks in the gel coat. 3 of them are on the interior. And I think nothing of them. But one of them is about 1 ft long and runs thru my main boat plug. See my picture (if it attaches). Certainly no flex there but seems to be in a critical area. Probably just the outer gel...
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    New boater. New to loading boat

    I am not new to backing trailers up. But when it comes to boats..i am learning all very quickly. Two weeks ago I diddnt know what engine trim was. Lol I've only taken my boat out 3 times so far. Loaded the boat...you guessed it..3 times. I've watched tons of YouTube videos and seems many drive...
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    After flooded (fuel) she runs rough

    I made a mistake and turned her over a few times cold and she diddnt start.... Before long I flooded her. Half hour later i started her up. runs great. But at idle she is rough now and will stall every few times if I don't accelerate or idle a tad higher...but was great before the flooding...
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    89 throttle and gear cable suggestions

    My first ride in my 89 Searay 4.3 was great. When I go into fwd I get a slight click then a mild clunk and I'm in fwd. When I go into reverse I get more clicking and goes into reverse after a tad more loud clunk. but then...after 2 or 3 reverses it only clicks and no reverse. Sounds like gear...
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    Day 1 boating questions

    North Idaho there are many big huge lakes. Some 50 miles long. When it's not snowing..boating is big up here. I wanted my first boat and wanted to start small...atleast budget wise before I jump in and then realize what i really like. (Made that mistake with RVs). so I ended up with a 89 Searay...
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