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  1. LVChris

    Cross Reference prop #

    I own a 1996 Four Winns Vista 238 DLX with a 5.8FSi Volvo Penta and an SX Cobra. When I bought the boat 2 years ago it came with a 15x17 Stainless Steel prop with the number 3850311 stamped on it. I'd say it's worked fine but really have nothing to compare it to. I want to go to an aluminum...
  2. LVChris

    Live in boat at RV park.

    Really strange question here. Thinking of taking my 24 ft Cabin cruiser to a new destination for a few days. Along the way I may have to stop for the night. Since the boat has everything I need really (bathroom, shower, stove, sink, beds) can I just pull into an RV park and stay the night? I'd...
  3. LVChris

    Can you identify this boat?

    Click it to see full size. sorry best pic I could get. I can see the name starts with a "C"
  4. LVChris

    VHF Radio Help

    I have been searching the net for help with the use of my VHF Radio. It came with the boat, but no manual. I Just got stuck on the wtaer and attempted to use it with no success. AT one time I was on my cell phone with the park rangers and they asked me to transmit, they could hear nothing from...
  5. LVChris

    engine almost stalling but then keeps running.

    This is a tough one to explain, but i'll try to do my best. Boat is a new (to me) 1996 Four Winns Vista 238 DLX with a Volvo Penta 5.8Fi After a wonderful day on the beach I returned to the marina with no problems. The marina is no wake and while putt-ing through the miles of boats, my boat...
  6. LVChris

    How to stop a trailer rolling downhill...

    Don't try this at home! Had to confess, hoping I will be forgiven by confessing my stupidity. Just got the biggest boat I have ever owned 1996 24 ft Four Winns Vista. With that purchase I had to get a bigger truck and a bigger spot at the storage yard and decided why not make it easier and get...
  7. LVChris

    how much boat can I handle?

    So here is the story, I grew up boating with my father and his father before him in the lakes and rivers of Ohio. We always had a boat, mostly 15- 17 foot. I bought my first boat a year ago here in Las Vegas on craigslist...looking for a cheap entry level boat to get my wife and kids into the...
  8. LVChris

    Considering my first outboard boat...no clue what to expect

    So I am looking at a 1982 30ft Scarab Sport with dual outboard 235 v6 Johnsons. and I have no idea what to expect from this sort of boat? I have a 1984 19ft cuddy I/O now and it goes fast enough and manuevers just fine, just don't have enough room for people. It's been very difficult to find...
  9. LVChris

    Tilt stops working as soon as I get back to the trailer...

    I have a 1984 Renken 18'4 Cuddy Cabin (950) with a mercruiser 898, and I believe an Alpha 1 out drive. A few weeks ago I got stuck at the dock after a great day on the lake, my tilt switch wouldn't work. Several kind boaters tried to get the outdrive up with no success finally a boater took off...
  10. LVChris

    Control Box info

    So I have a 1984 Renken 950 Cuddy. I just got it recently and got stranded once because I ciuldn't get the control box into neutral. I had a mechanic come out the next week and he adjusted it, tightened it up I guess and it flt like a brand new box. Unfortunaely that didn't last long...last...
  11. LVChris

    Where is the neutral switch?

    I have a brand new (to me) 1984 Renken 950 cuddy with a mercruiser 898 i/o I am trying to figure out how to rev my engine in neutral to warm up the throttle, it took quite a while to warm up that engine simply idleing (and a whole lot of turning the starter again and again) i am told there is...
  12. LVChris

    New to Cuddy Cabin

    Ok so I lied a little, really I am new to owning a boat. Dad had boats since I was a little kid and so I learned a lot about them growing up. But I never liked the look of the trihull bowrider he had and I always wanted a cuddy.... SO I went a bought one, and now I am thinking, why didn't I get...
  13. LVChris

    Hello just got my first boat!

    So I just got my first boat, and I am thrilled. I have been looking for about a month here in Las Vegas, and didn't have much money so what I saw in my price range was horrible.. But this morning I met the greatest boat restorer, and he had just finished a 1985 Renken Cuddy Cabin. I couldn't...
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