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    Tandem axle trailer weight?

    I am looking to purchase a Bayliner 2452 boat. Dry weight is some 4800# and I know from experience what the fuel, water and all the stuff you take with you weighes. This 24' boat sits on a typcial tandem axle trailer. Would anyone guess what the weight of the trailer could be? I don't want to...
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    Windlass questions

    I think I am going to buy a 24' cabin cruiser. We are older and have anchored in mud and rocks on the West Coast before and had to break the anchor loose and then pull it up. I am thinking a windlass might be in order but never had one. Now located in SC and not sure what the bottoms are like in...
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    Tracker Guide V14~good?

    I want to get back to fishing and living in SC now we have lots of lakes. I found a 1994 Tracker Guide V14 with trolling motor, trailer and 9.9 motor (2014 motor). The owner says it is riveted but looks great online. Is this boat OK at its age...
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    Mercury 20 HP electric trim question

    I am missing something. My motor is new and just now got a first hour of break in last week. I noted however in order to trim the motor up I must shift to the neutral position and then and only then can I raise the motor. I can move it down while moving, just not up. It's as if the trim feature...
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    Cowbells

    I am pretty new to fresh water fishing. Grew up around salt water and knew most of the tricks there. Here, landlocked in AZ. I see most people that seem to be productive consistently seem to use cowbells and they seem to work when almost nothing else does. Reading about how the flashes emulate...
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    maximum current draw?

    I am working on my boat relocating some items. I am relocating my group 29 battery and 6.6 gallon fuel tank forward. I would like to put in a remote switch to provide power to the electric start/trim motor. I thought a hidden switch might provide a little security for the tiller controlled...
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    Battery Holder for smaller boat.

    I have a 14' aluminum boat and the model is shown below. For fishing starting I have a group 29 Marine battery that weighs in at 96 pounds. I am getting older and this battery gets heavier every year as I move it in the boat. So I was looking at the nose of the V Hull and decided that would be a...
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    First test of new motor since I mounted it in Jan.

    I had a 10 HP motor on my boat (which is heavy compared to most 14' I have seen) I sold the 10 and bought a 20 (the boat is rated for a 30.) I had some delays due to heart failure and surgery to fix that, subsequent hospitalization for infection and an ICD implant and just trying to get better...
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    Bigger motor performance estimate?

    I have a heavier 14' aluminum boat, but it rides great as a result. I bought it with a 9.9 HP 4 stroke thinking that would be enough motor for fishing but the performance with a stock prop was only 12 MPH on average with the normal load in the boat. So I sold the 9.9 and picked up a 20 HP (The...
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    Spring is here, the boat is ready but I am not.

    Bought a newer boat last year and found the motor was a bit small. Upgraded the motor but the WX has not been right to break it in. It's only had 5 minutes of run time since I hung it on the boat. All of the sudden I started losing weight and feeling weak and was hospitalized twice with...
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    Modifying or Adding a Signature to Posts

    I cannot seem to figure out how to change my signature in the posts I make. I have to be blind but I just don't see where to do it???
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    Federal Fishing License?

    As a lifetime fisherman and retiree I wished we could have a federal permit of some sort to fish in any state. I like to travel as funds permit and love to fish but I find that out of state permits costs prohibit me from doing much fishing out of my own state. I don't suppose that this will ever...
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    Boat Insurance?

    I cancelled my boat insurance today with the company I was doing business with. I had written them and told them my small boat was now paid off and they told me they could not accept that and that I needed a lien holders release to stop the insurance. What??? I told them that the same company...
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    Doubling the HP/options more than doubled the weight.

    I bought a heavier 14' boat last Spring with ta 9.9 HP motor and that was the minimum recommended HP for the 350# (empty) boat. I soon found that the resulting performance and top speed (12 MPH loaded) was less than I wanted and ordered a new 20 HP motor to replace the 9.9. The aluminum hull is...
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    Camping from a smaller boat

    We have a 14' boat that while it has quite a bit of capacity I am certain that if I loaded all the stuff we want to take camping would overload it. There are several lakes in the area that allow camping anywhere on the lake with no fee and I thought that just might work for us but I worried...
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    FEDEX drops the ball!

    Normally FEDEX is on the ball, but not this time. I ordered a new outboard motor for my boat and since it shipped it has shown it would be here on 12/31/2015. The only thing I was told by the shipper was that I had to be here to sign for it due to the value. I waited and waited all day and never...
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    20 HP prop size when new?

    I just ordered a new 20 HP 4 stroke motor but I find it interesting that the charts do not show the prop size and pitch. Can anyone that has a newer 20 HP tell me what prop comes on them?? I cannot find any spec sheets on the new motor that provide this information.
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    Motor Pricing~who's hot???

    I checked iBoats and they don't carry the Mercury 20 HP ELH (electric start/20" shaft) motors, don't know why but that is what I want. So who has the hot prices right now for one???? I found one dealer with a new 2015 at a good price but was informed that Mercury will not allow him to ship and...
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    Should I double the size of my motor?

    I have a Lowe 1467 WT boat. I bought it with a 9.9 Mercury manual start 4 stroke motor. I had to change the prop to a 6.5" to get any speed/plane ability as I use the boat quite a bit at altitude. It now does about 14 MPH loaded with gear for fishing at the proper RPM at 5000'. I have been...
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    Mercury 9.9 4 Stroke Charging Circuit?

    I have a newer manual starting 9.9 HP 4 stroke (2014) I read somewhere that I can get like a 6 amp charge from the motor to my trolling battery but I don't see any provision for this. I am assuming that I would have had to buy the electric start version to get the charging feature?
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