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I just bought a new boat with power tilt/trim. I have a quick question. when the boat is not in use is it better to leave the motor down or up. Does leaving it up put unecessary stress on the tilt/trim? Thanks
I purchased a bass boat recently and being fairly new to the boating world I did my used boat buying tips that I have read about in this awesome forum and all looked good. The only issue that I saw was about 8 holes/cracks not all the way through the hull and along where the bunks on the trailer...
New to the boating world and I got ripped off about a month ago when I purchased a 15 foot eagle one bass boat that was totally in need of major work. ( that the owner lied to me about) I do not have the time or expierence to do all the work, I will be selling the eagle one for a lost less than...
I am new to this boating thing but I went out and bought a 1986 15 Ft eagle one bass boat with a 40 HP Mercury 402 on it. After reading some of the post I think I have alot of work ahead of me. My question is how do you remove the floor to see if you have anything rotted below it. On some parts...