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    what's the proper way to tie up?

    Hello all. I will be taking my son on our first weekend fishing trip next month and I have a boat slip reserved at the campground where we'll be staying. I have 2 fenders and 2 dock lines (15' I think). What is the proper way to tie the boat up and do I need anything else? Thanks in advance. Jay
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    how to launch alone

    I am a fairly new boater and I'd like to be able to go out alone or with my 6 year old son. I've never had to launch my boat alone. I usually back it down the ramp, walk on the tongue of the trailer to unhook it then handline it off the trailer (I have a 15 foot center console) ... but this...
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    maiden voyage - questions

    Well, I took out my boat for the first time yesterday. For those who might have missed the thread, I recently bought a barely used Key West center console My brother nd I put the boat in the Merrimac river in Salisbury, MA and ran it around for awhile. The boat runs awesome - 30mph no...
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    I'm buying a boat!

    Well, I've been looking at boats for weeks. I've looked at boats ranging from 15' to 20', fiberglass, aluminum, 4 stroke, 2 stroke, center console, side console and everything else! I decided I really wanted an all fiberglass, center console boat between 15 and 17 feet. The problem was, in boats...
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    how much to pay?

    I have a chance to buy a 1999 20' Aquasport center console with a 135hp Bluewater series Merc, bimini top, fish finder, galvy trailer. The guy wants $13,900 - is this a good deal? The boat appears to be in very nice shape. If I didn't know the year, I'd guess it was only a couple years old...
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    2 boats I looked at tonight

    Tonight I went to look at 2 nice boats: a 1999 Aquasport 20' CC with a 135 HP Merc and a new '07 Key West 17' CC with a 70hp Yamaha. The '99 was in awesome shape... really nice. It's a big boat (to me) and supposedly goes 45mph which I find to be good and quick. The '99 is 14 grand and the...
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    R-Marine boats?

    I have never heard of R-Marine boats. Are they any good? I'm going to look at one (hopefully) today. I'd appreciate any feedback. http://www.rmarine.com/default.html Thanks Jay
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    1st post - what makes an "offshore" boat?

    Hello all, Great forum you have here! I grew up on boats. My Dad started with a little fiberglass tri-hull with a 9.5 hp Johnson and went through a few from there... on up to a sweet Grady White bowrider with a 115 hp Johnson. We never left the lake. I got my own first boat in 1994 - a 1979...
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